Elmwood Express
February 3rd, 2023
From the Principal's Desk...
Elmwood Families,
We appreciate all the support as we enter February! We have some exciting events coming this month starting next week with our coffee/pizza with our administration, our PATT meeting on Feb. 9th, Valentines Day, and our 100th day of school.
Classroom teachers will be reaching out to inform you about Valentines Day activities and celebrations! We celebrate the 100th day of school on Feb. 13th! If your class is doing something, the teachers will be sending information home!
We have a lot of community events! Check out the virtual backpack and flyers linked below!
The weather will continue to be cold so be sure that kids are dressing for the colder weather. We go outside if the temperature with wind chill is above 20 degrees. Many students have left hats, gloves, and coats at school. We will have the Lost and Found open for P/T Conferences which are Feb. 15th and 16th! See below for more information.
Thank you!
Thanks to all that joined us for our January Movie Night last week! We had blast. Check out some of the photos from the event below.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to all of our Spelling Bee participants! It was exciting to see you compete on Thursday night π
Board Meeting:
Elmwood Park CUSD 401 Board of Education will hold a School Board Meeting/Public Hearing on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. to consider and receive public comment on the renewal of the e-Learning Program to allow the District to utilize βe-learning daysβ in lieu of emergency days.
The Public Hearing will be held in the Auditorium at Elmwood Park High School, 8201 West Fullerton Avenue, Elmwood Park, Illinois.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Gauthier at (708) 583-5831 or gauthierl@epcusd401.org.
Fun Fair Donations:
We are looking for donations for our upcoming Fun Fair - please see the flyer and letter with details attached below
Aimsweb Testing Results:
We have 77% of our Kindergarten and 1st graders that know all their letters and sounds for reading! Our goal was 80% by February and be close to 95% by the end of the year. I am so proud of our teachers and students for their hard work!
All of our grade levels grew in Math and Reading on the AimsWeb Assessment! Want to know more! Come to the PATT meeting next Thursday February 9th @ 6pm.
Parents: Please take this short survey linked HERE
We highly value and appreciate your feedback and support.
The Illinois 5Essentials Survey is administered online by the University of Chicago on behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education. The evidence-based system is designed to drive improvement in schools nationwide. The 5Essentials are:
- Effective Leaders
- Collaborative Teachers
- Involved Families
- Supportive Environments
- Ambitious Instruction
Upcoming Dates
π MON 2/6: Early Release 2 PM
π TUES 2/7: Parents & The Principals (Coffee @ 9 AM) & (Pizza @ 6 PM)
π THUR 2/9: PATT Meeting 6pm
π MON 2/13: START OF SPIRIT WEEK! & Early Release 2 PM
π WED 2/15 - THURS 2/16: Parent Teacher Conferences 3PM - 7 PM
π FRI 2/17: NO SCHOOL
π MON 2/20: NO SCHOOL
Winter 2023 Parent-Teacher Conferences will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 15, and Thursday, Feb. 16. The conferences will be held in person at all of our schools. Parents/guardians could begin signing up for conferences at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Sign ups will stay open until noon Tuesday, Feb. 14.
To sign up for meeting times, we will use the PowerPTC registration system, which is the same system we used for scheduling conferences in the fall.
Please see these instructions for scheduling your conference(s).
Spirit Store Now Open ππ§¦
Class Composites are now available! πΈ
Please log into your Parent portal account through Jostens and you will see an option to purchase your studentβs class composites.
Virtual Backpack π
Please review the District Virtual Backpack, this is a resource for community involvement opportunities and more. These opportunities include baseball/softball registration, dance, karate, flag football and cheerleading registration!
Support EPHS Basketball Tonight! Friday FEB 3rd
Food Pantry Resources πππ₯¦
Our partners at West 40 have created a calendar of all the local food pantries on the Community Resources Website HERE. On that page, there is also a list of the Unity Fridges in the area, Unity Fridges are public refrigerators that are stocked by community members with food, it is a "leave what you can, take what you need" model. Additionally, HERE is the link to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, it has the whole list of food resources in the whole Chicagoland Area.
Employment Opportunities!
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS NEEDED:
See attached flyer for more information regarding becoming a substitute teacher. Please call 847-807-3671 or email EDNERecruiting@kellyservices.com or TIFN695@kellyservices.com. Current pay rate is $130 per day with the hours being from 7:45am-3:15pm
PARAPROFESSIONAL/AIDE:
Want to know more about being a paraprofessional/aide? Check out the requirements on the Illinois State Board of Education Website.