The Eagle's Nest

Hello Eagle Families,

We had a great week of school. We would like to thank all our parents and guardians for supporting our Black History Program. It was a wonderful family fun event! Thank you to Mr. Burke, Mrs. Smith and Mr. Wheeler for working with our talented students to prepare them for the show!

We are asking parents to take the 5Essentials Survey and have your voice heard. All parents who take the survey will be entered into a raffle to win a $50 Amazon gift card. We will be raffling off three cards.

Link to survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

Please take a look at the updates in this week's newsletter. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Let's connect.....

Email address: emcneil@sd161.org

Office number: 708-647-7100

1. D161 School Board Meeting at district office - 6:00 p.m. - February 23rd

2. 3rd Grade Wax Museum in gym room at 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. - February 26th

3. 2nd Grade Wax Museum in gym room at 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. - February 27th

4. FH Eagle Cart (Volunteers Needed) - February 27th

5. No school for Pulaski Day - March 2nd
6. Incoming Kindergarten Registration at 6:00 p.m. - March 3rd
7. Fh Spring Picture Day - March 10th
8. IAR Pep Rally with Staley Da Bear (grades 3-5)- March 23rd
9. IAR ELA testing begins for 3rd -5th grades - March 24th
10. IAR Math testing begins for 3rd - 5th grades - April 7th
11. ISA testing begins for 5th grade - April 13th
12. Spring Break begins - March 30th
13. School Resumes from Spring Break - April 6th

Flossmoor Hills is seeking volunteers to run the Eagle Cart!!!

The Eagle Cart has tons of goodies for students to shop with their hard earned Eagle Bucks!

Volunteers will go around to each classroom with the cart and collect Eagle Bucks as students shop. The Eagle Cart runs all school year our Eagle Cart date is Friday, February 27th!

As a reminder all volunteers must have a state issued ID scanned to participate

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DAEAD23AAF8C70-58513867-eagle#/

Each year, the Illinois State Board of Education provides parents, teachers, and 4th-8th grade students with an opportunity to have their voice heard. The Illinois 5Essentials Survey is a research-based survey to help identify strengths and areas for growth in our schools. The survey gathers data related to five indicators that can predict important student outcomes, including:

• Effective Leaders

• Collaborative Teachers

• Involved Families

• Supportive Environments

• Ambitious Instruction

  
  

We ask our families to please take the Illinois 5Essentials Survey for by Friday, March 13th.

Thank you to our PTO chair, Mrs. Rose Haynes for recording our black history program!

Parents can access the SD 161 Learning and Instruction webpage for detailed information specific to Standards Based Grading and Year Long Plans for every grade level content.

Cell Phones & Smart Watches:

Cell phones and smart watches should be kept in a safe place—such as a locker (devices should be neither seen nor heard)—and are not to be used during the school day or during on-campus school activities during school hours.

All K-5 students enter the building at 8:30 a.m. daily. The school day begins at 8:40 a.m. and students are dismissed at 3:15 p.m. Students may arrive on campus at 8:25 a.m. and line up on their playground areas. There is no supervision before 8:25 a.m. Students that arrive before 8:25 a.m. will have to wait on their playgrounds unsupervised. Breakfast will be available in the gym room at 8:25 a.m.

• Pre-K Morning Session: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Pre-K Afternoon Session: 12:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Bus Routes

• Student bus routes are available in Skyward. Log into your Skyward account to check where your child's bus stop is located. If you have any questions regarding bus routes, call Wanda Alexander at 708-546-7072.

• If your child is routed for a bus and will not ride the bus due to you dropping them off or picking them up daily, email Rose Spotora at rspotora@sd161.org.

• If your child will not ride the bus everyday, the front office needs a schedule for your child. Please email Rose Spotora at rspotora@sd161.org AND your child's classroom teacher.

• Sign up to receive bus bulletins. You can learn more here.

Dismissal Changes

• Parents must call the office or email the administrative assistants by 2:15 p.m. if you need to make a change to your child's dismissal procedure (i.e., not riding the bus, not attending an after school program, etc.). The procedure helps to ensure the safe dismissal for all students.

• The office number is 708-647-7100. Our administrative assistants can be contacted at rspotora@sd161.org and nfonseca@sd161.org.

Breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m. Students eating breakfast should enter the main entry doors (Door A) upon arrival to school.

Grade Level Lunch Times

• Kindergarten and 5th Grade - 11:30 a.m. - recess begins at 11:50 a.m.
• 1st Grade and 3rd Grade - 12:10 p.m. - recess begins at 12:30 p.m.
• 2nd Grade and 4th Grade - 11:50 a.m. - recess begins at 12:10 p.m.

If you need to drop off lunch to your student after the school day has started, you may utilize the grade level bins on the cart in the foyer. Please label your child's lunch bag.

Reminder: Lunches sent to the school by food delivery services such as Uber Eats, GrubHub, DoorDash, etc. are not allowed.

1. Please do not pull or park vehicles in the bus lane. These lanes are for school buses only.
2. Parents and guardians should never board a school bus. The bus company is instructed to call the police if any adult other than school personnel boards the bus. If you have an issue with the bus or driver contact Mrs. McNeil - Dobson.
3. It is illegal to pass a stopped school bus.
4. Cell phone usage in a school zone is prohibited.
5. Students will learn bus expectations during the first days of school. Please reinforce at home that students should be seated at all times to be safe.

All visitors staying in the school building must be scanned in by our administrative assistants using the raptor. You will have to present your driver's license as proof of i.d. Once you have been cleared through the system, you will receive a name badge to wear. No visitors or volunteers will be allowed in the school without being cleared by the system.

If you would like to celebrate your child's birthday in school, please send non edible items to share (i.e., pencils, bubbles, stickers, etc.). We cannot allow students to share outside food/treats in school. Food items will be returned to you.

If you would like to share good news happening in the FH neighborhood or share an achievement for your child outside of school, please email me a photo and blurb detailing the event. I will be sure to include it in the weekly newsletter.

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3721 Beech Street,

Flossmoor, Illinois 60422

708-647-7100

emcneil@sd161.org

Evita McNeil-Dobson, Principal