This Week at Windsor...

Windsor Families,

We had a fun digital citizenship spirit week, students learned a lot about online safety! We also kicked off Windsor's Heart Challenge with an assembly from the America Heart Association. More information can be found about this below.

Parent Teacher Conference links will be emailed out at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, January 31st.

Just a reminder that students cannot arrive at school prior to 8:50, they are not able to sit in the office. If your child is coming early for breakfast they should arrive no earlier than 8:45.

Be sure to scroll through this week's newsletter, it continues to have many new and important pieces of information!

To meet the ABC25 membership goal, Windsor still needs several more families to join. If you are able to, please click this link to join: abc25.org/donate.

February is Kindness month, check out the calendar below!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Anastacio and Mrs. Soprano

Thursday, February 2nd- Book Fair/Science and Engineering Fair -- 7:00-9:00PM

Monday, February 6th- Club Photo Day

Thursday, March 9th- Windsor Around the World Night -- 6:30-7:30PM (details coming soon)

If you have not already, please take a few minutes to complete the 5Essentials Survey. Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at our school and guide improvement. A report will be generated only if we have 20 percent parent participation.

Survey Link: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent

*Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.*

Student Survey (Grades 4-8 ONLY)

The Illinois 5Essentials Survey will be administered at Windsor in the near future. For a copy of the questions, click here (survey content hasn't changed since 2022).

If you do not want your child to participate, fill out the information at the bottom of this form (linked here) and ask your child to return this sheet to their teacher.

Erin’s Law, Illinois Public Act 097-­1147, requires public schools to provide child sexual abuse prevention education for students in early childhood through twelth grades. During January and February, our school social workers will work with each grade level to provide age ­appropriate information. Erin’s Law information can be found on the District’s website including the optional opt-out form.

Dear Windsor Families,

John Hersey High School NHS Students Sarah Stryker & Carly Staffa are hosting a children’s book drive to benefit Bernie’s Book Bank. We have set a goal to collect 1,500 books! With a goal of distributing books to 25,000 more children this year, they urgently need books.

Bernie’s Book Bank, a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the leading provider of quality books to at-risk children in the Chicagoland area. Since 2009 they have distributed more than 21 million books. They strive to provide books that children can be proud to have in their home library.

We ask that you consider donating new and gently used children’s books (birth-6 th grade reading level) during our book drive. Children’s picture books, board books, recent non-fiction and chapter books are all appreciated. Please note, Bernie’s Book Bank does not accept activity books, coloring books, dictionaries, textbooks, religious books, or foreign language books other than Spanish. Your donated books will be given new homes with children who need them. When books arrive at Bernie’s Book Bank in Lake Bluff they are sorted, stickered and packed by volunteers. Then the books are loaded onto a fleet of trucks and carefully delivered to 300,000 underserved children through 900+ distribution partners in six Chicagoland counties.

Owning quality books is critical to reading-readiness and becoming a proficient reader. Your valuable support for Bernie’s Book Bank enables these children to build a home library of quality books so they can read their way to a better life.

Please help us achieve our goal by donating gently used children’s books (birth-6 th grade). Books can be placed in the collection bins located in Windsor's office from February 1st until our drive ends on February 17th.

Sincerely,

Sarah Stryker and Carly Staffa

P.S. For more information about Bernie’s Book Bank, visit their website: www.berniesbookbank.org

Windsor is excited to announce that we will be partnering with the PTA's subcommittee Every Wildcat Counts for a Multicultural Week. The week will be March 6th through the 10th. During this week, students will attend an African Drum and Dance Assembly, participate in multicultural activities during their specials classes, and have the opportunity to sign up to participate in our first-ever multicultural evening titled Windsor Around the World. We are currently in the process of planning so please be on the lookout for more details and opportunities to sign-up to volunteer throughout the week as well as sign-up for the evening event.

Getting started is as easy as 1..2…3…

1. Download the Kids Heart Challenge App or visit heart.org/KHC to register.
2. Choose your daily health challenge to Move More or Be Kind and earn your own BE THE TORCH wristband so you can help light the way!
3. Get a head start on COMPLETING FINN’S MISSION in your Headquarters, where you and your family can put the power of lifesaving Hands-Only CPR into YOUR hands and help us create a community of lifesavers! Try to do all 8 activities to complete the Mission!

With snow in the forecast, many students wonder why we have salt trucks on the sides of the expressway waiting for the first flakes to fall. Help them understand this mystery by doing a little Winter STEM in your kitchen. Rainy Day Mum shares an activity that helps children understand how salt lowers the freezing temperature of water, and how it melts the ice on the roads. You can find the idea here. Stay warm! ~Mrs. Stella

Every week, we are sharing information about several staff members at Windsor. This week, get to know one of our Occupational Therapists!

I am an Occupational Therapist in SD25. I have my OT degree from Indiana University. I have been in SD 25 for 15 years but an OT for 27 years. While I have served in 7 of the 9 Arlington Heights schools, I am currently full time at Windsor. A really fun and unique part of my job is that I have the opportunity to work with many students and families from Kindergarten thru 5th grade.

In my free time, I enjoy being with family and friends. One of my favorite gifts in life is being an aunt to 8 nieces and nephews ranging from 5 to 21. I also volunteer at my church in various ways but a highlight of that volunteer work is a weekly tutoring program.

I am very grateful to be a part of the Windsor Family!

If your child will be absent or tardy, please call the main line and listen for the prompts, 847-398-4297. You can also complete this online form: CLICK HERE TO REPORT AN ABSENCE ONLINE. While you may also email the teacher, there are times that the teacher will not read email prior to school starting. Please always leave a message first. We cannot stress this enough. Please also make every effort for your child to arrive at school on time. Missing the beginning of the school day often has a negative impact on students for the rest of the day. Please contact the office if your child will be tardy or needs to leave early.

Email: Lanastacio@sd25.org
Website: https://www.sd25.org/windsor
Location: 1315 East Miner Street, Arlington Heights, IL, USA
Phone: 847-398-4297
Twitter: @WindsorWildcats