Dear Stillson Families,

Wow! I can’t believe that it is October already and we have been in school an entire month!! Time flies when you are having fun!

We sure have been busy so far! In September, we spent time learning the expectations for all settings throughout our school and started our very important work of community building. This year, our theme “We All BEE-Long” and we will be spending time working on community building among our classrooms and within our entire school. We want our students to know they are an important part of our “hive” and feel loved and cared for at school.

In the upcoming weeks, we have a number of important events, such as field trips, vision and hearing screenings, picture retake day, and of course, Halloween! As the events grow closer, please monitor your child(ren)’s folders for permission slips and important news.

As the air starts to feel more fall-like and the temperatures start to drop, we encourage your child(ren) to dress for the weather (coats, hats, mittens as needed). If the temperature is below 50 degrees, we ask students to wear a coat or long sleeves on the playground. This helps ensure the kids are warm, but it also helps our staff with recess supervision and allows them to be fully present on the playground when kids are outside with all the gear they may need.

Thank you for your partnership and support in providing an excellent school experience for our students.

Sincerely,

Jennifer L. Sarauer

Stillson Elementary Principal

• October 2 : Vision Screening at Stillson
• October 8 : Arby's Night for PTO (see flyer below)
• October 10 : Bright Smiles at Stillson
• October 11 : Picture Retake Day
• October 24 : No School for K-5 Students
• October 25 : No School - PD Day
• October 28-29 : Topper's Night's for PTO
• October 31 : Halloween

• November 1 : No School
• November 3 : Daylight Saving Time Ends (turn clocks back one hour)
• November 7 : Fall Conferences (3-7p)
• November 11 : Veterans Day
• November 12 : Fall Conferences (3-7p)
• November 25-29 : No School - Thanksgiving Break
• November 28 : Thanksgiving

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Back to School Picnic! It was wonderful to see so many families come together to kick off the new school year. We also appreciate your support of our Mum Sale and Brat Fry – your contributions help make a difference. Mark your calendars for our Arby's Night on October 8th from 4:30-7:30pm. It’s a great opportunity to enjoy a meal while supporting our school. Stillson will receive 10% of all sales during this time. If you are interested in volunteering by serving food or cleaning tables the link is here: Arby's Night Fundraiser

Don’t forget to swing by Topper's Pizza on October 28th and 29th to wrap up the month with some delicious food - 10% of sales will go directly back to Stillson. Looking ahead, we’re gearing up for our Holiday Store in December. Please consider donating any gently used items, as well as new wrapping paper and gift bags. Your generosity helps make the Holiday Store a success for our students! It is one of the students favorite events of the school year! We hope to see you at our November 18th meeting in the library starting at 6pm. Reach out anytime at stillsonpto@gmail.com

Picture retake day will be on Friday, October 11 during the day.

Please click on the link for online ordering.

If you're not happy with your child(s) school pictures, you are able to have them retaken at no additional charge.

If a student missed picture day on September 3, please have them taken on retake day.

Pictures don't need to be purchased but all students will have their picture taken for our yearbook.

Drop Off to School Begins : 7:20am

Line Up from Playground/Enter Building/Breakfast Served : 7:35am

End of Day/Dismissal to Bus and Pick Up : 2:35pm

If you would like to have lunch with your child(ren), we ask you call 24 hours in advance and schedule. Only two families are being scheduled per lunch session at this time.

If another family member wishes to have lunch with your child(ren), we will need the parent/guardian to call and schedule it with Stillson. At no time is a non-parent/guardian permitted to schedule visits.

If purchasing a lunch from the school on the day of your visit, adult lunch tickets cost $4.00.

Any questions, please feel free to call or email the office.

715-726-2412

The Lake Wissota Lions Club has teamed up with NexTrex to collect plastic bags and other soft plastics to create composite benches. We would love to have our Stillson families help with our project! For every 500 pounds of plastic we collect (or about 40,500 plastic bags!) we will earn a bench for our community. One bench can be earned every six months. The Lake Wissota Lions is encouraging families to save soft plastic (grocery bags, ziploc bags, bubble wrap, bread beds, etc.). A drop box is located in the corridor at the school for parents and students to drop off. Please see attachments of what type of plastics are acceptable as well as frequently asked questions.

The 2024-25 school year is off to a great start and On-Site Chiropractic is excited to be part of so many kids’ school days. It’s been fun getting to see our returning students and hear about their summers, and we look forward to getting to know this year's new students that have started chiropractic care.

Fall brings the changing of the seasons and cooler weather. Sometimes it also brings on seasonal allergies. The sneezing, stuffy nose and congestion are all uncomfortable but did you know that chiropractic can help with those symptoms? An adjustment can ease congestion & relieve sinus pressure. Chiropractic care also helps strengthen the immune system by correcting misalignments in the spine, especially the neck. It allows the spinal nerves and brain to communicate better, meaning the body has a better chance against allergens.

Enjoy the beautiful Fall weather and if you are interested in your child receiving chiropractic care at school, please contact onsitechiroinfo@gmail.com for more information.

Immunization Reminder

State Law requires that all immunizations be up-to-date within 30 days of entering the school system. New students will be asked to complete the immunization card at registration, all others are requested to notify the school nurse when your child receives additional immunizations. Waivers for personal, religious, or health reasons remain an option for parents.

Immunization Requirements 24/25

Immunization Waiver

From Health Services:

Here are some important guidelines to consider when you hear those words, “I feel sick; I don’t want to go to school today.” These guidelines are the standards of practice that the CFSD nursing services staff follow for the comfort and safety of all of our students and staff.

Keep your student home if any of the following apply:

Temperature over 100.4 degrees in the last 24 hours. If you suspect that they may be sick, please check their temperature with a thermometer before sending them to school. If they have a fever it is not appropriate to send them to school, even if you give them acetaminophen or ibuprofen and their fever breaks. Your child will still be contagious to other children and will also not be feeling well enough to learn. Coming to school sick (and possibly contagious) not only exposes other children to the illness, but also delays your child’s healing time. Once the medicine wears off and the fever returns, your child must be picked up anyway, and valuable healing time has been lost. Children must be fever-free for 24 hours, without the use of medicine, before returning to school.

Vomiting or diarrhea in the last 24 hours - If the vomiting or diarrhea happen more than once that day, or if they are associated with fever, you must keep your child home. Even if these things happen only one time before school starts and your child feels better immediately afterwards, it is still wise to watch for a few hours to see if it happens again before sending them on to class. If your child is spending all of their time at school feeling sick, then not much learning is taking place!

An unexplained rash - Anytime a rash is associated with fever, the child may not come to school until that fever is gone for 24 hours without medication. Sometimes a rash is a sign of a contagious disease such as chickenpox. Sometimes rashes are not contagious, but are uncomfortable and itchy from contact with something the child is allergic to.

It is recommended that your student stays home if the following apply:

• Headache, cough, sore throat, or congestion severe enough to interfere with attention to school work.
• Flare ups from asthma that would make it difficult to work in school.

DOCTOR NOTES FOR LIMITATIONS/RESTRICTIONS IN SCHOOL:

If your child has an injury or a health issue that requires limitations or restrictions while in school, the district requires a note from the doctor with the restrictions. If the note does not have a date when normal activities can be restarted, a note will also be required to allow the student to again participate in activities.

Treats in the Classroom:

The health office requests that any treats brought in to school for birthdays, parties, or any other special occasions should be store bought with a clear nutrition label. There are certain students and staff with health conditions that may require dietary accommodations and it's important that they are able to review a food's nutrition label before choosing to omit or consume certain foods.

Please also be mindful about choosing treats that may contain tree nuts and/or peanuts for your student's classroom. There may be other students in your child's classroom who may have a severe nut allergy. If you are wondering whether your child is in a nut free classroom, please inquire with your student's classroom teacher or the health office.

If you child will be out due to an illness or medical appointment, please ask for a doctor's excuse or note so we can medically excuse your child. Medical excuses do not count towards attendance reports. Here are the approved examples of medical excuses noted on attendance:

• Doctor note excusing for certain dates
• Doctor note excusing for surgery and recovery time
• Doctor note excusing for same day doctor appointment
• Being sent home due to fever of 100.4 (we mark medical)
• Being sent home due to confirmed vomiting or diarrhea (we mark medical)
• Being sent home due to unexplained rash of unknown origin (we mark medical)
• Following our 24 hour rule of no fever/fever reducing meds/vomiting/diarrhea (we mark medical)

Many times parents/guardians are unaware of the total number of days their child has been absent and/or tardy. Wisconsin Law 118.15 requires that students miss no more than 10 days each school year. The absences counted are excused and unexcused.

If you would like to volunteer to help out in the classroom or go on any field trips, you must fill out the proper online form. Please click HERE to be taken to our Volunteer Information webpage. Please note that once the online form is submitted, it could take up to 2 weeks to fully process so please please allow ample time before you volunteer for the first time. The link is always open so feel free to fill it out at your earliest convenience.

The district adopted a new volunteer management system last spring so many parents are already on file and approved to volunteer for the 2024-25 school year. That approval is good for 1 year so for those parents that are already in the new system, you will get an email 30 days prior to its expiration date, reminding you to reapply. The email will come from RAPTOR TECHNOLOGIES and will go to the email address that they have on file for you.

Upon request, the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District is required to evaluate a child for eligibility for special education services. A request for evaluation is known as a referral. When the district receives a referral, the district will appoint an Individualized Education Program (IEP) team to determine if the child has a disability, and if the child needs special education services. The district locates, identifies, and evaluates all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private (including religious) schools, elementary schools and secondary schools located in the school district.

A physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker, or administrator of a social agency who reasonably believes a child brought to him or her for services is a child with a disability has a legal duty to refer the child, including a homeless child, to the school district in which the child resides. Before referring the child, the person making the referral must inform the child's parent that the referral will be made.

Others, including parents, who reasonably believe a child is a child with a disability may also refer the child, including a homeless child, to the school district in which the child resides.

Referrals must be in writing and include the reason why the person believes the child is a child with a disability.

Please contact the following when you have a referral:

Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District

Linda Hanson, Special Education Office (715)726-2414 ext. 3002

Website: https://cfsd.chipfalls.k12.wi.us/stillson/
Location: 16556 50th Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI, USA
Phone: 715-726-2412
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StillsonPTO