Husmann Happenings

• February 27th-March 5th: Spring HPTO Spiritwear Sale: see below
  
• February 28th: HPTO Meeting @ 7pm in LMC
  
• March 7th: 5th Grade Concert @ 6pm
• March 13th: Early Release @ 2pm
• March 14th: Dining for $ @ Guzman y Gomez
• March 21st: Fire Drill
• March 25th-29th: Spring Break
• April 1st: School Resumes

• Be your child’s reading buddy. Set aside time to sit next to your child and read together.
  

• Read aloud to your child and continue to do so beyond the point when he can read independently.

• Find a series. Children who like one book in a series will probably enjoy others in the series as well.
  

• Read fiction as well as informational books about topics of interest to your child.
  

• Make reading purposeful. Link reading to activities you are doing like cooking or reading a menu.
  

• Use junk mail. Have your child find 10 words she likes and cut the words out and glue them on a piece of paper to read.
  

• Read books on the go. Place books in the car so children can read as you are running errands or traveling.
  

• Ask your child, “What’s the most interesting thing you read today?” Encourage conversations about what you and/or your child are reading

We still have openings for our Lunch/Recess Supervisor team! If you or anyone you know can and would like to consider joining our wonderful team, please click the link for more details: Husmann Lunch/Playground and feel free to email Mfitzgerald@d47.org right away! Thank you for considering!

Our Cougars can earn tickets to a Kane County Cougars baseball game just by reading!

• After you have read enough to slide into home base, bring your bookmark to Mrs. Serra during your library time to get directions for your free ticket.
• Students will be in a pre-game parade as well as receive a free hot dog and drink!

Click the link for more information: Cougars Reading Club

Take a moment to read, listen, or watch some amazing student and staff stories from the school year thus far! Click this link to explore stories featuring:

🌟 Student initiatives and mentorship across all grades

🌟 Remarkable accomplishments in athletics and the arts

🌟 Acknowledgment of our outstanding staff

🌟 Community collaborations that enrich our school environment

We need your help completing the parent portion of the 5Essentials survey. All surveys are anonymous, and only take 10 minutes to complete! The information gathered has a significant impact on future school improvement plans. http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/ LINK TO GRAPHIC

We are currently at a 42% completion rate on the Parent Survey! Thank you for your feedback, and keep the surveys coming in!

Each spring, students in grades 3-8 participate in the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) as required by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). Students in grades 5 and 8 also participate in the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA). District 47 students will engage in these assessments during the months of March and early April. We will be in touch in the next few weeks with your child’s specific testing dates. ISBE typically provides individual student reports during the following school year for families to review. You can anticipate receiving the student reports during the 2024/25 school year. Click here for more information.

At the February 20 board of education meeting, Superintendent Dr. Hinz and Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Aimee Kasper presented a winter data review to the board. The presentation is available on the district website; click here.

The 2024 Sodexo Future Chef competition will be held Thursday, March 14 at 4:15 p.m. at Hannah Beardsley Middle School. This year's theme is "your favorite food from home" and District 47 students in 3rd-5th grades are invited to submit recipes! Recipes will be reviewed by Sodexo and one winner from each school will be chosen to participate in the competition. In addition, this year kindergarten - 2nd graders are invited to participate in a culinary coloring contest. Coloring sheets will be available at D47 elementary schools by February 13. Students who complete a coloring sheet can return it to their teacher, who will then forward it on to the cafeteria manager to be displayed in the school cafeteria. All recipes and coloring sheets must be submitted to school cafeteria managers by March 1, 2024. See the links below. Questions about Sodexo Future Chef events can be directed to Terry Wenzel, Sodexo general manager, at twenzel@d47.org.

2024 Sodexo Future Chef Flyer

2024 Sodexo Future Chef Recipe Card

2024 Coloring Sheet and Coloring Sheet Instructions

During the week of March 11 a brief follow-up video presentation of Be Seen & Heard©, an age and developmentally appropriate sexual abuse awareness and prevention program provided to students in fulfillment of Erin’s Law, will take place during your child’s STEM class. This very short refresher of the main ideas presented earlier this year reminds students how to stay safe and to communicate with their Trusted Heroes. If you prefer your child not participate, you may opt-out by contacting the principal in writing/email. If you have already opted out this year, you do not need to notify us.

Durante la semana de 11 de Marzo, se llevará a cabo una breve presentación en video de seguimiento de Be Seen & Heard©, un programa de prevención y concientización sobre el abuso sexual apropiado para la edad y el desarrollo que se brinda a los estudiantes en cumplimiento de la Ley de Erin, durante el STEM de su hijo clase. Este breve repaso de las ideas principales presentadas a principios de este año recuerda a los estudiantes cómo mantenerse seguros y comunicarse con sus héroes de confianza. Si prefiere que su hijo no participe, puede optar por no participar comunicándose con el director por escrito o por correo electrónico. Si ya ha optado por no participar este año, no es necesario que nos lo notifique.