The Viking Voyager

Hello Little Viking Families,

It has been a great start of the new year at Salt Creek Primary. We want to thank you all so much for having your students here and ready to learn. With the ever changing winter weather that we have we want to give you all a friendly reminder to keep sending your kids to school prepared for the cold and snow. When the weather is so frigid with temps and wind chill we are going to keep our students safe and inside. If we are able to be outside safely we are going to send them out to get some much needed fresh air and movement. Please see our weather chart below for how we decide if it is indoor or outside recess.

I hope everyone enjoys their long weekend and we look forward to seeing the kids back in school on Wednesday.

-Mr. Hanus

January 20 - MLK Day - NO SCHOOL

January 21 - Institute Day - NO SCHOOL - FTC Enchanted Castle Event (see flyer below)

January 23 - FTC Dine Out at Brook's Kitchen & Tap (see flyer below)

January 28 - A Taste of District 48 - FTC Event at Albright from 5:30 - 7:00 pm

January 29 - Community Event - The Anxious Generation at AMS from 6:30 - 8:00 pm

January 31 - 100th Day Celebration

February 5 - FTC Dine Out at Portillo's 5:00 - 8:00 pm

February 10 - FTC Meeting at Albright 7:00 pm

Students will go outside for recess when the weather and temperature is in the green and yellow categories. If the temperatures near the red zone students will have indoor recess.

All families will be notified of eLearning days through a thrillshare message from our superintendent, Dr. Amy Zaher. It will also be posted on our website and social media platforms. We do our best to notify families as soon as possible before a coming storm so students, families, and staff can be prepared.

K-4 SCHEDULE:

• Live Instruction: 8:00-11:00 (2.5 hours with two 15 minute breaks)

• CORE content: ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies

• Lunch/Break: 11:00-12:00

• Asynchronous Instruction: 12:00-2:30

• Students may work on this at their own pace and timing

• Classwork: Online Platforms/Homework

• math work, IXL, i-Ready, RazKids, Choice Board, Writing/Journal, etc…

• Specials: Teachers create an asynchronous lesson for each grade level. Lesson should take 20-30 minutes. Students complete all specials lessons regardless of which classes they typically have that day.

• Art

• PE

• Music

• STEM

• Classroom Teachers are available to answer parent emails/questions.

PRESCHOOL SCHEDULE:

Provide 45-60 minutes of at home work

• Link sent to parents via email

• Activities will be attached

• Teachers online and available to contact and questions

Next 2 weeks: Prudence & Perseverance

Any questions about FTC and/or events please contact Brittany at bsebesta@saltcreek48ftc.org

Thank you to all who came to our Chuck E. Cheese and Pokemon events! We hope you all had a great time!!

Enchanted Castle Tuesday 1/21 CASH ONLY EVENT

CHECK IN: 12pm
PIZZA SERVED: 12:30pm-1:30pm
FUNDRAISER RUNS THROUGH 4pm

-No school and need something fun to do?! Join us at Enchanted castle!

-Lunch is FREE for the kids and includes 2 slices of cheese pizza and water, adult lunch is $7

-After lunch purchase your $40 game card!

Good towards: Video & Redemption games, Go-Karts, Laser Tag,
Bumper Cars, Catapult Ride, Mini Golf & Quest II Playland.

ALL PAYMENTS TAKEN AT CHECK IN TABLE - **CASH ONLY**
*LOOK FOR FTC CHECK-IN TABLE INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR BY BOWLING LANES*

Brooks Dine out 1/23 11-9pm (Oakbrook Terrace)

Bring the flyer into Brook’s and 20% of in-house & carryout sales will be donated to the school!

Taste of District 48 Tuesday 1/28 530-7pm (Albright)

Join FTC for our annual Taste of District 48 event! No need to make dinner! We will host local restaurants, who will serve sample portions of their favorite dish! Once you try them all, vote for your favorite and find out the winner at the end of the event! Mingle with other district families, enjoy the local food and check out the great raffle!

Water, lemonade & dessert will be provided by FTC. Pop available for $1.

Save the Dates

-Portillos Dine out Feb 5th

-FTC Meeting Feb 10th

-Enchanted Evening Dance Feb 21st

Sign up and/or update your Salt Creek 48 Family Teacher Children (FTC) Membership today to receive important information! It needs to be updated each year to stay active! The directory is a wonderful way to stay connected with families!

https://saltcreek48ftc.membershiptoolkit.com/open_forms

These are items that will always be listed at the bottom of the newsletter for parent reference. This includes: Lunch menus, fee information, school/bus/OBT Park District contact information, and emergency procedures.

All new or updated information is listed above.

Attention Parents - School doors open at 7:40 am. There is no staff supervision prior to this time. Classes start at 7:50 am.

Students who come in late find it harder to establish a good morning routine at school. Teachers are beginning instruction and a late student is missing out. Thank you for your assistance in making sure your students arrive to school on time!

Don't forget to check and pay any overdue lunch balances. You can check balances and pay on your parent Skyward account. You can also send cash or check payment to school with your child in a marked envelope with name and what payment is for. The office will then account for the cash or check payment on your student's Skyward.

Standard Response Protocol

Salt Creek District 48 has adopted an emergency protocol response from the I Love U Guys Foundation. This is a program that has been adopted by many of the schools within DuPage County. Over the summer, the administrative team attended training on the protocol and is passing along the training to all staff. We also want to make families aware of the five different protocols so you can be familiar with the language you may hear your child or the school use.

In your parent portal in skyward, click on the fee payment tile, then in the far right hand top corner click on the "make online payments" button. This will take you to Revtrak. Make sure to sign up before you try to make payment. Once you can sign in, click the Make a Payment button in the middle of the page. This new service will streamline the payments so you can make a payment or set up recurring payments. This is directly connected to Skyward so you see the money immediately go to your child's account. If you have any questions please email or call your school office.

Preschool Payments: Once in Revtrak you will see in the upper right area an arrow next to SHOP. Click the arrow and pick Preschool in order for you to complete your payment. If you have any questions please email or call the Salt Creek school office.

Salt Creek - Angie Holden - aholden@saltcreek48.org 630-832-6122 ext. 4001

LEAP is an aftercare program that is ran by the Oakbrook Terrace Park District Heritage Center. The program is located at Salt Creek Primary School. Please contact the Oakbrook Terrace Park District at 630-627-6100 to sign your child up if you are in need of aftercare.

Lauren Scanlan, Principal

lscanlan@saltcreek48.org

Salt Creek 630-832-6122 ext. 4004

Angie Holden, Salt Creek Administrative Assistant to the Principal

aholden@saltcreek48.org

630-832-6122 ext.4001

Danyelle Olsen, District Nurse

dolsen@saltcreek48.org

630-832-6122 ext. 4003

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