We have had our first safety drills, a bus evacuation and fire drill, and students and staff did a wonderful job! Headed into October we will be making plans to conduct a Code Yellow and Code Red drill in partnership with our Homewood Police Department.

Family STAR reports were sent home on Friday. Please review the report and this helpful information about the report. Feel free to reach out to your child's teacher with any questions. Our universal screening period has ended and our intervention team will be beginning small group supports and extension learning in the coming weeks.

Thank you PTA for your help with picture day and to all the family/caregivers able to join Dr. Schnoor for our first Snack and Chat!

Transportation Changes: Please inform both classroom and office of any changes. Changes must be communicated by 2:30pm on full days and 11:15am on early release days. We can not accept changes that are communicated only by students.

Lunch Delivery: If your child is not getting a school/hot lunch, please send them to school with a lunch. We understand that occasionally a lunch may be forgotten at home and we can accept delivery. The number of lunches being delivered can be overwhelming to our front office staff. If delivery is needed, the lunch must be in the office 20min before their scheduled lunchtime. No paid delivery service drop-offs allowed.

Use of Electronics: We have a clear policy regarding cellphones and electronic devices. If you choose to send your child to school with a watch with communication tools, please be clear about the rules of our school and your expectations. Watches should never be used as communication device during the instructional day. Students should report any concern or need directly to a staff member when they are in our care. If students are not following this policy we will follow our steps of warning, communicating with families, and confiscation for repeated offense.

Breakfast and Lunch Program

Arrival and Dismissal

Our club sign-up went out this weekend and we are excited for our first session! Club sponsors will reach out this upcoming week once rosters have been finalized. They will provide more specific information about the group and meeting dates/times. Clubs will begin the week of October 2nd. Please remember that all students must be picked up at 4:15pm. Another sign-up will go out in January for Session 2.

Families - Our 3rd grade students will begin to take their laptops to and from school starting in October. Be on the lookout for more information from your child's teacher. Review the laptop expectations video so you can discuss this with your child before laptops come home. Please find a dedicated space at home for the device and ensure it is being charged daily.

We are looking for interested Churchill caregivers to submit this form to be a part of the Principal's Advisory Committee. The committee will meet three times a school year (once per Trimester) to learn about and discuss school improvement efforts as well as co-construct with the principal special projects. Please complete the form if you are interested and Principal Schnoor will reach out with further details regarding its first meeting. If you have participated previously, no need to complete the form as an invite to our meetings will be automatically sent. Hope to add some new names and faces to our team!

https://forms.office.com/r/wa9PznQxqp

Make sure you ask your child about Bulldog Day! They took a survey last week and will participate in a preferred extension activity the morning of 9/27. There are a lot of fun and interesting activities that students are sure to enjoy. We will have 5 more days throughout the school year that this will take place (October 25th, December 20th, January 31st, February 28th, and April 24th) and we would welcome any parent or community members that would like to teach a passion/interest with a small group of students on this day. Please get in touch with Dr. Schnoor if interested.

These students earned a certificate for leveling up the week of 9/18. We love to see our students making progress! Please make sure your child is logging into Lexia Core5 or Power Up and practicing on this reading app for at least 20 minutes each evening. If you would like to find out more about this incredible tool, please register to gain access to a family webinar recording.

We have many great resources to teach and practice social emotional learning skills at Churchill. Please see some introductory information about Second Step, Ripple Effects, and our Churchill social emotional assessment rubric. Your child will be assessed and provided a grade at the end of each trimester for their performance in the four domains outlined in the rubric.

SecondStep_En.pdf / SecondStep_Sp.pdf

SEL_RippleEffectsIntro

Churchill SE Scoring Rubric.pdf

September is suicide prevention month. Please see the attached resources from Pathlight for some helpful information and guidance on this topic.

We have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by including music and read alouds on our morning announcements. We have also enjoyed our students sharing interesting facts about their heritage. Please join us in learning about and celebrating this special month by enjoying this read aloud Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away written by Meg Medina and illustrations by Sonia Sanchez.

Do you know a teacher who has innovative teaching techniques or has made unique contributions to the community? WGN-TV and Ankin Law are honoring their achievements by naming a Teacher of the Month. The winning teacher’s school will win a $1,000 donation from Ankin Law, and be featured on WGN Midday News and WGN News at Nine

Go to wgntv.com/teacher to nominate today!

Homewood PTA General Meeting will take place on Thursday, September 28th, 6-7pm in the James Hart Gym. Enter through Aberdeen and childcare will be provided, if needed.

Homewood Parent Teacher Association 🏫👨🏽‍🏫

https://homewoodpta.memberhub.com/

Homewood Parent Music Association 🎵

https://www.homewoodpma.org/

Foundation 153 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

https://foundation153.org/

Churchill Principal's Advisory Committee ✨💙

https://forms.office.com/r/wa9PznQxqp

Our Family Side-by-Side Curriculum Night is scheduled for Thursday, October 12th from 5:30-6:30pm. This event will be a structured evening in which families and students will follow their daily schedule and engage in collaboration with the school team on our learning goals for the school year.

Dr. Sara Schnoor, Principal

Email: sara.schnoor@hsd153.org
Website: https://churchill.hsd153.org
Twitter: @Ch_PrincipalS