Panda Prints

Hello Sherwood Families,

Thank you to our entire Sherwood community for another great week!

We are noticing the gradual increase of sunlight each day and know spring will be here in the blink of an eye. Thank you to our amazing students, staff, and families for the ongoing partnership. It takes a team to weather the cold, snowy days we have been experiencing.

We are so excited to see everyone next week and to continue to build on the great things happening everyday at Sherwood!

Panda Pride,

Rachel & Kevin

It's time to celebrate and recognized our Panda SuperSTARS this week! These pandas are in the photo above.

SHINE BRIGHT PANDAS!

Safety

Ryder Graman

Aidan Griswold

Paisley Kumlien

Basilio LaBoy

Teamwork

Nora Cordova

Noa Foss

Logan Gerstin

Parker Morris

Connor Paul

Academic Attitude

Nate Fargano

Aaliyah Hawkins

James Tigue

Respect

Myles Karmin

Lex Medina

Hayden Merar

Enzo Saliba

S - SUCCESS

We are so excited to communicate this incredible opportunity continues to be available to the Sherwood Community!

If you have a child interested in learning more please take a look at the Submission Guidelines and Family Letter. When a student decides to participate a completed Permission Slip is required.

Some commonly asked questions have been answered on this list of FAQs.

We cannot wait to see the amazing films our students will produce!

We are excited to share that we will be celebrating “Two’s Day” on 2/2/22! Our Sherwood pandas will be doing some fun "2" themed classroom and school-wide activities.

Join in the fun by incorporating 2’s into what you wear to school that day. Here are some suggestions:

- wear 2 of any item

- wear a tutu

- wear blue (rhymes with two)

- wear a sport jersey with #2 or #22

Get creative! We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Please take a moment to look through these pictures. There are many items in our lost and found that belong to our pandas! Students may take time during morning meeting, lunch, and recess to collect any of their belongings.

Any items not claimed by Friday, February 11th will be donated.

This year we will be celebrating Valentine’s Day at Sherwood!

Our students will be participating in a service project and students will have the option to exchange valentines with their classmates. Please do not include any type of food items with the valentines. If you are interested in having your child participate in our valentines exchange, and you are in need of financial assistance, please reach out to Rachel Filippi (rfilippi@nssd112.org) directly.

Room Parents will be decorating the classroom doors on February 9th and 11th after school hours. Since there won't be any class parties, Room Parents will be providing teachers with ideas of fun activities to do during the day including great movement breaks and games. Thank you to our amazing PTO for organizing this!

Our PTO has also organized a wonderful service project to help celebrate the day. Sherwood will be spreading the love this Valentine's Day by working with Color A Smile. This organization is a nonprofit that distributes cheerful drawings to senior citizens, troops overseas, and anyone who needs a smile. We will provide each class with a variety of pages.

All students need to do is color, sign their names, and write their ages. Everything can be dropped back off in the office on Tuesday, February 15th and the PTO will collect and send out to Color A Smile.

Please note the following things to avoid:

1) No glitter

2) No get well wishes

3) No dates noted on the sheets

More information on this great organization can be found here.

As part of our continued efforts to ensure the whole child is supported, the District will be administering a Universal Social-Emotional Screener to all students during the week of February 14th.

The purpose of this screener is to provide data on where students could benefit from continued or additional support. This screener is not intended to serve as an evaluation of individual students.

For students in grades K through 2, classroom teachers will complete the screener. For students in grade 3 through 5, classroom teachers will complete the screener and students will complete a self-screener.

Pursuant to Board Policy 6:65 this is in support of social-emotional learning standards. And pursuant to Board Policy 7:15, if you would like to opt your student out of the survey, please email Rachel Filippi (rfilippi@nssd112.org) and Kevin Saunders (ksaunders@nssd112.org).

Supervision for morning arrival is from 8:20am - 8:36am. If your child arrives to school after 8:36am, please use the front circle drive so that your child can enter the building safely and efficiently.

2022 KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS - Preregistration opens February 1 for those entering kindergarten fall 2022. The link will be available on February 1.

As part of our commitment to continuous improvement and growth, parents, students, and teachers in our District and across Illinois have been asked to participate in the annual statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey. As a parent, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about your child’s school.

Take the 5ESSENTIALS Survey today!

For more information about the Illinois 5Essentials Survey, or to view previous years’ Reports, please visit https://www.5-essentials.org/illinois. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874 or 5essentials@uchicago.edu.

2/1/22

Spirit Wear - Jersey Day

2/14/22

Valentine's Day

2/21/22

No School - Presidents Day

2/22/22

No School - Institute Day

2/22/22

School Board Meeting @7pm

3/15/22

School Board Meeting @7pm

3/21 - 3/25

No School - Spring Break

1-21-22

1-14-22

1-7-22

Email: rfilippi@nssd112.org
Website: https://www.nssd112.org/sherwood
Location: 1900 Stratford Road, Highland Park, IL, USA
Phone: 224-765-3800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sherwood.es.5
Twitter: @SherwoodPandas