Steele Family Newsletter
August 21, 2023
Week of April 15, 2024
Shine in #205
CUSD #205 is kicking off “Shine in #205” for the 2023-2024 school year. The program is aimed to provide recognition for district employees who go the extra mile for students in #205. Each month there will be two staff members selected from the nominations. Parents, Guardians, Co-Workers, Community members are all welcome to nominate a CUSD
#205 staff member.
Click here to nominate a #205 staff member: https://forms.gle/dKxYFirU2qxCt53H8
📅 Upcoming Important Dates
- April 15th - Kindergarten Open House 5:30 - 6:30 PM
- April 19th - 4th Grade Ag Day Field Trip
- April 19th - Cozy/Comfy Day to support The Forgotten Initiative and Boots & Blessings
- April 22nd - 26th - Volunteer Appreciation Week
- April 24th - Erin's Law Presentations
- April 24th - Lombard Open House for incoming 5th Graders
- April 26th - 2nd Grade F&M Bank Presentations
- April 30th - 2nd Grade Spelling Bee
- May 1st - 3rd Grade Spelling Bee
- May 1st - PTO Meeting 5:30 PM
- May 2nd - 4th Grade Spelling Bee
- May 3rd - Steele Spelling Bee
- May 3rd - 4th grade Field Trip to Orpheum
Career Day with Art Defined
Kristal Frisque from Art Defined came to speak to our 4th grade students about career paths and how she came to own her own business. She talked to the students about what she studied in college and places she worked prior to opening Art Defined. She also spoke about what her business offers and why she chose to live and raise her family in Galesburg. For more information, visit https://www.artdefined.net/#/. This is the first of several career days that we are providing our 4th grade students this year.
Kindergarten Open House: April 15th
All elementary schools will offer an incoming Kindergartener Information Night Monday, April 15, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Incoming Kindergarten families are invited to visit their student(s) school and have the opportunity to visit classrooms and other key locations in the building. If you have questions about what school your student will be attending, please contact the CUSD #205 Registrar at 309-973-2109. All Kindergarten students must be 5 years old on or before September 1st of the current year to enroll.
Required Documents (can be brought to Open House)
- Birth Certificate
- Illinois State Health Physical and proof of up-to-date vaccinations
- Proof of Residency
Current Bright Futures students do not need to provide the documents listed above.
Steele Spelling Bee is coming soon!
In grades, 2-4, students will be sent home with a study list of words to practice this week in order to prepare for their classroom spelling bee during the week of April 22nd. The top 3 names from each homeroom at each grade level will be submitted for the grade level spelling bee. The whole grade level will be invited to watch. Parents of the spelling bee participants can be invited to attend. Invitations will be provided to the classroom teachers of the participants to send home. The top three students from the grade level bee will move on to the building bee. The top three students from each building will move on to the 205 championship bee. Parents of the spelling bee participants can be invited to attend. Invitations will be provided to the classroom teachers of the participants to send home.
April 30, 2024
2nd Grade Level Bee
11:30 a.m.
Steele Library
May 1, 2024
3rd Grade Level Bee
2:30 p.m.
Steele Library
May 2, 2024
4th Grade Level Bee
11:30 a.m.
Steele Library
May 3, 2024
Building Bee
2:30 p.m.
Steele Cafeteria
May 7, 2024
205 Championship Bee
1:00 PM
Lombard Middle School
As of 4/12/2024, we are at 13 referrals. We need to bring this number down!
Erin's Law Presentations this Month
During the day on April 24, 2024, Prevention Educators from the Knox County Child Advocacy Center will be here to give a presentation to our students on Personal Body Safety. They will be reading a book and going over a presentation with the children that is designed for their age group. They will also have a short discussion on safe and unsafe touches, and the “No, Go, Tell” rule. This is not a sex education or body identification talk in any way, only a prevention presentation to help innocent children protect themselves without scaring them.
A child can be abused anywhere and at any time, and abusers do not look different than anyone else. Child sexual abuse is more common than many people would like to think, and its effects can be devastating. One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused by age 18.
For more information on the presentations at Steele, please read the attached letters in English, Spanish and French. For more information on Erin's Law, visit: https://www.erinslaw.org/.
Students of the Week Winners
Student Attendance Winners of the Week
Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Steele Family & PTO Events for the 23-24 School Year
Steele Elementary School
Mrs. Grice, Dean of Students
Mrs. Knuth, Nurse
Mrs. Hickey, Family Engagement
Mrs. Mowen, Outreach
Mrs. Fones and Ms. Patch, Front Office Assistants
Email: kcoate@galesburg205.org
Website: https://steele.galesburg205.org/
Location: 1480 West Main Street, Galesburg, IL, USA
Phone: (309)973-2016
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/steele205/
Twitter: @wearesteele