What's Up Willowbrook

Thursday, October 31

• Prek 3 - Halloween parade (10:15 a.m.)
• All school Halloween parade (1:45 p.m.)

Tuesday, November 5

• No school - District holiday

Friday, November 8

• Half day school - dismissal 11:45 a.m.
• Preschool PM students attend from 8:50-11:20 a.m. No school for students in the AM class.
• Walking school bus (8:00-8:30 a.m.)
• Veterans Day Assembly - Please click here to be a special guest at our assembly

**Parents are welcome to join us each Friday at 8:45 a.m. for our Flag Raising Ceremony**

We would like to invite any family member or relative that is a Veteran to our assembly on Friday, November 8 at 8:45 a.m. If you would like to be a special guest please fill out this form or call the front office at 847-498-1090.

Guidelines and details

We look forward to celebrating Halloween with classroom parties and an all-school parade. All students are invited to proudly wear their costumes on Thursday, October 31. Grades 1-5, please have your child bring their costume in a bag to change into after lunch. Preschool and Kindergarten students should wear their costumes to school for convenience.

For safety reasons, and out of respect to our younger population of students, we ask that students DO NOT bring weapons or wear masks to school. It is difficult to judge what is a scary mask or whether a student's vision is impeded. If parents understand this policy ahead of time, families can prepare an appropriate school costume.

There will be time for students to change into their costumes or retrieve accessories from their lockers after lunch. The morning preschool parade will begin at 10:15 a.m. Our little ones will parade through the hallways for all to see. Our all-school parade begins at 1:45 p.m. Please see the map below that shows our route up and down Happy Hollow Road. We will place our preK and kindergarten students at the front of the parade, just behind the Maple percussionists. In the event of inclement weather, we will hold an indoor parade.

PTO room parents will lead classroom parties from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m. This should give us enough time to open the pick-up lanes and pack the students up.

Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 is partnering with Bertog Landscape to treat the grounds on and around the Maple School soccer field. On November 1, Bertog Landscape will apply 40-0-0 winterizer fertilizer. This is to help the turf store nutrients during the winter season to promote early spring growth. In the event the application cannot be applied on this date, the alternate date of application will be November 2. For questions, please contact District 30 Buildings & Grounds Coordinator Jason Borst at 847-400-8964.

Speech screenings will be conducted for 1st- and 2nd-grade students the first week of November. The primary purpose of the screening is to identify speech sound errors. Additional screenings for concerns with receptive language, expressive language, pragmatic language, voice, or fluency will be available at parent and/or teacher request.

Parents will be notified if their child does not pass the screening (based on District 30 criteria) or if developmentally appropriate errors are noted. If the screening results indicate additional assessment and/or speech therapy support, you will be contacted by one of the Speech-Language Pathologists.

District 30’s preschool screenings are also held at Willowbrook School. These screenings, designed to identify preschool-age children who may benefit from special education support prior to kindergarten, are conducted throughout the school year. If you would like to schedule a screening for your preschool child, please contact Tiffani Cuneo at 847-498-8964.

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This month, our RULER: School-Home Connection below has focused on the Mood Meter, an excellent and user-friendly tool for checking in on how our students are feeling. To help you incorporate the Mood Meter at home, we've created magnets and markers that families can use together. Placing a Mood Meter magnet on your fridge lets everyone plot their dot and share their feelings.

If you would like to receive a Mood Meter magnet and an informational pamphlet, please fill out the form below. We will send a green envelope with all the materials home with your child by the end of next week.

I appreciate your support, and we look forward to continuing our School-Home partnership!

Best,

Katie Compagno

Willowbrook is required to conduct six safety drills during the school year. We've already completed a bus evacuation drill and two fire/evacuation drills. On Thursday, October 24 we facilitated a law enforcement drill with the Glenview police on site. We practiced the run and hide options with our Willowbrook students. The Glenview police gave our students positive feedback on a job well done.

As we embark on another exciting school year, we want to recognize and celebrate our staff members' incredible dedication and hard work throughout the school year.

We are launching a "Staff Shout-Out" initiative to acknowledge and appreciate their efforts. This is an opportunity for you, our valued parents and guardians, to highlight the exceptional work of any staff member who has positively impacted your child or family weekly throughout the school year.

Click the button below to submit your "Staff Shout-Out"

Please take a look at our lost & found in the foyer by the front office. It is overflowing with jackets and sweatshirts. Thank you!

Quest Food Management Services offers a preorder system via myMealOrder

• The meal will consist of an entree, side, fresh fruit, and vegetable, including milk or water.
• All orders must be placed at least three days in advance.

Visit mymealorder.com to open an account, learn more about our preorder system, and view the menu. If you have any questions, please reach out to Ashley Jenkins, Food Service Director for Quest at ajenkins@questfms.com.

Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 will have three school board seats to be filled at the Consolidated Election on April 1, 2025. Candidates who are elected will fill four-year terms expiring in April 2029.

Candidates for the office of the school board can now circulate nominating petitions for signatures. The period for filing nominating petitions concludes November 18, with November 12 being the first day permitted to file a petition.

A candidate for the school board is required to file the nominating petitions, Statement of Candidacy, and receipt for filing their Statement of Economic Interests with the applicable county election clerk and not with the school board secretary or the administrative offices of the school district. The county clerk may have petition forms available, or blank petitions may be downloaded from the State Board of Elections website, elections.il.gov.

Want to know what's going on around the community? District 30 uses a "Virtual Backpack" to share community information while saving paper, costs, and lightening the loads our students bring home. Please click the button below to view upcoming Community Events.

Any time a student feels unsafe, any adult in their school can help!

But sometimes, students or parents wish to reach out for help in a different way or after school hours. Safe2Help Illinois offers students a safe way to share information 24/7 that might help prevent any threat to school safety, including bullying, self-harm or other serious concerns.

The goal of this program is to get students to “seek help before harm;" it is not intended to suspend, expel, or punish. Safe2Help Illinois also offers a Mental Health Toolkit that provides resources for parents and educators reinforce the components of this program.

Safe2Help Illinois offers around-the-clock help via:

• Hotline: 844-4-SAFEIL
• Text line: 72332
• Email HELP@Safe2HelpIL.com
• Plus a website full of resources for young people seeking help for themselves or a friend. Its Ways To Get Help page is a directory of specialized hotlines, and other sections of its website provide practical steps for dealing with depression or helping a distraught friend. The checklist called "20 Questions To Ask Yourself If You Feel Like Giving Up" can help older children overcome a bout of anxiety or depression.

Willowbrook School is part of Northbrook/Glenview District 30, which exists to create an inclusive community that inspires learning, fosters resiliency, and cares deeply for every child. We honor childhood and foster intellectual, physical and social-emotional growth. District 30 serves more than 1,200 students in pre-K through 8th grade across Willowbrook, Wescott and Maple Schools.

We prohibit harassment and discrimination of all forms within our district and follows all policies and procedures to ensure a safe environment for all.

Main Office: 847-498-1090

Health Office: 847-400-8860

Location: 2500 Happy Hollow Road, Glenview, IL, USA

Website: district.30.org/willowbrook

Facebook: facebook.com/ngsd

Twitter: @district30