The Viking Voyager

Hello Little Viking Families,

I can't believe it's May! We are in the final weeks of school, yet we are as busy as can be! Please review the upcoming dates below so you know what days have a change in our typical daily schedule (testing/field trips/celebrations).

Next week, we are completing our Spring iReady benchmark assessments. I am so excited to see how much our students have learned this year. Please make sure your child eats a good breakfast, gets a good night's sleep, and arrives on time to school to do their best on these end of year tests! Results will be shared with families in the final weeks of school.

Next week is also teacher appreciation week! Thank you to FTC for organizing a week of celebrating our teachers! Thank you to all of our families who have donated or plan to donate items. To see how you can join in on the fun in little or big ways, check out FTC's celebration week schedule below for ways your students can celebrate their teachers everyday next week.

Upcoming Field Trips/Dates:

Wednesday 5/7 - ACES Day Field Trip (All Kids Exercise Simultaneously). AMPK, Kindergarten and 1st grade will be bussed over to our district school, Stella Mat Swartz Elementary in the morning for a combined walk and some much needed playground time! Permission slips were sent home today!

Wednesday 5/14 - P2 End of year celebration. We will have an all school popcorn/movie gathering to watch "The Lion King" which reinforces so many of the character traits we learned about this year!

Tuesday 5/27 - Clap Out Field Trip. Each year we take an in house field trip to AMS to surprise the 8th graders after their graduation practice. We line their path with all their former teachers and younger students from the district to celebrate their accomplishments! (Because of timing, this does not include PreK).

Thursday 5/29 - K/1st Annual Zoo Field Trip

Friday 5/30 - PreK Step Up Day *OFFSITE THIS YEAR* - Due to construction and parking constraints, our PreK Step Up Day is going to be moved to the Heritage Center of the Oakbrook Terrace Park District. PK students do rehearse at school leading up to step up day and siblings will get the opportunity to watch their dress rehearsal earlier in the week.

Monday 6/2 - Field Day - Students will enjoy field day activities on our last full day of school!

Tuesday 6/3 - Last day of school (10:50am dismissal)

Have a great weekend everyone,

-Mrs. Scanlan

If you have pictures from any school events this year, the yearbook staff from both Salt Creek Primary and Stella May Swartz would love to use your photos!

Use this link to share your photos for the 24-25 yearbook: https://www.plicbooks.com/guest/uploader/fa0aac11-f571-40a0-bec7-9947fba45217?school=Salt%20Creek-Stella%20May%20Swartz%202024-2025%20Yearbook&embeddedTags=destinationAlbum-fc44c7a5-d927-4f39-b218-a794bfce961d&destinationName=Salt%20Creek%20Photos&projectId=cd178b51-cf7f-4c73-b3b2-37275252be6a

May 7, 2025 - ACES Day

May 14, 2025 - Pokemon Night at SC from 6:30 - 8:00 pm

May 19, 2025 - Library Dogs

May 27, 2025 - AMS Clap Out

May 29, 2025 - K/1st Zoo Field Trip

May 30, 2025 - Preschool Step Up Day

May 30, 2025 - FTC hosted "End of Year Celebration" at Swartz

June 3, 2025 - Last Day of School (10:50 dismissal)

We are excited to announce that registration for our 2025 Willowbrook Athletic Summer Camps is NOW OPEN!

Here is our list of offerings:

WBHS Athletic Summer Camp Offerings (2025)

You can register your child at:

https://dupage88.revtrak.net/rw-wbhs-athletics

We hope your students will join us this summer! We guarantee that it will be a Dubs Up!

Next 2 weeks: Enthusiasm and Leadership

Any questions about FTC and/or events please contact Brittany at bsebesta@saltcreek48ftc.org

*Thank you to all who participated, helped, and picked up extra flowers at our first flower and plant sale!

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week - May 5-9

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week is next week MAY 5-9! FTC has some great things planned for our amazing District 48 staff! Flyers were sent home this week with daily activities to have your child participate in to celebrate our amazing staff and teachers!

Are you looking for ideas about what the staff's favorite things are? Click here for a list of ideas including favorite colors, restaurants, stores, hobbies and more!

Wednesday 5/14 | Pokemon Night

Join us for our last Pokémon Night of the school year! Join in the fun and show off your cards, trade with friends or just come and see what all the excitement is about.

Make a Pokémon craft, trade cards, learn about Pokémon, have Pokémon snacks, scavenger hunt and hang out with friends!! All district families are welcome!

Monday 5/19th FTC Meeting

The next FTC meeting is Monday, May 19 at 7:00 PM at Albright Middle School in the cafeteria. New members are always welcome to learn about what FTC does and different ways you can get involved! Involvement can be large or small, we appreciate any way you can give your time! We love to hear new ideas and see new faces! We are currently planning for the next school year so bring your ideas!

Save the Date!

Friday 5/30 | End of Year Celebration-Swartz

Join FTC for our annual End of Year Celebration at Swartz! This event is fun for all ages and open to current and future Vikings! Celebrate the end of the school year with friends before everyone heads out for summer!

Tuesday 6/3 | Dairy Queen Dine Out

Join FTC for a dine out at Dairy Queen in Villa Park to celebrate the last day of school! Meet up with other district friends and families to kick off summer!

Show the flyer and 15% of sales ALL DAY will go back to FTC!

FTC Cares - First Grade Family Donation

Recently, one of our first grade students lost a parent to cancer. In support, please click here and consider donating to support this family during this difficult time.

Sign up and/or update your Salt Creek 48 Family Teacher Children (FTC) Membership today to receive important information! It needs to be updated each year to stay active! The directory is a wonderful way to stay connected with families!

https://saltcreek48ftc.membershiptoolkit.com/open_forms

These are items that will always be listed at the bottom of the newsletter for parent reference. This includes: Lunch menus, fee information, school/bus/OBT Park District contact information, and emergency procedures.

All new or updated information is listed above.

Attention Parents - School doors open at 7:40 am. There is no staff supervision prior to this time. Classes start at 7:50 am.

Students who come in late find it harder to establish a good morning routine at school. Teachers are beginning instruction and a late student is missing out. Thank you for your assistance in making sure your students arrive to school on time!

Don't forget to check and pay any overdue lunch balances. You can check balances and pay on your parent Skyward account. You can also send cash or check payment to school with your child in a marked envelope with name and what payment is for. The office will then account for the cash or check payment on your student's Skyward.

Standard Response Protocol

Salt Creek District 48 has adopted an emergency protocol response from the I Love U Guys Foundation. This is a program that has been adopted by many of the schools within DuPage County. Over the summer, the administrative team attended training on the protocol and is passing along the training to all staff. We also want to make families aware of the five different protocols so you can be familiar with the language you may hear your child or the school use.

In your parent portal in skyward, click on the fee payment tile, then in the far right hand top corner click on the "make online payments" button. This will take you to Revtrak. Make sure to sign up before you try to make payment. Once you can sign in, click the Make a Payment button in the middle of the page. This new service will streamline the payments so you can make a payment or set up recurring payments. This is directly connected to Skyward so you see the money immediately go to your child's account. If you have any questions please email or call your school office.

Preschool Payments: Once in Revtrak you will see in the upper right area an arrow next to SHOP. Click the arrow and pick Preschool in order for you to complete your payment. If you have any questions please email or call the Salt Creek school office.

Salt Creek - Angie Holden - aholden@saltcreek48.org 630-832-6122 ext. 4001

LEAP is an aftercare program that is ran by the Oakbrook Terrace Park District Heritage Center. The program is located at Salt Creek Primary School. Please contact the Oakbrook Terrace Park District at 630-627-6100 to sign your child up if you are in need of aftercare.

Lauren Scanlan, Principal

lscanlan@saltcreek48.org

Salt Creek 630-832-6122 ext. 4004

Angie Holden, Salt Creek Administrative Assistant to the Principal

aholden@saltcreek48.org

630-832-6122 ext.4001

Danyelle Olsen, District Nurse

dolsen@saltcreek48.org

630-832-6122 ext. 4003

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Do you know of a staff member in Salt Creek District 48 that deserves some extraordinary recognition for something they have done in our school district to make a difference for others? Or do you just want to share some kindness around. Please fill out this form to have this staff member recognized for their extraordinary accomplishment. https://forms.gle/tmBzY11DB1P3ggjv9