What's Up Willowbrook

Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 will have four school board seats to be filled at the Consolidated Election on April 4, 2023. Candidates who are elected will fill four-year terms expiring in April 2027.

Candidates for the office of the school board can circulate nominating petitions for signatures beginning September 20, 2022. The period for filing nominating petitions runs from December 12 through December 19, 2022.

A candidate for the school board is required to file the nominating petitions, Statement of Candidacy, and receipt for filing their Statement of Economic Interests with the applicable county election clerk and not with the school board secretary or the administrative offices of the school district. The county clerk may have petition forms available, or blank petitions may be downloaded from the State Board of Elections website: elections.il.gov.

Candidates may also want to consult the “2023 Candidate’s Guide” (https://www.elections.il.gov//Downloads/ElectionOperations/PDF/2023CanGuide.pdf), which can be downloaded from the Illinois State Board of Elections website, or contact the county clerk or board of election commissioners regarding the requirements of filing. Candidates and voters can get information about District 30 from our website and learn about being a school board member from the Illinois Association of School Boards at: iasb.com/elections.

Our District 30 strategic plan is focused on effective communication with parents and families, and we want to understand how we can improve our efforts to communicate with you.

Please click here or on the blue button to participate in this brief survey, if you have not already responded to our email sent earlier this week. Your answers will help us better understand your preferred methods of communication for school and district correspondence. This survey is anonymous and will be open through September 20.

Your feedback will help improve how we deliver information that is essential to help you to succeed professionally and personally, and to support your students’ success. Thank you for taking a few minutes to share your valuable insights with us!

District 30 joins our nation in recognizing National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15. Together we celebrate the histories, cultures and contributions of our students, staff, community members and citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. To learn more through exhibits, audio visual resources and photography, visit hispanicheritagemonth.gov or click the image below.

Wednesday, September 14

• PTO Room Parent Meeting: 7:00-7:30 p.m.
• PTO General Meeting: 7:45-8:15 p.m.

Friday, September 16

• Walk for Willowbrook 1:00-2:45 p.m.
• Walk for Willowbrook After Party 3:15-5:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 22

• Author Katherine Applegate Visits Willowbrook 10:10 a.m. (Grades 3-5)

Friday, September 23

• Half Day for Students (Dismissal at 11:45 a.m.)

**Parents are welcome to join us each Friday at 8:45 a.m. for our Flag Raising Ceremony**

Willowbrook will host author Katherine Applegate for 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students on Thursday, September 22 at 10:10 am. Students are familiar with many of Applegate's books including The One and Only Ivan, The One and Only Bob, Crenshaw, and Wishtree, among others. You can order copies of her new book Odder(description below), through this link. All book orders are due by September 19.

Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she’s known. She’s a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself—and about the humans who hope to save her.

"Inspired by the true story of a Monterey Bay Aquarium program that pairs orphaned otter pups with surrogate mothers, this poignant and humorous tale told in free verse examines bravery and healing through the eyes of one of nature’s most beloved and charming animals."

Books will be signed by Katherine Applegate after her presentation.

SHIELD Saliva tests must be turned in to your child’s school before 9:30 am on Tuesdays.

• Wescott - Tuesdays

• Willowbrook - Tuesdays*

• Maple - Tuesdays*

*Please note the changes to Willowbrook and Maple, starting next week on September 13

Important Information

• Throughout the year, packs with multiple testing kits will be sent home with your child

• Use one each week and save the remaining for future use

• Only return samples in the bag with the QR code and your child’s name

• Instructions are available here and on the website at District 30 Health and Safety Guidance

• Future supplies will be provided only to students who have participated in testing, therefore, hold onto your supplies if you think you may use them at some point

• Please reach out to your school’s Health Office should you need additional supplies
  

  
  

Patient Support Hotline

Call: 217-265-6059 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)

• Signing in and registering patient portal accounts
• Scheduling testing appointments
• Viewing appointments
• Viewing test results
• Other patient portal questions

Opt-Out of SHIELD Testing

• Contact Lauren Schulman lschulman@district30.org

• Return testing supplies to your child’s school

Ice Cream Wednesday will take place the second Wednesday of the month from September through May. Our first Ice Cream Wednesday is Wednesday, September 14.

As part of PTO registration, you had the option to pre-pay for ice cream for the year. If you purchased this for your child, they will receive an ice cream treat of their choice on Wednesday. If you did not pre-purchase during registration and you want your child to have a popsicle/ice cream treat, please make sure to send them with $1 to school.

The Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test window closes on Friday, September 16. We will continue to use the results of the MAP to assist teachers with the differentiation of reading and mathematics instruction. We also use the MAP to measure student academic growth. Students’ fall assessment reports will be made available to parents early next month.

• Kindergarten speech screenings will be conducted in the Fall (September 13).

• 2nd grade speech screenings will be conducted in the Winter (Date TBD).

• The primary purpose of the speech screenings is to identify articulation (speech sound) errors.

• Additional screenings for concerns with receptive language, expressive language, voice or fluency will be available at parent and/or teacher request.

Parents will only be notified if their child does not pass the screening. If the screening results indicate additional assessment and/or speech therapy support, you will be contacted by one of the speech-language pathologists.

If you have any questions about the screenings or concerns about your child’s communication skills, please contact your child’s teacher or one of the speech-language pathologists: Lisa Netzly at 847-400-8826, lnetzly@district30.org or Kelsey Martin at 847-400-8847, kmartin@district30.org.

District 30's preschool screenings are also held at Willowbrook School. These screenings, designed to identify preschool-age children who may benefit from special education support prior to Kindergarten, are conducted throughout the school year. If you would like to schedule a screening for your preschool child, please contact Tiffani Cuneo at 847-498-8964

5th-Grade Band is still available to ALL STUDENTS, it is not too late to sign up! 5th-graders in band learn how to play brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments in pull-out lessons during the school day once a week. We will play in two concerts together with both Wescott and Willowbrook bands combined which is a ton of fun!

Contact Mr. Pittman at rpittman@district30.org for more information.

• For the safety of our students, parents are not allowed to park in the staff parking lot when dropping off or picking up their children.
• Please turn off your car engine while waiting for student dismissal....School is a NO IDLING ZONE.
• Car drop-off and pick-up are in the front of the school. This applies to Kindergarten through 5th grade.
• Preschool drop-off and pick-up, and the loading of school buses are in the back of the school.
• Students should not walk through the back parking lot during arrival and dismissal for their safety. Please use the sidewalks.

What’s happening at Willowbrook? This week at Willowbrook you will find students participating in many new and exciting experiences as they participate in shining their light! Collaboration, cooperation, innovation, engagement, and learning together can all be seen in our platform Wakelet! Which grades are meeting with their Buddies? Who read a book about rock, paper, scissors? Which grades are learning about online safety and privacy in Digital Citizenship? How many students were excited to get an email from another teacher while practicing their online etiquette? Check out all the awesome things that are happening at Willowbrook this week! Follow us @ #d30learns. Click here for the Wakelet link

Main Office: 847-498-1090

Health Office/Attendance: 847-400-8860

Location: 2500 Happy Hollow Road, Glenview, IL, USA

Website: district.30.org/willowbrook

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Twitter: @district30