Some teachers still have funds available from PTA! As a reminder, teachers who are at Lowell full-time receive $100 and teaches who are at Lowell part-time receive $50. If you think you might have money to spend, please verify the amount with Cathy Cebry in person or by email next week.

When planning for your end of the year picnics and such, please keep in mind that permission slips are needed any time you leave the Lowell property. There is no longer a universal walking field trip form.

Thank you for planning ahead!

It is important that you read & know the information that is shared with our families. Information in the Memo is not necessarily duplicated here.

Thanks to Laura B. for sharing the blog post below for your reading. Thanks to everyone for staying focused and keeping students engaged as we continue our school year!

In November, we asked staff to take a short self-assessment to determine their level of Google Apps proficiency. This was meant to help each person create their own path for learning and to help buildings provide appropriate support for their staff as everyone worked toward acquiring at least the Level 1 skills in Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides by May 1. Options for support in acquiring Level 1 skills included the D200 online learning site, face to face sessions at each school and the option to use other resources for self-directed learning.

Now is the time to reflect on the growth we’ve made together as a district with our Google Apps skills. All staff members are asked to complete the Google Apps Skills Checklist – May 2015 self-assessment by May 15th. Based on what we’ve anecdotally heard and seen, it is likely that many of you will have a few more skills you can celebrate acquiring since November. Way to go D200 lifelong learners!

We will use this data to determine needs for future trainings. Additional short trainings on advanced levels as well as helpful hints on Google Mail and Calendar are all on our D200 Google Apps Online Learning site

• Professional Learning Calendar (Be sure to click the tab for the current trimester at the bottom!)
• 2014-15 Committees
• BLT Agenda Items & Notes: Next Meeting: TBD (Please see a BLT member (Laura M.; Amanda; Brooke; Anne; Peg; Cindy L.; or Kathy) to add items to the agenda.)
  

Please be sure you've shared your common formative assessment information for Trimester 3. Click here to access the form or go to the Eagle's Nest.

Thanks to everyone for your hard work in meeting this District 200 expectation!

• Click here for the F & P Schedule. Please scroll all the way through to read important end of the year F & P information.
• Subs will be ordered by the office!
  
• Click here for the benchmarking DRAFT schedule.
  
• The grade level class list meetings will be held Friday, May 29. You will have staff meeting time (5/13) in advance of that to have conversations within your grade level. The schedule and expectations are posted here.
  

We'll hold a Celebration of Learning Assembly on the last day of school (June 8) at 9:30 a.m. This should take no more than 45 minutes. Dr. Schuler will also be joining us for this event. There will be an opportunity for each grade level to share, as we did last year. I encourage you to include children in the sharing. Along with that, each grade will have a slide on which to insert photos that will be up when you share.

Please let me know one person per grade level who would like the editing rights for that slide deck. I will share as I receive names.

So much great learning is happening!! You can also encourage a student or parent to share OR comment on an existing post!! Thanks to the 5th grade for our newest posts!

Monday, May 11

• Mariano's visit during student lunches
• EL Library Card Trip: Grades 1-2 (9:30-11 a.m.); Grades 3-5 (1-2:30 p.m.)

Tuesday, May 12

• Kathy @ Principal Meeting in a.m.
• Franklin Music Tour: 9:30 a.m. in Gym/MPR (All grades attend)
• Chorus, Band, & Orchestra Concert: 6:30 p.m. call time/7 p.m. concert @ Franklin

Wednesday, May 13

• Grade level conversations for class lists in lieu of staff meeting
• Class of 2028 Kindergarten Visit: 9:30-10:15 in Kindergarten classrooms & Music Room
• Kathy out in p.m.
• EL Tutoring Club (Last Day)

Thursday, May 14

• IEPs & Problem Solving as scheduled
• Lunch & Learn: Google Classroom

Friday, May 15

• PTA Meeting: 9:30 in Art Room (Last PTA meeting of the year; Kathy is happy to deliver any thank you notes you may have for them. It would also be really cool to hang up some quotes or notes of thanks in the Art Room like they do for us in the Staff Center. Let me know if you'd like to make anything to hang up.)
• 2nd Grade to Fullersburg Woods: 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
• 5th Grade Wax Museum:10:30-11:15 a.m. in MPR
• Beautification Day: After School outdoors
• Due date: Google Skills Checklist (outlined above)

Please email Kathy if something is missing from this list. Thank you!

School & Grade Level Events/Trips

• 4th Grade to Lincoln Marsh: Monday, May 18; 9:15-2p.m.
• Benchmarking; schedule TBD; Monday, May 18 & Tuesday, May 19
• Grade 1-5 EL trip to Brookfield Zoo; Wednesday, May 20
• ThinkFirst Assembly for Grades 1 & 5; Wednesday, May 20; Grade 1/9:30-10:15 a.m.; Grade 5/10:30-11:15 a.m.
• Robert Crown Health Center visits 5th grade: Friday, May 22; 1:30-3p.m.
• 2S class plays: Friday, May 22 @ 2:30 p.m.
• 3rd Grade w/Bill the Poet; Tuesday, May 26; 9:30-11:20 a.m. & 1:20-2:35 p.m. in MPR
• Mrs. Rood's Kindergarten Concert; Thursday, May 28; 10:45 a.m. in Room 119
• District Service Awards; Thursday, May 28; 4-6 p.m. @ Naperville Marriott
• 2M class plays: Friday, May 29 @ 2:30 (Room 105)
• 1st Grade to Brookfield Zoo; Tuesday, June 2; 9:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.
• Half-Day Kindergarten Parent Program; Wednesday, June 3; 10:45-11:30 a.m. & 2:30-3:15 p.m.
• PACE Open House; Thursday, June 4; 6:30-7:30 p.m. in LLC
• 5th grade picnic; Tuesday, June 2; time TBD
• First Grade Picnic; Monday, June 8
• Last Day of Specials; Monday, June 8
• School-wide Celebration of Learning Assembly; Monday, June 8; 9:30 in Gym/MPR

2014-15 Shift Day Schedule

• Tuesday, May 26 is a Monday