News You Can Use: September 28, 2020

Dear CCGS Families,
We had a beautiful weather week which allowed for us to have lots of outdoor time. This week our students did their Fun Run in P.E. for our YEF fundraiser. We cannot wait to reveal who will get to silly string the principals next week. Thank you so much for your support and donations. We had a busy week here at Circle Center. Students are working on narrative writing, the letter E and L, weather conditions, maps, and multiplication. As you can imagine, things can often get busy as a school principal, so one of the things I enjoy is visiting your students' SeeSaw, RAZ, or Dreambox lessons to see what they are learning and how they are doing. It always brings me joy to see how excited our students are about their work and to see how quickly they are growing as learners. In remote classes this week I got to see some of our students working on sentence writing, punctuation, and I even learned a very catchy song about short vowel sounds. One of the highlights of my week was joining Ms. Litchfield's class for recess. We played freeze shadow tag and kickball together. So fun! We cannot wait to see you at our Curriculum Night. Please watch for a link from your teacher with more information and a zoom link. On Sunday, please check out our Google website where all of the curriculum night slides will be posted by Sunday night.



I hope you have a great weekend with your family!



Mrs. Hamm
Below are some pictures of students at work this week.
What a special treat for Ms. Ripsch's students who got to play basketball with one of Yorkville Community Officers! Thank you to Officer Aktabowski.
This student was so excited to be our shout out school prize winner! She brought a friend with her to help say the pledge today. She got a special pencil and will be our pledge leader all of next week. To watch the pledge from home each day please visit our Google website.
Congratulations to our Golden Platter Winner of the week! Ms. Taxis's classroom was chosen this week for following the 4 school cornerstones during lunch and recess. It was also Ms. Taxis's birthday, so they had a great celebration!
Classroom Highlight of the Week

Learning Fun in Ms. Crosby’s Class (Photos above)

Hello CCGS Family! We have had a wonderful beginning to our year in our 3rd grade class. We have been busy building our class community and we are doing amazing learning all of the new expectations. We are loving using Google slides to view our tasks for the day and have become so skilled at keeping ourselves accountable for our own work.  Going to our outdoor learning zones has been so refreshing to enjoy reading together. We are growing in our new multiplication skills every day with fun chants and raps! Dreambox has been our new favorite part of Math as it meets everyone where they are at and pushes them further daily. We have found creative ways to still collaborate safely together and are enjoying time to talk and learn with our peers. We look forward to more learning and fun this year!

Ms. Crosby's Class

  • All of the MAP reports will be coming home with your child this week by Friday. All remote students will receive reports in the mail. This could take up to a week longer.
  • We will be having our first fire drill this week. Please talk to your child about the importance of drills. We will be following social distance guidelines for our drills. Drills are important at home too! This is a great time to practice with your child and talk about where to go if there were a fire in your home. If you do a drill, please take pictures and post them here!
  • e-Learner Families: Attendance is mandatory on all zoom lessons. This is the time your child is receiving his or her direct instruction. Please make sure your child attends every zoom session or they will be marked absent. Attendance and truancy are still being monitored in all learning formats.
  • Hybrid Families: In addition to your child coming to school there are two hours of learning that are taking place at home also. Teachers have shared this information in Google Classroom or SeeSaw. If your child is not completing their afternoon work, we will be marking it as a partial absence and truancy reporting would apply. If your child is struggling with their independent work at home, please contact your child's teacher for assistance or modifications.
  • e-Learning Library Book Checkout
  • Hello E-learning families! We miss you, and we want to get good books in your hands! If you are interested in checking out a book from your school library, click on the form linked below to see directions to request your books. Once the book is ready to go, we will contact you to arrange a pick-up date and time. Hope to hear from you SOON! -Your Y115 elementary librarians-

CCGS: Mrs. Johnson [email protected]



  • Do you have photos of your child learning at home? Please link them here for our monthly video and newsletters.

Future Important Dates

Monday, September 28: D Day
  • Curriculum Night 5:00-6:30 p.m. for Ms. Costa and Ms. Price 2nd grade students
  • Board of Education Meeting 7:00-8:00 pm

Tuesday, September 29: A Day
  • CCGS Curriculum Night 5:00-6:30 p.m. all face to face students and Ms. Springborn, Ms. Sagen, Mrs. Guzaldo, Mrs. Page and Mrs. Fenstra's classes

Wednesday, September 30: B Day
  • Curriculum Night 5:00-6:30 p.m. for Ms. Klaas 3rd grade students

Thursday, October 1: C Day

Friday, October 2: D Day


Save the Date
October 5th-8th 2020 Fall Fest Spirit Week! Please watch for information to come home from District on Monday.
October 9 - October 12: Fall Break - No School
October 13: Teacher Institute Day- No School for students

It is time for the CCGS and YIS PTO’s annual Dessert Days fundraiser!! This year, ALL SALES WILL BE ONLINE. No paper order forms or payments will be accepted at school. Please follow the instructions on the flyer below to register your student and begin selling. If you have students in both buildings please consider registering them separately so that each PTO benefits from their sales! Sales will run 9/25-10/20 with order pick up scheduled for 11/16. Here is the link to get started: https://mrsfieldsfundraising.com/onlineordering/  

PTO Spirit Wear Sale
Show your Fox spirit! Use the links below to view and order items, including the official 2020 Fall Fox Fest T-shirt*. A percentage of all sales goes back to the district PTOs. Multiple delivery options are available.

General Spirit Wear - Connie's Creations

*Official Fall Fox Fest Shirt

Please direct questions to PTOC Chairperson Shawn Harris at [email protected]. 

PTO Zoom meeting dates are the third Thursday of every month:


October 15th 7pm
November 19th 7pm
December 17th 7pm (tentative) 
January 21st 7pm
February 18th 7pm
March 18th 7pm
April 15th 7pm
May 20th 7pm
June (TBA)
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