4/1 School Resumes

4/1-4/5 Yoga Week! April 5th is International Kids' Yoga Day

4/11 or 4/12 Spring Picture Day

Coming Soon: Open House events-see the information below!

the Village of Gurnee sponsores a Teacher of the Year Award to recognize teachers from Woodland District 50, Gurnee District 56 and Warren Township High School. the Teacher of the Year award recognizes the for their dedication, hard work and commitment to students. Each school will have one winner and then the district will have one overall winner.

Staff that were nominated this year are listed and pictured below. Mrs. Monterroso was our Primary School winner and a district level finalist. We will find out who the District winner is in April!

Nominees

Ms.Colon-EC Structured Learning

Ms. Ledesma-Dual Language

Ms. Bolinches-Dual Language

Mrs. Heeres-EC Instructional Learning

Mrs. Gleich-Kindergarten Structured Learning

Ms. Shanaberger-WELE

Mrs. Bablitz-Dual Language

Mrs. O'Neil-Monolingual Kindergarten (Former Primary School Winner)

Ms. Baier-Music (Former Primary School Winner)

Mrs. Monterroso-Dual Language***2023-2024 Primary School Winner

Starting in April, our Primary School social workers will present a lesson following Erin’s Law for students in your child’s classroom. This lesson will be taught along with other safety lessons during Safety Week. Students will watch a short video and do an activity that introduces them to the concepts of private parts, boundaries, and safety with others.

Erin’s Law was first passed in Illinois in January 2013; since then, 25 other states have adopted it. It is prevention-based, bringing sexual abuse education into public schools using age-appropriate materials and techniques.

Thanks to Erin’s Law, children are taught to recognize personal safety rules and learn what to do if they need assistance. Erin’s Law requires all public schools to provide education on sexual abuse prevention for all students, from early childhood through twelfth grade, every year. The law also requires “age-appropriate curriculum” be presented to our students.

If you feel that this subject matter is inappropriate for your child and would prefer that he/she not participate in this lesson, please contact your child’s teacher by April 5th.

To learn more about Erin’s Law, you can find more information at the following sites:

erinslaw.org or erinmerryn.net.

Arab American Heritage Month celebrates the culture, history, cuisine, and art of Arab Americans. As always we think sharing stories are a great way to give children and families a way to explore and learn more about cultures and traditions.

2021 ARAB AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER

Kanzi’s family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that’s why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts.

That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her and writes a poem in Arabic about the quilt. Next day her teacher sees the poem and gets the entire class excited about creating a “quilt” (a paper collage) of student names in Arabic. In the end, Kanzi’s most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one.

This authentic story with beautiful illustrations includes a glossary of Arabic words and a presentation of Arabic letters with their phonetic English equivalents.

International Kids' Yoga Day is set to be celebrated on Friday, April 5th. We can't wait! We are going to be sharing yoga with our students with special staff videos each day that week on our morning announcements. Mr. Kupfer and Mr. Mistrata, our fabulous Physical Education teachers are leading these videos and they teach balance, flexibility, breathing, strength and more. Since 2016, over 480,000 children from 45 countries, 6 continents and all 50 US states have participated in Kids' Yoga Day. Just 5 minutes of yoga a day can boost the mental and physical health and wellness of our children. Click HERE to read about all of the benefits!

Staff will be participating in a special yoga session after school, too!

In March we asked for parents or community members to be a part of our Primary Prep Crew. We had a small but mighty team come this month to cut, laminate and put games and activities together for our staff. It was so appreciated! We had two school board members help us, Brianna Powvens and Amy Sabor, and Araida Martinez, one of our Primary parents. Our staff appreciated this so much!! A big thank you to them for volunteering!

If you'd like to join us in April, we are setting April 16th as our Primary Prep Crew day. Fill out this form and we will have items that we need help with for you to work on. Primary Prep Crew form Click HERE!

Earlier this week our Dual Language students were treated to a performance by 1,2,3 Andrés! They provide concerts for language learners in Spanish and English. the show was amazing and completely funded by our PTA! Check out their webpage HERE.

We have performances coming up for our EC/WELE and Monolingual K classes this spring. All of our performers are funded by our amazing PTA!!

It's a new month, please order your child's breakfast (K) or breakfast/lunch (EC/WELE) for the month of April. Thank you!

K Breakfast Form for April

EC/WELE Meal Form for April

Your child's Spring picture day at:

Woodland Primary

will be

April 11th or April 12th

(Your child’s teacher will let you know which date)

Please use the link below to pre-order your portrait:

http://edclarkschoolphoto.hhimagehost.com/2024SpringWoodlandPrimary

Online Picture Ordering will close at 2pm on picture day.

All Students will be photographed.

*If you are having issues with the link copy and paste this into your browser:

https://AccessMyEvent.com/VFDGC7

We look forward to seeing you!

E.D. Clark Photography

Take a minute to see all of the wonderful things that are happening with our Parent Mentor Program. Click the picture below!

April PTA Preview - SAVE THE DATES!

4/9 - Second Tuesday Fundraiser at Panera

4/11 - April PTA Meeting 7pm via ZOOM

4/16 & 4/18 - Primary Book Fair - more details and volunteer info to come

4/23-4/26 - Middle School Book Fair - more details and volunteer info to come

4/24-4/25 - Elementary Book Fair - more details and volunteer info to come

Woodland Primary School

Email: standerson@dist50.net
Website: www.dist50.net
Location: 17366 West Gages Lake Road, Gages Lake, IL, USA
Phone: 847-984-8702
Twitter: @StaceyJAnd