The Viking Voyager

Hello Little Viking Families,

We are so excited to welcome everyone back to school for the 2025-2026 school year! Every two weeks we will send out this newsletter with a lot of school information. But if you don't have time to read everything, please read the Principal Message at the top! I will summarize the most important things and you can scroll down to get all the smaller details.

Here are a few reminders:

1) Please make sure your child has a snack while at school packed separately from their lunch.

2) Extra Clothes - We have had a few incidents where students have needed a change of clothes but did not have any spares. Please send a change of clothes for your student to be kept at school “just in case.” We don’t have extras, and if your student needs new clothes, a parent will need to bring a set.

3) Next Friday is district-wide Safety Day! All schools in our district will be practicing our building safety drills as well as bus drills. For more information about each of our drills please see our standard response protocol descriptions below.

And finally…

4) Open House/Curriculum night! Please join us at 6:00pm on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025. Details below.

Have a great weekend,

-Mrs. Scanlan

September 10, 2025 - FTC Family Fun Night from 6:30 -7:30, location TBD

September 12, 2025 - District-Wide Safety Day

September 15, 2025 - FTC Meeting at AMS @ 6:30 pm

September 17, 2025 - SC School Curriculum Night and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 6:00 pm

September 19, 2025 - Half Day Attendance Dismissal at 10:50 am/ NO PRESCHOOL ATTENDANCE

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

Thank You for a Fantastic Start to the Year!

We want to extend a big thank you to everyone who attended our first event of the year! It was wonderful to see so many kids reconnecting with friends they hadn’t seen over the summer—and just as exciting to welcome new faces and meet so many amazing new families.

We're so glad everyone had a blast, and we can't wait to see you at the next event!

Back to school packets were sent home last week! Please take the time to fill out the 2025/2026 back to school forms by 9/12! You can do so physically or digitally on the FTC website here! There is a single form this year for membership, volunteer opportunities and donations! By filling out the membership form, you have the option of having your information available in the FTC directory, allowing you to connect with other families!

Spiritwear

FTC has opened up the Viking Spiritwear Shop! T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, bags, hate and more will be available! Please note that there are separate sections for youth sizes, adult sizes and accessories. Also, some items have regular and glitter print options, so please confirm your choice. Order here by September 15. Orders will be distributed to your student approximately 3 weeks after sale ends.

FTC Welcome and Parent Volunteer Meeting -Monday September 15th 630pm

ATTENTION ALL PARENTS! Want to learn how to volunteer in your student’s classroom and/or at school events? Do you have ideas or skills you’d like to contribute to District 48's parent teacher organization? Want to know what FTC does and how we raise money for our schools? Join us in the Albright cafeteria for pizza, snacks, drinks and more info!

(FTC meeting immediately after at 7pm)

McTeacher Night- Tuesday September 16th 4-8pm

FTC is partnering with McDonald's located at 190 E. Butterfield Rd in Elmhurst from 4 to 8 pm! Teachers from District 48 attend this dine out to meet new students and families, as well as reconnect with prior students!! 20% of sales go back to FTC. Remember to bring cash for cookies and tips, which are 100% donations!

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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