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Dates to Remember
March 9, 2022-- Early Release
March 9, 2022-- Unsung Heroes Presentation
March 10, 2022-- Students of the Month Presentation
March 15, 2022--College Fair at the Kane county Fairgrounds
March 17, 2022--Illinois Science Assessment (All Juniors)
March 23, 2022--Early Release
March 24--ASVAB Test
March 26- April 3, 2022--Spring Break
April 4, 2022--School Resumes
April 5-6, 2022--Seal of Bi-Literacy Testing
April 13--SAT-Juniors, PSAT-Sophomores, PSAT 8/9-Freshman
April 14--Students of the Month Presentation
PTO Butter Braid & Cookie Dough Sale Is Happening Now through March 21
These are delicious and convenient frozen treats to have on hand! To order your sweet treats you can fill out the attached form and drop off at North with a check made payable to STC North PTO or click on the following link:
BUTTER BRAID & COOKIE DOUGH ORDER
AFTER YOU CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK YOU WILL BE BROUGHT TO A PAGE TO REGISTER AS A 'SELLER". (Yes, that is confusing since you are a buyer.) AFTER YOU COMPLETE THIS PAGE, YOU WILL THEN RECEIVE AN EMAIL VERIFICATION LINK WHICH THEN DIRECTS YOU TO THE PRODUCT ORDERING PAGE TO COMPLETE YOUR PURCHASE.
Curbside pickup is Monday, April 4 between 5 to 7 pm at 2213 Sutton Drive South Elgin IL 60177. For any questions contact Michelle Principato at 630-347-2596 or msmish72@comcast.net.
Thank you in advance for your support! ENJOY!
Let’s make this a party to remember for our North Star Seniors and Juniors!
5ESSENTIALS Parent Survey
District 303 participates in the annual Illinois 5Essentials Survey that collects feedback from our students, teachers, and parents. Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will give you the opportunity to share your thoughts on important elements of school effectiveness. The responses will help us understand the conditions at your child’s school and guide our improvement efforts. All responses are confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.
The Parent Survey is currently open and will remain so through March 11, 2022. To take the survey, please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate survey.
District 303 participates in the annual Illinois 5Essentials Survey that collects feedback from our students, teachers, and parents. Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will give you the opportunity to share your thoughts on important elements of school effectiveness. The responses will help us understand the conditions at your child’s school and guide our improvement efforts. All responses are confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.
We value your feedback and appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your input.
National E-book Week - March 6-12, 2022
Michael Stern Hart is credited with the creation of the very first e-book on July 4, 1971 while an undergraduate at University of Illinois. After typing the Declaration of Independence into a Xerox Sigma V computer and discovering the file was too large to send it to everyone on his network. He then decided to upload it for users to download at their convenience, resulting in the creation of the first electronic book and the beginning of Project Gutenberg - a library of over 60,000 free e-books that is still an active ebook resource. Click here to explore ProjectGutenberg
In 2004, as e-books started to grow in popularity, Canadian author Rita Toews “thought of this holiday through her own experiences as an author as well as her assistance helping authors she knew write their memoirs and stories. After being approached by many friendly co-authors, she thought of e-books as an excellent way for these authors to get publicity and approached her local library to begin Read an Ebook Week in 2004. As e-books became popular, so did the holiday. Read more here at DaysOfTheYear
Fast forward to today and there are now numerous sources to help you enjoy reading e-books and audiobooks. You can read or listen to them for free from the St. Charles Library, purchase them online from any book retailer, or dowload free e-books at many online sources.
Our St. Charles North LRC Website provides easy access to e-books and audio books through the Axis 360 (Click the link to visit) reader app. This allows for books to be read, or listened to, from a desktop computer, iPads, and iPhone / Android cell phones.
To obtain a list of devices that are Axis 360 Compatible (click this link) with Axis360, and to find instructions for downloading the app to your device, or learn how to use on your desktop computer.
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE!
The St. Charles Education Foundation Scholarship Deadline is next Friday, March 11, 2022.
The St. Charles Education Foundation annually awards scholarships to one or more graduating seniors at each of the two D303 high schools. The monetary value of each scholarship will be a minimum of $1000.00. To qualify, seniors are expected to further their education at a 2-year or 4-year college or university, vocational school or post high school institution of higher learning. The scholarships are a one-time non-renewable award which will be granted based on overall merit. The scholarship applications are available in the guidance office and https://www.stcedfoundation.org
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