Erickson Express

Dear Erickson Families,

Please remember to sign up for the Cal's Angels Fundraiser happening on Friday, September 27th. Walk or run with family and friends, sign up for the Gaga Ball Tournament and the "Silly String A Teacher" event. Enjoy food, music and purchase raffle tickets to win amazing prizes all in support of Cal's Angels. See Flyer below. This fundraiser is in memory of Michael Carr, former student of Erickson.

Tomorrow, Friday, September 20th is our first Early Dismissal at 1:40. ALL FULL DAY students are dismissed at 1:40 while teachers are involved in professional development activities. Half-Day PM Kindergarten will attend school at their normal PM times. AM & PM Preschool students do not attend school on early dismissal days.

Tomorrow, Friday, September 20th is also our first Eagle's Nest meeting. Students should wear their Character Counts Pillar Shirts (or pillar color on this day). ALL first grade and NEW students received a CC!! shirt. All other students should have a pillar shirt from previous years. If you would like to purchase a new CC!! Shirt, send $10.00 cash to the office with your child's name, color and size and fill out this form. We will then deliver a new shirt for your child.

Two important websites to be aware of:

ALMA: is used to register students, contains attendance information, grades and progress reports. ALL families should have login information for ALMA. Please utilize this site to view grades, attendance information, and the trimester progress reports.

OTUS: is our District's Data Warehouse (https://my.otus.com/login).This site contains historical (K-8) data and current student assessment data: MAP data, IAR data and CoGat data. Please review this OTUS PARENT LETTER to learn more about accessing your child's information in OTUS. If you are a returning student, you created an OTUS account last year and should be able to view the assessment data. If not, individual log-in codes will be sent home with your child on FRIDAY, September 20th, so you can have access to view all of this information.

If you need to report an absence, please call the school 630-529-2223 or email the teacher and the attendance line: erattendance@sd13.org

Have a wonderful day!

Stacy Johnston

Principal

sjohnston@sd13.org

• September 13-27: PTO Cherrydale Fundraiser Begins! Students will bring home the fundraiser packets on Friday.
• September 20: Hot Lunch, Eagle's Nest- Wear Pillar Shirts or a colored shirt / School Improvement day 1:40 early dismissal - see note below
• September 23: Hot Lunch, PTO meeting 5:30-6:30
• September 24: Field trip 2nd and 4th grade to Lake Park
• September 26: 11:00 practice Fire Drill
• September 25: Picture Day
• September 27: Hot Lunch, Go Gold, Cal's Angels Fundraiser 4:45-6:30
• September 30: Hot Lunch

• **Please note: 1:40 Early Dismissal Days/School Improvement are on FRIDAY. Early Dismissal/School Improvement days are one Friday per month and FULL DAY students are dismissed at 1:40 while teachers are involved in professional development activities. Half-Day PM Kindergarten will attend school at their normal PM times. AM & PM Preschool students do not attend school on early dismissal days.

Fine Arts Team (Left to Right): Mr. Litavecz (PE), Mr. Lebowa (Music), Mrs. Clay (Art), Mrs. Grover (Librarian)

From Color Portraits: This is a prepay site (ordercp.com) and ordering will be closed at Midnight the day of Picture Day to process the orders. If parents missed prepaying they will have a chance to order pictures with their child's Ticket Code. When placing an order after Picture Day with a Ticket Code a shipping fee will be added on and picture packages will be shipped directly to the home. Ticket Codes will be delivered with the bulk picture package order approximately three weeks post Picture Day.

Erickson 2nd Grade Students will be performing at the Character Counts! Celebration Night and a 5th grade student will be receiving the Youth Character Award.

School Hours:

Grades 1st-5th: 8:40-3:30

Kindergarten AM: 8:40-11:30

Kindergarten PM: 12:40-3:30

Preschool AM: 8:50-11:20

Preschool PM: 12:50-3:20

Student Arrival:

Kindergarten-5 grade students can begin arriving at 8:25. Students should gather in the front of the building. Doors open at 8:30. Students should arrive by 8:40

Lunch Hours:

1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade Lunch: 12:00-12:25

4th-5th Grade Lunch: 12:25-12:50

Dropping off lunches from restaurants (ie- McDonald's, Wendy's, Panera, etc.) as well as using food delivery services to drop off food (ie -GrubHub, Door Dash) is not allowed. Students should bring their lunch in the morning to school each day. Safety is our number one priority and we would like to limit visitors.

Email: sjohnston@sd13.org
Website: sd13.org
Location: 277 Springfield Drive, Bloomingdale, IL, USA
Phone: 630-529-2223

Fax: 630-893-9849