Stella May Swartz

Highlights-

5 Essentials Survey - is open until March 28th. Please help provide us feedback to make improvements as a school.

IAR Testing for 3rd and 4th Grades - Starts on Tuesday, March 18, 2025

School Dress Code - Please review the D48 Family and Student Handbook to ensure your child is adhering to the district and school's dress code.

Upcoming FTC Events -Plant Sale is open until 3/18 Annual STEAM Night on 3/21

Positivity Project - The week's upcoming character traits and family letters are linked.

We want to hear from you! Each year, our staff, parents, and students take the 5Essentials Survey to show us how we are doing. This feedback is extremely helpful for us to make improvements as a school. Please take the 5 Essentials Survey before March 28th. You should take this survey for each school you have students attending, and not just once for the district.

https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/

Week of 3/17-3/21: Spirit Week

Week of 3/24 -3/28: Humor

Parent Letter - https://5il.co/3a3o9

For the 2025.2026 school year grade level changes.

Stella May Swartz 630-834-9256 Mrs. Trexler Grades 3rd, 4th & 5th

Salt Creek Primary 630-832-6122 Mrs. Holden Grades Pre-K, Kindergarden, 1st & 2nd

School Dress Code

• Students are expected to wear clothing in a neat, clean, and well-fitting manner while on school property and/or in attendance at school-sponsored activities.
• Students are to use discretion in their dress and are not permitted to wear apparel that causes a substantial disruption in the school environment.
• Student dress (including accessories) may not advertise, promote, or picture alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia, violent behavior, or other inappropriate images.
• Student dress (including accessories) may not display lewd, vulgar, obscene, or offensive language or symbols, including gang symbols.
• Hoods, coats, bandanas, sweat bands, and sunglasses may not be worn in the building during the school day.
• Hair styles, dress, and accessories that pose a safety hazard are not permitted in the shop, laboratories, or during physical education.
• Clothing with holes, rips, tears, and clothing that is otherwise poorly fitting, showing skin and/or undergarments may not be worn at school.
• The length of shorts or skirts must be appropriate for the school environment.
• Appropriate footwear must be worn at all times.
• If there is any doubt about dress and appearance, the building principal will make the final decision.
• Students whose dress causes a substantial disruption of the orderly process of school functions or endangers the health or safety of the student, other students, staff or others may be subject to discipline

As families begin making their summer plans, we are sorry to inform you that we will not offer a SummerU program like in recent years. We cannot have our typical summer programming in any of our buildings due to construction. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and look forward to returning to our SummerU program for the summer of 2026. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me, Chris Martelli - Director of Curriculum and Instruction, at cmartelli@saltcreek48.org.

Please follow the guidelines below to keep drop off/pick up running smoothly. Students can enter the building at 7:30 AM. Morning supervision ends with a 7:40 AM bell and all doors will be closed.

• Pull up as far as you can to allow multiple cars to unload at one time. Cones will be out for the last few parking spaces to help with this.
• Stay in single line (no double rows).
• Use Monterey to proceed to the line. Do not turn down Elder and turn around in a resident's driveway.
• Drive the speed limit when driving on Monterey and any streets around the school.
• Do not park on the east side of the building. This can be very dangerous, it blocks traffic and slows down the line.
• Do not wait and watch your child enter the building. If you need to watch your child enter the building, please park on the west side of the building and walk your child to the front entrance. We have a supervisor on duty from 7:30-7:40 am.
• If you do not see supervision in the back and it is after 7:40 AM then you must drive to the front of the building to buzz the door. All parents must sign their students in at the office.

FTC would like to thank everyone who participated in the Michael Anthony's Dine Out two weeks ago!

FTC would also like to thank families who attended our 4th Pokemon Night last week. We hope you had fun. Our last one of the year will be held in May, so don't miss out!

Our first ever Flower Fundraiser is still going on. The order deadline is TOMORROW, Saturday, March 15, with order pick-ups happening Saturday, April 26. Don't miss out!

The annual FTC STEAM night is next Friday, March 21, at Albright from 6:30-8 pm. There will be 2 Drone demonstrations, a slime playground, button making, paper marbling, and more. Also, the first-ever Magician Show is at 7:30 pm. Don't miss out on a night of Family Fun and Education.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Lisa Auriemme at lauriemme@saltcreek48ftc.org

Thanks again!

Lisa Auriemme

FTC Co President District 48

The Glenbard Parent Series (GPS): Navigating Healthy Families is a distinguished speaker series dedicated to presenting relevant, high-profile authors, educators, and clinicians to all of our families in the DuPage area.

Here are a few of the upcoming FREE VIRTUAL webinars:

• An Evening with Best Buddies (Friendship Program for People with Special Needs)
• Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Teens and How to Limit its Impact
• Understanding and Preventing Addiction: Beautiful Boy
• Autonomy/Balanced Parenting: Reduce Parent Burnout and Raise Competent Kids
• A Blueprint/Skills for Better Grades and Less Stress

Click on this link for more information and registration/zoom link details.

Westway Coach Bus Co. 630-279-2720

Often there are times when our buses are running late. Westway Coach will notify us when there is a delay in time for buses so we can notify our parents of the bus that is running late. Sometimes, a situation can happen when our office is closed, and a parent tries to call us. If this is the case, you may contact Westway Coach at 630-270-2720. Note that our School Office hours are 7:15 to 3:15 Monday through Friday for Salt Creek and Stella May Swartz.

Update Information

It is important that parents keep their information updated in Skyward. If there is an emergency we do not want to have the wrong information. Please contact the proper school your student attends and give them any new information that needs to be changed whether it be for yourself, your spouse, another parent from a different address (we can separate addresses when student's are split between households),update new or old emergency contacts and any phone numbers for anyone on your Skyward parent portal. It is your responsibility to keep us informed. Salt Creek 630-832-6122, Stella May Swartz 630-834-9256 and Albright 630-279-6160.

Call the ABSENTEE LINE when your child is absent ☎️

Please make sure to call the Stella May Swartz Absentee line at 630-834-9256, press 2 if your child will be absent or arriving late. The school office will retrieve these messages every morning. If you have any doctor's notes, please send those with your student for the nurse's office.

*** You must leave a detailed reason of the absence.

A valid cause for absence includes illness (including mental or behavioral health of the student), observance of a religious holiday, death in the immediate family, family emergency, other situations beyond the control of the student. Remember if you do not call your student in on the day they are absent with a reason, they will be considered an Unexcused absence.

Mar 18: FTC Flower & Plant Sale Fundraiser -ORDER DEADLINE

Mar 19: Anxious Generation Book Study @ Albright 6:30 pm

Mar 20: Board of Education Meeting @ Albright 7:00 pm

Mar 21: STEAM Night @ Albright Middle School 6:30 pm

Mar 28: 1/2 Institute Day

Mar 31 - Apr 4: Spring Break - No School

Apr 5: Classes Resume

Salt Creek School District #48

Approved Calendar 2025.26

2024.25 Family & Student Handbook

Leap After School Program

Breakfast & Lunch Menus

RevTrak

Skyward

D48 Update

Healthy Snack Ideas

NEW-Crew of Champions Award (Replaced Extraordinary Recognition Award)

Principal: Mrs. Karen Marino

Email: kmarino@saltcreek48.org

Location: 17 W 160 16th St. Oakbrook Terrace, Il. 60181
Phone: 630-834-9256 ext. 3004

Fax: 630-617-2643

www.saltcreek48.org

Administrative Assistant To The Principal: Mrs. Angela Trexler

Email: atrexler@saltcreek48.org
Location: 17 W 160 16th St. Oakbrook Terrace, Il. 60181
Phone: 630-834-9256 ext. 3001

Fax: 630-617-2643

www.saltcreek48.org

Health Aid: Mrs. Denise Natalino

Email: dnatalino@saltcreek48.org
Location: 17 W 160 16th St. Oakbrook Terrace, Il. 60181
Phone: 630-834-9256 ext. 3003

Fax: 630-617-2643

www.saltcreek48.org

☎️ When calling the office for any such reason whether it be for the nurse, the principal or the secretary and attendance line please make sure to leave a message. The office gets a little hectic at times or it's possible we are in a meeting. We will return all calls. Thank you in advance.

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