Fox Ridge Family Newsletter

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Friday, January 24 at 6 p.m. in the Gym - Family Movie Night: The Wild Robot (PG)

Monday, January 27th - 2025-26 Kindergarten Registration Begins!

January 27th - January 31st- Peace Week

Wednesday, January 29th - Elementary Early Release

Friday, January 31st - Foxes Take the Stage Ticket Sales Close at 8PM

If for ANY reason you need to get out of your car while picking up your child from school (ie-strapping child into car seat, child needs assistance), PLEASE PARK and walk to pick up your child. There is NO exiting of vehicles in the Pick Up/ Drop Off Lane. This is too dangerous and delays the Pick Up/Drop Off lane from moving!

At Fox Ridge, each student will achieve grade level standards in literacy, math and social emotional and behavioral skills.

Although this week was short, a lot has been happening. In grades k-1 our students are continuing to participate in walk to phonics. Students across the grade level are grouped and move across the building to have a more targeted approach to phonics instruction. I have supported this over the past few weeks in both teaching a small group, pushing into classes and helping with the transitions. I could not be more proud of our staff and our students for doing such an incredible job! Our intermediate students continue to work hard especially focusing on writing and responding to reading. This is a valuable life long skill and is a focus of our upcoming IAR assessments. We will administer the ELA portion of that before spring break, and the math will be administered after spring break.

Next week our 2nd grade students will take the quantitative portion of the CogAT. The Quantitative Battery of the Cognitive Abilities Test measures a student’s quantitative reasoning abilities which can facilitate their learning and problem-solving. Information gathered from CogAT scores may be used to inform future instruction and programs to the needs and abilities of students. Student results will be sent home in February. We appreciate your support of our academic programs and your partnership in facilitating your child’s learning.

Finally tonight our PTO is sponsoring another family movie night, more information is below.

Fox Ridge Foxes are PAW-sitively peaceful problem solvers! Our school will be celebrating peace and focusing on peaceful problem solving the week of January 27th-31st.

On Monday through Thursday of Peace Week, students will learn the steps of peaceful problem solving during classroom morning meetings.

Friday will culminate with a “Wear Blue” spirit day and crafts to spread the message of peace throughout our community. Students will be decorating coffee cup sleeves for the Daily Grind coffee shop, located in the STC library. The Daily Bean is run by students in District 303's transition to adulthood program. Additionally, students will be making Valentines for senior citizens in the community.

On Thursday, February 27th, all elementary students in D303 will have a half-day of school due to our Spring parent-teacher conferences. These conferences serve a different purpose than our Fall goal-setting conferences. Spring conferences provide teachers the opportunity to connect with families of students to discuss progress towards goals and areas for growth. The February 27 conferences have a much shorter time frame of 1:00 to 3:25. This means that teachers will only be able to meet with a few families that afternoon. Your child’s teacher will be sending a letter home next week with either a request to meet or a message stating that a conference is not necessary at this time.

Due to the 12:00 dismissal, students will not have lunch at school that day. All classrooms will take a snack break at some point in the morning.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out, michelle.woodring@d303.org.

The D303 Community Preschool has openings for the 2025-2026 school year. The Preschool Lottery will be held from January 21, 2025 - February 7, 2025. Names will be drawn on February 10, 2025 and you will be notified by end of day February 11, 2025 if you received a spot for the 2025-2026 school year. Those who are not selected in the lottery will be placed on a waitlist and will be notified if space becomes available.

If you are interested in D303 Community Preschool for the 25-26 school year please fill out the link below for your child to be added to the lottery.

25-26 Preschool Lottery Sign-up

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The locked glass display case in our front lobby is a great opportunity for students to show off things they like to collect. Some examples of collections that could be displayed in the case: cards, figurines, stickers, stuffed animals, rocks/shells, or books. We will curate any collections submitted by students to ensure they are school appropriate. Collections will be displayed for 2 weeks. Interested? Fill out our Display Case Form for a chance to have your collections featured.

As part of our school wide behavior incentives, individual students earn Golden Paws from teachers for meeting our behavior expectations of being respectful, responsible and safe. The Paws are entered into a raffle drawing that takes place on Fridays during lunch time. Students are recognized by their peers and are able to select a small prize. If you have items you would like to donate (stickers, croc charms, pokemon cards, etc), please send them in to Mrs. Patty Griffith, our Student Support Interventionist.

District 303 is proud to partner with the Glenbard Parent Series (GPS) to offer our families broader access to information sessions and resources that support their child’s development.

For decades, GPS has been offering free programs that aim to empower and strengthen families, individuals and communities. As a partner organization, District 303 will support promoting upcoming programs and their importance to our local community.

CHANGE OF CLOTHES:

Please remember to send a weather appropriate change of clothes to school with your student.

Also, we need donations of gently used GIRLS Pants, shirts and underwear.

ILLNESS:

If your student is diagnosed with an illness or infection, please notify the health office. We are tracking our students' health closely to watch for any trends in the classrooms. This includes, but not limited to, respiratory illnesses, COVID, Flu, Pink Eye, and Strep. We appreciate any information you give us regarding your student in the event they are ill.

Please remind your student to cover their coughs and sneezes and wash their hands often.

The CDC recommends that people with strep throat stay home from work, school, or daycare until they meet the following criteria:

• They are no longer feverish
• They have been taking antibiotics for at least 12–24 hours

People with strep throat should also:

• Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or sleeve
• Wash hands frequently
• Wash cups, utensils, and other items that have been touched by an infected person

CDC 2024

Christina Marello, Building RN, 331-228-2404, christina.marello@d303.org.

The movie (102 minutes) will start promptly at 6 p.m.; doors will open at 5:40 p.m. Students are encouraged to wear pajamas and bring blankets to sit on. Adults can bring lawn chairs, but we ask that they sit in an area that does not block the view for young audience members. All students must be accompanied by an adult. Please consider bringing a donation of shelf-stable, healthy, individually-wrapped snacks to give to Foxes who don't have any to bring to school. Those who do will receive some free candy to enjoy during the film!

Tickets ($8) are limited and sold on a first-come, first-served basis. We anticipate selling out the auditorium and encourage families to buy their tickets as early as possible. To accommodate all Fox Ridge Foxes, each family may purchase up to eight tickets. You will not receive a seating assignment at the time of your purchase; ticket holders will receive an email the week of the event with their seating assignment. Performers and those adults designated as the lead contact for their child’s act will have reserved seats and do not require tickets.

Please be aware that the Norris Cultural Arts Center has long rows of seats without a center aisle. There is elevator-accessible seating in the balcony and limited wheelchair-accessible seating on both the main floor and balcony. If you have a specific seating need, you may indicate so when placing your ticket order.

Ticket sales will close on Friday, January 31 at 8 p.m. in order for seating arrangements to be made.

Contact Emily Ide, our event coordinator, with any questions.

This program runs from Thursday, January 2-Sunday, February 16.

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