Creekside Community Newsletter
Boletín Comunitario de Creekside
Principals' Reflections/ Reflexiones del Director
Dear Creekside Families,
What an exciting month it has been at Creekside! There is so much learning going on each day, and so many things to be excited about as we continue to work and grow together in our community. As we welcome the month of March, we will be exploring our Core Value of Integrity, which means that we are all responsible for speaking in a way that is truthful and acting in a way that is aligned with our shared beliefs. We look forward to connecting with each of you over the course of this month! Thank you for your ongoing partnership and support.
Sincere regards,
Dr. Pollack
Estimadas familias de Creekside:
Ha sido un mes emocionante aqui en nuestra escuela! Cada día hay tanto que estamos aprendiendo mientras trabajamos y crecemos juntos en nuestra comunidad. En marzo, vamos a explorar nuestro valor fundamental de integridad, que quiere decir que todos somos responsables de hablar de una manera que sea veraz y actuar de una manera que esté alineada con nuestras creencias compartidas. ¡Esperamos conectarnos con cada uno de ustedes a lo largo de este mes! Gracias siempre por su colaboración y apoyo.
Muy atentamente,
Dr. Pollack
Celebrating Black History Month!
Thank you to all of our teachers and scholars who have worked hard to honor Black History Month through learning about and sharing the incredible history, accomplishments, and contributions to every area of life and culture in our society of Black Americans. It's been a wonderful time at Creekside, and we will continue to learn about Black History, which is essential to our shared history, throughout this year and every year as we strive to learn from the past and build a bright future for all in our community. A special thank you to all of our performers and all who turned out for our Black History Celebration on February 27th!
We need to hear your voice on the 5Essentials Survey!
We need your feedback to help guide our school improvement efforts and better target our resources and interventions. Staff, students in fourth through 12th grade, and all parents and guardians are asked to complete the annual 5Essentials survey. The staff and students will receive an email with the direct link to the survey. The parent survey is available at info.u-46.org/5EssentialsParent.
Necesitamos su opinión para guiar los esfuerzos de la escuela para mejorar la escuela y enfocar mejor nuestros recursos e intervenciones. Se pide al personal, a los estudiantes de cuarto a duodécimo grado y a todos los padres y tutores legales a participar en la encuesta anual llamada 5Essentials o 5Esenciales. El personal y los estudiantes recibirán un correo electrónico con el enlace directo a la encuesta. La encuesta para padres está disponible aquí: info.u-46.org/5EssentialsParent.
Building Our Community - No Place for Hate
As part of Creekside'sNo Place for Hate campaign Student Council Leaders have developed monthly sessions that they facilitate, differentiated for grade levels, in each homeroom in the school. Our student leaders guide learning for all of our scholars focused on exploring identity, interpreting differences, challenging bias, and championing justice.
Partnerships in our Community - EPD
Our 5th and 6th grade scholars and recently hosted three officers from the Elgin Police Department. These community leaders shared information about the roles of police officers and led discussions about how we can all build stronger and safer communities.
Partnerships in our Community - GBPL
Ms. Tina and our partners from the Gail Borden Public Library brought in a special visitor to read to all of our scholars and teach about the role of public libraries. If you can, please take some time to visit our Gail Borden Public Library Branches to see the great things that are happening at our Library here in Elgin (the first public Library established by the state legislature in Illinois, Gail Borden is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year!!)
Celebrating the 100th Day of School!
Over the past month, our scholars have celebrated the 100th day of school in a number of ways. This has been particularly exciting in our kindergarten classrooms, who have been exploring the concept of one hundred as they build their number sense and reflecting on all that they have learned in their first 100 days of elementary school!
Building our Classroom Communities - Restorative Circles
Throughout our school, we have been building up our classroom communities through restorative practices, which help us to ensure that we have inclusive spaces where all of our students feel safe and cared for. In most of our classrooms this includes circles, where we learn important social emotional lessons and every student gets to share their unique voice.
WGN Friday Flyover at Creekside!
We had a great turnout for our Friday Flyover, when Creekside was featured on the WGN morning news! Even though it was a cold day, we had a great turnout as we greeted the WGN Traffic Helicopter and welcomed it to Elgin! Watch us on TV at this link!
Attendance Celebrations - Weekly Class Winners!
Ms. Cartee's 2nd Grade Class, Ms. McArthur's ILP Primary Class, Ms. Sprague's 2nd Grade Dual Language Class (pictured here with the weekly attendance trophy), Ms. Kanabrocki's 5th Grade Class
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Arrival and dismissal - Safety and Updates to Traffic Patterns/ AVISO IMPORTANTE: Llegada y salida - Seguridad y actualizaciones del tráfico
Thank you to all for your patience, partnership, courtesy, and respect for the safety of all during arrival and dismissal. A reminder of our procedures:
Between 8:00 and 9:00am and Between 2:00 and 3:00pm:
RIGHT TURN ONLY OUT OF MAIN PARKING LOT
NO STUDENT DROP OFF OR PICK UP IN BUS LOT
Entre las horas de las 8:00 a las 9:00 a.m. y de las 2:00 a las 3:00 p.m.
GIRO SOLAMENTE A LA DERECHA AL SALIR DEL ESTACIONAMIENTO PRINCIPAL
NO SE PERMITE DEJAR NI RECOGER ESTUDIANTES EN EL ESTACIONAMIENTO DE AUTOBUSES
Do not park on Airlite Street during arrival or dismissal. This is a no parking zone from 8:00am-3:00pm per the City of Elgin. Parking on the street creates hazardous situations with our buses and with additional foot traffic on the street. If you need to walk your child to the entrance or to their lineup spot, please park in our main parking lot. Otherwise, please remain in your car in the pick-up/drop-off line and pull forward as far as possible before your child gets in or out of the vehicle.
No se permiten estacionar en Airlite Street durante la llegada o la salida. Esta no es zona de estacionamiento de 8:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m., y estacionarse en la calle crea situaciones peligrosas con nuestros autobuses y con tráfico peatonal adicional en la calle. Si necesita acompañar a su hijo hasta la entrada o hasta su lugar de formación, estacione en nuestro estacionamiento principal. De lo contrario, permanezca en su automóvil en la fila para recoger y dejar y avance lo más posible antes de que su hijo suba o baje del vehículo.
March Breakfast & Lunch Menus/ Menús de desayuno y almuerzo de marzo
Como recordatorio, todos los estudiantes tienen acceso al desayuno (servido de 8:00 a 8:25 todos los días) y al almuerzo en la escuela. Haga clic aqui para ver el menú del servicio de alimentación y nutrición U-46 de este mes.