Daniel Wright

DW celebrated Red Ribbon Week in a variety of ways. This week is designed to teach our youth skills necessary to protect themselves from the dangers of alcohol and other drugs. Students decorated classroom doors, created posters, and engaged in a variety of other activities to promote a drug-free lifestyle and healthy living.

Please visit the school's Google Doc folder to see pictures of the week's activities.

Students are invited to wear their costumes Monday, Oct. 31. Please remember these simple rules:

• No Halloween masks that disguise the entire face.
• No inappropriate props (look-alike weapons.)
• Rules apply during school and during after school activities.

Families should have received an email notification regarding quarter one grades with instructions on how to access them. The quarter one final grades are for creative art courses, health and physical education classes. They include physical education, health, art, STEM, family and consumer sciences, performing arts, music, library, and digital arts. All other DW courses are year long courses and teachers report on student progress in trimesters. The end of Trimester 1 for core classes is Wednesday, Nov. 9, and grades will be available for those courses after 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov 16.

This weekly get together is an alternative space to meet new friends, hang out, and eat lunch together! Beginning next Thursday, Nov. 3, students are invited to join classmates every Thursday in the following rooms. (Bring your own lunch.)

• Sixth-Grade Lunch: Room 312
• Seventh-Grade Lunch: Room 216
• Eighth-Grade Lunch: Room 204

Hosted by Ms. Graham, Mrs. Harris, and Mrs. Zuba.

Chess is for students to learn the game of chess and compete against other students. The first 30 students registered on the RevTrak Web Store, which will open at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, will be invited into the club. The first chess club meeting is after school on Monday Nov. 7. Chess Club will now meet mostly on Mondays.

Recently we have noticed a marked increase in ‘flu-like' symptoms and documented influenza cases (both A and B). See symptoms below. If it is a documented flu case, please let the school nurse csegal@d103.org know immediately. Review the CDC flu guidelines for more detail.

You will also need to inform the school through the absence line email dw_attendance@d103.org for each day your student is sick.

To help prevent the spread of illness, we would like to give you some guidelines to help with your decision on whether or not to send your child to school. We ask that you keep your child home if they:

• Have a fever of 100.4 (oral) degrees or higher.

• Have cramps and or vomiting.

• Have a sore throat with fever.

• Have a persistent cough (dry or productive).

• Have diarrhea (three or more episodes in 24 hrs).

• Have a rash or open and draining sores.

• Have symptoms that prevent them from participating in school, such as:

• Excessive tiredness or lack of appetite.

• Headaches, body aches, earaches.

• Severe sore throat (could be strep-throat even without fever. Other symptoms of strep throat in children are headache and stomach upset. Contact your pediatrician to assess or diagnosis strep throat.)

Please review the Lake County Health Department guidelines on when to return to school.

Award-winning author Jennifer Nielsen visited Daniel Wright in early October. She gave presentations on finding inspiration to sixth- and seventh-grade students. She also held a smaller “Writers Workshop” with students from all grades. She spoke with students Lu King, Milt King, and Eva Narula about her day at the school and her writing career. She described the Daniel Wright students she spoke to during her presentations as “some of the finest young students I have ever had the privilege to speak to.” Mrs. Nielsen said that due to “an extraordinary librarian” and “great teachers“ this was a “success event”. Her presentations were empowering to the young writers and readers in the school.

When Mrs. Nielsen first started writing she was told she would never be published, but progressed due to her belief in herself. As a genre defying author, she has also faced people telling her that kids who liked her fantasy books would not like her historical fiction material. Nevertheless, they were proved wrong as she flourished with entertaining and extremely popular novels. Her presentations instructed students to be the one that people will talk about, and be the one who makes a difference in people’s lives.

Jennifer Nielsen provided incredible insight to the student and staff body about following your passions and reaching your full potential. It was riveting and an all around incredible experience for students of every grade.

D103 PTO is partnering with Square 1 Art to provide families a variety of products that can be purchased and customized with your student’s artwork!

This fundraiser is open to all D103 students and their families. Anyone feeling artistic may participate. There is no requirement to be a student at a D103 school. Students are encouraged to create artwork at home that will showcase their unique artistry. Act fast, the deadline to order is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Learn more about the customized art gifts from this PTO flyer.

The Illinois State Report Card website has been updated with information about schools in Illinois, including District 103. Families can use the site to find school data including academic performance, school environment, educators, students, and highlights provided by principals.

On Tuesday, Oct. 25, our schools worked with the local police department to practice the emergency response drill in a way that was grade level appropriate.

There's a chill in the air which means Boo Bash is just around the corner! Volunteers are needed to help represent the PTO, run the pop-a-shot activity, and hand out prizes at this spooktacular event. Boo Bash will be held at North Park, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. Sign up today to volunteer.

The SHS Key Club is hosting a Trunk or Treat event from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, in Parking Lot C. There will be a Halloween costume parade, trick or treating, face painting, and other Halloween themed games.

Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit invites families to a Trunk or Treat event from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, 30 Riverwoods Road, Lincolnshire.

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Principals

• Principal Michelle Blackley, Ed.D.
• Assistant Principal Nina Nusbaum, Ed.D.
• Assistant Principal Melody Littlefair

• 847-604-5280
• Dw_attendance@d103.org