District & School Updates:
NWEA MAP Assessment: In today's take home folder please look for your child's MAP scores for reading and math. This is a district benchmark assessment with national comparisons. As you look over these scores, we must also factor in the time away from face-to-face school and the summer months. With that said, we were pleased to see that learning retained. Thank you for reading and practicing learning platforms at home! This data informs how to support your child at school.
Lexia: Your child will be able to access Lexia (a phonics reading program) through Clever. So your child will go into Clever and sign in (it should automatically allow for one click sign in). If not, login is your child's student ID and the password should be foxes123. For those students who are practicing Lexia at home, please strive to do 45-60 minutes a week.
Kindergarten Tablets are HERE!
Greats news! Our Kindergarten tablets arrived. Your child will come home with this no later than Monday. Tablets should be charged each night. They need to come to school EVERY day inside the backpack. Please do not send water bottles filled; we want to avoid damage to our new technology. Students can fill water bottles at school. You may send a sealed water bottle. Students should practice Lexia, Raz Kids, and Dreambox at home on his/her tablet.
Outdoor Explorations: Falling into Autumn: This year we will have outdoor exploration days to align with one of our school goals! Why? The purpose is to embrace nature and tie standards with the outdoors. Outdoor Exploration will take place on Friday, October 16th! Students will get messy with pumpkins, apples, leaves, and all things FALL while also reading, writing, predicting, and doing math! More to come!
Message from Nurse Bryn:
IL State Eye Exam is due for all Kindergarten students by October 15th? Parents can reach out to me with questions @ or call the school bmartinek@y115.org.
District Text Message System:
Opt into our district text message system. Take out your phone as if you were to text a message. In the TO: type 67587. In the message/body type: YES
Celebrate Fall Fox Fest Oct. 5-8
At a time in which students, alumni, families, employees, and community members cannot come together to celebrate a traditional Homecoming, the first Fall Fox Fest has been created to keep the Yorkville CUSD 115 Fox spirit alive!
From Monday, Oct. 5 through Thursday, Oct. 8, daily themes have been created to remind those in the community that even during these difficult times, we all belong to a caring community that wants the best for its children. No matter a student's grade level or how he/she currently attends school, there is much more that brings us all together than keeps us apart.
The daily themes/activities are listed in the attached flier and are available on the district website at www.y115.org/fallfoxfest.
Give Back Restaurant Week
The district’s Parent-Teacher Organizations have joined to host a Give Back Restaurant Week from Oct. 5-9 in appreciation for the continual support the local business community has provided to our students and their education. Please join the District 115 Parent-Teacher Organizations and make it a point this week to patronize these local restaurants (www.y115.org/restaurantweek).
As part of Give Back Restaurant Week, students are encouraged to join in the Find the Fox Scavenger Hunt. Starting on Monday, students can use the clues on the website to find the participating businesses who have the Yorkville Fox featured in their storefront window. Students can take their photo with the fox and at the end of the week, submit them to the district to be entered to win prizes. Visit www.y115.org/findthefox for details.
PTO Spirit Wear Orders
Families who ordered items through the past week’s PTO spirit wear sale may pick up the items on Saturday, Oct. 3 between 9-11 a.m. at the district Administrative Center at 602-604 Center Parkway in Yorkville. Parents are asked to remain in their vehicles, as purchased items will be placed in the trunk in order to maintain physical distancing. Please bring your photo ID and order number. Questions can be directed to Shawn Harris at shawnharris@beyondblu.com.
Lifetouch Email: The district was informed that some parents received an email regarding yearbooks from the district’s former photography vendor, Lifetouch. Please disregard the solicitation, as Lifetouch sent it to Y115 families in error. The district’s current photography vendor is HR Imaging. Order forms for 2020-2021 yearbooks through HR Imaging will be distributed to Y115 families after winter break. Families with additional questions or concerns are asked to email their child's building principal or the district’s Director for Business Services, Mike Vargas, at mvargas@y115.org.
E-Learning Families:
