September/October 2022

Welcome to Deerfield!

School Hours: 8:00 am- 3:05 pm

CONTACT US:

Website

Main Office:

414-768-6220

Attendance Line:

414-768-6220

Email the Principal

For Breakfast/Lunch Menus Visit:

 ocfsd.org/breakfastlunch

Quick Info:

Food Service: (414)768-6120

Aspire: (414)588-3647

Riteway Bus Company: (414)571-9001

UPCOMING EVENTS

See what's happening this month.

Upcoming Days Off:

October 7

October 21

November 4

The Book Fair is Back!

October 12-14

Book Fair Volunteers: The PTO is looking for volunteers to assist students with shopping and checking out at our Fall Book Fair October 12-14. If you are interested in signing-up for one of the shifts, please review the available shifts here. To monitor the overall progress of our book fair, sign-up for e-wallet, or to shop online please see our Scholastic Book Fair page.

Thursday October 13th 3:30-8:30

and

Wednesday, October 19th 3:30-8:30

(school pictures will be taken both days)

                 October is School                  

Safety Month

The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District takes the safety of all students and staff very seriously.  We believe discussing safety over the entire month of October is warranted not just during school safety week.  See the safety letter from Dan Unertl, Superintendent, and David Stecker, Oak Creek Chief of Police 

2022-2023 School Safety Month Letter

During Safety Month, all students will participate in age-appropriate safety lessons on remaining safe in our schools by locking down in classrooms, doing quick peeks and metering when we need to evacuate, and the See or Hear Something, Say Something campaign.  At the elementary level, students will also view a police officer video presentation from the OC Police Department and an in person Fire Prevention presentation  from the OC Fire Department.  Students in 4th -12th grade will again view the video “Be Prepared, Not Scared” featuring Captain Bolender and members of the Oak Creek Police Department.   Please plan to talk to your child throughout the month of October about what they are learning about safety.

During Safety Month students will  again be learning about SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT (SUSO) Wisconsin.  Last year the Wisconsin Department of Justice introduced the SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT (SUSO) Resource Center!

 SUSO was created to help keep students safe by offering a comprehensive, one-stop place to turn with safety concerns, including a threat reporting system.Tip lines are used to identify not just threats to schools, but also other daily safety concerns. Of office administrators at schools who implement a tip line, 77% believe it has created more awareness of safety issues. Learn about Wisconsin’s tip line at Speak Up, Speak Out Wisconsin .  Also see:  SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT - Letter to Parents

Standard Response Protocol - Posters

In all our classrooms, office(s), hallways, gymnasium(s), library, and cafeteria(s) you will see our IN AN EMERGENCY Take Action… posters provided to us by the

 I Love You Guys, Foundation.

The response protocols are easily understood, easy to implement, put us all on the same page with the terminology, and are the procedures we drill for and practice throughout the school year.  

These posters are currently available & in our

 schools in the following languages:

English 

Arabic 

Punjabi

Portuguese

Spanish

If you do not see your or your child’s language 

please reach out to your principal or office secretary to request an additional language be added to this list. 

Thank you!

October 14th

1:00-2:30

Health and Wellness

When Parents Should Keep Their Child Home:

The following are indicators when to keep your child home:

• Fever over 100.4 degrees
• Eyes that are red, inflamed, crusty, or glassy
• Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting
• Frequent and/or hacking cough, sneezing, “running” nose
• Severe and/or prolonged sore throat
• Unusual paleness
• Persistent pain
• Generalized rashes
• Crusting or draining areas on exposed skin (hands, face, etc.)
• Any contagious disease, head lice, or scabies

Children should be “symptom free” for 24 hours before returning to school.

Pupils who have a temporary health condition should have a request for an excuse from physical education from a parent or health care professional. However, excuses from physical education for an extended period of time will require a statement from the health care provider who is treating your child for this illness or injury.