FALCON FLASH

WELCOME TO THE 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR!

I am extremely excited to welcome everyone to our new school year! I hope that you had a wonderful summer and that you spent quality time with family and friends!

This summer has flown by! Our district has been busy all summer long getting ready to welcome new teachers, new families and everyone returning as part of our D62 community this year.

For me, this summer was filled with great learning opportunities and fun quality time with my family! Early in July, I had the opportunity to attend the Discovery Education Network Summer Institute in North Carolina. During my time at this conference, I had the opportunity to learn, share and connect with educators from all over the world. I take these opportunities to reflect on my own practice, connect with educators and share ideas and resources to continue supporting the growth of our students, staff, and community.

I also had a wonderful time with my family, as we took a road trip to visit relatives in Canada. It's always refreshing to disconnect from work and have fun with my daughter and husband. We have also spent the last couple of weeks preparing for Kindergarten! It is so exciting to share this journey with all of you, as we also welcome so many new families and kindergarteners to Forest School this year.

I am very excited to start our new school year with the introduction of our newest members to our Forest Family!

Kindergarten

We are welcoming over 100 kindergarten students to Forest this year!

Ms. Julie Huvaere and Mrs. Maggie Rahlfs will be our two new General Education Kindergarten teachers. We are also welcoming Mrs. Brianne Lemke (Connolly) who is joining our Kindergarten team as one of our Special Education Blended teachers and Mrs. Carolyn Pace who will be one of our Special Needs Kindergarten teachers.

2nd Grade

Please welcome Mrs. Kelly Klemundt to our 2nd Grade team!

4th Grade

Please welcome Mr. Peebles to our 4th Grade team!

English Language Resource

We are welcoming Mrs. Laura Koutavas and Ms. Catalina Alcaraz to our EL Resource team!

Special Education Resource

We are welcoming Mrs. Allison Lanin as one of our Special Education teachers.

General Music/Drama

Join us in welcoming Ms. Therese Kaszynski as our music/drama teacher.

Administrative Assistant

We are welcoming Mrs. Marie Trejo she is joining Mrs. Powell in our front office. Mrs. Trejo will be supporting Forest School and Plainfield School. She is in training and jumping right into her new role.

Forest School Health Clerk

Please join me in welcoming Mrs. Kathleen Framke as our new Health Clerk.

I am extremely excited to welcome all of our new and returning staff to Forest and supporting their new roles! It's going to be an amazing year!

Registration for SY2018-2019 is still open. It is very important for you to register your student as soon as possible in order for us to have the information we need to plan for programs and instruction. Please follow the link below to register. If you need any assistance, do not hesitate to call or come into our office.

https://sites.google.com/d62.org/onlinereginfo

Parent Portal

Don't forget to visit our parent portal for information about your child's teacher, to update information and your account.

https://sdm.sisk12.com/DP360/apphost/TylerSis#/parent

On our district website (www.d62.org), under Parents, you will also find a link to Online Payments. I've provided the link below for you to access your student's account.

https://d62.revtrak.net/

• Thursday 16 - Supply Drop-Off from 4 pm - 5 pm - Open House Style
• Thursday 16 - Forest PTC Meet & Greet 5 pm - 6 pm - Blacktop
• Monday 20 - First Day of School for students in 1st through 8th Grade
• Monday 20 - Students in 1st - 5th Grade- Early release @ 3:15 pm
• Monday 20 & 21 - Kindergarten Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Tuesday 21 - Kindergarten Meet & Greet 3:45 pm - 5 pm - Blacktop
• Wednesday 22 - First Day of School for Kindergarten Students

School Office Hours: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Contact our office: 847-824-1380

Mrs. Powell - powelle@d62.org

Mrs. Trejo - trejoa@d62.org

Student Drop-Off

Student drop-off begins at 8:45 am across our district. Students cannot be dropped off prior to this time (unless participating in a before school program) since we do not have supervision for students until 8:45 am.

Students need to have adult supervision if playing on the playground before and/or after school.

Lunch, Milk & Ice Cream

Please log-in to our Parent Portal in order to check lunch money balance on your child's account.

Lunch cost: $2.75 (including milk)

Milk cost: $0.60

Ice cream cost: $1.25

The safety and success of all our students, staff and community is at the forefront of what we do at Forest School. Thank you for all your cooperation with regard to Pick-Up/Drop-Off procedures.

Pick-Up/Drop-Off Procedures

The Front Circle Drive is for drop-off/pick-up only, with drivers remaining in the car as students exit/enter the car on the sidewalk side, NOT for parking. When just dropping-off/picking-up students, please use the front circle drive and keep traffic moving to avoid any potential incidents with our school buses, other vehicles or pedestrians.

If you are walking, please remember to model safe behaviors when crossing streets.

Our parking lot is reserved for teachers and staff. Please use parking that is available on 5th Street & Forest Street.

Rest assured that we have many staff members working in these areas to make sure all our students are safe and getting to their destinations. Once again, thank you for all your cooperation as we work to keep the safety of ALL our Forest Elementary School Community.

~~ Sincerely,

Ania Figueroa, Ed.S.

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Email: figueroaa@d62.org
Website: http://forest.d62.org/
Location: 1375 S 5th Ave, Des Plaines, IL, United States
Phone: 847-824-1380
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