Field Flash

Dear Field Parents and Guardians,

We hope you've had a good week! We want to wish all of our parent performers the best of luck in the VShow performances!

As we move closer to March, we begin to prepare for the 2025-2026 school year. Each year, we provide parents an opportunity to share information about their child(ren), how they learn best, and preferences about peers in their classroom. If you are interested in sharing information, please use this form. You are able to complete this form until April 4th. Thank you for your partnership!

If you haven't already, please do take a moment to register your children for school for the upcoming year. The deadline is March 14th. Registering by this deadline allows us to hire and plan for the number of classrooms we need for our students. Right now, we have about 500 students registered. We expect 130 more to register in the next 2 weeks! Please take a few minutes to do your children's registration today!

A few reminders:

• Please complete the 5Essentials survey for Field. Your parent voice matters! We need 20% participation in order to receive the results from the parent survey. Click here to complete it.
• Please label your child's coat/jacket. As the weather warms, students start to take off their jackets during recess (and our lost & found grows). We look thru it for labeled items and return those - most items in the lost & found are not labeled.
• On that weather note, please know we direct students to "wear what their grown up sent them with for recess", so please talk with your child about wearing their coat or sweatshirt to recess (or adjust what your child brings to school).
• We continue to have serious safety issues in our Kiss & Go during morning arrival & dismissal. Please remember we are a community and it takes all of us following the rules of the road to ensure student (and adult) safety.

Sincerely,

Dr. Courtney Goodman

Principal

(847) 318-4383

A big thank you to the many families who donated gently used clothing, shoes, and other items this month! We donated several carloads full of items to Cradles to Crayons! These items will be sorted, cleaned, and given to families in need around the Chicagoland area. Thank you!

As a celebration of our school's kindness, we had a dance party on Thursday - glow style! Dr. Ben Collins served as our DJ, and students had a blast dancing and glowing! Special thanks to our PBIS committee of teachers and Mrs. Donnelly for spearheading both of these initiatives.

As a part of the upcoming construction project at Field, we will be taking advantage of Spring Break and doing abatement while the students are out of the building. Abatement is done to clear asbestos out of tiles, pipes, and other materials and will completely remove these items. The work is performed by a licensed company that uses industry standard safety protocols and best practices. When students return from Spring Break, the floor tiling and carpet might be gone in some spaces and we will finish the last few weeks of school with concrete floors in these spaces. In other cases, there will be ceiling tiles removed. During the summer, the school will be remodeled, and we'll be excited to show off our updated spaces in August. If you have questions about abatement, you can contact our Director of Facilities, Mr. Noel Mendoza, nmendoza@d64.org.

• What should you say to those who celebrate? The traditional Arabic greeting is Ramadan Mubarak, which translates to Blessed Ramadan or Happy Ramadan.
• Click here to learn more.

To all families who celebrate, Ramadan Mubarak!

What has Driverless Cars, a Magic Show, and Talking Chickens, all in one place?

If you guessed VShow, you’re right!

Come and check out this year’s hilarious new sketch comedy show… Generational Drama.

It’s a fun, inexpensive night out away from screens and a chance to see a live production. Original songs, skits and dances were written, choreographed and will be performed by our talented Field School parents and some surprise teachers.

Showtimes:

Thursday February 27 @7:30pm

Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1 @ 7:00 pm

Sunday, March 2 @ 2:00 pm

Location: Field School - Multi-Purpose Room (enter on the Elmore side of the building).

Get your tickets HERE!

• February 28: No School for students (records planning day for teachers)
• February 28-March 1: VShow (see PTO website for tickets)
• March 11-13: Illinois Science Assessment (ISA) for students in 5th grade
• March 11: 4th and 5th grade Chorus Concert at 7pm in the North Gym
• March 24-March 28: Spring Break
• March 31: Welcome back to school!

• Friday, March 7, 7:00 p.m. – Parents' Night Out

• Sunday, March 9, 3:00 p.m. – Chicago Wolves Family Day

Visit www.FieldPTO.org for more details and purchase your tickets today!

From the library to the park district, our communities of Park Ridge-Niles have lots to offer, even virtually. For information on all the latest happenings, be sure to check the Community Info & Events webpage.

Website: www.d64.org/fie
Location: 707 N Wisner St, Park Ridge, IL, United States
Phone: 847-318-4385