
Steele Family Newsletter
August 21, 2023

Week of October 23, 2023
Important Upcoming Dates
- October 24th & 26th - Parent Teacher Conferences 4:30 - 7:00 PM
- October 25th - Picture Retake Day & Wear Pink for Cancer Awareness
- October 27th - Unity Day at Steele - Wear Orange in Support
- Week of October 30th - Red Ribbon Week
- October 31st - Fall Parties
- November 1st - PTO Meeting 5:30 PM
- November 9th - Family Reading Night - One Book One School Kick Off! 5:30 - 7:00 PM
- November 13th - World Kindness Day
- Week of November 13th - Anti-Bullying Week
- November 21st - Early Dismissal at 2:45 PM
- November 22 - 24th - No School
Attention All Active Duty or Veterans!
In order to recognize all family members that are serving or have served in the armed service for Veterans' Day, we would like you to send in a photo of the person serving with the following information: branch of armed service, years served, and relation to Steele Elementary. Photos that were submitted last year, will be used again. If possible, we would love to have one or more of you interviewed by our principal so she can put together a video for the students to see. If you are interested, please email her at kcoate@galesburg205.org.
Photos are due by November 6th.
Parent Teacher Conference Sign Ups
If you have not yet scheduled a conference, please contact your child's teacher as soon as possible.
Please use this sign up to provide snacks for our teachers during parent teacher conference night Tuesday, October 24 and Thursday, October 26. Mrs. Coate will provide the main course dinner one night and PTO will provide it the other night. We are asking for volunteers to bring sides, drinks, and desserts.
Snacks can be dropped off anytime during the day, but should be dropped off by 4:00 PM at the latest. Thank you for showing our teachers your appreciation with some yummy snacks!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4EACAE2EA6FF2-44914313-parent
Unity Day at Steele - Wear Orange on Friday, October 27th!
Congratulations to our Students of the Week Winners Last Week!
These students were nominated by their teachers for exemplifying our CHAMPS expectations throughout the building. They are shining bright as Steele Stars!
October's character education theme is Self- Control
October is National Bullying Prevention Month
Outreach, Counseling, Family Engagement, Deans, and Restorative Behavior staff members were all apprised of the new policies and procedures around bullying as a part of the Institute Day on Friday, October 13th. After this, they collaborated in two groups to create slideshows for the purpose of prevention and understanding of how to report bullying and cyberbullying.
Congratulations to last week's Attendance Award Winners. Thank you again to Judy's Family Cafe for providing a certificate for a free breakfast!
Hip, Hip Hooray, You've Won Breakfast at Judy's Cafe!
Meet our First Grade Team: Miss Moreno, Ms. Carter, Mrs. Saey, Ms. Cooper, Ms. Holt, Mrs. Nixon
Steele Family & PTO Events for the 23-24 School Year
Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Shine in #205
CUSD #205 is kicking off “Shine in #205” for the 2023-2024 school year. The program is aimed to provide recognition for district employees who go the extra mile for students in #205. Each month there will be two staff members selected from the nominations. Parents, Guardians, Co-Workers, Community members are all welcome to nominate a CUSD
#205 staff member.
Click here to nominate a #205 staff member: https://forms.gle/dKxYFirU2qxCt53H8
Steele Elementary School
Mrs. Grice, Dean of Students
Mrs. Knuth, Nurse
Mrs. Hickey, Family Engagement
Mrs. Mowen, Outreach
Mrs. Fones and Ms. Patch, Front Office Assistants
Email: kcoate@galesburg205.org
Website: https://steele.galesburg205.org/
Location: 1480 West Main Street, Galesburg, IL, USA
Phone: (309)973-2016
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steele205/
Twitter: @wearesteele