No School for Students – Nov. 25 - 29, 2019

Monday & Tuesday, Nov. 25 & 26 – Parent/Teacher Conferences

Wednesday - Friday, Nov. 27 & 29 – Thanksgiving Break

Students will not be in attendance Monday, November 25 through Friday, November 29. We hope to see all of our families at parent/teacher conferences on Monday, November 25th and Tuesday, November 26th. We wish all of our families a restful and rejuvenating Thanksgiving break with friends and family.

Every year, District 303 conducts a satisfaction survey eliciting feedback from our students, teachers, and parents. This year, as part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), we will now be participating in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. As a parent or guardian, this survey will provide you with the opportunity to share your thoughts on important elements of school effectiveness about your child’s school.

We value your feedback and appreciate you taking the time to provide us with your suggestions for improvement. Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child. To take the parent survey please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate survey.

Parents, please look through the Lost and Found while you are at the school for conferences. Davis items will be in the front hallway and Richmond items will be in the main foyer. Please be sure to label your child’s items with their name so we can easily get lost items back to their owner. Any items left on Wednesday will be donated to a local charity.

Many Davis-Richmond students wrote holiday messages to be sent to our active military. We hope our cards and messages will help brighten the holidays for our soldiers who are not able to be home with their families this year.

6:00 pm-8:00 pm at Davis Primary School - Click HERE for additional information.

District 303 Parent University presents our second annual book study when we read "The Whole Brain Child" by Dr. Dan Siegel.

In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling book Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson demystify the meltdowns and aggravation, explaining the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. Conversations will be based upon the book as well as supplemental workbook activities. Study sessions will be offered during both morning and evening times at the following locations:

● Baker Community Center (101 S. 2nd Street, St. Charles)

● Fox Ridge in the LRC (1905 Tyler Road, St. Charles)

Please register here by November 30 so we can order a book for you! Then let us know when you will pick up your book.

Book Pickup December 9, 2019

10:00-11:00 a.m. in the D303 Board Room

5:30-6:30 p.m. in the D303 Board Room

Join us for the Book Study Sessions on the following dates:

February 13, 2020

9:15-10:30 a.m. at Baker Community Center

6:30-7:45 p.m. at Fox Ridge in the LRC

February 27, 2020

9:15-10:30 a.m. at Baker Community Center

6:30-7:45 p.m. at Fox Ridge in the LRC

March 12, 2020

9:15-10:30 a.m. at Baker Community Center

6:30-7:45 p.m. at Fox Ridge in the LRC

Take a look at our new Winter Spirit Wear. Long sleeve baseball t-shirt, winter hat and Davis Richmond Pajama options are all new this year! Our store closes December 3rd with a December 13th pick up just in time for Holiday stocking stuffers. Use link below to order now.

https://stores.inksoft.com/davis_richmond/shop/home

For all the Amazon shoppers - please remember to link your account to Amazon Smile. Choose Davis -Richmond and our school will receive 0.5% of all eligible AmazonSmile purchases in time for all that Cyber Monday shopping!! https://smile.amazon.com/

If an effort to simplify your December, we have decided to CANCEL our December 4th PTO meeting at Richmond. Enjoy the extra evening with your family!

Keep December 12th on your calendar for restaurant night at Riverside Pizza in Saint Charles, where a percentage of your purchase is donated back to the PTO. Come socialize with other Davis Richmond families, take a night off of cooking, and be entered for a few Christmas give-aways! Hope to see you there!

Our Staff is looking forward to partnering with parents next week. If you have not yet signed up for a Parent-Teacher Conference or you need to make an adjustment to your scheduled time, please email your teacher today. Our goal is to conference with 100% of our parents.

Stop by our Book Fair and get some of your holiday shopping during conferences on Monday and Tuesday.

Our Book Fair will be open Monday from 8:00 - 8:00 and on Tuesday from 8:00 - 10:00.

Congratulations to the following students have reached walking milestones. We have our first 30 Miler as well!

10 Miles

Gemma Hadden 1NB

30 Miles

Azaan Rizvi 1NB

Students are highly encouraged to bring coats/warm attire to school as the weather is cold.

Toys for Kids Program - click HERE

Richmond Girl Scout Troop 1358 is completing a recycling service project. Click HERE for a flyer with details. Bins will be located at door 14, the student entrance at Richmond. We will collect lights working and non-working lights from 11/25 through January.

All those students participating in any Turkey Trots, 5ks’ or 10ks racing events over Thanksgiving week may add those miles to their 100-mile club mileage. Adults please write a note stating which race the student participated in, the date and the distance and send it to school addressed to Ms. Semenek.

Have a fun, active break!

Monday & Tuesday, November 25 & 26

- Parent Teacher Conferences (No Student Attendance Days)

Wednesday, November 27 - Sunday, December 1

- Fall Break - No School

Thursday, December 5

- Winter Literacy Fest - 6:00 - 8:00 pm - Davis Primary

- BPAC meeting - 7:30-8:00 pm - Davis LRC

Tuesday, December 10

- ESO Ensemble Assemblies at Davis

Friday, December 20

- Winter Parties

- Last Day of School for 2019