LRC Weekly Update

With Thanksgiving and our fall break quickly approaching, we wanted to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude for the incredible welcome you have given us as your new librarians. Starting a new year can have its challenges, but our transition has been met with such kindness, openness, trust, and patience from each and every one of you. Your kindness has made coming to work a joy every day.

We are so fortunate to work alongside such a kind and open staff. The trust you've placed in us, and the encouraging words you’ve offered, have been invaluable. Please know that Sarah and I plan to continue offering unique collections, engaging resources, beautiful learning spaces, and enriching opportunities for both our amazing students and you, our dedicated staff. Together, we will keep striving to make our library a truly inclusive and welcoming space for all.

Sarah & Kristine

Get ready for a thankful read-aloud! This Thursday, November 20th, at 10:00 a.m., tune in for a special live stream event.

We'll be reading Oge Mora's Thank You, Omu! This is the heartwarming story of a generous grandmother whose delicious red stew draws the whole neighborhood to her door. This Caldecott Honor book beautifully illustrates the power of sharing and the wonderful way a kind community shows its gratitude.

Set Your Reminder!

• When: Thursday, November 20th

• Time: 10:00 a.m.

• What: Live reading of Thank You, Omu

We can't wait to see you there!

Join us for a cozy Illinois Reads Family Reading Night at the St. Charles Public Library on Thursday, November 20th at 6:00 pm!

All families are invited to hear the beloved Mrs. Mary read engaging stories from the official iReads list. We'll have a wonderful evening enjoying hot cocoa, popcorn, and storytime, plus a special chance for everyone to make their own unique bookmark to take home!

Chromebook Troubleshooting Tips

Here's a how-to slideshow with some basic troubleshooting tips for chromebooks. It includes information on how to fix a sideways screen, clearing your cache and turning off accessibility mode.

Vivi Updates - Extended Screen

For those who wanted to extend their desktops instead of mirror your screen you now can! Using the desktop vivi app you can set up multiple screens. Here's a quick how-to from microsoft or please reach out to Kristine to help!

YouTube Update

Elementary students cannot access YouTube as of June 2025. While this has its good points it may create a wrinkle in your teaching if you want students to utilize secondary video sources. But fear not! there is a workaround.

If you want to continue to use YouTube videos and have students access them you can embed them in google slides. If you have any questions about how to embed videos in your slides please reach out to Kristine. :)

Daily Sub Tech Capabilities

New this year, daily subs will use a chromebook issued from the LRC. These devices can connect to Vivi using classlink, however, daily subs do not have the ability to print.

They also do not have access to many Classlink and instructional apps. Please keep this in mind when you are planning an absence.

Below is a snapshot of what you're daily substitute will see in classlink.

• Helpdesk Ticket Portal

• Vivi Connect Directions (Windows+K DOES NOT WORK)

• How to Pin a Website to Task Bar

• How to add a printer

• 2025-26 List - D303 Approved Instructional Technology

• SOPPA reference

• Schoology Commitments 25-26

• share your story here - D303 News

• How to import content from old course - Schoology Support