Hubbard Woods Family Newsletter
April 21, 2025
Dear Hubbard Woods Families,
As we begin planning class placements for the upcoming school year, we welcome your input. If there are any unique aspects of your child’s learning style, academic needs, or social-emotional development that you believe would be helpful for us to know, please share them using the form linked below.
To ensure your feedback is considered during the placement process, please submit the form by Friday, April 25th at 4:00 p.m.
While we truly value your insights, please understand that we are unable to accommodate specific teacher requests. Thank you for your partnership and for trusting our professional judgment as we work to create thoughtful, balanced, and supportive learning environments for all Hubbard Woods students.
All the best,
Ivory Ajavon
Principal
You’re Invited to the Winnetka Public Schools Foundation Carlson Event
Thursday, April 24th
Open House from 4:30 – 6:00 PM
Location: The Skokie School
Join WPSF to celebrate their 30th Birthday Bash at their annual event! This free, family-friendly, open house will highlight grants from the year - 30 for 30 – (new micro grants), grants in action from last year and beyond, as well as announcing the newly approved grants! Enjoy live music from our students and a Homer's ice cream bar!
Please register by clicking here.
Winnetka Parents Institute Event
Kindergarten-2nd Grade Literacy: Connecting our Teaching and Learning to Progressive Education
Wednesday, May 14, 2024
9:30 A.M.
Location: Skokie Community Room
Families are invited to a session highlighting literacy instruction in The Winnetka Public Schools. Dr. Becky Mathison, Assistant Superintendent for Innovation, Teaching & Learning, and District educators will lead a discussion on the literacy research and neuroscience that underpins the foundational skills and knowledge-building approach to acquiring basic literacy. Together, we will explore how early childhood literacy efforts in The Winnetka Public Schools align with current best practices, as well as the Tenets of Progressive Education:Whole Child Approach, Experiential and Meaningful Learning, and Collaborative Community. Parents will leave with a greater understanding of what to expect in Kindergarten through 2nd grade, as well as how to best support their budding readers at home.
Interested:
Season 3, Episode #9: “Gen Alpha Spills the Tea on Middle School”
Dr. Kelly Tess, Superintendent, interviews The Skokie School students Andrew, Anya, and Sawyer about the middle school experience in 2025. This candid conversation ranges from what students wish adults understood about today's tweens, strategies to manage busy schedules and homework, how personal technology impacts communication (i.e. it is apparently no longer socially acceptable to ring a friend's doorbell to see if they are available to play), what it really means to be a well-rounded student, and reflections on how the adults in their lives best support them. As Sawyer shares, “In this generation, this is not really what kids do: kicking a tire, throwing a rock or playing hopscotch in the street.” Don’t miss this special episode!
Listen here:
Recruiting Pets for Animal Care
ATTENTION all rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, reptiles, birds and other small animals! Winnetka's Adventures in Learning/Animal Care Class is back and looking for animals to get some love and attention from our teachers and students. If (you or) your child's small animal is due for a brief break this summer, please email Anna at animal.care.adventures@gmail.com. We can also attempt to arrange adoptions if it is time to pass your pet on to another loving family.
Save the Dates
Tuesday, April 22nd - School Board Meeting at Washburne at 7:15pm
Thursday, April 24th - Carlsen Event from 4:30pm-6:00pm
Friday, April 25th - Dismissal is at 11:20am. 1/2 day for students. Teacher Institute in PM.
Wednesday, April 30th - Hubbard Woods String Concert at 7:00pm