We took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather this week and enjoyed one more outdoor lunch for 2021 and lots of outdoor snack and recess time as well. As we finish our last couple of weeks before winter break, we have many exciting items coming up:

This afternoon parents/guardians will be emailed a link to access their child's trimester one progress report. Please take a moment to review your child's scores and teacher comments. As always, we hope parents/guardians feel like they have a clear understanding of their child's on-going progress through teacher updates and discussions but also recognize that progress reports are an important method of communication as well. I had a chance to review every student's report and I'm incredibly proud of the growth we're seeing across all grade levels. Give your kids a hug for all of their hard work!

Happy Hanukkah to all who are celebrating!

Winter/Spring Children’s Choir sign ups are happening now! Click through this SIGNUP LINK if your child is interested in joining the Northbrook 28 Children’s Choir. Contact Mr. Bartunek ([email protected]) with any questions. If you missed our fall concert, here’s a direct link to the music videos that we created.

Mrs. Sanchez is excited to offer our annual Hot Chocolate Challenge again during winter break. Kids can read throughout the break and earn a cup of hot chocolate from Starbucks! Check out more information in this flier.

As a reminder, when your child is fully vaccinated, please submit his/her vaccine card to CrisisGo. Parents will receive a link on December 9th to submit their cards and can also request a link from Nurse Haley ([email protected]). When submitting your child's vaccine card, please indicate the fully vaccinated date as 15 days after the child's second shot (e.g., second shot was 12/2, fully vaccinated date would be 12/17). Once children are fully vaccinated (two weeks after their second shot), they are no longer eligible to participate in weekly SHIELD testing and they will automatically be removed from the SHIELD testing roster. Parents DO NOT need to opt out their child based on vaccination status.

Pickup: Cookie kit pickup will be on Friday, 12/10 from 3:00-3:45 p.m.

Winners: Raffle and Kit winners will be announced on Monday, 12/13

Please email Kim Yen or Marie Junkmann at [email protected]

Should you have any questions, reach out to Kim or Marie at [email protected]

Fresh Midwest is an online grocery delivery service focused on bringing the best of fresh to you. We cut out the middleman to connect you directly with farmers, restaurants and artisans. Use D28HOH and 3% will go to college scholarships for D28 grads. Click for details.

District 28 will send an email through CrisisGo to all parents on Dec. 9 with a unique link to upload children's COVID-19 vaccination cards. Once a student is fully vaccinated, which is two weeks after the second dose, they are no longer eligible for SHIELD Testing. They will be automatically purged from the roster.

The district is maintaining a COVID dashboard to publish more detailed information on positive cases and student quarantines for close contact and travel. The dashboard is updated daily with newly reported positive cases of both students and staff as well as student quarantine daily averages.

Materials posted are the responsibility of the organizations represented. View all Virtual Backpack listings on our website.

CATCH continues its Holiday Lunchtime Coffee Talk Series Dec. 8 and 15. Come for one or all! Click for more information and to register.