PRAIRIE TRAIL NEWS! Vol. 2

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Dear Parents,

It is a pleasure to be reaching out to you this week. For those of you that haven't had the chance to meet me, I am Ms. Torres the Assistant Principal at Prairie Trail.

Can you believe that we have been in session for a month? During this month the teachers and students have been working hard on creating their classroom communities, routines and establishing strong relationships. We continue to review our Be Statements as they are the core values of our district.

It has been a very nice start to the new year and I love seeing our students in their classrooms, walking in the hallways and playing outside. We are still getting the hang of the lunchroom and recess routines, but the more we practice the better we get.

We just finished the first assessments of the year (iReady and Aimsweb) which give us a good idea of how the students are performing in reading and math. We will be analyzing the data and determining how to support and challenge our students. Teachers will be working on creating goals and plans to differentiate instruction to make sure we are meeting the needs of all of our students.

If you have any questions or concerns feel free to reach out. You can call the office or email me at mtorres@d56.org

Have an extraordinary weekend!

• Oct 3: Parent Teacher Organization Meeting 7:00 p.m.
  

• https://meet.google.com/ufm-afqo-inm

• Oct 5: No School - Holiday

• Oct 6: Save the Date: PTO Festi-Fall Event @ Krolls Farm

• Oct 10: No School - Holiday

• Oct 21: First Quarter Ends

• Oct 28: Report Cards will be posted to Skyward after 4:00 p.m.

• Oct 28: Early Release 11:35 - Teacher Institute Day and PBIS Quarter 1 Assembly

Hello Parents!

This school year is off to a great and healthy start. I am happy to be here at Prairie trail for another year to help provide a safe and healthy school environment for our students. Here are a few reminders for you:

Physicals/Immunizations:

State-Wide Exclusion Deadline October 15th.

Please be mindful that mandated physicals and immunizations are required. In-state transferring students must be compliant by October 15th
by Illinois state law. Otherwise, the law excludes your child from school on that date. Students entering from another state are allowed 30 days from the start
date to obtain a physical but vaccinations are required upon entry.

Health Conditions:

Your child’s health and safety is my highest priority! Please call me if your child has a new health condition or changes in your child’s status so I am aware of his/her needs. If your child sustains any injuries over the weekend that requires the student to be excused from PE or recess please give me a call or send in the doctor's note of the injury if available so that I can send the student to PE class with a note to be excused from participation in PE.

Covid current Protocols:

Please continue to keep your child home if they are sick. If a student has fever the student needs to be 24 hours free of fever with medication. If your child has vomited at home, the student needs to be free of vomiting for 24 hours following the last episode of vomiting. Please call the health office if your student has tested positive for covid to obtain the student return to school date.

The current procol for Covid is 5 day quarantine from 1st day symptoms started, upon return to school after 5 day quarantine is to wear a mask for 5 day after returning to school. Masks are still provided to all students upon request in the health office. If you suspect that your child has current symptoms of covid we are requesting that you complete an at home covid test prior to sending your child to school. If you do not have at home covid test please give me a call, we do have rapid covid test available for pick up in the health office if needed. Please take a photocopy of the test results with the students name and date of test and email it to me. The current symptoms of Covid are: fever, chills, cough, headache, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, loss of taste and smell.

Tips to prevent winter colds and flu:

Cold and flu season is upon us. Here are some great tips to help prevent colds and flu. Washing your hands often is the first and best defense to protect yourself from germs, disinfect high-touched areas daily, Consider getting students a flu shot, use hand sanitizer, encourage students not to bite their nails or put their hands in their mouth, eat well-balanced meals, stay away from others who are sick, boost your immune system with vitamins, and get plenty of rest.

Tori

"Wyman Wonka" kicked off our fabulous reading assembly introducing the Bluestem Challenge, had a live readers theatre skit and showed our hilarious staff lip sync reading video!

Prairie Trail has a "rain garden" that was in much need of some tender. loving care. For the past two summers, Mrs. Lynch's Civics Club has been working on bringing our Rain Garden back to life! The helped clear the weeds, added new soil, plant new plants and flowers, and water and weed the finished garden. The students learned how to take care of a garden and learned about native plants and insects at the same time.

The students involved were: 5th grade: Lily Fong, Jacob Gonzalez, Drake Campenella, Nathan Zamora. 4th grade: Addison Miller, Sophia Campenella, Noah Cervantes, Landon Ritter, Amelia Smith, Addison Dearth, Jacob Bovara and 3rd grade: Ronan Campenella!

Miss Scroggins and some of her students out supporting our PTO at Portillo's on Wednesday night!

For up to dates announcements and event info, please follow us on each of our social media accounts. We share reminders, events, photos of PT fun, assemblies and more!

Website: https://www.d56.org/prairietrail
Location: 13600 West Wadsworth Road, Wadsworth, IL, USA
Phone: 847-623-4333
Facebook: facebook.com/prairietrailschool
Twitter: @PrairieTrailD56