News from Lake Louise School

Dear Lake Louise Families,

And just like that it is October! The month is off to a great start. A friendly reminder that there is no school for students on Monday, October 14th, in observance of Indigenous Peoples' Day/Columbus Day. This day is a Teacher's Plan Day for our teachers.

Our Lost-and-Found box has a growing collection of missing items. To help us reunite lost items with their owners, please label your child's belongings, such as coats, sweatshirts, backpacks, and lunchboxes.

Get ready for a spooktacular Halloween celebration! Our parade and parties will be on Tuesday, October 31st. Our festivities will kick-off with a parade at 2:15 p.m., with classroom parties following directly afterward. Each room is allowed two room parents to assist with the Halloween party. If you are interested in volunteering please complete this linked form. Interested in helping a student in without a costume? Please consider donating any gently used Halloween costumes to our PTA costume drive. Just send the costumes to school with your child, and we'll collect them in the office. Let's make Halloween extra special for everyone!

It's always a great day at The Lake!

Jen Riehman

Did you know? Regular school attendance boosts your child's social skills and friendships.

Tip: Encourage your child to participate in school clubs and activities. Strive for 9 or fewer absences this year!

• October 14th: NO SCHOOL ~ Indigenous People's Day and Teacher Plan Day
• October 15th: Health Exams and Immunizations Due
• October 23rd: Developmental screening at Conyers Learning Academy (See below for details)
  
• October 26th: PTA Trunk-or-Treat ~ 9:30-11 a.m.
  
• October 31st: Halloween Parade and Classroom Parties ~ Stay tuned for more information
  

Welcome to GoGuardian Parent! Our school has just granted parents access to GoGuardian Parent, a mobile app designed to provide parents/guardians insight and control over their student's online activity when on school-managed devices and accounts. First, the GoGuardian Parent app provides an overview of your children's online activity on school-managed devices and accounts - this overview includes the apps, extensions, documents, and websites your student visited. Second, GoGuardian Parent provides parents with an additional set of internet controls that can be set for out-of-school hours. GoGuardian Parent was created to help provide students additional educational support and is a companion to the classroom engagement and internet filtering tools that our school uses.

Please review our GoGuardian Parent Information document on how to download this app and sign in. This app uses the parent email that was used for school registration. Please contact your building’s secretary if you need to update that email address.

LEARN15 is a place where we list all learning opportunities for parents, where they can engage with school leaders, educational experts, and other parents—many delivered in-person, live streamed, or available on demand. The link to Learn15 is included at the bottom of every newsletter for your reference.

Language is an integral part of our identities and plays an important role in maintaining communication and relationships with families. Please check out this resource from WIDA (the WIDA consortium is a group of states dedicated to the design and implementation of high standards and equitable educational opportunities for English learners) in English, Arabic, Dari, Korean, Pashto, Chinese, Ukrainian, or Spanish for ideas to strengthen your family’s connections through language.

There will be a virtual SPARK (Special Education Parents Accessing Resources and Knowledge) Meeting on Thursday, October 17 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. The meeting will cover applying DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) skills for better outcomes.

View the attached flier for more information.

This event will be on October 15, 2024 virtually in English from 7:00-8:30p.m. This will be a two part event. The first part focuses on D15's Mental Health Awareness Program for students in grades 5-8. The second part of the evening will be a C3 (Community Connect to Care) presentation from Ascension about overall mental health and connecting it to care in the community. Visit the LEARN15 page the event details on our website.

Principals will be sharing out more communication about these presentations as the date gets closer.

Updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and National Association of School Nurses (NASN) have changed their guidance for lice management in schools. Here is the Updated Guidance on Lice Management, which we encourage you to review. Please note that the district still requests immediate treatment, and proof of treatment must be provided before a student can return to school the next day.

The District ensures a compassionate and effective response to lice management in our schools that meets or exceeds the local standard of practice and we thank you for your cooperation as we implement these practices. For any questions, please contact our school health office.

Jen Riehman's Email: riehmanj@ccsd15.net
Location: 500 North Jonathan Drive, Palatine, IL 60074, USA
Phone: 847-963-5600