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Dear Skokie Families,
As our first full week ends, I'd like to send a shout out of praise to our students. They have adjusted to the routine of school, taken MAP tests, participated in a fire drill and a bus evacuation
drill, and had their school pictures taken. It's been a busy week.
This year, we are beginning each day with an Advisory period which focuses on Social/Emotional themes pertinent to our students. Establishing a sense of belonging and community have been the key focus in our discussions with students. How we relate to each other and the larger community helps all of us to realize our purpose.
Having an impact on others in the larger community was emphasized by a recent communication we received from Ronald McDonald House Charities. On behalf of the families and children served by Ronald McDonald House near Lurie Children's Hospital, last year The Skokie School collected and donated 3 large boxes of pop tabs. These tabs will be recycled, and all funds for the recycled metal will support the mission of providing care for families of children with complex medical needs. Congratulations go out to the efforts of our Skokie students and staff. Our students will continue this charitable activity this year. Please see the message from Marla Goldberg in this email.
Another example of purpose for the greater good on a local level is our 6th grade recycling effort. Students on Mr. DeGiulio/Mrs. Walker's team have taken ownership of our recycling efforts in each classroom and workspace. Students volunteer twice each week to collect and empty recycling bins throughout the school. They are doing a great job!
This year, we introduced hallway expectations to help with safety and to foster a respectful learning environment. We have emphasized walking in a controlled manner, speaking quietly in the hallways, and using the right side of the stairways. Again, we have asked our students to focus on the common good. They are doing an admirable job with movement through the hallways and through the building, respecting the classes in session and supporting a safe and positive learning environment.
It's been a great start.
With regards,
Pat Kritzman
Acting Principal
The Skokie School
Crosswalk Safety
With the delightful weather, many of our students are biking to school. Please review bike safety with your child.
- Always use a crosswalk
- Wait for the crossing guard to signal you to cross
- Do not walk diagonally through the intersection
- Walk you bike or any non-motorized device in the crosswalk.
Skokie Spirit Wear Sale
The Spirit Wear Sale ends next Friday, Sept. 20. Orders can be entered here
Skokie Spirit Wear
Grand Foods Receipts
Collecting Grand receipts is an easy and no-cost way for you to support the Skokie-Washburne PTO (so ultimately our schools!) and also support The Grand, a fabulous local grocery store. It is simple, too. Just collect and drop off your Grand receipts in the colorfully wrapped boxes labeled "Grand receipts" located in the front foyer of Skokie School. In fact, your 5th or 6th grader can easily get involved in the process and drop off the receipts themselves. The Grand generously donates 3% of the pre-tax amount to the PTO on each receipt collected from their Winnetka or Glencoe stores. Don't forget to bring in the Grand Food Center receipts that you saved over the summer.
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Skokie Families,
This year, Skokie is again collecting tabs for the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) near Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago. Ronald McDonald House's mission "...is to care for families of children with complex medical needs by providing comfort, compassion and a sense of community... by keeping families of hospitalized children together in a 'home away from home'." For more information, visit http://rmhccni.org/about-us/mission/.
Why tabs? United Scrap Metal, a local recycling company picks them up from RMH. They recycle the metal and then pay them the market value, plus a charitable match on a percentage of their profit. United Scrap Metal recycles all types of metal; however, they focus mostly on pop tabs since they are clean, compact, easy to collect and the aluminum in the tab is a higher-grade so it has a higher recycling value.
All types of tabs are accepted - from juice cans, pop cans, to cat food cans.
Last year Skokie collected over 50 pounds of tabs...it was quite amazing.
This year, we are hosting a competition between the advisories. The advisory with the most tabs, as determined by the weight, will win a prize.
Thank you for your support of this program.
Marla Goldberg
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Assistant Principal Corner
As we've continued our first Social Emotional Learning (SEL) theme of the year about Establishing a Sense of Belonging, it was so inspiring to hear advisories discussing leadership and what it means to be a leader. Our 6th Graders took on a leadership role this week as they were paired up with 5th Graders this week to help answer any questions our new Lions may have about Skokie, and it was great to see those connections.
A leader is a person who inspires others to accomplish amazing things.
We'd love it if you would talk to your kids about what they've been doing this week in school, especially related to their thoughts about leadership and what qualities they associate with a leader.
Thank you and have a great weekend!
Larry Joynt
Assistant Principal
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District News
Redistricting 2020
After three years of evaluating redistricting scenarios, The Winnetka Public Schools Board has narrowed the
Redistricting options under consideration to three
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The options were presented to the Board on August 26, 2019 by Cropper GIS, a demographer working with the District since 2016. New attendance boundaries will be implemented in August 2020. A final
recommendation
for Redistricting will be made at the School Board Meeting on September 24, 2019.
Community members who live in areas under consideration for Redistricting will be notified via U.S. mail this week. Additional information and
maps of the Redistricting options
are available on the District website and a
community mailing
was sent to all households in Winnetka the week of August 18.
At the August 26 Meeting, the School Board also affirmed its commitment to the District's Educational Master Facility Plan, which includes
(3) K-4 elementary schools and moving grades 5-8 to Washburne School by 2023
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The Board also began discussions on "phasing-in." Phasing-in allows a subset of students to remain at their current elementary school AFTER new boundary lines go into effect. On August 26, 2019, the School Board agreed to phase-in students from the Crow Island area who will be in fourth grade in 2020-2021. They also agreed that any new student enrolling for the 2020-2021 school year will be required to attend their newly assigned school. The Board will continue discussions regarding phasing-in other groups of students at the September 24, 2019, meeting.
Community members are invited to attend the following upcoming meetings:
September 24, 2019
7:15 p.m. at Greeley School
School Board Meeting
A Redistricting Presentation will be shared and the Superintendent will make a recommendation on a plan for Redistricting 2020.
October 22, 2019
7:15 p.m. at Greeley School
School Board Meeting
The School Board will approve the plan for Redistricting 2020. New attendance boundaries and "phase in" accommodations will be approved at this meeting.
Safely Crossing Green Bay Road During Bridge Construction
The Village of Winnetka is in the midst of bridge repair work at the intersections of Cherry Street/Green Bay Road and Oak Street/Green Bay Road, with completion anticipated in November 2019. For students traveling to school through these areas, the Village and Police recommend that the safest area for students to cross Green Bay Road is the pedestrian signal at Elm Street and Green Bay Road. It is advised that students walk their bikes while crossing Green Bay Road.
As always, please ensure that students biking or scootering to school are wearing helmets. It is recommended to remind students who are walking or biking to school to obey traffic signals and street signs and look both ways as they are riding to and from school, especially in the "tree streets" areas where some intersections do not have four-way stops.
Fall MAP Testing
District 36 has established a robust suite of assessments utilizing multiple measures to provide information on student performance. One of those tools is the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) test.
Fall testing will occur between September 9 - 20 with all students in Grades 3 - 8 taking one Reading Test and one Math test.
Your child's building or teacher will inform you of his or her specific testing dates.
The MAP assessment is designed to measure a student's achievement level at different times of the school year and compute growth over time. MAP is a computer-adaptive test, which means every student receives a unique set of test questions based on responses to previous questions. This provides a personalized assessment experience by adapting to each student's learning level. Fall MAP results will be sent to families on October 4th. Additional information on the MAP assessment may be found on our district website at
www.winnetka36.org/Page/334
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From the Village:
From the Alliance for Early Childhood:
Family Action Network (FAN) is a 501(c)(3) organization that curates a high-quality speaker series each academic year. All FAN programs are free and open to the public. To view a calendar of upcoming events, visit the FAN website: https://www.familyactionnetwork.net/.
Coming soon: 
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