The Viking Voyager
October 6, 2023
From the Principal's Desk
Hello Little Viking Families,
Happy October! We have been having so much fun at school and we have some exciting school events coming up this month as well. Thank you to all of our families that have been reading with students for our fall reading BINGO incentive. We have officially filled our tree! Take a look at the pictures below to see the amazing before and after. Our prize is that renowned author and illustrator Matthew Cordell will be visiting our school! Thank you to the FTC for funding a portion of this visit as well! Below you will find more details about this visit and how you can preorder one of his books to be signed as well!
Our current attendance rate is 89%. Meaning on any given day, 11% or more, of our students are absent. We also average over 6% of students that are tardy everyday. Skyward will automatically send out absence reports when students are nearing truancy status and letters will be mailed home shortly for students who have been late or absent 10% or more of the school year. If you are struggling with getting your students here on time or need support, please reach out so we can work together!
Important reminders:
Please make sure your students have an extra pair of clothes to be kept at school just in case and pack an extra snack everyday.
Birthdays - all of our teachers celebrate students' birthdays in the classroom and students are welcome to bring in something to share with the class in celebration. However, food items cannot be brought and shared at school. Some alternative suggestions are: birthday pencils, stickers, small goody bags for classmates.
Halloween - Just like birthdays, we cannot have students bring in food items or candy to be passed out at school. Halloween is a regular school day. FTC will host a fall party the Thursday before fall break as an inclusive celebration for all. Halloween does fall during Red Ribbon Week, the last week of October. Our spirit day theme for 10/31 will allow students to wear school appropriate costumes if they so choose! But please remember that it is a regular school day and students will be playing outside at recess, attending PE, and should be able to take on and off their costumes independently to use the restroom. Please keep that in mind when determining their attire for the day!
FTC Fallfest - We do have a district-wide halloween event on Saturday 10/19 for all Salt Creek families. See the flyer below for more details but this is an opportunity for families that celebrate Halloween to dress up and trick-or-treat with friends and teachers! We hope to see you there!
Parent Volunteers: We have had both parents and teachers interested in partnering with parent volunteers during the school day. If you are able/interested, please complete this form and if there are tasks and times that we could use school volunteers, we will reach out to parens who have expressed interest. THANK YOU!
FINAL Reminder that PreK, Kindergarten and new student physical and immunization records must be turned in to the school by October 15, otherwise students cannot be present at school, starting next week, until those records are on file.
Have a wonderful weekend Vikings!
-Mrs. Scanlan
Preschool, kindergarten, and students new to Illinois are required to have health examinations and immunizations. The health exam must be dated within one year prior to the first day of school. Please contact your child’s health care provider and/or school health office with any questions.
Students enrolling in kindergarten are required to have an eye exam. Each child is required to present proof of examination by a licensed optometrist or medical doctor who performs eye examinations such as an ophthalmologist, prior to October 15th of the school year. The eye exam must be dated within one year prior to the first day of school.
The state of Illinois requires all students in kindergarten to have a dental examination. A licensed dentist must complete the exam, sign, and date the Proof of School Dental Examination Form. Each child is required to present proof of examination by a dentist prior to May 15th of the school year. The dental exam must be dated within 18 months prior to the May 15th deadline.
Author/Illustrator Matthew Cordell!
We have filled our fall reading tree! As a reward, FTC and Salt Creek District 48 are delighted to welcome author/illustrator Matthew Cordell for a visit on Wednesday, November 13th. Mr. Cordell will talk with students about his career as an author/illustrator and discuss his books. To order a personalized, autographed copy of any of these books, please
return this order form with payment (cash or check payable to Salt Creek District 48) by Wednesday, October 23rd. Students are coming home with a hard copy of this order form today (10/11).
If you miss that date, there will be a limited number of books for purchase through November 20th.
The FTC would like to thank everyone who came to McTeacher night this past Tuesday; we hope you enjoyed eating with District 48 staff! We would also like to thank everyone who purchased Spirit Wear during our first sale of the year! look for the shop to open up again later in November with some fun winter merchandise! Students will be coming home with our Fall Fundraiser packet from Believe Kids; register them online and share with family and friends! Sale will run from Oct 1-18th.
Any questions about FTC and/or events please contact Brittany at bsebesta@saltcreek48ftc.org
Attention Parents - School doors open at 7:40 am. There is no staff supervision prior to this time. Classes start at 7:50 am.
Students who come in late find it harder to establish a good morning routine at school. Teachers are beginning instruction and a late student is missing out. Thank you for your assistance in making sure your students arrive to school on time!
Overdue Breakfast/ Lunch Balances
Don't forget to check and pay any overdue lunch balances. You can check balances and pay on your parent Skyward account. You can also send cash or check payment to school with your child in a marked envelope with name and what payment is for. The office will then account for the cash or check payment on your student's Skyward.
A New Way to Pay Fees in Skyward
In your parent portal in skyward, click on the fee payment tile, then in the far right hand top corner click on the "make online payments" button. This will take you to Revtrak. Make sure to sign up before you try to make payment. Once you can sign in, click the Make a Payment button in the middle of the page. This new service will streamline the payments so you can make a payment or set up recurring payments. This is directly connected to Skyward so you see the money immediately go to your child's account. If you have any questions please email or call your school office.
Preschool Payments: Once in Revtrak you will see in the upper right area an arrow next to SHOP. Click the arrow and pick Preschool in order for you to complete your payment. If you have any questions please email or call the Salt Creek school office.
Salt Creek - Angie Holden - aholden@saltcreek48.org 630-832-6122 ext. 4001
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