Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, October 28th
Red Ribbon Week: Dreams, Not Drugs (Wear Your PJs)
2nd Grade Data Review with RR @ 2:30pm
*Storybook Pumpkins: Begin working with your group!* See Sara’s Email

Tuesday, October 29th
Red Ribbon Week: Wear Your Favorite Superhero T-Shirt
Innovation Team Meeting @ 2:35pm
*Storybook Pumpkins: Work with your group!
Mentor Meeting (4:00pm-5:30pm)

Wednesday, October 30th
Red Ribbon Week: Team Up Against Drugs (Wear Your Favorite Sports Team Shirt)
Fall Birthday Celebration
*STORYBOOK PUMPKINS during CPT today!
Wizards Committee Meeting (3:00pm)

Thursday, October 31st
Happy Halloween  <—click for info
Parades at 8:45am, 12:30pm and 1:00pm

All Kindergarten Rooms: 10:30-10:50
All 1st Grade Rooms: 11:00-11:20
All 2nd Grade Rooms: 11:30- 11:50
All 3rd Grade Rooms: 12:00- 12:20
**Paras will be in the lunchroom to help with lunch but there will not be recess.
*NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES! Kennedy Singers Cancelled & SLT Cancelled.

Friday, November 1st
End of Trimester 1

**Reminder for Tenured Teachers*
Tenure teacher professional growth meetings completed before the end of the week!
ALL tenured teachers must complete a Professional Growth Plan.

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, October 21st
Bus Driver Appreciation Week 🙂
RED RIBBON WEEK BEGINS!
5th Grade Buddies come to Kindergarten (9am-10:15am)
3rd Grade Data Review Meeting @ 2:30pm
Dr. Seuss SIP Committee Meeting (D115) @ 2:50pm
Celebrations Committee Meeting

Tuesday, October 22nd
SPED Apple Orchard Field Trip
Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm (Presentation Space) – ELL FOCUS
Washington School Community Forum @ 6:30pm

Wednesday, October 23rd
UNITY DAY – Wear Orange
CPT – ELL FOCUS (continued)
Board of Education Meeting @ 7:00pm

Thursday, October 24th
WEAR RED  for RED RIBBON WEEK
PreK Parent/Student Workshops
Kindergarten Field Trip to Didier Farm
SEL Committee Meeting @ 2:45pm (Upstairs PD Space)
BPAC Meeting @ 430pm at Washington School

Friday, October 25th
Fall Picture Retakes (depending on if we get fall pictures delivered Monday or Tuesday this week)
Spirit Assembly @ 9:00am
TRUNK OR TREAT! 4-6pm in Kennedy South parking lot! <—please let me know if you’re available to volunteer!
**Reminder for Tenured Teachers*
Tenure teacher professional growth meetings completed before November 1st.
ALL tenured teachers must complete a Professional Growth Plan.

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, October 14th
NO SCHOOL: Columbus Day

Tuesday, October 15th
Happy Birthday Kirby Luczak & Rose Karas 🙂
Medical Exclusion Day
SPFD Visits: Fire Prevention Presentations
PATS Field Trip to Bison Bluff
1st Grade Field Trip to Goebbert’s
Charity Committee Meeting @ 2:45pm (Room E217)
Spirit Committee Meeting (Room D209)

Wednesday, October 16th
Happy Birthday Rosa Worwa 🙂
SPFD Visits: Fire Prevention Presentations
TAPS (2nd/3rd)

Thursday, October 17th
Happy Birthday Mary Beth D’Andrea 🙂
SPFD Visits: Fire Prevention Presentations
4th Grade visits PreK Kennedy Buddies (8:30am-9:45am and 11:50pm-1:30pm)
THE GREAT SHAKEOUT (Earthquake Drill @ 10:17am)
SLT (2:45pm in Conference Room)

Friday, October 18th
5 by Friday! Have you made 5 positive connections with families by Friday? 🙂
Positive Postcards can be found in the office!

(10/19) Happy Birthday Eva Popowska 🙂

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, October 7th
Parent Visit Day (9-10am and 1-2pm)
*Thanks in advance for welcoming our families for “Bring Your Parent to School Day”. This is a great opportunities for our families to experience the meaningful learning opportunities you create daily for our Kubbies! Remember, if your class is not in the classroom during the visitation time, please put a note on your door, sharing WHERE they can find your class. Please spend some extra time tomorrow morning making sure all of our learning spaces look AMAZING, NEAT and TIDY for all of our visitors!!!! Please encourage parents to sit next to their children and engage with them during the lessons/activities! 
SLT @ 2:45pm (Media Center U-Shaped Couch)
Fundraiser Committee Meeting @ 2:45pm (Room D116)

Tuesday, October 8th
Faculty Meeting @ 2:40pm (Presentation Space)

Wednesday, October 9th
Happy Birthday Mandy Vanderwaal 🙂
PreK Field Trip to Goebbert’s
TAPS (PreK, K, 1st) during CPT

Thursday, October 10th
3rd Grade Field Trip to Goebbert’s
Flu Shots (2:45pm-4:00pm) in 1st Grade Project Space

Friday, October 11th
Kindergarten Field Trip to Goebbert’s

(10/14) NO SCHOOL: Columbus Day

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, September 30th
*Please join me in welcoming Lauren Thorn to the 3rd grade team! She will be serving as the maternity leave replacement teacher in Room E201 while Becky Zora is on leave. We wish Becky Zora the best of luck as she prepares to welcome Baby Girl Zora to their family!
*DRYFUS Therapy Dog Presentations This Week in Presentation Space (Click Here for Schedule)

Tuesday, October 1st
National Bully Prevention Month Starts!

Wednesday, October 2nd
Custodian Appreciation Day!
1st Grade Field Trip to Safety Town (B106, B107, B108, B111)

Thursday, October 3rd
1st Grade Field Trip to Safety Town (B101, B102, B105)

Friday, October 4th
PREK SCREENINGS
Author AARON REYNOLDS visits Kennedy SchooL<—- click here for schedule
Family Movie Night @ LMS (6:30pm)

(10/06) Happy Birthday Anna Gabriel (green bus driver)
(10/07) Parent Visitation Day!

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, September 23rd
Happy Birthday Amanda Quinlan 🙂

Tuesday, September 24th
Happy Birthday Britney Lane 🙂 
2nd Grade Field Trip to Goebbert’s
Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm
Mentor Meeting (4:00pm-5:30pm)

Wednesday, September 25th
Happy Birthday Marta Ocon 🙂

Thursday, September 26th
Happy Birthday Jill Michalski 🙂

Friday, September 27th
Spirit Assembly @ 9:00am
SLBC to YMCA for Swimming

(09/28) Happy Birthday Gina Cacioppo 🙂

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, September 16th
Dentist Visits (Room 135)
Happy Birthday Jody (Orange Bus Driver)
1st SIP Committee Meeting of the Year (2:45pm) <—click to see where committees will be meeting. Have you signed up for one yet? ALL staff sign up for ONE committee!

Tuesday, September 17th
Dentist Visits (Room 135)

Wednesday, September 18th
Dentist Visits (Room 135)
Board Meeting @ 7pm

Thursday, September 19th
Happy Birthday Roger Paper 🙂 
SLT Meeting @ 2:45pm (Conference Room)

Friday, September 20th
Happy Birthday Michelle McMorrow
GO GOLD for Childhood Cancer Awareness

Blog Posts Worth Reading:
The Importance of the Reciprocated Relationship in Education

Bringing Out the Gifts and Talents of Every Child

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, September 9th
Reading Room Begins!

Tuesday, September 10th
PreK/PATS Family Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo
Faculty Meeting @ 2:50pm

Wednesday, September 11th
Oral Health/Hygiene Presentations
1/2 Day of School (AM PreK dismisses at 10:30am, K-3 dismisses at 10:55am)
Agenda for SIP <–being emailed out this week

Thursday, September 12th
Oral Health/Hygiene Presentations

Friday, September 13th
Fall Picture Day <—click for schedule

**Do you have extra shoeboxes at home? Please bring them in to Sara’s office if you do! We need them for an activity on our 1/2 day this Wednesday! 

“What makes a good school has very little to do with how rich or poor the students are, or the type of curriculum that’s taught. It has very little to do with the special programs, expansive playing fields, snappy uniforms, or whether the school is wired to the Internet. What makes a good school, whether it’s public or private, religious or nonreligious, charter or non-charter, is a feeling. A feeling shared by the entire staff that their particular school is special. The feeling that their school really belongs to them.” (Manna, 1999).

At Kennedy School, each member of our team has a distinctive character that cares deeply about each and every one of our Kennedy Kubbies. Your unique attributes and talents contribute to the feeling people get when they enter this building. As a result, our children will remember you long after they leave Kennedy.

“Schools are not buildings, curriculums, and machines. Schools are relationships and interactions among people.”

I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing and enjoyable weekend with friends and family. Here’s our 4-day week at a glance:

Monday, September 2nd
No School – Labor Day

Tuesday, September 3rd
Book Fair Preview Day

Wednesday, September 4th
Book Fair (Buy Day)

Thursday, September 5th
Book Fair (Buy Day)
Reading Room (Drop Off & Plan)
Curriculum Night (6:30pm-8:00pm)

Friday, September 6th
PreK Screenings
Cubs Scouts Visit (Presentation Space) <–homeroom teachers, schedule your class a time!
GO GOLD for Childhood Cancer Awareness
Reading Room (Drop Off & Plan)

Thank you for opening up your classrooms to our Kennedy Kubbies and setting the tone for a culture of caring. It’s wonderful to observe classrooms where teachers and students care about learning, about each other, and care about our community. Remember, the first weeks of school set the tone for the entire year. If our students leave school feeling excited about themselves as learners & about you as their teacher, then you’re doing something right! Always remember that our students will meet ANY expectation we set for them, as long as we are firm, fair and consistent with these expectations and build relationships with our students so that they will want to meet them. The best way to accomplish this positive relationship-building with our students is simply caring deeply about them as learners and as little people–and taking the time to get to know them, in addition to showing them just how much you care.

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, August 26th
Book Checkout Begins this week!
MAP Testing Continues
Benchmarking Continues this Week
Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm

Tuesday, August 27th
Evacuation Drill to North Park @ 9:00am
Mentor Meeting @ 4:00pm (Kennedy Presentation Space)

Wednesday, August 28th

Thursday, August 29th
AXA to visit staff in the faculty lounge during lunch periods

Friday, August 30th
Code Red Drill (time unannounced)

(09/03) NO SCHOOL: LABOR DAY