Eisenhower Eagle Express "Create opportunities that inspire all students to grow as learners, individuals, and citizens." March 18th, 2022

Have a Wonderful Spring Break!

Dear Eisenhower Families, With all of the wonderful growth we've seen in the children these last seven months and spring break right around the corner, we just want to take a moment to thank you for all of your hard work and your partnership. The children continue to amaze all of us with their growth. We want to continue promoting their belief in themselves and fostering goals, while acknowledging that it's okay to make a mistake, fail, or have a setback. True growth is working through obstacles with patience and persistency. Teaching the children to move forward with their learning requires teaching resilience. As with all learning, the more we practice, the better we become. With that being said, please continue reading with your child, sharing rich conversations, and getting them up and moving. Although 9 days doesn't sound like a lot, every moment is precious and 20-minutes of continued daily reading and discussion is another wonderful way we share our lives with our children. Have a Wonderful Spring Break, Your Eisenhower Family We are asking parents to share their child's vaccination card directly with the school nurse so that we can begin to track vaccination status and continue to limit the number of exclusions. Copies of vaccination cards can be emailed directly to the school nurse or sent to school with your student.  A photocopy or PDF of your child's vaccination card may be sent to: lcarlson@d23.org Luke Lambatos, Ed.D., Ed.S. Principal Please remember, if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact me at (847) 870-5040 or llambatos@d23.org      Also, please like us on our Facebook page @PHSD23. Also, if you haven't done so already, please sign up and follow us on Twitter @D23Eisenhower. The link below will show you how to create your own Twitter account. Twitter Account Setup Inspiration + Dedication = Growth

Important Dates Monday, March 21st - Friday, March 25th - Spring Break Tuesday, March 29th - Kindergarten (Last Names M-Z) Family Fitness Night 5:00-7:00 PM Tuesday, April 5th - First Grade Family Literacy Night 5:00-7:00 PM Friday, April 8th - Early Childhood Non-Attendance Day Tuesday, April 12th - Kindergarten Family Literacy Night 5:00-7:00 PM Friday, April 15th - Non-Attendance Day Monday, April 18th - Non-Attendance Day Friday, April 22nd - Earth Day Garden Box Planting Monday, April 25th - 19th - IKE Path Celebration Week May 3rd, 4th, & 5th - Kindergarten Screening Friday, May 13th - School Improvement Day - *Students Not in Attendance Thursday, May 26th - Young Athletes Day *Field Day Friday, May 27th - Last Day of Early Childhood Monday, May 30th - Memorial Day - No School Tuesday, May 31st - District 23 Day at the Dogs 6:00 PM Friday, June 3rd - Last Day of School for Kindergarten and First Grade End of 3rd Trimester Report Cards Sent Home

Grade Level News

Early Childhood News This month, the Early Childhood classes are doing an author study on Doreen Cronin. Doreen Cronin is the author of the Click, Clack series, The Duck Squad series, the Bug Diaries, and many more books and middle graders. Our Early Childhood friends enjoyed engaging in dramatic and sensory play by washing the farm animals. Our friends also discussed which animals live on the farm, and they sorted farm animals matching "Mom" animals to the baby animals.

Kindergarten News Our kindergartners are learning new sight words all the time. There are many different ways we practice in order to do so. One of our favorites is to cut apart our sight word phrases sheet into cards and practice reading them with each other. Then we take the cards home to practice reading them some more!

First Grade News First grade recently read and learned all about Washington, D.C. and the treasures that can be found throughout the United States. The students really enjoyed taking a virtual tour of our nation’s capital. Ask your child about their favorite national treasure.

District Updates

Traffic Study - Plan for Trial in Spring The traffic flow at each of our schools is challenging at best, and unsafe at worst. Administration presented the results of a traffic study and a proposal for a trial of a new Drop-off/Pick-up procedure. The presentation can be found at this link. We will implement a two week trial period on April 4th. Bus and car traffic at Ross and Sullivan will be redirected to make better use of our parking lots to remove traffic from Schoenbeck and ease congestion in the lots. The graphic below highlights the change in traffic flow.

Please be advised that the Prospect Heights Police Department have designated and will be ENFORCING new No Parking areas on some of the streets across from Ross/Sullivan off Schoenbeck.

Eisenhower Century Book Club Congratulations to: Quinn Archer Austin Arnold Gulbahar Babayeva Teddy Burgus Ava Lynn Elias Leo Elias Karis Figueroa Scott Francis Neal Gulecha Logan Haufle Elizabeth Iaach Vivienne Jovic Mia Jovanovic Henry Kempf Aliza Khan Gabriella Korta Vivi Kritikos Eva Lisauskas Caleb Lisius Oscar Madej Audrey Majewski Madeline Majewski Aiden Morrisey Nivin Nidheesh Sara Qazi Jemelie Rios Aarohi Shah Shreeja Sonavane Alexander Szczudlo Liliana Tomic Caylee Wake Ellie Zito Nymeria Zubyk

The Principal's Century Book Club is a listing of children who read multiples of one hundred books during their years at Eisenhower School. *Books can be read by parents or enjoy a shared reading with your child. Take turns, use voices, and, most importantly, have fun! Remember to ask plenty of comprehension questions and discuss new vocabulary words! Your child’s name will be added to the front foyer wall when they read their first one hundred books. Their name continues to be added with each 100 books they read.  Students will also receive a special prize from the office. Books should be at the child’s reading level, and left to parent’s discretion. Below, is a link to a form that you can download and print. Book Club PDF 1 Book Club PDF 2 You may also list the books on a sheet of paper.  Setting aside 20-minutes a night for family reading with or to your child makes a world of difference.

IKE PATH Recipients Respectful, Responsible, & Safe Michelle Aguirre Camilla Aragon Yoel Buezo Zachary Czernecki Mackenzie Gavril Elias Gomez Edgar Gonzalez Ela Iaach Olivia Jalbrzykowski Mia Jovanovic Aliza Khan Isabel Lopez Justin Luca Bobbi Lyme Jocelyn Ma Connor Mariquina Nathan Matelski Elizabeth Muntenau Medi Noka Avery Nunez Sofia Ortega Peter Petruleas Hannah Ryu Safeerah Siddiqui Zachary Stuebe Elena Thomas Liliana Tomic Amy Torres Oleh Trush Ziah Vega Zoe Wszolek

PTO News YEARBOOK ORDERS: Eisenhower, Ross & Sullivan Schools It’s time to order yearbooks for Early Childhood – 5th Grade students!  Visit: https://www.memorybook.com/online-pay/parent-pay/ ($20) Eisenhower book code: 123574 ($22) Combined Ross/Sullivan book code: 111801 Order deadline is Tuesday March 29, 2022!

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