Welcome Superheroes!
The Weekly Chatter: Welcome Back Newsletter: 7.29.22
Welcome to Champopolis!
We can't wait to see everyone back to show us your super set of skills! Enjoy the rest of your summer and we will see you soon!
Roshaunda Henson
Principal
School Begins
August 17th: First day of school for First & Second Grade. The bell times are 8:30-3:25pm.
August 18th: First day of school for Kindergarten. The bell times are 8:30-3:25pm
Students will enter the main building doors for bus and/or car drop off. Parents and family members will drop off outside of the building. This allows for common routines and school safety. All building entry will require ID's checked by the Raptor Vistor-Management System. This system will check visitors against a sex-offender database prior to granting access into our schools as well as provide an automated way to track visitors.
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Upcoming Events
- August 1: Kindergarten Sneak Peek: 3:00-6:00pm
- August 15: Open House: Meet the Teacher
- August 17: First Day of School Grades
- August 18: First day of School Kindergarten
- August 19: Back to School Bash Sponsored by PTA 5:30-7:30pm
Save The Date: Conferences will be held on:
- November 21 from 9:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
- November 22 from 7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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Important Back to School Information
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Open House: Supply Drop Off
Teacher Assignments
You can check to see who your child’s teacher will be by logging on to PowerSchool on August 8, 2022. Parent PowerSchool access information can be found at: https://ps.district158.org/public.
Please log into your account using the UserName and Password that you chose when you created your account. As in the past, there will not be a letter sent to your home with your child’s teacher assignment. Teacher assignments cannot be accessed if you have not completed the online registration for the 2022-23 school year or if you have not submitted the required medical forms.
Volunteer Opportunities
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Raptor Security Sytem
Our District is committed to keeping students and faculty safe at all times. Part of this is knowing who is in our buildings at all times, our Raptor- visitor management system- will be in place throughout all District 158 Schools. The purpose of this initiative is to enhance our existing procedures for the safety of our students and staff. This system will check visitors against a sex-offender database prior to granting access into our schools as well as provide an automated way to track visitors.
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Food Service
Students' meals will no longer be free beginning with the 2022-23 school year. Students will pay based on their status of free/reduced/pay. Lunch prices will be free/$0.40/$3.10, respectively. Fee waivers are available and must be turned in to the District Office. Meal applications and fee waivers are still needed each year.
The online meal application is available at https://www.schoollunchapp.com/District.aspx beginning July 1, 2022.
Applications for fee waivers must be downloaded from the District website here and submitted to the Food Service Department for consideration.
If you do not have access to a computer or are not able to apply online, paper applications are available at the District Office.
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Transportation Information
Please note that the first week times are approximate. Families will be able to see tentative route information for their bus riders in PowerSchool on July 25, 2022. Please check your child’s route information between July 25 and August 10th. No changes to routes will happen from August 10th through September 5, 2022.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact Transportation at https://huntley158.org/departments/transportation/ . Contact information for transportation: (847) 659-3000 or transportation@district158.org. If you need transportation to and/or from a sitter within the district please be sure to turn in the request form to transportation no later than July 25, 2022. Please keep in mind families that utilize sitter forms, this form must be submitted yearly even if there is no change.
Last year the district began to ask families to identify their intent of utilizing transportation services to have more accurate information on actual ridership. This information will assist the district in routing and bus capacity with the goal for minimal changes needed due to capacity concerns on specific routes. You should have been sent a brief few question survey the week of July 4th, if you did not complete the survey sent by the district previously and you do not need transportation services for the year (examples for not needing might be utilization of community daycare and being transported by those agencies, utilizing the Park District before and after school care, etc) please email transportation@district158.org.
We thank you for your cooperation as this will assist our transportation department being more effective and efficient.
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Car Riders
Click HERE to find a letter describing our carline arrival and dismissal procedures. Students will be assigned a number on a car tag that gets hung on your rear view mirror so that we can get students to their car safely each day. Please spend some time looking over this process before school begins. Any changes in transportation should be made by notifying the teacher in writing and/or email prior to 2:30 that day.
We look forward to a wonderful year ahead at our Cheetah Headquarters: Champopolis!
Warm Regards,
Roshaunda Henson-Principal
Carmen Siragusa-Assistant Principal
847-659-5700
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About Us
Email: chesakabsencegeneral@district158.org
Website: http://www.district158.org/chesak/
Location: 10910 Reed Rd, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156, USA
Phone: (847) 659-5700
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