Wildcat Weekly

Happy Friday + Happy New Year!

We hope you are having an amazing winter break + we can't wait to see everyone on Monday, January 6th. We will start the day in our SEL classes prior to heading to the South Gym for our New Year's SELebration. Don't forget to represent your house + get ready for some fun competition.

Enjoy the weekend and we will see you very soon!

• Springman Houses: We are now teamed up in NEW houses across all grade levels! Each team has a representation of all grade levels and teams. Focusing on our theme of intent vs impact for the year we will continue to break down silos and be the best version of ourselves in 2025! More info to come soon but let's kick off the new year the right way with a slow start to the day all together in celebration of 2025!
• Student ID Cost: Due to the high demand of replacement ID's for students the cost will increase to $8 per replacement starting on Monday, January 6th. All students were given an ID at the start of the school year and are required for safety purposes to wear it throughout the day on a the provided red lanyard. Please encourage good habits of having this each day. If a replacement ID is needed there will be a cost at the new rate of $8.
• Wildcat Student Store: Coming SOON! Use your digital paw tickets to cash in on some amazing items from the school store.

Over the past four years, District 34 collected information about social-emotional learning and student well-being through a survey from Panorama Education. Panorama is our partner in helping District 34 improve school climate and culture, social-emotional learning, and student well-being and outcomes. The winter Panorama survey will take place on January 8th during SEL. Click on the link below for detailed information.

This year, we will continue with the use of traditional "snow days." If we experience inclement weather that would make it unsafe (or impossible) for staff and students to get to school, or other emergency situation, schools will be closed, no iPads required. Though the Board approved an e-Learning plan for the District in 2023, that plan is an insurance policy, with remote learning days to be used only in extreme situations.

For many students, school is the safest place to be, even in bad weather, so the decision to close schools comes after a great deal of review, thought, and collaboration with our Buildings and Grounds department, the Village, our transportation providers, and other local school district officials (as outlined in our full guidelines).

The District will post on our website and social media channels, and send an email, phone call, and text message when there are closures or other weather-related impacts to school operations. To ensure that you receive notification, log into PowerSchool to check that your phone numbers and emails are correct.

During severe winter weather, we will send school closure notifications via email, phone call, and text message. If you like to get notifications via text messages, regulations require that you take an active step to opt in to receive text notifications through BrightArrow.

So, if you haven't already done so, please text "YES" to 79041 so that you don't miss any important weather-related updates this winter.

Also, we know the winter months typically increases the amount of car riders. A friendly reminder side streets are NO PARKING zones. We have been contacted by the Glenview Police regarding this issue. Please avoid side streets like Short Ln. for pick up/parking.

Click on the links below to access the grade level and department websites at Springman! Take a look at what is happening around the building! These sites will be updated with new information every 2 weeks so be sure to check back every other week!

• January 6th: New Year's SELebration
• January 8th: Panorama
• January 10th: PTA Meeting
• January 14th: GBS Counselor Visits 8th Grade
• January 15th: Yearbook Orders DUE
• January 15th: 8th Grade Portraits
• January 20th: No School
• January 30th: 8th Grade Gown Orders DUE

• District 34 Website

• Springman Middle School Website

• At-A-Glance 24-25 School Calendar

• Transportation Website

• Daily Announcements

• Class of 2025 Important Information