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The last week of October each year is Red Ribbon Week, a time that we focus on drug awareness and prevention. We are also doing SPIRIT days this week.

Tuesday-Please wear RED to show you are "Proud to be Drug Free."

Wednesday- Wear peace signs or Tye-dye as you say "PEACE OUT to Drugs"

Thursday- Make sure to wear your favorite sports jersey or t-shirt as Albright Vikings "Team up Against Drugs"

Friday- Albright chooses to be drug free. Show your school spirit by wearing a school shirt or red/black, our school colors.

Dear Albright Middle School Parents/Guardians,

This year, we will use the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s online testing platform to hold our Albright Middle School Spelling Bee via an online spelling test.

The first step to spelling bee participation for your child is registering for the online testing platform by visiting https://online-test.spellingbee.com

I encourage you to watch this video tutorial that will walk you through the registration process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ThKRsffiFc

Once you have registered, I will be able to assign the appropriate test to your child. Your child must complete the test before the given deadline. Tests can be taken on any device with a web browser, including desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smart phones. Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge are our preferred browsers. We do not support Safari for desktop or Internet Explorer.

This year, our school-level competition will be administered virtually. Our school champion will then move on to represent Albright Middle School in the next level of the DuPage County regional spelling bee program, which also may include online tests in lieu of in-person spelling bee events.

Remember, the first step to spelling bee participation is to register at online-test.spellingbee.com. Please register your child at your earliest convenience as I will begin assigning tests to students soon. If you have already registered in the online testing platform for another child, you can log in to your account and add an additional child to that same parent account. There is no need to register a different email address for each child in your household.

Please reach out to me if you have any questions about our school spelling bee program. I look forward to having your child compete to represent our school!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Angie Ross

• 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.

Erin’s Law, Illinois- Senate Bill 2843 went into effect on 2/14/2011. This law requires schools to implement an age-appropriate sexual assault and abuse awareness and prevention curriculum for grades pre-K through 12.

Victor Pacini, a survivor of sexual abuse an Erin's Law speaker, will be assisting our schools in implementing this mandate. Mr. Pacini’s program is developmentally appropriate, interactive, and aligned with learning standards. The focus of his presentation is to teach children basic skills to keep them safe from dangerous or abusive situations. The concepts that will be discussed are:

• Distinguishing safe from unsafe touches

• Safety rules at home and school

• Saying “NO”

• Secrets

• It’s not the child’s fault if someone touches him or her

• Telling a trusted adult

Mr. Pacini will be presenting through an online program. The date your child will view the presentation is as follows: Albright Middle School, November 8-9, 2021 during regular PE class periods.

Requests to Opt-Out: If you prefer that your child opt-out of this prevention education session, please email your child’s School social worker at srumbaugh@saltcreek48.org no later than November 5, 2021.

There will be a VIRTUAL parent meeting on this program Monday, November 1, 2021:

Topic: VILLA PARK - SALT CREEK - PARENT NIGHT - D

Date: Monday, November 1st

Time: 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87315608111

Meeting ID: 873 1560 8111

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.

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.

This link is for indoor sports only. We can only allow 2 guests per athlete inside the building, so this link lets family watch from home.

Click on the link to take you to the next LIVE home game!!

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