Woods Creek Chronicle
September 2021
September 2021 Calendar
6 Labor Day - No School
7-17 Fastbridge Testing (see email from District on 8/31 with specific info about tests)
9 School Picture Day
16 Parent Night
20 Board of Education meeting 7:00 p.m.
22 Early Release Day
Reporting Absences to Woods Creek
Shield Testing Update
We began shield testing today at Woods Creek. We are fortunate to be able to add this additional mitigation layer to our current health and safety protocols in an effort to maintain in-person learning. Please note that only those students who were part of the first data upload to Shield were tested this week. We hope to be able to test more students next week. If you aren’t sure if you opted your child into Shield testing, you can check ParentVue (go to the Student Info tab, then click Edit Information.) You may opt into Shield testing at any time. However, please note that due to an increased demand for Shield testing from school districts around the state, there is now a processing delay of 1-2 weeks before weekly testing can begin. We greatly appreciate your continued patience.
School Picture Day, September 9
Woods Creek school pictures will be taken on September 9 during the school day. Please look at this information from Color Portraits about ordering school pictures. All orders are placed online through Color Portraits.
Color Portraits has a prepay site and ordering will be closed at 8:00 am the day after picture day to process the orders. If parents miss prepaying they will have a chance to order pictures with their child's Ticket Code. Ticket Codes will be delivered with the bulk picture package order approximately three weeks after picture day. When placing an order after picture day with a Ticket Code, a shipping fee will be added on and picture packages will be shipped directly to the home.
Parent Night
Our annual fall Parent Night will be held on Thursday evening, September 16. Parent Night gives teachers the opportunity to explain the curriculum, routines and procedures for the new school year to parents. Specific times will be communicated on September 9 by your child’s teacher. This evening is for parents only please.
Please note that due to the structure of the evening, our teachers will not have an opportunity to discuss individual students. Teachers are happy to schedule a time with you individually if you need to talk to them about your children and their individual needs.
Friendly Reminder to Drivers
General Parent Reminders
If you need to remove your child from class before the end of the day, please come to the office, ask the office staff to call your child from his or her classroom and sign your child out. Do not pick up students from the classroom, even if you are volunteering at school.
Please drop off children on the playground after 8:30 a.m. The Woods Creek playground supervisors are on the playground from 8:30-8:50 a.m. There is no supervision before 8:30 a.m.
If your child will be eating a lunch from home, please send it with them to school in the morning. Occasional lunch drop off in the office is acceptable if a lunch is left at home accidentally, but this should not be the norm because lunch delivery is disruptive to classroom instruction.
For parents with red, yellow or green parking lot passes, please be advised that most spots have 2 people assigned to it so there will be 2 vehicles at each spot during each color. If you are not able to pull right up the curb because a car is at your number, double parking is acceptable for the few minutes it will take for your students to get into your car. If you have chosen to pick up by car we ask for your patience and consideration of others during the 10 minute pick up period.
Please send a note to your child’s teacher if he or she is leaving school early or going home any way other than the usual way.
When you drop your child(ren) off during inclement weather, please drop students off at either the gym foyer doors or the main entrance. Students can access their inside recess location from either entrance. Utilizing both sets of doors helps to keep traffic moving.
Communication from Woods Creek School
Please look for the following information from our school:
Woods Creek Chronicle: School newsletter emailed to parents at the beginning of each month
Paw Prints: Monthly PTO newsletter sent home towards the middle of each month
District and school information is available on the district website at www.d47.org and the Woods Creek School website at www.d47.org/wds
Early Release Days
District 47 has several early release days in the school calendar. Woods Creek students will be dismissed at 2:00 p.m. on the early release days. Please mark your calendars.
Early release days with 2:00 p.m. dismissal:
September 22
October 20
November 10
February 23
March 16
April 20
May 11
red: 1:55 p.m.
yellow: 1:57 p.m.
green: 1:59 p.m.
bus/walker: 2:01 p.m.
School Spirit Wear
If you interested in purchasing Woods Creek Spirit Wear, the WC PTO sale runs 9/1 through 9/17.
Here is the direct link to the sale with the password.
https://www.shopcottonandink.com/collections/woods-creek-fall-2021
password is: WC_Cubs
If you have any questions about spirit wear, please email woodscreekpto@gmail.com.
PTO Student Directory
Want to get contact information for other students in your child's class? Want to share your child's contact information with other parents who are interested in receiving it?
Our PTO is organizing a Student Directory for families who would like to participate. Should you want your child and your contact information to be shared with other families, you may. Only families who share their information will receive an electronic link to the Directory once it is compiled. You may use the following link to a Google form to enter your information. The form will close on the evening of Friday 9/17 so please submit your entries before this date.
If you have any questions about the PTO Student Directory, please email woodscreekpto@gmail.com.
Welcome students!
Arriving at school.
Dr. Marks and Mr. Brogan
Woods Creek Elementary School
Website: www.d47.org/wds
Location: 1100 Alexandra Blvd, Crystal Lake, IL, USA
Phone: 815-444-4800