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The first month of 2017 has been a strong one for Keeneyville District 20, one full of great learning for all of our students, and we look forward to what the rest of this year will bring!
As we enter February, a reminder that our 2nd Parent-Teacher Conference date of the school year will be held on Friday, February 17, 2017. If you wish to meet with your child's teacher(s), please contact him or her to set an appointment for that day.
Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Connolly
Superintendent
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Calling all Munchkins, Cowardly Lions, and Flying Monkeys!
Keeneyville District 20's first student musical production of Wizard of Oz Young Performers Edition will hold auditions for 5th Grade Students at Waterbury and Greenbrook Schools during the school day on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 with Spring Wood auditions being held after school on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Full details will be distributed to students and parents via backpacks and email this week.
We are very excited for our inaugural theater production which will have a four show run at Lake Park High School May 11-13th.
The performance schedule is:
Thursday, May 11,2017 at 7:00 P.M.
Friday, May 12, 2017 at 7:00 P.M.
Saturday, May 13 at 3:00 and 7:00 P.M.
Additional details and updates will be appear in this newsletter as we get closer to the production. If parents have any questions, please feel free to contact our directors:
Waterbury Contact: Ms. Hughes
Greenbrook Contact: Ms. Kayla Hilliker
Spring Wood Contact: Mr. Logan Andrews
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Keeneyville Penguins on the move!
by: Amanda Aubry, Assistant Principal for Early Childhood Education
Hello and happy 2017! We hope you all had a wonderful break and are enjoying the start of a new year. We are happy to see all our students back at school and ready to learn as we start the second half of the school year. We have some new students who have started in January after our preschool screening in December so we are excited for our new friends to join us at school!
Coming up on February 10th, we will be having an "in-house field trip" for all preschool students at the Early Childhood Center. Both AM, PM, and full day classes are welcome to come from 9:00-11:15am that day. The day will be Valentine's Day themed and we have someone coming from the Roselle Library to read a story, sing some songs, and dance with the kids. We will also have crafts, snacks, and games. We hope all students can attend!
We want to remind PM parents that no cars are allowed in the back of Greenbrook by the Early Childhood Center for 12:30 drop-off. Everyone must go to the front of Greenbrook to drop their children off with their teachers. If you are late, you need to park in front of Greenbrook, go into the Greenrook office and get a pass, then walk your child through Greenbrook to the ECC. We apologize for this inconvenience, but we cannot have cars by the ECC when Greenbrook students are outside at recess in that area. Student safety is always our main concern.
As always, please make sure your child is dressed warmly enough to go outside for at least 20 minutes each day (unless it is raining or the wind chill is below 25.) Our playground is shoveled in some spots, but the children are free to play in the snow in others. Please make sure your child wears boots and snow pants so he or she can play in all areas of the playground. If the weather cooperates, we may be able to go sledding some days and we don't want your child to miss out on the fun
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Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Members Read to Waterbury Students
Every month, the members of the Bloomingdale-Roselle Rotary Club participate in their "Rotary on the Road" program and participate in public service throughout our area. This month, Rotary Club members visited Waterbury School and were guest readers in 16 different classrooms.
The children enjoyed the opportunity to be read to by mystery reading guests, and Rotary members enjoyed being able to share their love of reading and learning with our students. It was a great activity and District 20 thanks the Bloomingdale-Rotary Club for its ongoing support of our students.
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Waterbury on Ice!
Chicago Wolves Floor Hockey at Waterbury
By: Dr. Debbie Guzan, Principal
Waterbury students are having a great time in physical education with Ms. Meyer participating in the Chicago Wolves Floor Hockey Program. Some of the skills the students are practicing include the safety and control of the hockey stick and ball, stickhandling practice, passing, shooting, and control of the ball and protection from defenders.
The Wolves have generously donated official home and away youth jerseys for our students to wear during this unit. In addition, all students will receive a certificate of participation, along with a ticket voucher good for free admission to any Chicago Wolves home game! We hope that all families will be able to attend a game and take their student to watch the Wolves in action at the Allstate Arena!
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January Board of Education Briefs
The Keeneyville Board of Education held its January Regular Board Meeting on Thursday, January 26, 2017. Board business included:
- Recognition of four Greenbrook faculty members with Board Salutes for going above and beyond the call of duty through their organization of the holiday "adopt a family" program.
- Discussion of current progress of implementation of the district strategic plan, including highlights of several new after school programs now being offered at Greenbrook and Waterbury elementary schools.
- Approval of well field excavation bid in support of the Greenbrook Geothermal HVAC project.
- Approval of contracted service agreement to support District 20 in its community relations efforts for through June 30, 2017.
The next regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Thursday, February 23, 2017.
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Math you can do at home to support your child's learning.
By: Spring Wood Middle School Math Team
A child's success in Math is rooted in a clear understanding of not just processes and figures but also how and why to use them to solve a problem. The more students are challenged to use their mathematical thinking skills, the sharper their math minds will become. Here are so easy suggestions for using math at Home:
1. You can help your child learn the necessary basic math facts. This could be done by practicing with flash cards, verbally quizzing your child, or by paper-and-pencil. You could make a game of it: "Start with 3 times 5, then subtract 4, multiply that number by 2," and so on.
2. Cook with your child. The context of cooking using parts of cups or other measures often called for in recipes and the need to make multiples of a recipe sets the stage for students to use fractions.
3. Play board games and card games to provide a variety of mathematical experiences.
4. Look for opportunities to make estimations and predictions. For example, how much do you think that item weighs? Measure that item and then compare it to another object. Then ask, do you think that weighs more or less than the first item? Weigh the second item.
5. Use a ruler to measure random items. Students can measure the length and width of the kitchen table, a school book, or even the distance across a room.
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Geothermal Heating and Cooling Coming Soon to Greenbrook School
Starting this Spring, Keeneyville District 20 will begin the exciting installation of a new, state of the art, Geothermal Heating and Cooling system at Greenbrook School. The work, scheduled to be complete and in operation for the start of the 2017-2018 school year, will support a more consistent building temperature year round and will realize deep energy savings with reductions in natural gas use and costs. This new system will also replace highly inefficient roof-top HVAC units with life spans of 10-12 years with systems that, will last for 30 years or more.
Several local school districts including Queen Bee District 16 and Prospect Heights District 23 have installed geothermal systems in the last few years and have had great results.
We are very excited to complete this project for a more efficient, environmentally friendly, and more comfortable learning environment at Greenbrook School.
Click here for an interesting article highlighting District 23's system and how geothermal heating and cooling systems work.
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Early Childhood Center Vision and Hearing Screening
Spring Wood Solo and Ensemble Recital (tentative) February 16, 2017 Please contact Spring Wood Middle School for more details and times Full Day Parent Teacher Conferences (Students not in attendance) February 17, 2017 Presidents' Day Holiday No School Monday, February 20, 2017 |
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