Chaney-Monge School District 88



CHANEY-MONGE SCHOOL District #88

400 Elsie Ave, Crest Hill, IL 60403

Phone: 815-722-6673

Fax: 815-722-7814

Website: chaneymonge.us

Andy Siegfried, Superintendent Jacelynn Hall, Principal

asiegfried@chaneymonge.us jhall@

October 2016 Newsletter

From the Superintendent:

Happy Fall

The start of the new school year has started off on the right track. Fall officially started September 22nd and we are all looking forward to the new season. The kids, teachers and staff are excited to be back at school. We had a nice turnout for registration and our welcome back night. I enjoyed the opportunity to meet many new and returning families. Have a safe and wonderful fall.

CONSTRUCTION

The locker company completed the correct installation of our 4-7 grade lockers over the summer. The students now have the correct space to store their belongings. The elementary classrooms had new carpet installed over the summer with plans to install new carpet in the library next summer. The district continues to wait on the state CDB grant to match construction funds for our future addition and redesign.

SAFETY

Parking regulations, traffic laws, bright orange cones, tickets and school rules will not prevent an accident from happening. However, as adult drivers, we all must remind ourselves that there is no excuse for compromising the safety of any child because we are in a hurry, late for an appointment, angry at a family member or angry at another driver.

So, for the sake of all children, drive safely and extremely carefully during your trips to, from and around school at all times. Discuss basic pedestrian safety with your kids. Our staff members, administrators and Crest Hill Police Department are committed to making sure your kids remain safe – and I am sure you are too.

BOARD MEETINGS

The Chaney Monge Board of Education meets the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month starting at 7 p.m. We generally meet in the library during the school year.

Chaney Monge Website

Please check for updates at our website: chaneymonge.us each month.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

MARK YOUR CALENDARS IN ADVANCE FOR NOVEMBER EVENTS!

Parent Teacher Conferences will be November 8th and November 9th instead of in October. In a few weeks, teachers will be sending home information and conference times. There are no kindergarten classes on November 8th or November 9th, so Mrs. Walters may meet with parents. Both November 8th and November 9th are 1:30 Dismissal Days for Grade 1 thru 8.

November 9th we also will have our annual Veteran’s Day Assembly.

Bring an Adult to School Day will be:

For Kindergarten – November 22nd

AM will be from 9:30 – 10:30 AM

PM will be from 1:30 – 2:30 PM

For Grades 1 thru 8 – November 23rd

From 10 to 11:30 AM as it is an 11:30 Dismissal Day

Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students

We are looking for some Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students)! We’re looking for male role models to assist in our school at arrival, dismissal and to work with our students. If you would like more information or are interested in signing up, please contact Ms. Jill Carter. Ms. Jill Carter will be coordinating our Watch D.O.G.S. program this year.

Fire Safety

On October 18th the Lockport Fire Department will conduct fire drills and fire safety chats. Each year, the firefighters share their time with our students to remind them of fire safety procedures. Thanks to the Lockport Fire Department for their time and instruction to our students.

ATTENTION 8TH GRADE PARENTS

Mark your calendars for the mandatory Explore Placement Test at Lockport High School on Saturday, November 5, 2016. Student with last names A-I will test from 8:00 to 11:30 a.m., and J-Z will test from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. This test plays an important role in determining classes for the upcoming freshman year. The high school will soon be mailing out the Explore Test information to parents/guardians of our current 8th grade students.

REMINDER - Use Parent Connect to View Your Student’s Grades

For Grades 3-8, you are able to view your child’s grades through a secure connection via our school website. Accounts, passwords and user directions were given to third grade and new students. Returning students were reissued directions at registration day. Please call the office if you need another copy of the account and password.

Connect Ed Messages

Have you had an automatic call from our school? The Blackboard Connect system gives us the ability to communicate with parents and staff regarding emergency situations, school events and other important issues impacting you and your children. When a call comes from the school, your caller ID will display our school phone number. Please help us by ensuring we have your current phone numbers.

RECOGNITION AWARDS ASSEMBLIES

All are welcome to attend our Awards Assemblies which are held after each quarter ends to recognize those students who have displayed excellence. Students are honored with a Certificate of Achievement and a display in the hallway for the areas of reading, effort, character, and improvement. Invitations are sent and phone calls are made to families of students who have earned an award for the quarter in hopes that you may be able to attend. Mrs. Hall also recognizes students for Perfect Attendance and Honor Roll (fourth grade and up) at the assemblies as well as awards given from the library. Please check the school website at chaneymonge.us for Recognition Award Assembly dates and times or look for future newsletter articles. We hope to see you there!

PICK-UP AND DROP-OFFS

“Quick Pick-Ups or Drop-Offs” are allowed to occur in or near the major intersections surrounding the school. PARKING IS NOT ALLOWED along the west side of Hoffman Drive between Elsie and Chaney Avenues. Road closures and parking restrictions are part of the City of Crest Hill’s Vehicle Code and are controlled by the Crest Hill Police Department. Violators may be ticketed.

From the Nurse’s Office

Reminders from Nurse Garza

For all students that require medication throughout the school day, please be sure to get the required yearly medication form and medications to Nurse Sherry.

Some common medications are:

Epipen

Inhalers

Antihistamines

Over the counter medication (Tylenol, Advil, etc)

A medication form filled out by your doctor and the parent must be on file with Nurse Sherry before they can be dispensed to your student.

Also submit remaining physical, (T-Dap shot is required for all 6th Graders) dental and vision forms as required.

Ms. Garza also shares that if your child is injured over the weekend; please seek immediate medical care if required. Please do not wait until the school week begins to seek assistance as many of the weekend injuries require immediate attention.

IMPORTANT DEADLINE REMINDER

Per state law, children who are not in compliance with state physical and immunization requirements will be excluded from school until the following requirements are on file with Nurse Sherry by October 14, 2016:

• PHYSICALS – Kindergarten, 6th grade, and all incoming out of state students.

• VACCINE – New requirements for this year:

T-Dap – 6th grade

Meningococcal – 6th and 7th grade (1 dose)

Varicella – Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade (2 doses)

• VISION – Kindergarten and incoming out of state students.

• DENTAL – Kindergarten, 2nd and 6th grade.

Over the Counter Medications

Any over the counter medication (i.e. Ibuprofen, Tylenol, etc.) must be turned in to Nurse Garza and a Medical Authorization Form must be filled out. Students are not allowed to carry any over the counter medications with them.

Pictures

Picture Day is October 25, 2016. All students will be photographed. You do not send money on picture day. The proofs of two photos will be printed directly on the order form, which will be sent home to you. If you choose to order the photos, you can return the order form to your child’s teacher, which will in turn be sent to the photographer. Photo orders will be processed and sent home with children at a later date.

Students are called for their pictures throughout the morning and early afternoon as their schedule allows. There are no ‘set’ time slots for each grade as some classes take longer than others.

Students not in attendance will have the opportunity to take their pictures in January on the make-up day.

Yearbooks

Speaking of picture day, this year we will be pre-ordering yearbooks. Dates and payment information will follow as they become available.

D.A.R.E.

The 5th grade students began D.A.R.E. on Wednesday, August 31st. D.A.R.E. is a police-officer led series of classroom lessons that teaches children how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives. Officer Heidi Outlaw, from the Crest Hill Police Department, will be with us for approximately 10 weeks teaching D.A.R.E.

Character Trait for October… Responsibility

If you are responsible, you … Do what you are supposed to do - Plan ahead – Persevere: keep on trying! – Always do your best – Use self-control – Be self-disciplined – Think before you act – consider the consequences – Be accountable for your words, actions, and attitudes – Set a good example for others. Check it out at .

EASY WAYS TO SUPPORT

CHANEY MONGE SCHOOL

Shop on Amazon?

Use smile. when ordering from Amazon. You can log into a Prime Account or any other from the Amazon website. The website will prompt purchasers to lookup our school by name or location. Please pass the information on to any friends or family members!

BoxTops

Don’t forget to save your box tops and labels for Education. They can be turned in to Ms. Pavnica.

DID YOU GET A CALL FROM THE SCHOOL?

If you receive a call from our school, please listen to the message before you call back. Often parents will call us back saying ‘someone called me’. The office has no way to know who called you from the many phones installed throughout the school. So please listen to the message before calling back so our assistants are more than willing to connect you to the right person without delay.

OCTOBER MUSIC NEWS

Thank you for all of your continued support as I get 4th grade band registered and under way. This is going to be one of the largest classes of beginning band students our school has had in a couple of years. I am greatly looking forward to beginning to work through the new book we will use, “Making Music Matter” by Frank Ticheli who is a world renowned composter!

Upcoming Dates:

10/7: SIP Day – NO BAND

10/12: CMMPA Meeting @ 6:30 PM

10/25: Marching Band Rehearsal

2:45 – 4:00 PM

10/27: Marching Band Rehearsal

2:45 – 4:00 PM

10/31: Halloween Parade – This is for ALL Concert Band Students

Please check out our new and improved website and join our text announcement system!

chaneymonge.music.

Music parents, we hope that you will join the CMMPA in our efforts of supporting the music program. We are always in need of help, and welcome your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions. If you have any questions or would like to get involved, please consider attending our next official meeting on Wednesday, October 12 at 6:30 PM. We will be discussing fundraising for the year at this meeting. We will also be voting on whether we would like to do away with catalog fundraiser. If you would like to be able to vote, please come to the meeting!

You can also reach us via email at cmmpaboard@. If you are at all interested, please let Ms. Berger know and come to a meeting!

CMPAA NEWS

Congratulations to our baseball All Stars – 7th Grader David Sanchez and 6th graders Kaylin Zeglen & Ben Leroy. They will represent Chaney in the All Star game on Tuesday, October 4th at Lockport Township High School Varsity field. The Game time starts at 5:15 p.m.

Girls 7th and 8th grade basketball has started. Come out and support the girls at a future home game. Their 1st home game will be on Thursday October 13th at 4:15 and 5:15 p.m.

Instructional basketball sign-ups for grades 3 thru 6 took place on Wednesday, September 28th. If you missed the signups, please contact Nikki Zeglen at airmancocobean@ or 779-435-0100.

Remember, it’s for the kids.

PTO NEWS

Calling all volunteers – We are looking for individuals willing to meet on the third Thursday of each month for the PTO. Those interested in helping plan the Book Fair, Santa’s Secret Shoppe, and the end –of-year picnic should attend. Your help is greatly appreciated.

LITTLE FREE LIBRARY

Have you stopped to check out the Little Free Library recently? The library is located by the main entrance of our school. It contains a wide variety of books for young children through adults. The books are always changing and always Free. Stop by and check it out!

A Special “Thank You” goes to Mrs. DiVecchio for her generous donation to our Little Free Library. She graciously donated a subscription to Womans’ Day Magazine. Thank you!

THANK YOU!!

The CMTO would like to thank all the people who helped make McTeacher’s Night a huge success!

Thank you Miss Berger for coordinating the entire event!

Thank you Mrs. Shoop and Miss Gobeli for creating the dazzling tip buckets.

Thank you to all the students, families and friends who came out to support and raise money for school. Thank you to the staff that made the event fun and exciting:

Mrs. Harvey, Miss Berger, Miss Skoryi, Mrs. Frantini, Miss Kaspar, Mrs. Hall, Miss McDonald, Mrs. Waddell, Mr. Dastych, Mrs. Moody, Mrs. McMillin, Mrs. Vaccaro, Mrs. Manios, Mrs. Short, Ms. Pavnica, and Mrs. Kosek.

Thank you to the staff and their families and friends who came out to support Chaney Monge with purchases. We could not have been successful without the support and enthusiasm from everyone.

McDonald’s Ba da ba ba ba I’m Lovin’ it!

FISH ARE COMING TO OUR SCHOOL!

Thanks to a grant from Pets in the Classroom, our school will soon receive a fish aquarium stocked with fish. The aquarium will be set up in the library for all the students and staff to enjoy. This project enhances our school literacy theme for the year “Just keep Reading!. A special thanks to our local PetSmart for being our Pets in the Classroom Sponsor.

IMPORTANT DATES!

October 6th

• Girl Scout Meeting 6 PM – 8 PM

October 7th

• 11:30 Dismissal – School Improvement Meeting

• NO Kindergarten Classes

October 10th

• NO SCHOOL

October 14th

• End of 1st Quarter

October 18th

• Centennial Club Committee Meeting 5:30 – 6:30 PM in Library

• Girl Scout Meeting 6PM – 8PM

October 25th

• Fall Picture Day

• Report Cards Go Home

October 29th

• 3rd Grade Field Trip

October 31st

• Halloween Parade at 1 PM

• Halloween Room Parties to follow

November 1st

• Girl Scout Meeting 6 PM – 8 PM

November 5th

• 8th Grade Explore Testing at LTHS

CHICAGO MUSEUMS -

FREE ADMISSION DAYS THIS FALL

Adler Planetarium

9/12 thru 9/16

10/10 (Columbus Day)

11/11 (Veterans Day)

12/3 thru 12/9

Museum of Science & Industry

9/6 thru 9/9

9/12 thru 9/16

9/19 thru 9/23

9/26 thru 9/30

10/4 thru 10/6

11/3 and 11/10

12/1

Field Museum

9/10, 9/17, 9/18 & 9/19

10/2, 10/16, 10/30, & 10/31

11/27

12/3, 12/4, & 12/18

Shedd Aquarium

9/12, 9/13, 9/19, 9/20, 9/26 & 9/27

10/3, 10/4, 10/10, 10/11, 10/17, 10/18, 10/24, 10/25, & 10/31

11/1, 11/7, 11/8, 11/14, 11/15, 11/21, 11/22, 11/28, & 11/29

Art Institute of Chicago

Every Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 PM throughout the year!

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