Upcoming Calendar - See all events at www.d94.org/calendar

Nicole Osborne, a WCCHS English teacher, was invited to speak at the national American Educational Studies Association conference in Portland, Oregon this past weekend. The presentation, Rerouting the Journey: The Quest into the Anthropocene, addressed the importance of worthwhile English literature and curriculum in a posthumanist world. Nicole is pursuing a doctorate in Curriculum Studies and Principal preparation from DePaul University. 

School Board members are elected volunteers who are not paid for their service to the school district.

Take a moment next week, or anytime, to thank these District 94 volunteers:

Bob Brown, President

Lynn Casey-Maher, Vice-President

Rich Nagel, Secretary

Kathe Doremus

Penny Munoz

Gary Saake

Jovanny Zuniga

11/12/2021

D94 had ZERO positive cases this week. If you have any questions, please contact the Health Office.

Guidelines have recently changed and we CAN accept a rapid, antigen or a RT-PCR for your student to return to school. 

If your student has any COVID-like symptoms, they can only return to school if they have a negative COVID test or stay home for 10 days.  We can no longer accept a differential diagnosis for COVID-like symptoms.  For example, if a student has a sore throat and is diagnosed with strep, they would still need a negative COVID test to return to school prior to 10 days.  

If your student has a negative COVID test but had vomiting or diarrhea, they must stay home for 48 hours from the last time they threw up or had diarrhea.  

Forms are available for students to pick up in the office by Entrance H or you could place an order with Lifetouch online. Please go to mylifetouch.com and our schools Picture Day ID is: EVT3Q9SSF

¡Atención a todos los padres de Freshmen, Sophomores y Juniors! ¡Es hora de emocionarse porque el día de las fotos casi está aquí! Lifetouch tomará fotografías para el libro de recuerdos anual el lunes 15 de noviembre durante las clases de educación física, educación para conductores o clase de salud de sus estudiantes. ¿Quiere recordar lo fabuloso que se veía su estudiante en la escuela secundaria pero no recibió el formulario de Lifetouch para comprar sus fotografías geniales? Los formularios están disponibles para que los estudiantes los recojan en la oficina de la entrada H o pueden hacer un pedido en Lifetouch en línea. Visite mylifetouch.com y nuestra identificación para el día de fotos de la escuela es: EVT3Q9SSF

Did you know? Lifetouch takes candid photos of many of our events throughout the school year, and these photos are available for purchase!

Check out all of our events so far this year at https://lifetouch.curatorpost.com/login.

For more information, or to enroll, visit www.d94.org/preschool.

Do you love a getting a great deal? Next week is your chance to get some awesome items and help the students at WCCHS at the same time! There will be a wide variety of items, from artwork and gift certificates to area businesses to some special perks for students.

How can you get these deals? Join the Dist. 94 Community High School Education Foundation for our first ever Virtual Fundraiser! Beginning Monday, Nov. 1 at 9 a.m., log onto www.virtualauction.bid/CHSEF, sign in, start bidding, and check back often. Bidding will close Nov. 13 at 10 p.m., and the highest bidder for each item will win.

If you don’t want to bid, but would like to make a monetary donation, that can also be done on the website.

We can’t wait to have you join us! If you are unfamiliar with our organization, the CHS Education Foundation helps to enrich the educational experience of our Dist. 94 students by providing grant funding to purchase goods and services that make a difference for our students every day.

how to engage in respectful and effective dialogue, demonstrating the basic principles of listening and speaking. Learn the new ways to handle thorny topics that end in parent/kid standoffs, such as: delivering constructive feedback, discussing boundaries around technology, explaining sleep and their brains, the anxiety of current events, and family problem-solving.

This presentation draws on the most effective and up-to-date techniques needed to manage emotional well-being, support happiness, and help all achieve their goals. Join us as we identify the differences between normal stress and depression and learn simple skill-building exercises that improve mood and build self-esteem. Participants will discover how to overcome anxious thought patterns and build a more positive mindset to work through the challenges families are facing now. Here is the motivation to encourage you to embrace happiness and let go of stress with techniques grounded in positive thinking and positive psychology strategies.

Friends are the family we choose, and these bonds are essential. They affect our bodies, our minds, and humans require them to thrive across their lifetime. Friends matter at every age, but never more so than when we are young. The new science of friendship explains why. Join us and learn how the social brain gets built, the importance of social and emotional learning for healthy development, and how building good friendship skills early in life sets children and adolescents up for a long, healthy, and happy life. Denworth, a contributing editor for Scientific American, addresses whether friendships are changing in the age of social media, as well as the effects of the pandemic on young people’s social lives. She will also provide guidance for parents to help as life gets back to normal.

Becky Koltz | 630-876-6215 | bkoltz@d94.org