Grass Lake School News
May 16, 2024
A Note From Mr. Wollberg
What a great week to be a BRAVE! Rewinding to last Thursday's Fine Arts Glow Show and PBL Showcase, believe it or not, I am speechless! When I first heard Mrs. Moe and Mrs. Neihengen's vision for the Glow Show I was excited but then to see the amazing artwork on display and our student's musical performances, I was quite literally blown away! For those who were unable to join us please see below for a video of the performances and congratulations to our students and Mrs. Moe and Mrs. Neihengen for their hard work and dedication to our school.
Immediately after, families were once again invited to join us for our Spring PBL Showcase. Again, this excited students as they toured the school to see the live performances, videos, and public products on display throughout the building. Seeing my second PBL showcase and, more importantly, the hard work and efforts of our students and most certainly our staff, was such a positive experience for so many people including myself!
But then the fun continued into Friday as our 10 student-athletes made their way down to Peoria last weekend. Here is how our students performed over the two-day State Meet:
Day 1 Highlights:
Gabby 14th in Long Jump
Ewa 6th in Shot Put
Tanner 6th in Discus
Stella 16th in Discus
Back to Back State Champion in the Long Jump! Logan taking 1st
Logan 7th in the 100 meter dash.
Day 2 Highlights:
Tanner 4th in Shot Put
Brooklyn 10th in Discus
Aiden 24th in Shot Put
4x100 (Salazar, Aiden, Bo and Logan) taking 5th
An outstanding effort by Natalia in High Jump
And our 8th-grade boys are finishing 11th out of 50 teams in the state.
Congratulations to our students and coaches for a great season and we look forward to celebrating them all at our Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 pm in our LRC.
This week, students took their MAP assessments and the final results will be sent home before the school year ends. For those students who were absent or did not finish, we will continue to make up these tests into next week.
Believe it or not, we have just over two weeks left of school! For those families that are attending summer school or sports camps, Durham will be sending out busing information on Monday, May 20, via email. We will once again post our bus information on our website as well, so please look out for that information in the coming days. Please see below for details related to our end-of-year celebrations that are coming up quickly!
All School Awards Assembly
When: Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 1:00 pm
Where: Grass Lake School
Who: Students in grades 3-8 who are eligible for an award. Parents will be personally notified if their child will receive an award.
What: An opportunity for all students and staff to celebrate our student successes throughout the year. Please also note, this will be the last day of school for all 8th-grade students. All 8th grade students can join us on Friday, May 31, 2024, if they choose to help with Field Day and we ask that students make prior arrangements with Mrs. Juszczyk.
8th Grade Graduation
When: Friday, May 31, at 6:00 pm (The graduation will once again be held outdoors, weather permitting. In the event we have to move it indoors to our gymnasium, we will begin at 6:30 pm).
Where: Grass Lake School
Who: All School and Family Members
What: Our final farewell to our graduating class of 2024 from GLS!
Thank you, as always, for your help and support. I hope everyone has a great weekend and we look forward to seeing everyone next week!
Sincerely,
Ryan Wollberg
Principal/Grass Lake School
Specials in the Spotlight
2024 Fine Arts Glow Show
Student Athlete Newsletter
Varsity Tutors
Thanks to an investment by the Lake County Regional Office of Education through June 30, 2027, every student in Grass Lake School now has access to the Varsity Tutors for Schools platform. This access includes:
24/7 On-Demand Chat Tutoring
On-Demand Essay Review
100+ Weekly Live Classes
Recorded Enrichment Classes
Self-Study & Practice Resources
Here is a pamphlet and a video that provides an overview of the platform's features. Students can go to their Clever Dashboard and select the Varsity Tutors icon to log in to the platform. Any chat sessions students participate in are recorded and posted on their dashboard for future reference. We hope you find this new tool useful and if you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Attendance Matters
I continue to have conversations with families about when to send their children to school and when to keep them home. Grass Lake encourages you to send your child to school every day, unless they are exhibiting one or more of the following symptoms:
- The student has a temperature consistently above 100 even when taking medication in the last 24 hours.
- The student is throwing up or experiencing diarrhea in the last 24 hours.
- The student has pink eyes that are crusty and not receiving medication for them for 24 hours.
While this list is not all-inclusive your help is appreciated as even missing 2 days a month equates to missing almost 10% of the school year. Also, as a reminder, any absence due to illness which lasts for more than three consecutive days may be verified by a medical note, which must be produced within two days of the student’s return for the absence to be considered excused. Thank you for your help!
Virtual Suggestion Box
"No school can work well for children if parents and teachers do not act in partnership on behalf of the children's best interests" - Dorothy H. Cohen
School Breakfast/Lunch
Student Absences
Grass Lake School hours of attendance are 7:45 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. on regular schedule days and 7:45 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. on early release late-start days. An answering machine will take messages during the hours when the school office is closed. When reporting an absence please indicate the reason for the absence and if it is due to illness, please report symptoms including if your child has a fever, cough, or sore throat. This will assist the district in assessing when a student will return and whether it must comply with any reporting or notice requirements.
The telephone number to report absences is: (847) 395-1550 or via email attendance@gls36.org.
We have created an email address to allow you to "email" attendance information. This is an alternative to using the Attendance Hotline phone number or using the Infinite Campus portal. We wanted to create yet another option to allow busy parents the opportunity to report absences. Please email all pertinent information to attendance@gls36.org. If you choose to use this option, pertinent information would include your child's name, date, grade, and reason for the absence, late-arrival or early-dismissal. Please choose the option that works best for you, whether that be email, phone or IC portal.
If the school has not heard from you and your child is absent, you will receive a call to verify the absence. School code provides that parents/guardians/other persons having legal custody of a child provide telephone numbers at the time of enrollment to enable the school to notify the parent/guardian/other person with legal custody of the child’s absence from school. Accordingly, this verification of absence call will be made to the numbers provided at registration and not necessarily the parents’ places of employment.
Parent Drop Off and Pick Up Procedures
Below you will find a map for your convenience as it relates to our drop-off and pick-up procedures. If you plan on picking your child up early from school, we kindly ask you to email your child's teacher as well as Cristina Monroy, our administrative assistant. When you enter the building for early pick or late drop off this should all be done through our main entrance. Make sure to have your ID when picking your child up as we want to make sure we are sending your child home with an approved individual.
When your child is dropped off they will enter through our gymnasium doors and in the afternoon they will exit through those same doors (yellow box below). Please wait in your car and we will release students to you as fast as we can. Again, I do ask for your patience at the beginning of the year but I promise you, it will continue to get faster and faster. Also, please do not drop off your child until the gymnasium doors open at 7:30 am.
Grass Lake School District #36
GRASS LAKE SCHOOL
26177 W. Grass Lake Rd. Antioch, IL 60002
Phone: (847) 395-1550 | Fax: (847) 395-8632
Email: rwollberg@gls36.org
Website: www.gls36.org
Location: Grass Lake School District 36, West Grass Lake Road, Antioch, IL, USA
Phone: 847-395-1550