Welcome to the 22-23 School Year!

Parents,

Chromebooks will be coming home on a daily basis with students.

Please click on the link for our Chromebook information for students and parents.

English

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GHb3Ts7N9-BMgCM67feLh48oq4Y0OLrW40uMq34yEn8/edit

Spanish

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CJMcpNHUOL_sDYsDZc8cLHq_GrzUt2BcHJt6wh5CfXM/edit?usp=sharing

After-school clubs for this semester start on September 19th and end on December 16th (except Namaste which ends on the third week of November and Soccer runs from September 26-November 14)

The hours are 3:30 pm-5:00 pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Friday clubs. Tuesday go from 2:30pm-4:00pm.

*Due to driver shortage, some clubs will have transportation and some will not. More information to come.

List of clubs and days

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f6H9OReqd9vNQG-xt_Mfsjj0ybRa4MuuJ1Ovlnn3OWw/edit

Registration forms

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1byEa1nBmspAsavghLpSP5MOSOkQIyR2N?usp=sharing

Symptom Screening & Staying Home When Sick

• Every day, all students and staff must be free of any of the following COVID-like symptoms in order to be in the District:
  
  

• Fever of 100.4 F or greater or chills

• Cough, if new

• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

• Fatigue from unknown cause

• Muscle or body aches from unknown cause

• Headache (new and either moderate or severe)

• New loss of taste or smell

• Sore throat

• Vomiting

• Diarrhea
  
  

• Parents will be responsible for screening their child before school, and by sending them to school, they will certify that the child is not experiencing any COVID symptoms.

• Everyone will be encouraged to stay home if they are sick or symptomatic.

• Expect to stay home at least five days from the onset of symptoms.
  

Diagnosed Cases & Isolation

• Positive cases must isolate for at least five days.

• The first day of isolation is the day AFTER whichever came first:

• The start of symptoms.

• The day the positive test sample was taken.

• After five full days, isolation can end if the individual …

• Has been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.

• Is experiencing no other symptoms. (Note: Loss of taste and smell may persist for weeks or months after recovery and need not delay the end of isolation.)

• Household members of positive cases are encouraged to isolate for five days unless they have already tested positive within the past 90 days and are showing no symptoms.
  
  

• Anyone who tests positive for COVID must immediately notify the school.

• Before returning to in-person instruction, students with diagnosed COVID cases must receive clearance from the school health offices and submit COVID-19 Isolation Completion Acknowledgement and Release Forms.

• Students returning from isolation must …

• Receive clearance from the school health office

• Submit COVID-19 Isolation/Quarantine Completion Acknowledgement and Release Forms

• Must for Days 6-10 …

• Wear face coverings at all times: indoors, outdoors and when participating in extracurricular activities.

• Eat their lunches separate from other students, in a location where 6 feet of social distance can be maintained while they are maskless.

Due to staff shortages, we are unable to provide a crossing guard at Briar & 2nd Avenue. We strongly recommend crossing at Ridgewood and 2nd Avenue where there are 4-way stop signs.

District 2 has a new motto: Learning & Growing Together.

That motto is just one part of the District's new, five-year strategic plan. The District also updated its mission and vision statements, beliefs, and strategic priorities.

Now it needs to develop a new logo to symbolize those ideals.

And it's looking for your help!

Please take our online poll and rank your favorite designs from among the options under consideration.

• Click here to take the New BSD2 Logo Online Poll.

We'll share the results later this fall, and adopt a new logo later this school year!

Pay for meals through MySchoolBucks
Parents can go online and pre-pay for their student's meals through MySchoolBucks. Click here for MySchoolBucks website.
Parents may also send cash with their student, or turn in payments at the school office.

The first PTA meeting is on Thursday, September 8th @ 3:45pm.

Meetings will be held in-person at Johnson in the Innovation Lab on the 2nd Thursday of each month (except January)

Zoom option to share with families: PTA Meeting Zoom link - same link for ALL meetings this school year

Dates: October 13, November 10, December 8, January 19, February 9, March 9, April 13, May 11.

Picture Day is Tuesday, September 20. More information to come!

Due to ISBE regulations, remote learning is required for students under quarantine or who test positive for COVID. The district has purchased enough technology (OWLs) to adhere to these guidelines. Unfortunately, we do not have permanent remote access in all classrooms so remote access can not be made available for other illnesses, vacations, or other events that may take students away from school.

The SHIELD program will return this year in all three BSD2 schools. Enrollment is now open and all students and staff are invited to participate in the program.

Anyone who participated in the program last year must register again to participate this year.

Click below to complete the consent form for minors undergoing Covid testing.

https://forms.gle/9NQ35oLFUXn3oMco8

Please note that new consent forms take a few weeks to process.

We are very excited to start the STEAM classrooms at W.A.Johnson and Tioga Elementary Schools. This program will engage our students in project based group learning, using hands-on materials.

Click here for more information.

September 5: Labor Day (No classes)

September 8: PTA Meeting. 3:45pm

September 16: Teacher Institute Day (No classes)

September 20: Picture Day

September 22: Flu Shots. 1:45-4:45pm

October 7: Fall Fest (rain date of October 14)

Carlos Patiño

Principal

Michelle Shabaker

Assistant Principal

Website: https://www.bsd2.org/Johnson
Location: 252 Ridgewood Avenue, Bensenville, IL, USA
Phone: 630-766-2605
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WA-Johnson-Elementary-School-286183201567784/
Twitter: @wajprincipal