CCSD93’s Birth to 5 Community Coalition seeks to connect our community’s families with care and services for children age birth to 5. If you have young children, please save the date and stop by. Don’t hesitate to forward this message to your friends and neighbors!

Students to Celebrate Exploration Next Week

In 2017, while studying Christopher Columbus, Mrs. Helen Verdun's 7th grade class at Stratford Middle School sought to have a greater emphasis on all explorers, eventually preparing persuasive arguments to propose to CCSD93's Board of Education that the week of Columbus Day should celebrate explorers of all kinds more broadly. As a result, the Board adopted Explorers Week, which has become a crucial mainstay on CCSD93's calendar in October.

Next week is Explorers Week 2022, and students from all grade levels at all CCSD93 schools will participate in hands-on lessons where they either learn about history's greatest explorers or take on critical exploration themselves. The week has become a time when students are especially encouraged to embrace curiosity and cross new boundaries. 

Among the fun, engaging and relevant explorations our students will be delving into are Carol Stream 3rd graders video chatting with a scientist in Alaska, all Roy DeShane students collaborating on a schoolwide study with each class researching a different explorer, and Western Trails 5th graders partaking in an explorer-themed digital breakout. Next week, be sure to ask your child what they’ve explored!

Carol Stream Hosts Bestselling Author

Carol Stream Elementary School hosted famed bestselling children’s author and illustrator Raul the Third today for a presentation for students in grades 1-3. He shared how students can find inspiration for stories and drawings within themselves, their families and the people living in their communities. The students had a terrific time with the engaging artist, who is the creator of the El Toro & Friends and Vamos! book series.

Please review the information below for even more from CCSD93. Don't forget there is no school on Monday, October 10 for Columbus Day. Enjoy the long weekend!

Sincerely,

Dr. David H. Hill

Superintendent of Schools

CCSD93

No School 10/10 for Columbus Day:

Need Childcare? ActivKids Has You Covered!

There will be no school on Monday, October 10, 2022 for Columbus Day. If you need childcare for this day, click the image to sign up for ActivKids Days Off Club with the Carol Stream Park District!

Get to Know Cloverdale's Kathy Hootman in Latest Edition of CCSD93 in 93!

Kathy Hootman works at the Help Desk in Cloverdale Elementary School’s Innovation Center. She helps to manage the technology within the school during the school year and for the District during the summer. Find out more about her, including her favorite hobbies and what she likes best about her more than 20 years of service to CCSD93’s students, in the latest edition of CCSD93 in 93 Seconds.

Sign Up For Student-Led Conferences Today!

Student-Led Conferences will take place in the afternoon and evenings on October 19 and 20.

On September 30, all parents were sent a message with instructions for scheduling conferences online. Please note, parent accounts are reset each school year, so you’ll need to create a new account this school year even if you had one last year.

Visit www.ccsd93.com/conferences for more.

Español: www.ccsd93.com/conferencias. 

You're Invited to Attend Free Parent Programs

CCSD93’s partners at Glenbard Parent Series (GPS) provide terrific, free programming for today's parents. Even though it has Glenbard in the title, all CCSD93 families are invited to attend GPS events. This year, GPS is offering an incredible slate of speakers. You're invited to attend the upcoming parent programs below. Mark your calendar and visit www.glenbardgps.org for more!

Board of Education Updates

Board Seats New Member

CCSD93’s Board of Education held a special meeting on Wednesday, October 5 to seat Jasper Vaiana, who was selected to fill the vacant Board seat from a pool of applicants who interviewed the week prior.

Here's an image of Mr. Vaiana with Board President Scott Stone taking the oath of office.

10/13 BOE Meeting Preview

The next Board of Education meeting will be held at CCSD93’s District Office, 230 Covington Drive in Bloomingdale, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 13. All community members are invited to attend. The following are among the agenda items:

• CCSD93 Assistant Superintendent for Business Services will present on procurement policies and practices.
• Mr. Benedetti will also present on CCSD93’s state and federal grants.
• The Board will vote on the approval of the Truth in Taxation Resolution as part of the tax levy process.
• The Board will review its ethical policies.
• The Board will appoint an IASB delegate and review IASB resolutions.
• The Board will vote on the approval of the sale of used MacBook and iPad devices to employees.
• CCSD93 Assistant Superintendent for Teaching, Learning and Innovation Jonathan Zimmermann will review the K-5 social studies curriculum. 
• The Board will review bids for Jay Stream Middle School’s roofing project, scheduled to take place in the summer of 2023.