Field Flash

Dear Field Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are having a great week! It was so nice to connect with parents during our first evening of parent-teacher conferences. We look forward to seeing more parents next week on Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you to our PTO for coordinating dinner each evening for staff!

A few reminders:

• Parent teacher conferences are on October 8 and 10. Sign up has now closed. Please reach out to your child's teacher with any questions.
• There is no school on Friday, October 11th and Monday, October 14th.
• Please follow the rules of the road when driving for drop off - our school is in a neighborhood and we want to be sure we are being good neighbors with our parking and driving! We've received calls from neighbors this week who are very frustrated with blocked driveways and have alerted the Park Ridge police.
• Please remember that there is no supervision before or after school on the playground or blacktop. Children should be supervised by a grown-up.
• Please be sure you call the main office as early in the day as possible if your child is not taking the bus home.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Dr. Courtney Goodman

Principal

(847) 318-4383

Important Health Deadline for Students in Kindergarten and those new to D64:

The state deadline for submitting proof of vaccination, physical exams, and eye exams is quickly approaching on Tuesday, October 15th. Due to the holiday on October 14th, health forms must be uploaded to Powerschool by 3 pm on Friday, October 11th. The building nurses have sent numerous communications home to those who are currently missing required information or forms.

• Proof of vaccination and a physical exam dated after 8/14/23 is required.
• Please make sure you’ve answered all questions in the parent health history section, signed, and dated it before uploading. Forms are incomplete without this done.
• Students in kindergarten or attending an Illinois school for the first time are required to submit an eye exam from an optometrist/ophthalmologist.

Please review your child’s Forms/Health Office Document Submission section of Powerschool to ensure you’ve uploaded everything needed. If you have not submitted all required forms, please submit your forms ASAP so they can be reviewed by the school nurse and corrected if missing required information before the deadline to prevent exclusion from school. Instructions on uploading forms can be found on the health services website: https://www.d64.org/health-services/

Students not compliant with vaccine/physical exam requirements will be excluded from school beginning October 15th.

Calling all parents with flexible schedules! We are looking for additional adults to help support our lunch program. The pay for lunch is $24 an hour for a 1.5 hour job. Responsibilities include…

• Setting up tables and benches

• Passing out lunches

• Assisting with opening containers and spills

• Assisting students with sorting garbage (trash, recycling, compost)

• Encouraging kind conversation and appropriate voice volume

• Cleaning and stowing tables and benches

If you are interested in learning more our available lunch positions please submit THIS LUNCH SUPERVISION INTEREST FORM and join Mrs. Donnelly for a Virtual Meeting on October 9th at 12:30pm

Thank you for your consideration!

• Tuesday, October 8th: Parent-teacher conferences from 4-8pm
  
• Thursday, October 10th: Parent-teacher conferences from 4-8pm
• Friday, October 11th: No School (teacher institute day)
• Monday, October 14th: No School for Indigenous Peoples' Day
• Tuesday, October 15th: PTO meeting
• Thursday, October 31st: Halloween (details on how we celebrate at school to come soon!)

Join your Field Green Team and other Green Teams from across District 64 on Saturday, October 5th from 1-3 pm for a Woodland and Park Clean-Up Event. We will meet at Belleau Lake (2137 Busse Hwy, Des Plaines). Long pants, hard-sole shoes, hats, and gardening gloves are recommended. Also, bring a 5 gallon bucket (if you have one). Plastic bags & gloves will be provided.

Contact Nicole nyburmi@gmail.com with questions

All students will eat in lunch in one of our large group spaces (north gym, south gym, or MPR). Students will sit at tables in assigned seats by homeroom. Students are able to bring their lunch from home or purchase a lunch in advance. If you are interested in ordering lunch from Quest, please visit our website linked here for more information. Lunch orders are due by Thursday at midnight for the following week. As a reminder, we do not allow lunches to be delivered to students from outside vendors or restaurants. If your child forgets his or her lunch at home, you are able to drop it by the main office and we'll deliver it to them. If you can't bring a forgotten lunch, we can offer your child cheerios and milk.

Children are also permitted to leave school for lunch. Parents need to come to the main office and sign out their child(ren). Students would remain home for the full hour of lunch/recess.

Our PTO sponsors a weekly pizza lunch on Tuesdays. Please be on the lookout for information on ordering your child's weekly pizza soon!

Parent–Teacher Conference Potluck Dinner

Several spots remain open! Please help support our PTO Staff Appreciation Committee and sign up today for Tuesday, October 8th, and/or Thursday, October 10th.

Membership Drive

As a special treat, the PTO Executive Board is pleased to offer an extension to our membership drive for the 2024–2025 school year. There are so many awesome prizes that we wanted you to have another chance to be included in the raffle!

If you join by TOMORROW, Saturday, October 5th, you will be automatically entered into the drawing. Winners will be announced in the PTO's News You Can Use weekly e-newsletter on Monday, October 7th.

Don't wait! CLICK HERE to join the PTO today!

Walkathon

Our 2024 Walkathon was a great success! Special thanks to Denise Wsol for leading the committee again and every volunteer who contributed toward an amazing campaign.

Winners will be announced in the PTO's News You Can Use weekly e-newsletter on Monday, October 7th. Stay tuned!

V-Show is a parent written and produced show that has been running since 1953! Each year it raises money to fund things like playground equipment, classroom programs and audio visual equipment.

There are big and small ways to get involved on stage, acting, singing or dancing, or off stage with sets, techdeck, advertising or tickets. It’s a great way to give back to the school, meet other families, and have a lot of fun. Come check us out at script reveal and/or email us at fieldvshow71@gmail.com

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