Fox Ridge Family Newsletter

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Friday, 10/4- PTO Fox Trot Fundraiser

Friday, 10/4-Kick A Thon @ St Charles North HS

Thursday, 10/10 & Friday, 10/11-NO School for Students-Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday, 10/10 & Friday, 10/11-Book Fair in LRC during Conferences

Monday, 10/14-No School-Columbus Day/ Indigenous Peoples Day

Friday, 10/18-PTO Fall Fest

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

Building a strong community is important to all of us. These past few weeks I have been able to get to know more of our Fox Ridge foxes. I have been in class rooms and invited the stars of the week in each classroom to join me for an extra recess. Meeting these smaller groups of students and getting to know about them is a great way to continue to build relationships.

Today we held our student council elections, below are the Fox Ridge Student Council Officers.

President-Jude Boyle

Co-Vice Presidents (Due to a tie)-Jonathan Griffith and Maddy Chapeck

Treasurer-Zachary John

Secretary-Angelene McGreal

Congratulations to all of the students who took the initiative to run for our officer positions. I am proud of your work, your speeches were excellent, and we loved seeing the campaign posters. Mr. Underhill and Ms. Kappele will recah out to our officers soon.

Next week we will hold one of our major school fundraisers: the Fox Trot. Students will run during their class time to raise money for our Fox Ridge PTO. Please see the information below on how the PTO plans to use the funds and how you and your family can contribute. I have also included a photo of our bulletin board of the grade level standings. Our school has earned two of our benchmarks, a PJ Day and a movie at lunchtime. We will hold PJ Day next Thursday, October 3 and the following week we will have a movie during lunch time. There is still time to donate to our PTO.

In addition in a few weeks we will have our PTO organized Fall Fest, on October 18. At the bottom of the newsletter there are buttons for RSVP, and also a form for volunteers. This will be a great fall gathering we would love if everyone could attend and enjoy the evening, the trunk and treat, and festivities!

Fox Trot Schedule:

• 3rd 9:30 - 10:15
• 1st 10:15 - 11:00
• K 11:00 - 11:45
• 2nd 1 - 1:45
• 4th 1:45 - 2:30
• 5th 2:30 - 3:15

This is a school-wide event and families are encouraged to participate with their students in the Fox Trot. They are allowed to bring water bottles and any attire that they feel is appropriate for the weather. 1st - 5th will be outside for the event and Kindergarteners will utilize the gymnasium. At your child's scheduled time please meet outside door #12. Kindergarten families will enter through the gymnasium and exit through the gymnasium at door #9.

In case of inclement weather the event will be solely held in the gymnasium. With ALL entering and exiting through door#9.

Pick A Time opens to parents at 8AM on Friday, 9/27 to schedule Parent Teacher conferences on Thursday or Friday October 10th & 11th. Instructions to parents on how to schedule are below!

Fox Ridge Families,

Earlier this week you received a district communication detailing D303’s efforts to enhance safety procedures for our students. In August, D303 educators took part in online and in-person ALICE training, which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate. As a result of this training, we are prepared to deliver age-appropriate lessons to our students, which will teach an options-based approach when responding to critical incidents.

Starting the week of September 30th, students will view an informational video, introducing them to the concepts of ALICE. Then throughout the fall students will engage in six lessons, roughly two lessons per month, with each lesson focusing the core ALICE concepts: Situational Awareness, Alert, Lockdown, Inform, and Evacuate.

Lessons are differentiated based on age-appropriateness and broken down into the following age groups:

• Early Childhood-Kindergarten

• 1st Grade-3rd Grade

• 4th-5th Grade

• Middle School

• High School

D303’s Safety and Security website has been updated to include informational ALICE resources, such as parent letters for each lesson. Students will participate in their first safety drill utilizing the ALICE concepts in January. For more information you are encouraged to visit the ALICE Family and Community site.

If you have any questions specific to your child’s learning, feel free to contact me at michelle.woodring@d303.org

If you have interest in supporting Fox Ridge in clerical work which may include copying, laminating, cutting out visuals, and other similar tasks please complete the form. We will create a schedule, this will take place during the day to support our teachers/staff.

Please fill out this form

Hello Families,

It has been a great start to the year and we have seen so much creativity and enthusiasm here in the Fox Ridge art studio. We have opened a number of centers which students have access to choose from while creating their art. While we have supplies purchased from the school budget, there are still some things that would be great to have. We appreciate any donations from the following list.

If you have been recycling or collecting things that you no longer have use for, please send them with your student to school, where they can drop them off in the art room. Thank you so much!

Here is a list of ideas:

• Ribbons, lace, trim

• Buttons

• Large eyed needles

• Paper towel, toilet paper and wrapping paper tubes

• Craft Supplies

• Scrapbooking Paper

• Beads

• Magazines appropriate for school

Thank you for your help!

Mrs. Joyce Simkus and Mr. Joshua Lundquist

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.

Fox Ridge students can join Ms. Adolph and Mrs. Harry in holding our school banner before the North vs East football game at North High School on October 4th! We also need plenty of cheering for the Fox Ridge Kicker, Mrs. Johnson! If your student will be there to carry the banner around the track with the teachers before the game, please email Mrs Monahan in the office at Colleen.Monahan@d303.org to be included in further communications. We look forward to seeing many Fox Ridge Foxes there! To donate to the Kick-A-Thon to benefit Fox Valley Food for Health and the Colette A. Miles Foundation, please use the QR code below

KICK-A-THON is a local event that began over 30 years ago as an effort from the St. Charles High School Dance Team to raise money to help kick cancer. It has grown to include East and North High School Dance Teams and other amazing charities. This charity event will benefit the Fox Valley Food for Health, Colette A. Miles Foundation, and the high school dance teams. To date, we have raised over a million dollars and need your help to keep that number growing. Please join the St. Charles High School Dance Teams as we raise money to kick cancer.

This year’s event will take place on Friday, October 4th, 2024, at St. Charles North High School, prior to the start of the varsity football game between St. Charles North and St. Charles East. Local community members who help with fundraising will form a kick line alongside the dance team members and kick 100 times in an effort to raise money for these charities.

Link to donate and support! See you there!

D303 will host the 4th annual Pathways Night at Compass Academy on October 30. This career fair welcomes employers and educational institutions supporting careers that don't require a 4-year college degree. If you are a business owner and wish to participate in Pathways Night, please complete this form. More information for students and families interested in attending will be available in the next few weeks.

If your student is diagnosed with an illness or infection, please notify the health office. We are tracking illness 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.

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

Kids are welcome to come dressed in their costumes to Trunk-or-Treat on the blacktop behind the school or celebrate the season at a dance party in the gym! Decorate your own trunk-or-treat bag, play carnival games, and participate in the Storybook Pumpkin Patch. Delicious eats will be available for purchase from Waffadilla food truck, including some special fall menu treats!

For additional information, including costume rules and details about our Storybook Pumpkin Patch submissions and charitable donation boxes, please visit Fox Ridge Elementary PTO - Fall Fest (membershiptoolkit.com)

Chi Kersten will send an email with responsibilities, a form to use for parent volunteer sign ups (for each party) and the district volunteer form that needs to be filled out and signed by all parents volunteering to the room parents.

Kindergarten

Ms. Nosalik - Jen Sanders

Ms. Peterson - Samantha Montgomery

Ms. Burns - Nicole Reagan

Mrs. Grandquist- Madeline Wolters & Allison Mulherin

1st Grade

Mrs. Graver - Julie Howard &Kristin Edelstein

Mrs. Barzack - Alexa Moore & Ashlee Rubino

Mrs. Murphy - Amanda Zelin

2nd Grade

Mrs. Cali - Kate Borawski & Sheila Roggemann

Ms. Herdsman - Abby Ortega & Joanna Parrin

Ms. Morgan - Ashley Ludera & Katie Kimel

3rd Grade

Mrs. Dietrich - Trina Little

Mr. Miller - Katherine Banks & Trish Gonzalez

Mrs. Gershon - Sara Ragains

4th Grade

Mrs. Adolph - Heidi Reed & Anne Staat

Mrs. Anderson - Emily Mols

Mrs. Singh - Brandi Murphy & Katie Larsen

5th Grade

Mrs. McConkey - Michelle Shea

Mrs. Taylor - Stephanie Cuillo & Jamie Abts

Mr. Underhill - Kristi Stone & Cassy Murdock

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