Dear Parents, In the
holiday season of celebrating and giving thanks...
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- Thank you for your continued parental
support and involvement at Scott School. Your participation in events
such as parent/teacher conferences, book fair, International Walk to
School Day, and Home and School programs is greatly appreciated.
- Thank you for checking your children's
book bag daily, monitoring their homework, and sending them to us each
day prepared for another day of learning.
- Thank you to the Home and School for
treating the staff to a luncheon during one of the parent/teacher
conference days. It was very tasty and greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
- An advance thank you for helping your
children make wise choices when dressing for the weather. We go outside
for recess daily if the wind chill is at or above zero. Boots and snow
pants are required to go out into the fields when they are snow covered.
- Thank you to all the students who
brought in pennies during Red Ribbon Week for the Scott School Community
Fund. Those "pennies" added up to $850.00 which will be used to assist
families in our school that need help with costs related to school
supplies, field trips, and hot lunch. Way to go, Scott School Eagles!
- Thank you for being part of the Scott
School family!
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| Staff Update |
We have one new staff
member in the office and two others changing hats:
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- Please join us in welcoming Mrs.
Munroe to the Scott School staff. She will be assuming the position of
health technician. We are thrilled to have her here!
- Mrs. Healy, the health tech for the
last many years has changed chairs. She is now one of the school
secretaries. Her knowledge of the school's operations has proved to be a
real plus!
- Mrs. Ricca moved from a secretary
position to become our building substitute teacher. She is enjoying the
increased contact with children.
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| Home and School Projects |
- Climbing Wall - Construction of the
wall was completed in October. Mr. Garrison and a team of parent
volunteers have completed the painting of the wall. Final tasks to be
completed include installation of floor anchors for safety and training
of adult volunteers. We expect to complete these tasks very soon and are
looking forward to climbing!
- Playground - The playground directly
west of the school is a joint venture of the Naperville Park District
and School District 203. It is scheduled for replacement this summer. A
committee of parents and staff members to guide this process was formed
at the last Home and School meeting. We plan to submit a recommended
plan before the Spring break. This project is separate from the
playground that lies directly south of the school building. As you may
remember, that playground was installed a few years ago as a Home and
School project. If you have any questions or comments, please give me a
call.
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| School Improvement |
In an effort to
continuously grow and improve, Scott School has a School Improvement Plan
(SIP). In conjunction with other district schools, later this year we will
be establishing long term goals for several years. Currently we have
targeted two broad areas on which we are concentrating our improvement
efforts:
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- Literacy - To improve student
achievement in literacy with an emphasis on Six Trait Writing and the
school district Literacy/Reading Program.
- Climate - To enhance the learning
atmosphere with an emphasis on celebration of diversity, meeting the
needs of all children, and implementing the "Be a Buddy, Not a Bully"
program.
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| An effort is made to align
initiatives and events to these goals such as staff development days,
staff meetings, assemblies, purchases, and parental involvement. Recently
two parents, Mary Beth Nylen and Christi Lanham, our Home and School
president and School Family Community Partnership chair respectively,
joined staff members for a two day data retreat during which we analyzed
student assessment data in order to make decisions involving school
improvement activities. The same two parents joined us this last summer to
begin this year's SIP discussion with our superintendent, Dr. Leis. |
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| School Closings |
| Naperville Community Unit
School District 203 will use several radio stations to announce emergency
school closings. Local stations will be: |
- WERV-FM (95.9)
- WONU-FM (89.7)
- WBIG-AM (1280)
- 1610-AM (The City of Naperville
station)
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| These will be your primary
sources of information. Through a centralized system, we also hope to have
our closings on certain Chicago stations: |
- WGN-AM (720)
- WBBM-AM (780)
- CBS-TV (2)
- NBC-TV (5)
- ABC-TV (7)
- WGN-TV (9)
- FOX-TV (32)
- CLTV (cable)
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We cannot guarantee the closings will
be carried by the Chicago stations.
Information on emergency school closings will also be broadcast on the
Talk203 interactive email system as well as on the School District web
site www.ncusd203.org.
We will attempt to have the information on the air no later than 6:30 a.m.
You may also call 420-6300 (Administrative Center) for a telephone message
concerning school closings.
Please keep this information handy for the winter season. |
