Ferson Creek eNews

NOVEMBER

11/8 - End of 1st Trimester

11/11 -Veterans Day

11/20 - Early Release, students dismissed at 2:35 pm

11/25-11/29 -Thanksgiving Break, no school

We held our third Town Hall this week! Town Hall families learned about the exciting project they will be completing together; kindness posts. These kindness posts will a visual representation of kindness and become a part of the decor out in front of the building. Town Hall families brainstormed words and images that align with their family's kindness theme as a way to begin the design for their posts. Students came home with a packet including their "homework" of finishing their brainstorming. These ideas can be turned back in to Dr. DuCharm, who will display students' designs outside of her office. At our next Town Hall, our small group families will finalize their designs so that students can begin to paint our kindness posts after winter break. We are so excited to see the students' representations of kindness come to life!

To shop for a child in need, follow this link. Please note that on a mobile device, there is a drop down to view the different lists. On a computer, the tabs go across the top of the sign up.

To make a monetary donation that will support fulfilling wish list items, follow this link.

We will be accepting donation drop offs next week!

The Salvation Army’s annual Jim Wheeler Toys for Kids program is

again in full swing. This program collects and distributes toys for

the needy boys and girls of the Tri-City area. The program is named

in honor of the late Jim Wheeler who was the creator and driver

behind this effort.

Once again, we are asking for your support of this program for

children at Christmas time. We are looking for new, unwrapped toys

and games and also will be accepting monetary contributions and

gift cards to help make this Christmas a very special one. This

program has had great success in the past due to your support.

In the past, you have helped us by adding new and unwrapped toys

to our toy collection boxes at your school. The items you provided

made so many families happy.

Thanks so much for your consideration!

Click photo to learn more about our award winners!

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.

Technology can be a wonderful way to keep in touch with family members. However, smartwatches and phones can become quite disruptive to the learning environment when parents are contacting their children throughout the day (and vice versa). The Elementary Student Handbook contains the following language:

Students are extended the privilege of possessing phones/smartwatches on school grounds; however, their use is limited to after-school dismissal and non-school days. These devices must be in the off position, or not used once the student arrives on campus until the end of the school day.

Teachers will request that phones and smartwatches are off and/or set to school mode for the duration of the school day. If you need to get a message to your child during the day, please reach out to the main office and your child's teacher.

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Please call 331-228-2300 to report absences and choose option "1" or email Cheryl Wiley at cheryl.wiley@d303.org

• Messages can be left 24 hours a day.
• Please leave your name, your child's name, phone number, reason for absence and your child's symptoms if ill.
• If you have advance notice of an absence please fill out our prearranged absence form, inform your child's teacher and submit the completed form to the front office. You are allowed up to 5 prearranged absences per school year.

Our parent volunteers are an integral part of our school community. Therefore, we'd love to invite you to spend time with Ferson Creek students during lunch and lunch recess.

Interested? Information and sign up can be found using this link.

Please keep in mind that it is important to keep our students, staff members, and volunteers safe while they are in our schools. Given that, all volunteers must:

• Have your ID ready and sign in at the office to receive your visitor badge.
• EACH YEAR complete a Volunteer Liability Form. If the school does not have one on file for you and you do not provide one, the office will provide one for you when you come for your first day as a volunteer.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dr. DuCharm (331-228-5920, Alison.DuCharm@d303.org)

If you'd like to be a part of the optional, PTO sponsored school directory, please login into your Membership Toolkit account to update your students' information for the 2024-25 school year. All students' grade levels have been advanced, but you will need to update their teachers.

If you don't have an account yet, be sure to register! You can update your account privacy settings at any time!

PTO- Membership Toolkit

Website: https://fersoncreek.d303.org/
Location: 38W160 Bolcum Road, St. Charles, IL, USA
Phone: 331-228-2300
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