White Eagle Elementary News

October 5: Fall Festival, 11am - 2pm

October 9: Walk, Bike & Roll to School

October 14: No School, Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day

October 16: PTA Meeting, 11am (virtual)

October 21-25: Spirit Week

October 25: Fall Classroom Parties

October 29: Picture Retakes

Our 3rd, 4th & 5th grade students had a blast with an author visit today from Kate McKinnon! Ms. McKinnon is an award-winning performer (you might know her as weird Barbie from the Barbie movie) and writer. She visited White Eagle today to talk about her new book, The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science.

Thank you to Mrs. Vieira & Anderson's Bookshops for organizing this incredible event!

Together, as Wolves, we have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month which honors the contributions of Hispanic and Latin Americans to the United States and recognizes the trailblazing individuals who fought for progress and equity. Our staff Diversity & Equity committee has put together some amazing resources to help students learn about Hispanic Heritage Month through classroom activities, videos, music, daily announcements & displays around the building.

The Fall Festival & Color Run on October 5th from 11:00am - 2:00pm at the White Eagle Elementary School playground! This year, we will be hosting our rescheduled Ice Cream Social at the Fall Festival & Color Run. Ice cream will be donated by Andy's Custard & White Eagle themed swag will be provided by Ondrea Weikum Grill of Compass Realty. Entertainment will be provided by everyone's favorite disc jockey, DJ Suave Smooth and there will be fun fall themed activities for the kids, prizes, & concessions.

A small army of VOLUNTEERS is needed to make this even successful. Please signup today to help us bring the event to life for the kids!

Purchase your TICKETS in advance today. Tickets cost $1 per child & $1 per adult. CLICK to Purchase

(Tickets can also be purchased at the event.)

We cannot wait to spend a beautiful fall day with all of our White Eagle Elementary families. And, we are thrilled to have so many teachers, yet again, volunteering for this event!

Walk, Bike, & Roll to School is a nationwide event being held on Wednesday, October 9 to promote and encourage an active lifestyle. Active trips to school enable children to incorporate the regular physical activity they need each day while also forming healthy habits that can last a lifetime. Regular physical activity helps children build strong bones, muscles and joints, and it decreases the risk of obesity. In contrast, insufficient physical activity can contribute to chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and stroke.

We hope you will join us as we Walk, Bike & Roll to White Eagle Elementary School!!

A HUGE thank you goes out to our PTA executive board for organizing the October Fast Pass raffle to support our White Eagle IPEF team!! We are so appreciative of the donations & support from our W.E. community. Congratulations to Meredith DeCaluwe who is the winner of the Fast Pass. Our team will be running/walking on October 20!

In order to keep our car riders & younger siblings safe, we wanted to share a few things related to child passenger safety.

• Illinois state law requires children to ride in a child safety seat until age 8 and rear-facing until age 2.
  
• Children under the age of 8 being transported in a motor vehicle must be properly restrained in an appropriate child restraint system, EVERY TRIP, EVERY TIME!
• Illinois Child passenger Safety Protection Act requires children ride in a rear-facing car seat until the age of two. However, it is recommended that they stay rear-facing as long as possible. The exact height, weight, and age limits can be located on labels on the side, back, or bottom of your car seat or in the car seat manual.
• Children should ride forward-facing using a five-point harness until reaching the maximum height, weight, or age limit of the car seat.
  

• Air bags (and seat belts) were designed to protect average-sized adults and NOT children. They can be extremely dangerous to infants or young children seated in front of them. According to research, children exposed to air bags during a crash are twice as likely to suffer a serious injury.

Please view the Newcomers' Resource Guide for helpful information from District 204's English Language Learners (ELL) Department.

School Hours

9:05am - 3:35pm (Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri); Students may enter the building at 8:50am

9:15am - 3:35pm (Wed); Students may enter the building at 9:00am

*It's important for students to arrive on time. If your child is late, please bring your child into the building & check-in at the office.

Attendance

If your student is absent:

• Notify the school office via ParentVUE or phone.
• ParentVUE (24/7): Select "Report an Absence," select the reason, add a note with explanation/details
• Phone (24/7): 630-375-3600, prompt 3

*Your child's attendance is important! Every absence counts towards chronic absenteeism regardless of the reason.

Change in Transportation for Dismissal

If your child will be going home in a different manner than what has been communicated to the teacher (i.e. They normally ride the bus but will be a car rider today):

• Please CALL the office at 630-375-3600 AND email your child's teacher BEFORE 3:00pm for us to honor this request.
• It is very important that you call the office & not just send an email to staff or administration as we are not always able to check email frequently during the day.
• We must have confirmation from a parent/guardian to change a student's mode of transportation.

Visitors/Volunteers

• Anyone volunteering in the classroom or library must provide a photo ID (driver's license or passport).
• Visitors without an appointment will not be allowed to enter the building during arrival & dismissal.

Office Staff

630-375-3600

Carolyn Waitt: carolyn_waitt@ipsd.org

Claire Hathorne: claire_hathorne@ipsd.org

Nurse

Marney Collins

630-375-3604

marney_collins@ipsd.org

Administration

Tarah Fowler, Principal

630-375-3606

tarah_fowler@ipsd.org

Elly Goldstein, Student Services Coordinator

630-375-3605

elly_goldstein@ipsd.org