Ferson Creek eNews

OCTOBER

10/4 - Kick-a-Thon & Crosstown Classic

10/9 -Walk to School Day

10/10-10/11 - Conferences

10/18 - FEARson Trick or Treat

10/24 - Picture Retake Day

10/30 - Early Release, dismissal at 2:35 pm

Conferences are right around the corner! A buffet spread from Buona Beef will be delivered to school for staff to enjoy on Thursday afternoon. In addition to that meal, we'd love to restock the lounge and coffee station with some goodies.

Volunteer/Donate

Monetary Donations

Drink and snack donations should be dropped off at the Ferson Creek office by Wednesday, October 9th.

As always, thank you so much for your generosity!

The 3rd annual FEARson Trick-or-Treat is right around the corner! This FREE event invites Ferson families to dress up and parade around the outside of the school building, collecting treats and trinkets.

That's where YOU come in! We would greatly appreciate your help by volunteering your time to pass out treats and/or by donating supplies for the event. Click the link below for more details.

Volunteer/Donate

You may also help by making a monetary donation via PushCoin.

Thank you for your continued support! We look forward to seeing everyone at this year's FEARson Trick-or-Treat event!

At the end of October, Heidi Sheridan and Amy Penar, school social workers, will begin Erin's Law lessons utilizing the Second Step Child Protection Unit. For more information regarding Erin's Law and the Second Step instructional resource, please see this letter.

If your child missed picture day in August or you would like your child's photo retaken please complete the form below!

**If you have already paid for your child's photo and were dissatisfied with their photo package and would like a retake, please bring your original package to the photographer on picture day. Once the photographer receives the old package, they will then enter the new package with the new picture.

Have you ever dreamed of being a mascot?! If so, now’s your chance! On Fridays, Frankie the Ferson Fox will be outside greeting students with a fist bump as they arrive. Volunteers are needed to be Frankie from 8:40-9:05am. Sign up for a Friday in the sign up genius.

Pick-A-Time is open for all district families to sign up for conferences. Please click the above link for directions for accessing Pick-A-Time. Both in-person and virtual conferences are offered.

If you are interested in conferencing with a specials teacher, please reach out to them directly. Due to the volume of students they support, they are unable to conference with every family. Conferences with specials teachers will be 10 minutes in length as opposed to the 20 minutes scheduled with the classroom teacher. Please reach out via email to set up a conference with a specials teacher if you have questions or concerns.

Art: Lauren Kruse lauren.kruse@d303.org

Music: Chris Miller christine.miller@d303.org

PE: Kyle Khoury kyle.khoury@d303.org and/or Will Navis william.navis@d303.org

STEM: Lauren Schaaf lauren.schaaf@d303.org and/or Alex Breslin alexandrea.breslin@d303.org

LRC: Renee Ignoffo sharon.ignoffo@d303.org

Orchestra: Jennifer Vazquez jennifer.vazquez@d303.org

Band: Stephanie William stephanie.william@d303.org

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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.

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.

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Technology can be a wonderful way to keep in touch with family members. However, smartwatches and phones can become quite disruptive to the learning environment when parents are contacting their children throughout the day (and vice versa). The Elementary Student Handbook contains the following language:

Students are extended the privilege of possessing phones/smartwatches on school grounds; however, their use is limited to after-school dismissal and non-school days. These devices must be in the off position, or not used once the student arrives on campus until the end of the school day.

Teachers will request that phones and smartwatches are off and/or set to school mode for the duration of the school day. If you need to get a message to your child during the day, please reach out to the main office and your child's teacher.

Please see the attached letter for directions on accessing your child's iReady assessment results.

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Please call 331-228-2300 to report absences and choose option "1" or email Cheryl Wiley at cheryl.wiley@d303.org

• Messages can be left 24 hours a day.
• Please leave your name, your child's name, phone number, reason for absence and your child's symptoms if ill.
• If you have advance notice of an absence please fill out our prearranged absence form, inform your child's teacher and submit the completed form to the front office. You are allowed up to 5 prearranged absences per school year.

Our parent volunteers are an integral part of our school community. Therefore, we'd love to invite you to spend time with Ferson Creek students during lunch and lunch recess.

Interested? Information and sign up can be found using this link.

Please keep in mind that it is important to keep our students, staff members, and volunteers safe while they are in our schools. Given that, all volunteers must:

• Have your ID ready and sign in at the office to receive your visitor badge.
• EACH YEAR complete a Volunteer Liability Form. If the school does not have one on file for you and you do not provide one, the office will provide one for you when you come for your first day as a volunteer.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dr. DuCharm (331-228-5920, Alison.DuCharm@d303.org)

If you'd like to be a part of the optional, PTO sponsored school directory, please login into your Membership Toolkit account to update your students' information for the 2024-25 school year. All students' grade levels have been advanced, but you will need to update their teachers.

If you don't have an account yet, be sure to register! You can update your account privacy settings at any time!

PTO- Membership Toolkit

Kristy McKnight, Principal

Website: https://fersoncreek.d303.org/
Location: 38W160 Bolcum Road, St. Charles, IL, USA
Phone: 331-228-2300
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