Erickson Express

2nd grade students will be performing at this event.

They should wear their Character Counts Shirt or color.

Dear Erickson Families,

Can't wait to see many of you at the Cal's Angels Fundraiser tomorrow, Friday, September 27th from 4:45-6:30 at Erickson. You can still join us and register at the event! See flyer below. Remember to wear gold/yellow tomorrow to support Cal's Angels.

Character Counts Celebration on October 1 from 6:00-7:00: All Bloomingdale students are invited to the Character Counts Celebration at Old Town Park: 111 3rd St, Bloomingdale. Erickson's 2nd Grade Students will be performing along with all the other Bloomingdale Schools. This is a night, sponsored by the Bloomingdale Character Coalition, to celebrate all the pillars of character.

School arrival for students is between 8:25-8:40. Students should be in school by 8:40. Students are considered tardy if they arrive to school after 8:45. When students are tardy, they are missing the classroom morning routine including the morning announcements and classroom instruction. If a child is late due to the bus, they are not marked tardy.

Practicing drills is important so students know the expectations in case there is an emergency. Today we had a practice fire drill and students did an excellent job listening to instructions and evacuating the building. On October 1st, we will practice a lockdown drill with the Bloomingdale Police. In a lockdown drill, we practice what to do if there is an unknown person in the building (classroom doors locked, lights out and students are out of sight). We communicate to the students using elementary appropriate terms. If you would not like your child to participate in this drill, please email me Stacy Johnston: sjohnston@sd13.org.

LAST CALL for Book Club opportunities...see flyers below!

If you need to report an absence, please call the school 630-529-2223 or email the teacher and the attendance line: erattendance@sd13.org

Have a wonderful day!

Stacy Johnston

Principal

sjohnston@sd13.org

• September 27: PTO Cherrydale Fundraiser ENDS! Students should turn in any paper sales to the office ton Friday, September 27th.
• September 27: Hot Lunch, Go Gold - Wear gold/yellow, Cal's Angels Fundraiser 4:45-6:30
  
• September 30: Hot Lunch
• October 1: 2:30 Lockdown Drill with Bloomingdale Police, Character Counts Celebration 6:00pm
• October 4: Hot Lunch, Spirit Day, wear blue and gold
• October 7: Hot Lunch, Bullying Prevention Day - Wear Blue
• October 8: School store begins at lunch 12:00-12:50
• October 9: Wacky Wednesday: Theme: Twin Day
• October 11: Institute Day, No School
• October 14: No School: Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day
• October 15: Global Handwashing Day (Nurse Kassy will be talking to the students about appropriate handwashing - this prevents sharing germs)
• October 18: Hot Lunch

• **Please note: 1:40 Early Dismissal Days/School Improvement are on FRIDAY. Early Dismissal/School Improvement days are one Friday per month and FULL DAY students are dismissed at 1:40 while teachers are involved in professional development activities. Half-Day PM Kindergarten will attend school at their normal PM times. AM & PM Preschool students do not attend school on early dismissal days.

This year we have chosen 20 excellent books to be our Eagle Books! All students in grades 1-5 can participate in our Eagle Book Bonanza. We are hoping to give different prizes for every 5 books that the kids read. We are asking for your support in donating prizes to promote this activity! Please review the available slots below and click on the button in order to donate if you can. Thank you!

ALMA: is used to register students, contains attendance information, grades and progress reports. ALL families should have login information for ALMA. Please utilize this site to view grades, attendance information, and the trimester progress reports.

OTUS: is our District's Data Warehouse (https://my.otus.com/login).This site contains historical (K-8) data and current student assessment data: MAP data, IAR data and CoGat data. Please review this OTUS PARENT LETTER to learn more about accessing your child's information in OTUS. If you are a returning student, you created an OTUS account last year and should be able to view the assessment data. If not, individual log-in codes will be sent home with your child on FRIDAY, September 20th, so you can have access to view all of this information.

New students are partnered with a 5th Grade Student Ambassador to help welcome and acclimate new students to Erickson! They recently enjoyed a pizza party together!

This section will feature students who excel!

Please send in pictures to sjohnston@sd13.org if you would like your child featured in a future Express.

Chiara is a 5th grade students at Erickson and excels in ice skating. She has won numerous awards for her skating. So proud of Chiara for her dedication to skating and for continuing to be an excellent Erickson student.

School Hours:

Grades 1st-5th: 8:40-3:30

Kindergarten AM: 8:40-11:30

Kindergarten PM: 12:40-3:30

Preschool AM: 8:50-11:20

Preschool PM: 12:50-3:20

Student Arrival:

Kindergarten-5 grade students can begin arriving at 8:25. Students should gather in the front of the building. Doors open at 8:30. Students should arrive by 8:40

Lunch Hours:

1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade Lunch: 12:00-12:25

4th-5th Grade Lunch: 12:25-12:50

Dropping off lunches from restaurants (ie- McDonald's, Wendy's, Panera, etc.) as well as using food delivery services to drop off food (ie -GrubHub, Door Dash) is not allowed. Students should bring their lunch in the morning to school each day. Safety is our number one priority and we would like to limit visitors.

Email: sjohnston@sd13.org
Website: sd13.org
Location: 277 Springfield Drive, Bloomingdale, IL, USA
Phone: 630-529-2223

Fax: 630-893-9849