Norton Creek Elementary

• 3/26/21- School Improvement Day- No Students
• 3/29/21- Spring Break Starts
• 4/05/21- Classes Resume
• 4/12/21- School Board Meeting@7pm
• 4/19/21-Learning and Teaching Meeting@5:30pm
• 4/21/21-DPTO Meeting@9:30am
• 4/26/21-Policy Committee Meeting@5pm
• 4/26/21-Business Services Meeting@5:30pm

Please email any arrival/dismissal changes as well as any information for the school nurse or office staff to nor-office@d303.org

Please call the school attendance line if your student will be absent/tardy/leaving early from Remote Learning at 331-228-2700. Please spell your students first and last name or their student ID number when you leave a message. If you are emailing the teacher please also email nor-office@d303.org indicate students first and last name.

Kindergarten

AM Session-

8:00am -10:15am

PM-Session -

11:25am-1:40pm

1st thru 5th Grades-

8:00am-1:40pm

Our School Office is open from 7:30am until 3:30pm on school days.

Please call the school attendance line if your student will be absent at 331-228-2700. Please spell your students first and last name or their student id number when you leave a message. If you are emailing the teacher please also email nor-office@d303.org indicate students first and last name.

LUNCH SCHEDULES:

1st Grade: 11:30-11:50

2nd Grade:11:05-11:25

3rd Grade: 12:20-12:40

4th Grade: 10:40-11:00

5th Grade: 11:55-12:15

If your student forgets their lunch please email the classroom teacher and drop off at the main office. Thank You!

The upcoming months are going to be very exciting for your 5th grader as they begin to think

about their transition to 6th grade. The Wredling Middle School PTO wants to give your child a

chance to purchase a special edition Wredling t-shirt on our online Spirit Wear Store. The

online store will be open beginning Friday, March 5th thru Wednesday, April 7th . Visit our online

store at https://stores.inksoft.com/wredling/shop/home or scan the QR code on the flyer.

Orders are expected to be completed by mid-April and will then be delivered to the school

individually packed and labeled. The front office will disseminate orders to each student or

arrange pick up for remote student orders following building/school guidelines.

If you have any questions feel free to contact the Wredling PTO at info@wredlingpto.org.

The Lost and Found items will be disposed of/donated on Friday, April 9th 2021. If your student is missing an item please have them visit the table in the main entrance foyer prior to that date.

You may not be aware, but today is a holiday: We've declared March 25, 2021 Roger Mercado Appreciation Day. Roger is our head custodian and an absolutely remarkable person. In the COVID-19 era, his workload has quadrupled. Even with all of the additional tasks he has to carry out in a day, everything gets done to the highest degree, and he has never once complained about it. He is always working hard, kind, and smiling, and willing to do whatever it takes to keep everyone safe and well and our building looking brand new. Mr. Mercado, thank you so much for being you, my friend! We're blessed to have you!

This past Tuesday evening, my wife and I were sitting down to one of our appointment viewing TV shows, "This is Us" when we heard the light footsteps of our three-year-old daughter coming down the stairs. "Daddy? Can I sit with you?" I looked at my wife to see if we were going to hold fast to bedtime or have this special time with our daughter where she didn't have her five-year-old sister and baby brother to share the spotlight with. We decided to have this special time with Claire, and settled in for our favorite show (Well...maybe not Claire's, but certainly my wife's and mine.) During the broadcast, there was a commercial for the 10:00 news and they previewed coverage of the tragic shooting in Boulder, Colorado. Without thinking, I said, "What a scary world." "It's a scary world?" Claire asked. "Well...it's not a scary world but sometimes scary things happen in it."

Fast forward to Roger Mercado Appreciation Day. It can't be a scary world when it's full of people like Roger. Every one of us have at least one Roger in our lives - some are blessed with more. You may be someone else's Roger too.

I wish you a Happy Roger Mercado Appreciation Day, Norton Creek, and a wonderful, relaxing, fun, safe spring break too! If you have the time, please, take the 5Essentials Parent Survey. It closes April 2, and the feedback you provide us helps us continue improving the Norton Creek experience for all of our Eagles and families.

We are so thankful for all of his dedication and hard work here at Norton Creek and are lucky to have him in our building.

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED one LAST time!! nortoncreekptotreasurer@gmail.com

CONGRATULATIONS to our winner last week, Abby David for spotting the eagle!!

EAGLES EAT OUT elisa.ignash@gmail.com

Don’t forget, Giordano’s is offering all the weeks of March to our Eagles Eat Out event to support Norton Creek! That’s incredible!! EVERY Wednesday and Thursday for the WHOLE MONTH of MARCH! Next week is our final week!! Must have the printed flyer below to credit Norton Creek.

SPRING COOKIES!! elisa.ignash@gmail.com

Pick up your COOKIES Friday, March 26th from 8am to 7pm.

1335 Lancaster Avenue

St. Charles, IL 60174

There is a shelving unit on the porch where your orders can be found. Enjoy your cookies treats and thank you for supporting the PTO!

GET YOUR YEARBOOKS: DUE 4/1/2020 ncyearbook.shelly@gmail.com

Have you ordered a yearbook for your student yet? Visit Treering to confirm if you've already ordered or to place an order for your student(s). Included again this year with the yearbook purchase is the option to create 2 free custom pages, which must be completed by 4/1/20. If you've already ordered a yearbook, you have the option through Treering to customize 2 pages to capture your students' school memories for an unforgettable year! See attached for a quick how-to flyer from Treering

Health Office Contact Information

If a family needs to contact the school nurse with a doctor's note to return to school or has a question, please contact us at:

Cathy Leone (RISE RN) - cathy.leone@d303.org

Sumana Parveen (RN) - sumana.parveen@d303.org

Virginia Wicinski (RN) - virginia.wicinski@d303.org

Policy Regarding if a Member of a Student's Household is symptomatic without diagnostic testing or clinical evaluation.

If an individual in a student's home is experiencing COVID like symptoms and has not received a COVID test or has not been evaluated by a health care provider then household members (any person living in the home e.g. siblings that attend any D303 school, parents) are to quarantine.

COVID-like symptoms include: Fever (100.4° F or higher), new onset of moderate to severe headache, shortness of breath, new cough, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain from an unknown cause, new congestion/runny nose, new loss of sense of taste or smell, nausea, fatigue from unknown cause, muscle or body aches. Medical Evaluation and Testing are Strongly Recommended for ALL persons with COVID-Like Symptoms.

Students will be able to return to school when:

• If a COVID test is completed for the family member and test results are negative, the students in the family may return to school.
• If the symptomatic family member is evaluated by his/her doctor and an alternative diagnosis is given to the family member, the students in the family may return to school.
• If no COVID testing or no evaluation by a healthcare provider of the symptomatic family member, the family member will need to stay home 10 calendar days from onset of symptoms and ALL children in the family will need to stay home 14 calendar days from the onset of symptoms.
• If the symptomatic family member tests positive for COVID-19, the symptomatic family will stay home for 10 calendar days and need a release from isolation letter from the health department. All children in the family will need to stay home for 14 days and will need a release from quarantine letter from their local health department.

If a family needs a release letter from the local health department, here are the contact numbers for the health department. The department you contact will depend on where you live.

Kane County: 630 -208-3801

Dupage County :(630) 682-7400

If your family is in need of assistance with rent/mortgage or utilities please click on the form below for more information.

Website: https://nortoncreek.d303.org/
Location: Norton Creek Elementary School, Smith Road, West Chicago, IL, USA
Phone: 331-228-2700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Norton-Creek-Elementary-1439295139641887/