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Acción de Gracias, un momento en el que tradicionalmente nos tomamos el tiempo para dar gracias se acerca y escribimos este mensaje para expresar nuestra gratitud personal a todos. Como valoramos los antecedentes bilingües y biculturales de nuestros estudiantes, queremos agradecer a nuestros padres y tutores por su compromiso de garantizar el éxito mientras se asegura de que sus hijos vengan a la escuela de lenguaje dual Graves listos para aprender. Sus hijos vienen a la escuela con mente abierta, fuertes valores, respeto y aprecio por ser parte de nuestra escuela.

Gracias a nuestros profesionales de la escuela por el compromiso que hacen todos los días con nuestros estudiantes. Ustedes se preocupan por el éxito de todos los estudiantes y tienen los mejores intereses para ellos. Diario vemos a nuestros profesionales dedicando su tiempo y trabajando más allá para asegurarse de que sucedan grandes cosas en nuestra escuela. A pesar de que este no ha sido un año escolar "normal", queremos que recuerden que están haciendo una diferencia en la vida de nuestros estudiantes. Les agradecemos su dedicación a la excelencia educativa y organizacional. Les agradecemos por esforzarse por cumplir con todas las expectativas que hemos establecido para nuestra comunidad escolar. Gracias por su continuo profesionalismo y cooperación mientras tratamos de normalizar el aprendizaje una vez más.

¡Les deseamos a todos ustedes y a sus familias un descanso saludable, relajante y feliz día de Acción de Gracias!

The Thanksgiving holiday, a time when we traditionally take time to give thanks is approaching us and we write this message to express our personal gratitude to everyone. As we value our students’ bilingual and bicultural backgrounds, we want to thank our parents and guardians for their commitment to ensuring their success as you make sure your children come to Graves Dual Language School ready to learn. Your children come to school open-minded with strong values, respect, and appreciation for being part of our school.

Thank you to our school professionals for the commitment that you make every day to our students. You care about their success and have the best interests of all our students. On a daily basis we see dedicated and hard-working individuals going above and beyond in making sure that great things happen in our school. Even though this hasn’t been a “normal” school year, we want you to remember that you are making a difference in our students lives. We thank you for your dedication to educational and organizational excellence. We thank you for striving to meet every expectation that we’ve set for our school community. Thank you for your ongoing professionalism and cooperation as we try to normalize learning once again.

We wish all of you and your families a healthy, relaxing and a Happy Thanksgiving break!

Monday, November 22: Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences 1 PM-7PM via Zoom/Teams or Phone Conference. - No School for students

Tuesday, November 23: Teacher Institute Day - No School for students

Wednesday, November 24 - Friday, November 26: Thanksgiving Break No School

Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences will be on Monday, November 22 from 1:00 PM-7:00 PM.

To keep everyone safe, parents have been given the option of a

video conference or a phone conference.

Teachers have reached out to set up appointments and are ready to speak with you regarding your child's academics.

If you have not spoken to your child's teacher to set up an appointment

please contact them as soon a possible.

Students do not attend school on this day

If your child is going to be absent, please make sure you call the office as soon as you know your child will be out. This way your child's absence can be put into the system as an excused absence.

If you prefer, you can also email our secretary, Patty at: pcalvino@sd104.us

Parents, please remember to make sure your child brings an extra face mask or two in their bookbag in case it is needed.

For everyone's safety, parents who come into the office should also be wearing a face mask. Thank you for your cooperation.

The fall weather is here and it is getting colder. Students will continue going out for recess if the temperature is 40 degrees or higher. Please make sure that your child wears an appropriate jacket to school.

Please remember that if your child has any of the following symptoms they should NOT attend school until you have spoken to the school nurse. If your child attends school with any of the following symptoms you will be called to pick up your child immediately.

· Fever (100.4 or higher)

· New onset of moderate to severe headache

· Shortness of breath

· New cough

· Sore throat

· Vomiting

· Diarrhea

· New loss of sense of taste or smell

· Fatigue from an unknown cause

· Muscle, or body aches from and unknown cause.

If a student has had contact with a Covid positive person, they must be kept home, and the building nurse notified.

Please see the following chart for more information...

Talk about what it means to be grateful and complete this fun activity, as a family!

Sincerely, Graves School Social Workers

Students who are either sent home with Covid like symptoms and are awaiting results or have tested Positive should be given work to do via Seesaw while they are out.

Students should also join Mrs. Tode who will be our Remote Learning Teacher/Facilitor on Zoom. She will not be instructing students but will be available to help with assignments or answer any questions they have.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:00AM - 10:30 AM

Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Please reach out to the office or your child's teacher for the Zoom link

Please review this months lunch menu with your child.

• Your ears are always working.
• Ears have the smallest bones in the body.
• Your ears help with balance.

Please remember that the previous information is for students in grades Kindergarten-4th only.

For more information about our Preschool program please contact the

Pre-School Director, Kathleen Dunn at 708-546-7151 or at kdunn@sd104.us

6021 S. 74th Ave.

Summit, IL 60501

(708) 458-7260

Webpage: https://www.sd104.us/o/graves-es

Office Hours 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.