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HAVE A WONDERFUL AND SAFE THANKSGIVING BREAK!

There is no school Monday, November 22- Friday, November 26. Class with resume on Monday, November 29th.

Your student will bring home a report card. Please sign the back and have the envelope returned to school the week we are back from break. You can also review your child's report card on Skyward, see directions below.

Please remember to send your child to school dressed for cooler temperatures. A warm jacket, hat, and gloves are recommended. As a reminder, we go outside for recess daily there is NOT an option to stay in! We only stay in when it's raining or below 30 degrees. Thank you!

Dear Salt Creek School District 48 Families,

District 48 is pleased to add on-site, weekly RT-PCR COVID-19 testing to our layered mitigations for our students and staff. We are still working on finalizing the testing schedule, but we expect to have that information to begin offering screening testing very soon.

All COVID-19 testing is voluntary, and only individuals who have provided consent to participate will be eligible to test. While fully vaccinated individuals are exempt from routine screening testing per CDC recommendations, anyone who provides consent may participate in the testing program. Providing consent does not require any individual to participate. For example, parents of a fully vaccinated student may choose to provide consent to participate now but can have the student refrain from participating in weekly testing. That student can still test in the event of a close contact, outbreak, or symptom later on because they have provided consent. Students who do not have a signed consent on file will not be eligible for testing at school.

Registration is now open to sign up to participate:

For Albright Middle School, click here to register.

For Salt Creek Primary School, click here to register.

For Stella May Swartz Elementary School, click here to register.

Once a student is tested, regardless of the outcome, the results are reported to the school and to the parent/guardian. Additionally, test results are required to be reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health. If a student tests positive, then we collaborate in our contact tracing efforts with the DuPage County Health Department. For positive test results, you will receive both a phone call and an email from Northshore Clinical with the results. For negative test results, then you will receive only an email. Results are typically received within 24 hours.

Testing is provided at no cost to participants or District 48. COVID-19 testing is covered 100% by all insurance companies with no deductible, co-pays, coinsurance, or any other out-of-pocket expense. For individuals without insurance, the cost is covered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The testing will either be an anterior nares swab (it goes less than 3/4 inch into the nose) or buccal (cheek) swab. In either test, this is not the nasopharyngeal swab that goes deep into the nasal cavity.

Please contact me if you have any questions. We are excited to move forward with this opportunity!

Thank you,

Jennifer Sabourin

Director of Student Services

jsabourin@saltcreek48.org

630-279-8400 x1005

VACCINE CLINIC

School Districts 45 & 48 in collaboration with Tri-Town YMCA and Jewel-Osco will be offering a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for District 45 & 48 Students. The clinic is being held on Saturday, December 4, 2021. The Clinic will be held at Jefferson Middle School in Villa Park on both dates.

To sign up for an appointment for your child, do to the following website!

https://tritownymca.org/vaccineclinic/

Good Morning! Please read the following message about a vaccine clinic for students that District 48 will be participating in. The clinic is in need of volunteers!

School Districts 45 & 48 in collaboration with Tri-Town YMCA and Jewel-Osco will be offering a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for District 45 & 48 Students. At this time, we are reaching out to see if you or someone you might know could volunteer at the Clinic on Saturday, December 4, 2021. There are a variety of volunteer opportunities available and include, but are not limited to parking lot attendants, registration clerks, greeters, inoculators, and more! The Clinic will be held at Jefferson Middle School in Villa Park on both dates and many hands are needed to help make this a successful event. For more information about being a Clinic Volunteer, please click here. If you are a nurse, doctor, EMT or a practitioner licensed to inoculate and you would like to volunteer at the Clinic, please contact Sarah O’Donnell directly to learn more. She can be reached at sodonnell@tritownymca.org.

More information about the Clinic and how interested families can register their students will be released in the coming days. Please watch your mailboxes.

Sarah A. O’Donnell

CEO | Tri-Town YMCA

136 S. Cornell Ave | Villa Park, IL 60181

630.629.9622 (O)

630.686.7457 (F)

Thank You,

Gerrie Aulisa

It is important to have proof of your student’s COVID-19 vaccination on file for contact tracing purposes. For example, if your student is identified as a close contact in a positive COVID-19 case, but they are vaccinated and remain asymptomatic, they will be cleared to remain in school. This also applies to situations where the student’s sibling exhibits possible COVID-19 symptoms: if your student without symptoms is vaccinated and remains asymptomatic, they may remain in school. If your student’s vaccination status is not documented in their file, we will assume they are not vaccinated and follow the IDPH COVID-19 Protocol accordingly.

If your student has completed their COVID-19 vaccination, please email a copy of the card to the School Nurse or upload the vaccination into Skyward using the instructions below.

School Nurse contact info:

Tori Erickson

Email: verickson@saltcreek48.org

• Nov.19- Report Cards Issued
• Nov. 22, 23, 24 ,26 - Non Attendance Days
• Nov.25- Thanksgiving Day

• If you drop your student off at Albright in the mornings, please drop them off as close to 7:35 as possible in the back of the building. Once your student enters the front at door 1 they are considered tardy if they are not in class by 7:45am. In order for your child to have enough time to eat and travel to their classroom, it is imperative that they arrive at school sooner rather than later!
• Call in your child's absence on the absence line. If your child has an illness, please state the symptoms and if they have a fever. Please note that vacations, just staying home, and over sleeping are considered Unexcused.

Do you know of a staff member in Salt Creek District 48 that deserves some extraordinary recognition for something they have done in our school district to make a difference for others? Or do you just want to share some kindness around. Please fill out this form to have this staff member recognized for their extraordinary accomplishment.

Spirit Wear Sale

Want to show your school spirit? Check out our new spirit wear shop! There are a variety of options for all three schools. Please note that the youth sizes are first followed by adult sizes. The shop will close at midnight on Tuesday, November 30, and all orders will be sent home with your child about 3 weeks after that. Please contact Jennifer Liotta (jliotta@saltcreek48.org) with questions or to arrange a drop off/pick up if you do not want your child to see the order. Happy shopping!!

https://district48apparel.itemorder.com/shop/sale/

Mask Fundraiser

Mask Fundraiser is Back Due to popular demand, we are again offering handmade, customized masks for Dist. 48 families and staff. There are many new fabrics - including lots of holiday and custom fabrics - and masks come in three different styles: fitted, pleated and 3D. If you like disposable masks try our new mask cover - one layer of cotton that fits over surgical masks and increases effectiveness by improving the fit. Regular masks cost $5 and specialty masks are $7, with all proceeds going to FTC. The fundraiser will remain open for a while and orders completed as received. Please contact Holly Sloan at hsloan@saltcreek48.org with questions. Click the link below to order masks.

Happy Thanksgiving

From our family to yours, we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. There is much to be celebrated. We hope you have a fantastic break. Stay safe and healthy!!

Questions? Email ftc@saltcreek48.org or just reply to this email.

Remote instruction is intended to provide students with a window into the classroom to

support their continued learning during the quarantine period. Students participating

remotely will observe the instruction of the teacher. The school nurse will give the instructions with a date to start Remote learning, which is on day 3 of Quarantine. Remote learning will only consist of core classes,(Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies). All other specials classes will not be remote but will have lessons on your students google classroom page.

If you are still needing to make a payment for registration, it's easy!! Just go to our website, click on the parents and community tab, then go to epay! Its easy as 1,2,3!!

https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1182702/2021-2022_Approved_SCSD48_School_Calendar.pdf

Ms. Gerrie Aulisa

630-279-6160 Ext. 2004

gaulisa@saltcreek48.org

Mrs. Angie Ross

630-270-6160 Ext. 2005

aross@saltcreek48.org

Mrs. Kate Beckwith

630-279-6160 Ext.2001

kbeckwith@saltcreek48.org