April 19: NO SCHOOL - Spring Vacation Day

April 22: NO SCHOOL - Staff Practice Development Day

Sycamore Families,

Just prior to the start of the school day a tornado warning was issued for the area of Sycamore Community Schools. The students at the junior high were immediately moved into their tornado shelter positions until the warning was lifted at 8:19 a.m. We are so proud of the students and staff for their quick response and ensuring the safety of all. In efforts to support the needs of our students, we made the decision to cancel AIR testing today. We will take the second part of the English Language Arts assessment on Monday, April 15th.

Again, the students and staff did a fantastic job following our safety protocols and responding to the inclement weather.

Thank you,

SJH Administration

PTO Meeting Minutes: Please click here to view the minutes from the meeting on April 10.

CURRENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

The Sandwich Project

The Junior High is always in need of additional volunteers to assist with our character education project called "The Sandwich Project." We've been making 250 sandwiches a week for St. Francis Seraph Ministries in OTR since 1997!

3-4 volunteers are needed weekly on Thursdays to set-up and assist. Mr. Stern and Mr. Dejoy will be there when the students arrive. Your assistance would be needed from 10:50-11:45. The commitment is under an hour! If you are available and interested for any Thursday during the remainder of the year, please contact: Christy Banke at pray4peace@gmail.com. Thank you.

Small commitment. Big impact.

Cultural Diversity Days

Date: Tuesday, 5/7, 11:30-1:30

Activity: Asian booth (Games, Language/Music, or Art)

Number of Volunteers: 3 or more*

Date: Wednesday, 5/8 11:30-1:30

Activity: Europe booth (Games, Language/Music, or Art) (except for Spain)

Volunteers: 3 or more*

Date: Thursday, 5/9, 11:30-1:30

Activity: Latin/South America / Spanish speaking booths

(Games, Language/Music, or Art)

Number of Volunteers: 3 or more*

*Parents do not have to be from the focus region of the day. Parents may volunteer for multiple days (thank you). Please know that the SJH staff has suggestions for activities, but feel free to come up with your own if it is a cultural that is well known to you and you would have something to share with the students. Be advised that no food will be allowed to be distributed for allergy concerns.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Mika Wolfford at wolffordm@sycamoreschools.org and/or Mr. Daniel Rodriguez at rodriguezd@sycamoreschools.org. Signup Genius to be coming soon!

The administration is seeking input as it considers the resources required to print and distribute hard copies of report cards each quarter.

Click HERE to take the anonymous one-question survey.

If your child has lost an item at school (sweatshirt, coat, lunchbox, etc) please encourage him or her to check the lost & found. Items can be found in the back of the cafeteria and are donated, recycled or disposed of every two to three weeks. If you have any questions, please contact the office.

For photos of items recently in L&F click HERE.

In collaboration with the U.C. Economics center, each year, teams of students design and present their ideas for a t-shirt to be sold and the associated profits donated to a charity of their choice.

1-844-SAFEROH

A multi-agency effort created to assist schools in continuously improving the safety of our students. By calling or texting the statewide anonymous hotline parents, students or community members can report anything that is suspicious or endangering you, your friends or your school.

If you have not turned in your child's proof of immunizations from a doctor's office, please do so ASAP. The cutoff date was September 5th.

Safety and Reunification

Sycamore Community Schools is seeking Adult Volunteers for April 22nd - Professional Development Day

The certified staff of Sycamore Community Schools will be participating in a professional learning activity called “Cost of Poverty Experience (COPE)” led by facilitators from Think Tank Inc. on April 22nd. The purpose of the activity is to engage our staff in authentic, empathy-building experiences to better understand the daily struggles some of our families may experience as a result of economic fatigue.

Each session will include 120 staff participants. We are in need of 20 volunteers (COPE Resource Leaders) for each session to “role play” various community and business members. As a COPE Resource Leader, you will be given your role by the COPE facilitator during training. Training will be provided in the first hour of the volunteer shift. The time commitment will be approximately 3-1/2 hours. Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide babysitting services on this day, therefore volunteers are asked not to bring their children along.

Volunteer Times and Locations

Morning Session: 7:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Junior High Gym and High School Gym

Afternoon Session: 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Greene Gym and Maple Dale Gym

Sign-up on Eventbrite

For the morning session at Sycamore High School, click here.

For the morning session at the Sycamore Junior High School, click here.

For the afternoon session at Maple Dale Elementary, click here.

For the afternoon session at Greene Elementary, click here.

Additional Information

Contact Chris Beech, Associate to Assistant Superintendent

e-mail address: beechc@sycamoreschools.org,

phone number: 513.686.1700, ext.#5003

For Earth Day, Greene Intermediate is reducing its carbon footprint by holding its first ever Bus Walk Bike to School Day. This Thursday, April 18th, 5th and 6th grader will either bike from one of 3 meeting spots, exit buses at the Jr. High and walk to Greene with their class, or walk or bike directly from home. Although they should be off Cooper Road during Jr. High arrival time, residents should be aware there will be students walking and biking through neighborhoods around the schools, and share the road.

For more information, email BusWalkBike@sycamoreschools.org.

The Aves Hangar Bookstore and Spirit Shop is looking for volunteers to fill open shifts for the 2019-2020 school year. The bookstore is open twice a day: before school 6:50 am -7:20 am and during lunch 11:30 am-12:40 pm. Both morning and lunchtime shifts are currently available. Volunteers must commit to working every other week and come in for training this spring. If you are interested in learning more please email us at sycamorebookstore@gmail.com with the word "volunteer" in the title.

Summer School registration is open! For more information on Summer School options, please see the catalog 7/8 Summer School Catalog or vist goav.es/summerschool