October 22, 2020
"It takes a village to educate a child.”

Dear Southern Door Community                                    
"It takes a village to raise a child" is an African proverb that means that an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. And, more importantly, it takes a village to educate a child. The people our children are around in their everyday lives will affect who our children will grow up to be. 

We are so fortunate that we have a community, here in Southern Door, which works as partners with us. Whether you volunteer in special activities, contribute to school fundraisers, present educational programs, are a member of the local Lions Club, building gaga pits, and putting on Halloween festivities (see special event below), just to name a few, each outreach makes a difference in the lives of our children and their families. 

This week we would like to extend a special thank you to Justin Veeser from the Brussels-Union-Gardner (BUG) Fire Department, and Kim Starr from the Southern Door Fire Department, for organizing another great Fire Prevention Week presentation for our students in 4K - grade 4. Click on this link to access a video highlighting this unique educational experience by some of our community's emergency personnel.     

We appreciate everyone's continued support and partnership with us in the education of our community's children, for it is what makes us Eagle Proud and Eagle Strong!

Patti
Patricia Vickman, Superintendent
IN THIS ISSUE

*Important Dates
*Board of Education Meeting Update
*Daylight Savings - Fall Back 1 Hour Nov. 1
*No School - October 29 & 30
* D.A.R. Award Recipient
*Test of Emergency Alert System - Oct. 27
*Referendum Information
*Free Virtual Concert
*Halloween Drive-In Movie in Brussels
*COVID-19 Community Testing Sites
*Another Way to Support Our School District
*Community Events:
--Halloween Drive-Up Cookout;
--Vote November 3rd
--Drive Thru Mobile Food Pantry
Board of Education Meeting Update
Please click on this link for a summary of Monday night's board meeting. Please click on this link for the Superintendent's Good News Report.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 AND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30
IMPORTANT DATES
Note: Please closely monitor the school calendar and sign up for rschooltoday updates so you are made aware of cancellations and postponements, especially now with the ever changing times. 


Friday, Oct 23 - EAGLE STRONG SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY; Eagle Face covering/mask sale ends today; Football @ Sheboygan Falls
Saturday, Oct 24 - 7p FREE Copper Box Concert Livestreamed from Auditorium

Monday, Oct 26 - Deadline for FFA Poinsettia Sale; JV football @ Mishicot
Tuesday, Oct 27 - 6p Emergency Weather Alert Test (if you don't receive it, call your child's school office)
Wednesday, Oct 28 - Halloween & Fall Fest School Spirit Day
Thursday, Oct 29 - NO SCHOOL - Professional Development for Staff
Friday, Oct 30 - NO SCHOOL; 11a-6p Drive Up Cookout @ HELP of Door County; 7p Football vs Mishicot
Saturday, Oct 31 - 5:30p Drive-up Trick-or-Treat at Brussels Community Center with 6p Halloween Drive-In Movie
DON'T FORGET - NOVEMBER 1ST

Set your clocks back one hour. Change your smoke alarm batteries, too
HIGH SCHOOL SELECTS RECIPIENT
OF D.A.R GOOD CITIZEN AWARD
Griffin Slezewski, senior at Southern Door High School, has been selected by the faculty and members of his class as this year's recipient of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Good Citizen Award. Each year a senior who best exemplifies outstanding qualities of leadership, dependability, service and patriotism in his/her school, home and community is nominated for this award. The sponsor of this award is the Jean Nicolet Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Griffin is the son of Kevin and Tracy Slezewski.
TEST OF EMERGENCY WEATHER ALERT - 6PM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27
With the colder weather upon us, we are going to do our test for emergency weather alert earlier this year.

The Southern Door County School District uses Infinite Campus (IC) to send school and district-wide communications. Parents must opt in to which messages they want to receive.  On Tuesday, October 27 at 6 pm, we will send a test to all the communication preferences that parents have selected on Infinite Campus. If you don't receive the message, please call your school office the next day to have them check your notifications.

The following instructions at this  link detail how to review and update your emergency communication contact information and preferences, or you may contact your respective school office for assistance.
HALLOWEEN/FALL FEST SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY
Wednesday, October 28th 

PreK-12 students and staff may choose to wear fall colors or an appropriate fall/Halloween costume. Please remember that, in line with our school district policies, no weapons (or look-alike weapons) may be part of the costume. Any costumes with themes of violence are also not appropriate. Thus there can be no Scream, Freddy Kruger, etc., nor any other costumes depicting violence, horror, etc., here at school. Minimal makeup is permissible if applied at home before coming to school. 
 
As always, learning and safety are our primary concerns. Please be sure that your child's costume is in good taste, and that it will not be a disruption to the learning environment. You may want to keep in mind the various activities that your child will be involved in, such as recess, gym class, lunch, etc., in planning what they will wear to school that day. As with any other theme day, if a student's clothing causes disruption to the learning process, the student may be asked to remove the costume.
FREE VIRTUAL CONCERT SATURDAY, OCT 24TH FEATURING COPPER BOX!
Join the Southern Door Community Auditorium virtually for a night of FREE music as Wisconsin's very own Copper Box jams out for our first live performance in eight months! Sponsored by our wonderful partners at Door County Medical Center, this live streamed event is available at no charge.

To access the concert, go to the home page of the SD website, and click on the Copper Box picture, or go to the Community Auditorium's YouTube page.
HALLOWEEN DRIVE-IN MOVIE
The Brussels Lions Club is sponsoring a Drive-In Halloween movie on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at the Brussels Community Center, 1366 Junction Road (DK). Drive-by trick or treating starts at 5:30pm, with a drive-in showing of the Hotel Transylvania Movie starting at 6pm. Click on this link to access the full flyer with more information.
COVID-19 Recurring Community Testing Sites for Door County

Door County is partnering with the Wisconsin National Guard to offer free COVID-19 testing for the community on a weekly recurring basis, beginning on October 19th and going through December 7th. Testing will occur every Monday during that span from 8:00AM – 4:00PM. Go to this link to access the schedule.
Restaurant to Support Our School District
 Beginning Oct. 20, 2020 until May 21, 2021
The Lodge at Leathem Smith will donate $1 to Southern Door School District for each party's Dine-in or Take-out order. Guests must let us know at the time of their order, whom they wish to receive the donation.