Kendall News
December 14, 2020
In your Kendall News...
- A Message from Mrs. Jerger
- Instructional Selection for 3rd and 4th Quarter
- Board of Education Mtg Dec. 14th
- Important Dates
- Chromebook Support
- Kendall Cookbook
- EggCited Restaraunt Night
- Kendall Around the World
- PTA Membership Drive
- Gift Card Program
A Message from Mrs. Jerger
For many of us, our traditions have changed a little this year. At the Jerger house, we celebrate both Hannukah and Christmas. My extended family has always shared the cooking for these holidays but this year, with celebrations over zoom, I learned how to make the latkes for the first time and I am officially handing over all of the cooking making over to my kids.
I hope that all of our Kendall Families are able to enjoy their Winter Break with traditions, both old and new. My wish for each and everyone of our Kendall Families is for a Happy and Healthy New Year filled with hope and joy in the little things. And hugs, I wish for all of us many, many hugs in 2021!
3rd and 4th Quarter Instructional Selection
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Dear Families,
We are preparing for our return to in-person learning as soon as we are able to return after January 18. When we return, we will be using the same model that was shared with you previously. In-person learning will be a hybrid model. Students will come to school from 9-11:30am two days per week (Tuesdays and Thursdays or Wednesdays and Fridays). Your child(ren) will be assigned which days to come in person. They will participate in remote instruction in the afternoons on the days they do not come to school in person. Remote learning students will not come to school. They will participate in live instruction via Zoom Tuesday through Friday afternoons from 12:30-3:30. A specific schedule will be emailed to you from your child’s teacher prior to our start of in-person instruction.
At the beginning of the second quarter, you made a selection for your child to participate in in-person learning with our hybrid model or for your child to be all remote. We will keep your same selection for the third and fourth quarter. If you would like to change your selection, you must contact our school office at (630) 428-7175 or by replying to this email by noon on Wednesday, December 16. You only need to contact us if you are changing your selection. If we do not hear from you, your selection will remain the same for the third quarter.
For families who are new to our district and were not here when we surveyed families, the system defaulted to remote learning for you because we have been remote. If that is not what you want, please contact the school office if you would like your child to participate in-person for the third quarter.
For our special education students who were receiving in-person instruction or related services in the building prior to the adaptive pause, their schedule of instruction/services will resume on January 19th. Please contact your student’s case manager only if that schedule requires a change.
For more information about the schedule and other questions associated with returning to school, please visit the district’s Return to School page.
Next Board of Education Meeting
The next regular Board of Education meeting will be held virtually at 7 pm on Monday, December 14, 2020. Meeting agendas and documents will be available online prior to the meeting. Community members can watch the meeting livestream on the district’s YouTube channel. It will also be archived in the same location immediately after the meeting.
Important Dates
Wednesday, December 16th: Patriot Spirit Day - Wear your Red, White, and Blue
Friday, December 18th: Recipe Submission and Cookbook Pre-order Deadline
Monday, December 21st - Friday, January 1st: Winter Break
Monday, December 21st: PTA Eggcited Restaurant Fundraiser (6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.)
Monday, January 4th: School Resumes
Monday, January 19th: Kendall Around the World Event Kickoff (virtual Multicultural event).
Chromebook Support
Kendall PTA Points
Kendall Cookbook
The Kendall PTA is creating a 2020-2021 KENDALL COOKBOOK to replace our Fun Run Fundraiser and will need family/student/staff’s most favorite recipes to fill it!
We are asking you to do 3 things:
1) Purchase your recipe submission
2) Take the Kendall Cookbook Cover Survey
3) Pre-order your Kendall Cookbook, and be entered into the $50 Amazon gift card raffle
1) $10 for each recipe submitted. Each student or staff member may enter up to 2 recipe submissions.
Visit: https://kendall.new.memberhub.store to purchase your recipe submission(s).
Paid submissions will receive an email to visit the www.typensave.com website with a provided login and password. With the provided credentials, you will be able to manually enter your recipe to the Kendall Cookbook.
Recipe submission deadline is Friday, December 18th, but we suggest you start planning now!
2) We want your opinion on what the Kendall Cookbook cover will look like. Rank the options provided in the survey from MOST favorite to least, then have your student(s) do the same! The title/wording will later be customized to our group.
Take the Kendall Cookbook Cover Survey: https://forms.gle/Q8t6FyQfF89C3QpL7
3) To pre-order your 2020-2021 Kendall Cookbook, visit https://bit.ly/Pre-OrderKendallCookbook
For every pre-ordered cookbook before December 18th, your name will be entered into a gift card raffle for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card. We will raffle one each week in the month of December.
Order a 2020-2021 Kendall Cookbook ($20):
· for your student(s)
· as a gift for a relative/friend
· to donate one to a Kendall faculty/staff Member
Kendall Cookbooks will be distributed in February 2021.
The 2020-2021 Kendall Cookbook is must have memorabilia that celebrates the many cultures of our Kendall community! The cookbook will later be used in the school year for cooking challenges amongst our students and staff, if you choose.
EggCited Restaurant Fundraiser
Celebrate the first day of winter with a hot breakfast (or lunch)! When you order from EggCited on Monday, December 21st, the restaurant will kindly return 15% of proceeds from participating orders to the Kendall PTA when you mention our school! Eggcited is open for carry-out orders only.
Coming Soon!-- Kendall Around the World
Kendall is seeking families to share their cultures, traditions, and talents with the Kendall community! Presentations and performances will be shared daily during morning announcements and the school’s weekly newsletter. See the attached flyer for more information about this exciting virtual event which kicks off on January 19th!
Kendall PTA Membershiup
The PTA is working hard to find ways to support our Kendall Students and Staff during this time at home. As always, we encourage families to join the PTA and support our efforts. Our membership is currently at about 15% and our goal is 100%. Help us get to 100%...your membership can make a difference! With the new 2020 online school registration, even lifelong members/supporters of the PTA have forgotten or not realized whether they have joined. Not sure if you are a member yet? Click here, to check.
We Need Your Support!
Purchase your membership at: https://kendall.new.memberhub.store
Gift Card Program
Enrollment code: 214FDB581L692
Gift cards make great stocking stuffers or a gift for teachers, coaches, babysitters, or for that tricky person on your shopping list. Buy gift cards to stores where you shop to get ready for the holidays. Either way, you are helping the Kendall PTA, and you can purchase all year long too! Download the Raise Right App, register, then enter the enrollment code provided to benefit Kendall PTA. Purchase or send eGift cards, reload gift cards, ship physical gift cards directly to you...all from your Raise Right App!
Nominate a Staff Member for the A+ Award
So many educators are going above and beyond supporting students during this time of uncertainty! If you would like to recognize your child's teacher please see the information below.
Oliver Julian Kendall Elementary School
Website: http://kendall.ipsd.org/
Location: 2408 Meadow Lake Drive, Naperville, IL, USA
Phone: (630)428-7100