Greetings Newport Families!

I cannot believe December is here! We have three more weeks of school left. Our last day of the school year is December 20th. We still have a lot of work left to do in these three weeks so please make sure to get your child to school on time. Just a reminder that our school hours are from 8:30am - 3:10pm. Remember we will be off for break starting the 23rd of December - January 3rd. School Resumes on Monday, January 6th.

However your family celebrates during this holiday season, take some time to make some memories. I wish you a restful winter break!

I normally highlight a grade level or a team of staff each month. I want to take this time to thank my entire staff for everything that they do each and every single day to help our students at Newport Elementary School. Although not every person is pictured, this is important to note. I have been at Newport for 19 years and have seen many changes. I can tell you that this group that helps our kids every day are having daily conversations during their Professional Learning Community times planning for student learning. This group is constantly brainstorming on how to make learning and events better than ever before. Our focus is the students and our families that walk through the doors each and every day. Our collective goal to to prepare them for Newport and Beyond! So during this holiday season, I want to take this moment to thank every single staff member who enters our doors. Thank you for all that you do for our students!!!

The Northern Illinois Food Bank provides support to over 900 food pantries, mobile markets, and soup kitchens. They distribute perishable and non perishable foods. The food bank also has options you can choose from based on your dietary needs. If you are in need of food support here is a list of stops for mobile markets in Lake County for the month of December. You can also check out their website for more information if you are in need of additional support.

Your students are benchmarked three times a year using the i - Ready computer based program. Students will start their Winter Benchmarking assessment the week of December 9th. This information will show us how your child is progressing towards their individual growth goal and stretch goal. Please make every effort to have your child here on time and present.

Students are tested in reading and math using i - Ready. i - Ready provides us with information on how our students are progressing towards grade level standards. We gather this data and we as teaching teams review where each child is at currently and if they are in need of additional support to get on track towards grade level mastery. Each child is given a personalized learning path.

This learning path has assignments in reading and math that will help them get closer to achieving grade level proficiency. Beach Park School District #3 has a district initiative that has students working for 45 minutes a week on reading and math. Did you know teachers can assign students individual lessons on i - Ready? Our teachers are also able to assign students with lessons that are directly linked to a current unit of study and gather more information on a particular standard. This provides the student with even more practice towards mastery.

Leading up to our winter benchmarking we want students to not only complete their 45 minutes of reading and math but also get at least an 80% pass rate on their lessons. Teachers will be holding data chat conference with each child to make sure they not only know where they started from their Fall test, but provide them with some encouragement to do their absolute best to show what they know!

If you have not visited our School Spiritwear Shoppe what better time than to do so than now. The store is open all year long. Items ordered are delivered directly to school with no shipping costs. Your purchase of items goes to directly support our Newport PTO. So click the School Spiritwear button in BLUE above .

A couple of reminders:

1. If your child is out for a medical or dental appointment, please bring (or email) me a Doctor’s note so the absence can be excused.

2. Please remember to call when your child is absent. If I do not answer my phone, you can leave a voice message with your name, your students name and the reason for their absence. I check my voicemail frequently.

3. Fee statements should have been brought home. If you think you qualify for reduced or waived fees, feel free to contact me and I can help you with that process.

4. Remember to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get a glimpse of what's going on at Newport.

Feel free to contact me should you have any questions. If I don’t see or hear from you, I hope you have a wonderful Holiday season and a relaxing winter break!

Mrs. Jill Pelli

847-599-5330

jpelli@bpd3.org

Cold weather is not going away anytime soon - please dress appropriately for the outdoors.

• sweaters/jackets
• winter coats
• hats, mittens/gloves
• snow pants and boots (if it has snowed)

Please make sure to send your child to school with a sweater or jacket they could layer on while inside the building as well. Plan ahead and watch the forecast to see what the weather is to be expected daily. This is important for the safety of your child as the temperature will continue decrease in the coming months.

We here at Newport Elementary are so thankful for all of the families who have been helping to support our classroom teachers. Our fundraiser isn't over. You can do your online shopping and Newport gets a percentage from those purchases from various vendors. If you go to www.schoolstore.com or scan the QR code you can find Newport Elementary School. Then locate your merchant on the tap on the top. Once you click a merchant you can begin your online shopping. Your student doesn't get prize points for online shopping but we get a percentage. Thanks again for all of your support.

📆Upcoming Dates:

December 3rd - Two Hour Early Dismissal @1:10

December 4th - PTO Meeting @5:30 at Zion Library

December 6th - Parents' Night Out 3:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.

December 10th - Joint Board Meeting @BPMS 6:30pm

December 11th - 3rd/4th plus Mrs. Smith's Class Newport Concert 6:30PM

December 12th - 5th Grade Band Concert @BPMS @6:30PM (Look for information from Ms. Carmen)

December 20th - PBIS Reward Pajama Day (No Slippers can be worn)

December 23rd - January 3rd - Winter Break NO SCHOOL

January 6th - School Resumes

January 7th - Two Hour Early Dismissal @1:10

January 20th - No School Martin Luther King Day

Thank you to all of our Newport Families who came out to support our Newport PTO during our Culver's Event last month. We are excited to hold an amazing Storm Science Assembly for our student in February. The flyer is shown below of what our students will experience.

If you are interested in helping the PTO, please don't hesitate to contact us at emailnewportpto@gmail.com or by attending our monthly meetings. Please know that you don't have to dedicate much of your time! All the parents and staff on the PTO know that your time is valuable, and we understand everyone has a busy schedule, but you don't have to volunteer for every event; even just a few minutes a month could help make a difference. Every little bit helps! If you would like to donate a couple items for a fundraiser; if you know you are good at decorating for events, if you have great fundraising ideas or even just ideas to help bring families and staff closer, we are open to any and all suggestions.

REMINDER: Our meeting this month will be held at 5:30PM at the Zion Library. A google link will be sent out prior for all of those who wish to join us virtually. We hope to see you there!

🎈December Birthdays!

Pablo Valdez

Jeremiah White

Emily Lopez

Richelle Board

Emma DeJesus

Kayloni Pitts

Melhem Carrillo

Belle Fox

Zoey Lamoreaux

Keniylah Vaughn Hunt

Zahmya McCoy

Samantha Samano

NyLia Benson

• School Hours:
• Student arrival 8:20
• Hours: 8:30 - 3:10
• If you drop off your child after 8:30 you will have to come inside to the office to sign your child in for the day.
• Below you will find our drop off and pick up map. Staff members will have your child ready and waiting for you as you move through the pick - up lane.

Pick Up Tips:

• Please contact the office prior to 2:30 PM if you are going to be picking up your child @ 847 - 599- 5330. You can also email our Administrative Assistant Mrs. Pelli @ jpelli@bpd3.org with your child's First Name, Last Name, Classroom teacher, who will be picking up your child and please include any siblings too.
• If you have to pick your child up prior to dismissal for any reason during the school year you still need to come inside the building show an I.D. and sign your child out.

Dr. Laurie A. Garris, Principal

LEARN, LEAD, SUCCEED!

Here is how you can contact me:

💻 send me an email

☎️ give me a call

Phone: 847-599-5304

Email: lgarris@bpd3.org