Kimball Hill
Week of December 4th
Important Dates
- Orchestra Concert -December 4th at CSJH 6:00pm
Band Concert - December 6th at CSJH 6:30pm
Dual Language Curriculum Night at Jane Adams School- December 7th 6:30-7:30pm
- Polar Painting-December 7th, 5:30-7:30pm
- Book Fair- December 7th, 5:30-6:30pm
- Chorus Concert- 6:00pm December 14th at KH
- Holiday Shop- December 15th
Choir Exchange- at Carl Sandburg January 23rd
Visit the District 15 Calendar for more information!
"PACK THE BUS" District Food Collection
Between now and when we leave for winter break, District 15 will be working to PACK THE BUS with items for our local mobile food pantry and clothing closet to stock the shelves before the new year.
For the food donations, we are partnering with Faith Feeds, a consortium of local church organizations, that hosts a mobile food pantry in our community. Many local organizations have seen a significant increase in community members attending food pantries including this local mobile food pantry.
For the winter clothing donations, we will be giving any new or gently used winter clothing items (jackets, mittens, snow boots, etc.) to Partners for Our Communities (POC) which has a clothing closet that supports our local community.
You can bring your shelf-stable food or winter clothing donations to our PACK THE BUS stop on December 6th at Carl Sandburg Junior High School between 4:45-5:15 pm.
You are also able to drop items at the District Office located at 580 N 1st Bank Rd at any time. We look forward to sharing the progress each week and cannot wait to fill the bus to support our community.
Thank you in advance for considering!
Go Guardian
We have enabled GoGuardian Parent, which is an app that gives parents and guardians the opportunity to monitor their children's browsing activity, as well as take control over school-issued devices during out-of-school hours.
In the spirit of transparency and a shared vision of safety for all students, GoGuardian would like to notify you of the new app for parents/guardians.
Providing parents with additional insight will spur a greater sense of accountability with students and nurture continued responsible browsing habits at school and at home by:
Providing a bird's eye view of students' browsing habits
Providing controls during out-of-school hours
Facilitating a collaborative role with school educators based on a student's best academic interest.
Encouraging parents to engage with their children's online activity.
Creating a path for open and honest conversation around topics that occur in a child's browsing behavior.
What are we giving guardians access to:
Top 5 summary of student browsing - apps, extensions, documents, and websites visited
30-day view of websites, videos, documents, apps, and extensions
Ability to block websites on school-issued devices during out-of-school hours
Ability to pause internet access on school-issued devices during out-of-school hours, either on-demand or at a scheduled time
These features are turned off on the parent app: Teacher interventions - showing how often teachers locked screens, blocked sites, and opened and closed browser tabs on their students' classroom devices
This is the information that has been sent out in the D15 Family Newsletter.
Please review the parent document to see images for the 4 screens of information that the parents will have access to regarding their students’ online activity. If you have any further questions, please reach out to your Instructional Technology point person via email, help desk, or stop by to visit us during one of our site visits.
6th Grade Showcase
Check out our 6th Grade students working on their solutions to problems in Ancient Mesopotamia.The scholars worked on flyers to address issues like flooding in the valleys, food shortages in the hills, and an accident involving a tradesman.
Book Fair
As a reminder, Kimball Hill is hosting a book fair the week of December 4, 2023. ALL students will have an opportunity to preview the fair with their class on Monday, December 4th or Tuesday, December 5th. The fair will be open for sales during the school day on Wednesday, December 5th through Friday morning, December 8, 2023. We will also host a family sale alongside PTA's Polar Painting event on Thursday, December 7th from 5:30-6:30 PM. We will accept cash, card and Apple Pay, no checks. Please remember that Cook County sales tax of 10% will be added to each book fair purchase.
Our fair will kick-off with an online-companion fair! This is agreat way to purchase holiday gifts or Gift Cards your student can use at school! Share this link with family members as well!
Shop online NOW until: December 08, 2023 https://efairs.literati.com/?school=kimball-hill-elementary-school-rolling-mdws-il
Orders purchased online will be added to our book fair earnings and will ship at the end of our book fair week. Please allow approximately 10 business days for orders to arrive at school. If you would like your order to remain a surprise, and have it picked up by an adult family member please email Mrs. Franke at frankek@ccsd15.net with your order details to arrange pick-up.
All book fair profits are used to order new books for our school library.
Holiday Treasures
As a reminder, students will have the opportunity to shop in the Holiday Shop- Holiday Treasures on December 15th. Thank you to the PTA for coordinating this and to all of our parent volunteers who signed up to help. Those that do not choose to participate will remain in the classroom.
Please check your child's backpack today for the flyer.
Thank You!
A big thank you to everyone that donated to our hat, glove and undergarment drive. We have already put the items to great use! We appreciate your support!
Upcoming FUN Events lead by the PTA
Read the PTA December Newsletter!
https://tinyurl.com/KHNewsDec2023
Polar Painting and Food Drive
December 7th - 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Join us for a fun night of ceramics painting and bring a non-perishable food item for our food drive! Students can purchase pieces to paint and Thrown Elements will fire them and bring them back to school.
View the flyer with prices: https://tinyurl.com/KHPolarPainting23
School Hours
ECDEC, Dual Kindergarten, Grades 1st-6th
- Monday-Thursday: 8:25 am – 3:05 pm
- Friday: 8:25 am – 2:15 pm
Kinder AM
- Monday-Thursday: 8:25 am – 11:00 am
- Friday: 8:25 am – 10:35 am
Kinder PM:
- Monday-Thursday: 12:30 pm – 3:05 pm
- Friday: 12:05 pm – 2:15 pm
Office Hours: 7:25 am – 3:55 pm, Monday- Friday
Doors open at 8:10am for students who need breakfast! All other students should plan to arrive closer to 8:20am. School begins at 8:25am and students will be marked tardy after 8:25.