The Bulldog Briefs

I hope you had a wonderful Spring Break! We have begun IAR testing this week for our 3rd-5th grade students. Students are doing a wonderful job applying everything they have learned throughout the school year.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Have a great weekend.

Principal: Mr. Jeff Moore

Administrative Assistant: Mrs. Gloria Gutierrez

School Nurse: Mrs. Bianca Vazquez

School Office Hours: 7:30 AM-3:15 PM

School Phone: (708) 458-7150

3: 2nd-5th Grade Field Trip to The Children's Farm in Palos for Ag Day

8: IAR Testing Begins for ALL 3rd-5th Grade Students

14: BARK Bash

17: Progress Reports Sent Home/ IAR Completion Celebration for3rd-5th Grade

18: Non Attendance Day

21: Non Attendance Day

28: BARK Bash

Students in grades 3rd-5th will begin taking the IAR testing on Tuesday, April 8th. There are 3 Math tests and 2 Reading test. Below are the testing schedules for those days.

In preparation for them, we would like to ask a few favors:

• Students must bring their Chromebook, fully charged, along with the charger, to school each day of testing.

• Students must also bring working headphones to use with testing (Bluetooth headphones don’t work for testing).

• We also kindly ask students to get plenty of rest, eat a good breakfast and come to school ready for testing.

All tests will be completed in the morning.

We implemented these procedures for the safety of both students and community members. Unfortunately, we have witnessed, and been contacted by local residents about some violations.

Please do not :

• use resident driveways
• complete U-turns or 3 point turns
• fail to stop at a stop sign
• fail to stop and remained stopped until the bus has disengaged its stop sign
• double park or park in front of the school or in a bus lane
• Drop students off in front of the school or anywhere on 78th Ave Drivers will be provided with citations.

Thank you for your understanding.

For the safety of our students ad staff, the school parking lot will be limited to authorized school personnel from the hours of 7:30-8:30 and 2:30-3:15. If you arrive to school late, please park on the street and walk them in. Thank you for your understanding.

All student electronic should be turned off and kept in their locker during the day. If students have a watch that is used for communication, parents should not be communicating with them during the day.

We are running into situations where students are contacted directly about who afterschool pickup procedures. If you have change in your child's afterschool pickup procedure, please contacted the office and all parties will be notified.

Congrats Reem, Peyton, Reetal, and Mia for Perfect Attendance for Trimester 2! These students were at Walker 100% of the time! Great job students!

We are monitoring attendance daily, and rewarding students who are present and on time. Our monthly raffle incentive for March was

Sky Zone or Bowling Gift Cards

Congrats to Alexie, Anna, and Noah (Not Pictured) for winning for the month of March!

Please see the below details for a Walker family event happening on May 14th. Flyers will go home next week.

Walker 2nd-5th Grade Field Trip to Ag Day at the Children's Farm in Palos Park.

For the Month of April, we are focusing on positive interactions between peers. If students continue to have positive interactions, students will in a outdoor station activity.

Students can participate of they have not received any Major referrals or no more than 2 minor referrals for the month of April.

Every other Monday, we celebrate the successes of our students both academically and behaviorally.

We also celebrate those students that are making academic growth in school. Below are the students who received certificates from Lexia.

Hello Walker families,

Due to an outbreak of measles within the US, the SD 104 nursing team would like to take this time to bring to your attention the importance of vaccinations against measles. Although our district is 99% protected, please understand about 90% of people who are not immune to measles (either through vaccination or previous infection) become infected if exposed to the virus. To protect our students and our community, we ask that you take a look at the MMR information attached. Meanwhile, our nursing team continues to work diligently to maintain a healthy learning environment for your student(s).

Health documents for the 25-26 school year are due August 1, 2025!

All incoming kindergarten and 6th graders should begin making their appointments for all health forms due by August 1st.

The Loyola Pediatric Mobile Health Unit returns to SD 104 in September and October. The May visit has been cancelled. See the flyer for the state mandated requirements for each grade level.

Please note all action plans and medication authorization forms are to be updated yearly.

As always, thank you for your understanding and support as we work to provide students with a safe and healthy learning environment.

Please review the policies below regarding visitors, school treats, and attendance. A copy of the student handbook is also available below.