ELC Principal Newsletter

February 2023 Newsletter

5Essentials Parent Survey

Hello families & caregivers,

Please review the following 5Essentials Parent survey and complete it at your earliest convenience. Your important input is used to help design our vision and school improvement efforts for the 2023-2024 school year.


Link for parents to take the survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/


*When selecting County, please select LAKE COUNTY as our school district is technically in Lake County.*


Informational letter regarding 5Essentials:

https://bit.ly/3zDCizT


Take care,

Ms. Michelle

ELC Community Conversations

Tuesday, Feb. 28th, 1:30pm

40 East Dundee Road

Barrington, IL

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ELC PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION (PTO)

Important information below from our ELC PTO.


Now through February 10th: Principal for a Day Raffle

Enter the raffle for a chance to learn from Ms. Michelle and be Principal for a Day. Raffle tickets are $1 each, with a maximum of 10 entries per student. 2 winners (AM & PM) will be selected on February 10th.


Purchase Raffle Tickets Here!


Now through February 8th: Valentine's Flowers for Staff

Tell your favorite staff members how much they mean to you with a special flower delivery this Valentine's Day. $2 per staff member includes a special message and flower.


Purchase Valentine's Flowers Here!

PTO Better Together Art Night with Kaleidoscope School

Friday, Feb. 10th, 5pm

40 East Dundee Road

Barrington, IL

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Arrival & Dismissal Safety

For families that transport your child each day to the ELC, please utilize the new Prairie Middle School parking lot if you arrive after 8:00am or 12:05pm as the parking lot will be congested. Please park and walk your child over to the building.


Thank you for helping keep the ELC safe!

Kindergarten Roundup is Wednesday, Feb. 1

For families that will have a Kindergarten aged student next school year (2023-24), below is a helpful website with information regarding Kindergarten.


https://www.barrington220.org/kindergarten


Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Kindergarten Round-Up (in person at your home elementary school)
6:30-7:30pm

Thursday, February 2, 2023
Chinese Immersion (virtual, Zoom link on website)
6:30-7:30pm

Thursday, February 2, 2023
A link for Kindergarten preferences will be sent through your IC portal

1. Login to parent portal

2. Click on Message Center

3. Click on Survey Tab

4. Complete 2 question survey

5. Submit

Monday, February 6, 2023
Spanish Dual Language (English) (virtual, Zoom link on website)
6:30-7:30pm

Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Spanish Dual Language (Spanish) (virtual, Zoom link on website)
6:30-7:30pm

March 31, 2023
The last day for Language Program registration


If you have any questions regarding your child's home school or transition, please reach out to myself or your child's team.

Health Information

Nurse Keri sent out a letter regarding cold and flu season. Please review the letter below.


https://bit.ly/3AVUirn


Our district Health and Wellness Policy supports the state level effort to combat childhood obesity. In addition, we have students in our school with allergies that we need to keep safe. In support of this effort, we do not celebrate birthdays with treats. We recognize that birthdays are an important occasion in a child's life, and we do honor that. Teachers have special birthday traditions in their classroom to recognize a child’s birthday. Please do not bring in treats into the building as we will need to send them home with your student. Thank you for honoring this decision as we support the health and wellness for all our students.
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Transportation

https://www.barrington220.org/families/transportation


All students were provided with transportation. If you would like to decline transportation service and will be transporting your child to and from ELC, please contact Arely Gamez (ELC admin assistant) at agamez@barrington220.org or call 224-770-4300.


If you would like to request Alternate Transportation from a daycare provider or another location within Barrington 220 district boundaries, please request that directly at the link below. It will take 72 hours for any change to be effective.


Finally, if you have additional questions, please contact Barrington 220 Transportation Specialist, Megan Polzin at our District Administrative Center by email at businfo@barrington220.org or phone at 847-842-3545.

Alternate Transportation Request Form

If you would like to request Alternate Transportation from a daycare provider or another location within Barrington 220 district boundaries, you must fill out the form above.

ELC Developmental Screenings

On the following dates, ELC students will not have school. We conduct developmental screenings in order to accept new students to our program. If you have a child that is approaching 3 years of age, please sign up for a screening using the links below. Also, please share this information with other families in your neighborhood as we love to accept new students that need our program.



2022-2023 SCREENING DATES

  • March 10, 2023

Important Dates Coming Up

  • February 1: Kindergarten Round Up at each Elementary School 6:30pm

  • February 10: PTO Family Art Show & Workshop with Kaleidoscope

  • February 17: In-Service Day / No School for all students

  • February 20: Presidents’ Day / No School for all students

  • February 28: ELC Community Conversations: Building Language and Literacy Skills at 1:30pm

  • February 28: ELC Community Conversations: Building Language and Literacy Skills in Spanish at 6:00pm

  • March 10: Screening #5 / No School for ELC students

  • March 14 & 16: Walter the Dog School Visits

  • March 21: World Down Syndrome Day - wear mismatched socks to school!

  • March 21: ELC Literacy Night at 4:00pm

  • March 22: Parent Teacher Conferences

  • March 23: Parent Teacher Conferences

  • March 24-31: Spring Break / No School for all students

  • April 6: Picture Day (for new students)

  • April 7: Good Friday / No School for all students

  • April 28: PTO Multicultural Family Dance at 5:00pm

  • May 17: ELC STEM Night 5:00-6:30pm

  • May 29th: Memorial Day / No School for all students

  • June 1: Last day of school