Week 20

A week full of teamwork, fun, and perseverance—from Chicago Bears pride, to basketball games and building towers with spaghetti and marshmallows.

January 16: PTO Movie Night in the gym; Doors open at 5:30, movie starts at 6pm

January 19: NO SCHOOL, D220 Closed: MLK Day

January 27: Discover Circle Time, an ELC event, 5pm-6pm

February 2: Kindergarten Round Up event at Sunny Hill, 4pm-5pm

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

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.

Parents and guardians should 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.

Family Movie Night is tonight--Doors open at 5:30pm

*Important* All students have to be accompanied by an adult for the entire evening.

Pizza and concessions will be sold for all who attend!

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!

We are excited to announce that the mobile dental clinic will be visiting our school on Friday, February 6 and February 27, 2026. This is a great opportunity for students in Kindergarten, 2nd, and 6th Grade to complete their state-mandated dental exams. Permission forms will be sent home with students on Tuesday. Please return your signed consent forms to the school nurse by Monday, February 2nd.

Alana Zink from our Barrington High School AP Research course is conducting a research project regarding the Behavioral Impact of cartoons on children grades Pre-K to 3rd grade. Her research focuses on PK-2nd grade. She would appreciate your feedback on her survey!

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!

Some of us were never trained to be teachers and may have questions about helping readers at home. One important aspect of reading is helping students see patterns--patterns in word formation, patterns that make rhyming words, patterns with characters... This link provides some good insights about both patterns and categorizing. Review the "For Families" link at the top of the page to peruse some answers to other questions you have. Remember, Bath, BOOKS, and Bed beginning at 7:30pm is one of the most important parts of parenting elementary aged kiddos.

This month students will be working on perseverance! We are focusing on how to overcome and find solutions to our everyday struggles. Students will be working on team building activities and debriefing about problems they encountered and how they solved them.

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.