Message from the Principal
Week of November 28, 2022
Message from the Principal
Dear Virginia Lake Families,
Thank you for partnering with our staff last week and participating in parent-teacher conferences. We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families.
This week, we will have Bus Evacuation Drills on Tuesday. Students will review the bus expectations with our drivers and practice evacuating from the back of the bus.
On Wednesday, December 7th Virginia Lake will host two Pro Kids Shows. A special thank you to our PTA for planning this event for our students! Students will engage with Tim Hanning to learn about anti-bullying while watching magic and listening to comedy. We would like to invite our students that evening at 6:30 p.m. to engage in the show with their entire family.
This week, we will begin collecting money for our Pie a Staff member event that will take place on Wednesday, December 21. All of the donations will go directly to our PBIS program to support good choices at school.
Please join District 15 for our next Parent University on December 14th with Dr. Doug Bolton. He will share some of the valuable “lessons learned” about how to use stressful times to build resilience in our children because doing so will help them both now and in the future as they face unexpected challenges.
Thank you to all of the families that have reached out to support our students during the holidays! Virginia Lake is hosting a Family Holiday Program. We have over 120 students in need of gifts for the holidays this year. Wish lists include clothing, shoes, and one toy. If your family would like to adopt a student, please contact Ms. Maria, majewskm@ccsd15.net or Mrs. Van Winkle, vanwinkp@ccsd15.net. Please share how many children you would like to adopt, and their wish lists will be shared with you. We are asking families to drop off gifts by Friday, December 16th. Gifts will be distributed on Monday, December 21st and Tuesday, December 22nd.
Let’s make it a great week!
Warmest Regards,
Patti Van Winkle, Principal
Important Dates
Tuesday, November 29th-Bus Evacuation Drills
Wednesday, December 7th- Pro Kids Assemblies- Pro Kids Family Event- 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14th- Virginia Lake Spelling Bee- 2:00 p.m.
Parent University- Sundling- 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 15th- VL Band/Orchestra Concert- 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14th- Friday, December 16th- VL Holiday Shop
Wednesday, December 21st- Last Day of School Before Winter Break
Thursday, December 22-Sunday, January 8th- Winter Break
Monday, January 9th- School Resumes
Virginia Lake Elementary School
Email: vanwinkp@ccsd15.net
Website: https://www.ccsd15.net/VL
Location: 925 N Glenn Dr, Palatine, IL, USA
Phone: 847-963-7105