Norton Creek Elementary

4/11/22- School Board Meeting- at Haines Center 6pm-8:30pm

4/13/22- Parent University-Zoom

4/15/22- School improvement Day-No Students

4/18/22- Learning and Teaching Meeting 5:30pm-6:30pm at Haines Center

D303 Summer Camp is here. Starting on April 5-April 18, 2022. Please click on the link to sign up for any summer camps. Click on this link to go to the summer camp page.

Kindergarten thru 5th Grades-

8:00am-3:00pm

Students can be dropped off at 7:45am for the school day. It you arrive before that time please keep your child with you until 7:45 as there is no supervision outside until then.

Our school office is open from 7:30am until 4:00pm on school days.

Please email any arrival/dismissal changes as well as any information for the school nurse or office staff to nor-office@d303.org

Please call the school attendance line if your student will be absent/tardy/leaving early from Remote Learning at 331-228-2700. Please spell your students first and last name or their student ID number when you leave a message. If you are emailing the teacher please also email nor-office@d303.org indicate students first and last name.

Students must apply for the privilege of using prearranged absence days through the principal’s office.

This completed form must be turned in at least (2) school days prior to the requested absence to the main office.

The building principal or designee has the authority to grant up to (5) days of excused absence per year

for the following types of absences:

 Participation in regional and/or national contests or awards

 Family vacation—qualified by the phrase “accompanied by parent”

 Special religious events

If your child is arriving after 8:00am please walk them into the school and sign them in.

Our next early release day will be on April 27.

Student dismissal will be released at 2:10pm.

If there is a occasional change to your child dismissal please email nor-office@d303.org and your child's teacher or call the office directly at 331-228-2701. If it is after 2pm please call the office directly so that we can ensure your child gets the notification of changes.

LUNCH SCHEDULES:

5th Grade: 10:50-11:10

2nd Grade:11:15-11:35

Kindergarten: 11:40-12:00

1st Grade: 12:05-12:25

3rd Grade: 12:30-12:50

4th Grade: 12:55-1:15

If your student forgets their lunch please email the classroom teacher and drop off at the main office. Please label with the students full name.

FREE T-SHIRT!!!!

The PTO is funding the entire school with a free Norton Creek T-shirt. Please fill out the form Mr. White sent home via email or log into MTK to ensure your child gets one! See flyer below. Orders are due April 10th

EAGLES EAT OUT elisa.ignash@gmail.com

This month, don’t forget to get your DQ cake coupons! They are good for up to 6 months. 50% of the proceeds are coming back to the school! See flyer below for the Eagles Eat Out venues for the rest of the year! Thank you Elisa Ignash, who organizes these fantastic events.

PTO COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2022-23 nortoncreekptopresident@gmail.com, nortoncreekptovicepresident@gmail.com

Would you like to run a committee next year? Or possibly shadow a position to take over for the following year? We will have several openings come fall, so please stay on the lookout for more information regarding what is open! A link with job descriptions will be available next week on MTK. Thank you to everyone that helped this year! Contact Maggie McPike Carlson, PTO President, or Kaisa Davis, Vice President with any questions. Thank you!

PTO Meeting

Join us for the next PTO meeting, Tuesday April 12th at 7PM in the LRC. We will be voting on the next PTO board and ALL are welcome! Agenda for the meeting is here.

ATTENTION 5TH GRADE PARENTS:

Do you have any pictures of your 5th grader participating in any school event/activity that you could share for the year end celebration? Please send them to NC5THGRADEFAREWELL@gmail.com

AMAZONSMILE (K-5) nortoncreekptovicepresident@gmail.com

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Website: https://nortoncreek.d303.org/
Location: Norton Creek Elementary School, Smith Road, West Chicago, IL, USA
Phone: 331-228-2700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Norton-Creek-Elementary-1439295139641887/