Week 21

January 27: Discover Circle Time, an ELC event, 6pm

February 2: Kindergarten Round Up event at Sunny Hill, 6pm

February 4: Kindergarten celebrates 100 days of school

February 6: Mobile Dental Clinic at Sunny Hill

February 9: PTO Meeting, 6pm-7pm

February 12: Early Release Day at 11:15am

February 13: NO SCHOOL, Institute Day (No Student Attendance)

February 16: NO SCHOOL, D220 Closed: Presidents Day

February 27: Mobile Dental Clinic at Sunny Hill

March 9: PTO Meeting, 6pm-7pm

March 13: McTeacher Night, more info come

March 19: Early Release Day at 11:15am

March 20: NO SCHOOL, Institute Day (No Student Attendance)

March 23-27: NO SCHOOL, Spring Break

March 30: School resumes

Access our Sunny Hill Calendar. If you want to add this calendar to yours, click the icon that resembles a wi-fi icon in the top right portion of the calendar.

A list of the district calendar dates can be found HERE.

Sending our sick children to school is impacting other students' health and performance. Based on our typical attendance rate of 93.8%, we would expect about 15 students absent on a given day. On Tuesday, we had 30 absences—double the expected number. Statistically, this represents a very large and meaningful deviation from normal attendance patterns.

So, let's remember to keep a child home if they have any of these symptoms:

● Fever (100.4 degrees or higher within the last 24 hours)

● Vomiting (2 times or more)

● Red or puffy eyes with crust or goop

● Diarrhea (2 times or more)

● Excessive coughing or sneezing

Children must stay home until they have been fever-free for 24 hours without using any medicine to lower the fever. Parents and guardians should also keep their child home for 24 hours after the last time they vomited or had diarrhea. Any student who is absent from school cannot attend special events (like holiday parties) or after-school activities that day.

Important Note on Medicine: Please do not send your child to school if you have given them medicine to suppress their symptoms. While medicine like Tylenol or Motrin can make a child feel better for a short time, they still spread germs to others.

We will celebrating perseverance with a visitor! They will present Ned's resiliency ride where they teach students to never give up, encourage others and do your best. Along with that, they will have yo-yo sales set up for a week after. Buying yo-yos is not mandatory. Sales will be during lunch times.

The PTO will be voting in new leadership in April. Are you interested in giving back to your local school by serving on the PTO? Maybe you have some creative ways to give back? This could be your spot!

Cone to our next meeting to get to know our team!

We are excited to bring the dentist to you! To help our families stay on top of health requirements without missing work or school, the Mobile Dental Clinic will be visiting on Friday, February 6, and Friday, February 27.

Why participate?

• Stay Compliant: Students in Kindergarten, 2nd, and 5th have state-mandated dental exams.

• Zero Travel: The exam happens at SH during the school day.

• Please return signed consent forms to the school nurse by Monday, February 2.

Need a new form? Just contact the school nurse at Jmolina@barrington220.org or call 847-844-4224.

Just a reminder that when registering for Jump Start 1 and 2 you will see a fee attached at registration. If you qualify for free and reduced lunch, those fees will be adjusted after you complete registration. Please contact the office if you have any questions.

Have you considered subbing at Sunny Hill?!? We could use you! We pay $130/day. If you have questions, email mshore@barrington220.org. More details can be found here.

If you do apply, please email Principal Bradburn at abradburn@barrington220.org to let us know to look for your application.

We are inviting all girls from kindergarten to 4th grade to come see what the excitement is all about. Sign up with this QR Code and you will be notified of the meeting time and date in January!

Have you ever wondered if your little one is doing ok, on track with peers, developing well? Take a look at this guide. It may help. But remember--your little one is amazing--just as they are.

The guides below help you have great family conversations about perseverance. If we don't talk about this at home, our little ones may not know that you value it and see how perseverance has helped your life.

If you don’t feel comfortable signing up for our delivery service, but would trust someone else to bring you food, please contact Marilu Gonzalez at mgonzalez@willowcreek.org to make arrangements.