BG eNews
February 2, 2022
Notes from Principal Klueppel...
2/21 - Presidents' Day Holiday (No School)
2/23 - Early Release (2:10 Dismissal)
2/25 - End of 2nd Trimester
3/4 - Teacher Work Day (No School)
** NEW Health Office Email Address **
The health office has a new email address! Parents, please send any communication or test results to bel-nurses@d303.org to ensure that all of our Bell Graham nurses receive this important information pertaining to your student(s)
Cold Weather:
Please be sure to send your child with a warm coat, gloves, and a hat to school each day. Students go outside for mask breaks, PE, and recess. Students have outdoor recess unless the outside temperature with windchill is below 0.
Volunteer Fingerprinting Protocol
2021-22 Illinois 5Essentials Survey
The 2022 Illinois Parent Survey closes March 11, 2022.
Please see the link below to take the survey. If you have any questions, please call 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874. Thank you in advance for your participation.
EMPOWER
Symptom Guidelines for sending your child to school
NEW Health Office Email Address
The health office has a new email address! Parents, please send any communication or test results to
bel-nurses@d303.org to ensure that all of our Bell Graham nurses receive this important information pertaining to your student(s)
SHIELD Testing
If you changed your mind about your initial response to SHIELD testing, you can go back to the portal and update your response.
YOU WILL ONLY BE NOTIFIED OF POSITIVE TEST RESULTS
(no news is good news)
Student Council Spirit Days
PTO News
ASE
Today is the last day you can register your student for After School Enrichment!!! Registration closes at 8 PM tonight. Don’t forget to sign up for the exciting Reptile Show (virtual) on Feb. 21st and amazing Find Your Spark STEAM (IN PERSON)class on Feb. 22nd available for ages K-5!
*If you’ve already registered, please keep an eye out for email communication about your classes as the class date gets near.
Here is the class list and descriptions.
Here is the calendar list of classes.
We need your help! Please consider volunteering for a day or more all while helping your PTO and getting in-person time with your child(ren).
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4fa5ab2da0ff2-asevolunteers4
Closes at 8PM - TONIGHT (2/2/22)!!!
https://bell-graham-pto.square.site/
If you have any questions at all, please contact Kelly Cameron at kellyacameron@yahoo.com, 630-452-7984
STAFF APPRECIATION
Help us stock a sweet treats buffet for our wonderful Bell Graham staff to celebrate Valentine’s Day! The buffet will be set up Friday February 11th. You are welcome to drop your sweet treats to Jenna’s house starting Monday, February 7th all week thru the morning of Friday February 11th at 9am. Use best judgment that it will stay fresh if you drop off early. Jenna’s address is 40W228 James Michener, St Charles (in Fox Mill). There will be a bin in front of her garage to put treats in. You may also drop your treats directly to the school and leave on the table in the breezeway the morning of Friday, February 11th. Any questions, email or text Jenna, jennac@gmail.com or 630-330-9019.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4fa5ab2da0ff2-staff10
AVIC
AVIC is back! AVIC (Art Volunteers in Classroom) is a district wide program that teaches kids about different artists and styles. Each month, 1-2 volunteers can present to each class approximately 45-60 minute presentations that you (the volunteer) create. You present the history of the artist and his/her style for about 15 minutes and use the remainder of the time for the students to create an art project in that artist's style. No art experience is needed!
See the sign-up genius to get started. More details will follow upon sign-up.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F44AEA92FA2FF2-avic
PARENT TRIVIA NIGHT
Mark your calendars! Trivia Night is happening Saturday February 19th at the St. Charles Moose Lodge. Doors open at 6pm and trivia will begin at 7pm.
Get your friends together and form a team of 4 - 10 people. The night will include brain tingling trivia as well as amazing Silent Auctions and Raffles. Come up with a creative theme for your team and dress up and decorate your table! Prizes will be awarded for best themes and decor.
Tickets are $25 per person for this event and include light appetizers. A cash only bar will also be available.
Please have one member of your team email your team roster and name to Andrea Benavidez at andrea.getten@gmail.com.
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE ------ https://checkout.square.site/merchant/E59PWZVRBX7H1/checkout/X4JDGHZNGVMNAVCAWJBE46VF
Ticket sales end February 10th.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS FOR OUR AUCTION ITEMS AND RAFFLES!!!
Do you own a small business? Do you have season tickets to a local sports team? We’re looking for items to be donated for our event to raise money for our kiddos!! Please contact Kate Bennett at Kate.bennett82@yahoo.com if you’d like to donate to our event.
Health Office
** NEW Health Office Email Address **
The health office has a new email address! Parents, please send any communication or test results to bel-nurses@d303.org to ensure that all of our Bell Graham nurses receive this important information pertaining to your student(s).
Forms needed for the school year:
K: Up to date Physical, Immunizations, Dental and Vision as well as a Health survey
2nd: Dental (due by May)
3rd: Updated Health survey
New students to Illinois: Physical and Immunization, Dental and Vision on Illinois forms.
All forms can be found at the district website in the health services tab.
Remember to pack extra masks for your students in case they misplace theirs or they get dirty. If you do not want your child to wear school issued clothes in the event their clothes get soiled please send a spare in your child's backpack.
Please call the Health Office any time 8-3 if you have any questions or concerns this school year. If you have any Covid-19 related questions please call the health office at 331-228-2104 or refer to the district website.
Picking up your child early?
How to Report Baker Station Absences
If your child will be absent on a day they would normally attend Baker Station, you need to email your site directly bellgraham@stcparks.org or email Angela Coppola, Baker Station Coordinator at acoppola@stcparks.org , ALL absences must be reported by 12:30pm on the day of your child’s absence. The St. Charles Park District and Baker Station staff does not receive this information from the individual school sites.
Attendance Line
Bell-Graham Resources
Bell Graham Elementary School
Website: bellgraham.d303.org
Location: 4N505 Fox Mill Blvd St. Charles, IL 60175
Phone: 331-228-2100
Facebook: facebook.com/BellGrahamElementary
Twitter: @BellGrahamD303
CUSD 303 Resources
Special Education Parent Advisory Committee (SE-PAC)
Greetings, Parents and Guardians of students receiving special education services in District 303! We are moving our next SE-PAC meeting to Tuesday, February 15, 2022 (From February 1). The meeting will be held from 7:00-8:30 via Zoom. During our time together, we will review outcomes from the 2021-2022 parent survey and participate in shared learning on supporting students during transition meetings. Department administrators will share information on the transition process and gain your insights to support students as they move from Early Childhood to Elementary, Elementary to Middle, Middle to High, and High School to Post-Secondary programs. We are hopeful you can join us on February 15!
Patti Palagi is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: SE-PAC February 2022
Time: Feb 15, 2022 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://d303-org.zoom.us/j/89441692948?pwd=QTd2cE9DWVhhYXpjRk42a3B4S2pBUT09
Meeting ID: 894 4169 2948
Passcode: 231724
Empower is accepting donations
Haines Center
Attn: Sarah Cann
305 S. 9th Sreet
St. Charles, IL 60174
Substitute Nurses Needed
D303 is looking for Substitute Nurses!
Do you have a friend, neighbor or relative who has a nursing license and is looking for work?
A D303 substitute nurse has a flexible schedule, an opportunity use their nursing skills and work in any of our 18 district school buildings. Many former D303 substitutes have gone on to become district employees.
Please share the following contact information:
Juanita Gryfinski, Dept Chair, D303 Health Services at 331-228-3834 or juanita.gryfinski@d303.org Kristen Pozna, District Substitute Coordinator at 331-228-4924 or kristen.pozna@d303.org.
E-Learning Plan and Emergency Days
The School Board has approved an E-Learning plan that gives the district the option to offer remote learning in place of emergency days. Currently, our last day of school is Tuesday, May 24, which is the week before Memorial Day.
If we experience inclement weather, the first three days will be “snow days” that will be made up at the end of the school year on May 25, 26, and 27 as needed.
Subsequent emergency days will be remote days so the last attendance day will still be before Memorial Day.
If there is a long stretch of inclement weather (blizzard, polar vortex, etc.), we may split the days into “snow days” and e-learning days so as to not have too many non-attendance days in a row.