Bednarcik Bulldog Blast
April 15, 2021
Upcoming Events and Important Dates
4/19 - 4/23 - NO Student Support Time due to IAR Testing
4/30 - FULL 5 hour attendance day - not a 3.5 hour day as originally on the calendar
5/25 - 8th Grade Awards and Recognition (4:30 - 7:00)
5/26 - Last Day of School Remote Day
6/15- 2021-22 Supply Kit Ordering Ends
Join us in celebrating IAR Spirit Week!
Celebrate our week of testing by participating in our Spirit Week. Click here for details
Monday: College Day
Tuesday: Favorite Sports Team/Club
Wednesday: PJ Day
Thursday: Twin Day
Friday: Bulldog Spirit
8th Grade Awards & Recognition
We are still working out some of the details including a system for families to sign up within a window of time to come to Bednarcik between 4:30 - 7:00 PM. Families will be able to follow a traffic pattern which will lead you to the front of the building. Students will be able to exit the car, walk up to receive their recognition, and take a photo with administration and teachers before walking back to their car.
We are sad that we cannot offer an opportunity for us to celebrate as a whole community. With that being said, we want families to sign up together so they can coordinate gatherings off school property with other families if desired. We will be limited on the number of families that sign up for each 30 minute window. Please begin to coordinate with other families to find a common time if you are wanting to do so. Once we have the system in place, we will share out the details so families can sign up.
Be Part of the 8th Grade Awards and Recognition Night
Students have the opportunity to design the program cover and submit a video speech about their time at Bednarcik. Flyers with information regarding these two opportunities are being distributed through Language Arts classes this week.
Congratulations Prabav Veeramachaneni
Click here for more information
Suicide Prevention Awareness
We want to raise awareness of the fact that suicides start to spike in the spring (April and May) and we want to keep our students healthy and safe. The pandemic has negatively impacted virtually ALL teens’ mental health--particularly teens who were already struggling with mental health issues and/or experienced additional stressors related to COVID-19. Please help us by increasing your vigilance at this time of year!
Here are some examples of youth that may be at a heightened risk for suicide:
- A teen with a personal or family history of suicide or mental illness, especially during periods of stressful life events or the recurrence of a mental or substance use disorder
- A teen who is especially isolated (e.g., students not able to return to in-person learning due to personal/family illness)
- A teen who is using alcohol and/or drugs, particularly if in isolation and/or as a means of coping with difficult life events
- A teen who is struggling in school (e.g., lack of interest or motivation; dramatic drop in grades; interpersonal difficulties)
- A recent divorce, job loss or other family stressors
- Intolerable loss of face or status (e.g., cyberbullying/bullying)
- Identifying as LGBTQ+, particularly if not accepted by family and/or peers
Here are some recommendations on how to talk to your child:
- Listen, listen, listen. Allow your child to vent about their frustrations, fears, and worries. Maintain good eye contact and convey you are genuinely interested in what they have to say. Give them the opportunity to “get it all out.”
- Ask them to expand on their feelings.
- Work with your child to brainstorm solutions.
- Reframe what they are saying. Summarize and repeat back to them what you heard. For example, if your child is talking about having issues with friends, you can say, “You’ve been getting into quite a number of arguments with them over the past few weeks. It sounds like you’re feeling lonely and frustrated."
Thank you for your role in keeping our children safe and preventing suicides.
Junior High Summer School Registration is Going on Now
Here are some academic opportunities for junior high students. Check it out.
This is the link to view the Course Catalog
Argonne Virtual Summer Programs
PHASE 3 Information
On Thursday, April 8 we will enter Phase III of Hybrid Learning. In order to accommodate for the increased number of people in the building, we have updated our traffic patters throughout the building. This will allow for all to get from class to class safely and efficiently. Click below for our updated building maps.
Phase 3 Attendance Changes
Starting Thursday, April 8 the following changes will start for class attendance:
- Teachers will take attendance during the first four minutes of class for all students.
- Any student not present In Person or Remote will be marked ABSENT.
- Teachers will not go back at the end of class to check on absent remote student attendance.
- Parents will receive an Attendance Notification for every class that a student is marked absent.
- Parents will need to reach out to the teachers to discuss the absence.
- Teachers will direct Attendance Secretary if there should be a code change.
Email Notifications
School Supply Kit Ordering for 2021-2022
Supplies for In-Person Learners
- 2" Binder - We will have all classes use one binder until we are full 1:1
- Tabs (one for each class)
- Math Book
- Springboard Book
- Supply Pouch
- Writing tools
Breakfast/Lunch
Students will be able to take three days worth of food home each day they are here. There is no requirement for them to do so.
Health Needs
Masks are required for all students and staff while in the building. ***Please send an extra mask in a paper bag or baggie for your student to change into a fresh mask if needed, they may then put the used one in the bag to take back home. Mints can be a refreshing way to help students tolerate their masks if they are still working on adjusting to wearing masks.
Hand sanitizer - The district has supplied hand sanitizer and there are automatic dispensers scattered around the building as well as pump dispensers in each classroom. Students may not care for the smell. If your student would like to carry their own hand sanitizer, that is a personal choice you may make.
Daily Health Certification is required for ALL students EVERYDAY they are here in person. If your student’s Health Certification is not completed, it will delay their participation in class. As students arrive we will be checking their status, if the daily certification has not been completed online, they will be instructed where to go and they will not get to go to class until they have had a temperature check and the questions have been completed with staff. The health secretary will be running reports first thing in the morning and sending reminders, the final report will be at 7:45.
Medication and medication authorization forms: I have received some medication authorization forms, but am probably still missing most of them. If your student requires medication at school either on a regular basis or just as needed, please have your physician complete the NEW 2020-2021 Medication Authorization Form as well as Allergy Action Plans or Asthma Action Plans as appropriate for your student. ALL prescriptions or over the counter medication must have an Authorization form on file each school year. Here are the links for the forms you may need. Please note the Medication form is now 3 pages in length and the last page has the areas that require parent initials and signatures.
Eating breakfast will be more important than ever, since students will not be eating while they are at school. Hunger can cause stomach pain or headaches which are Covid-19 symptoms and we would love to be able to keep your students in school and not have to send them home for quarantine.
Students who are sick
Picking Students Up early during this time - Signing Out Students
If you must sign out your student, follow the instructions listed below.
Enter vestibule through Door #3
Have your driver license ready
Ring the doorbell in the vestibule
A Secretary will ask you who you are picking up
You will be instructed to hold your driver license up to the camera
Secretary will match your contact information to your student
Your student will be called out of class to meet you in the vestibule
Allow extra time to sign out your student. Secretaries will do the sign out
log from the office. They will also log the name of parent who is picking up
the student. Parents will remain in the vestibule until joined by their child.
Parents may not return to their car until their student arrives for student safety.
Do not call the office to have your child pulled out of class before you arrive.
Families Who Need to have Medications at School
We Invite You to Visit our Calming Room
Oswego Food Pantry- Open First Friday of Every Month NEW LOCATION
Hello SD308 Families,
The Food Pantry is open from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. We are in a NEW LOCATION at 61 Franklin Street. Please follow traffic patterns when you arrive. Entrance will be off of Franklin into the parking lot. If you have visited the Oswego Food Pantry, or are registered at the Yorkville location, please bring your Food Pantry ID#, as this will speed up the check in process. If you do not have your Food Pantry ID # or are visiting us for the first time, please bring an ID or other piece of mail that has your name and address showing a zip code in the SD308 boundaries or within Kendall County.
We will have food for 280. Cars will be provided with a numbered slip upon entering the parking lot, and the line will be closed when all slips have been distributed.
For more information please call 630.636.3667 or click HERE.
STAFF SHOUT OUT
Staff Shout Out Form
Students and families can complete this form.
Our Pledge
We wanted to update our community on our pledge we made to start the year. Click here to see our work as we pledge to be a more inclusive school for all our students.
We will also include this form weekly in the Bulldog Blast for community members to provide feedback and keep lines of communication open so we can respond to needs as they arise and provide support when needed.
* * * * * Your Input Matters to Us * * * * * *
TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
Trouble Logging Into Tyler?
Here are step by step instructions for students to log into Tyler.
Tyler Student Information System vs. Google Classroom
Through Remote Learning, most feedback occurs electronically. Students may submit work to the teacher and the teacher will comment on it and return it. Final grades will only be housed within Tyler SIS.
Google Resources
Parent/Student Technology Troubleshooting Portal & Device Request
The 2020-2021 Bednarcik PTO Board
Mandy Doy: President
Amy Kosinsky: Vice President
Wendy Magana: Treasurer
Julie Mayfield: Recording Secretary
You can contact us anytime at BednarcikPTO@gmail.com
JOIN the PTO here: https://tinyurl.com/Bednarcik-PTO-Membership
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is the PTO?
Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is composed of parents, teachers, and staff working together to better our school and foster relationships throughout the school community.
What do we do?
We assist the school with providing innovative teaching resources for our kiddos. We plan fun events to bring families into the school throughout the year such as the 6th grade ice cream social and the 8th grade dance. We support our teachers and staff with appreciation events. We work with our school administrators to collaborate on school events and help to staff those events.
Who can join?
If you have a child at our school, you can.
Membership fees help to pay for all of the fun events and innovative teaching resources we assist the school with throughout the year. We also host fundraisers to help.
What if I am not able to help at the school, can I still join?
Absolutely. We ask for volunteers throughout the year but there is no minimum requirement to be a member. We’re glad to have your support in whatever form you are able.
Do I have to attend meetings to join?
No. We would love you to be there to help us plan and to provide feedback on the things we are doing, but it is not a requirement of membership.
Bednarcik Junior High School Contact Information
Rosa Restivo-Principal Secretary
Push Coin, School Lunch and School Fees
Rrestivo@sd308.org (630) 636-2509
Melissa Kiliszewski-Attendance Secretary
Attendance
Automated Attendance Line (630) 636-2501
Mkiliszewski@sd308.org (630) 636-2516
Kim Goodall-Registrar
Registration, Withdrawals, Change of Address
Kgoodall@sd308.org (630) 636-2517
Laura DeCapua-Nurse
Ldecapua@sd308.org (630)636-2502
Email: seestaffdirectoryabove@sd308.org
Website: www.sd308.org/bednarcik
Location: 3025 S. Eola Road, Aurora, IL, USA
Phone: (630)636-2500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bednarcik308/