• November 1 : No School
• November 3 : Daylight Saving Time Ends (turn clocks back one hour)
• November 7 : Fall Conferences (3-7p)
• November 11 : Veterans Day
• November 12 : Fall Conferences (3-7p)
• November 15 : Bridge to Wonderland Parade Coloring Pictures Due
• November 18 : PTO Meeting (6-7p)
• November 25-29 : No School - Thanksgiving Break
• November 28 : Thanksgiving

• December 7 : Bridge to Wonderland Parade "Candy Land Christmas" (6:00p)
• December 10 : Stillson Singers Concert
• December 9-13 : Bright Smiles Sealant Week
• December 13 : 5th Grade Volleyball
• December 16 : Stillson Singers Party
• December 19 : PTO Holiday Store
• December 19 : Open House/Sing-A-Long (6-7p)
• December 23-January 1 : No School - Holiday Break

During the month of October, Mrs. Sarauer visited classrooms and read a story to students called "All are Welcome" and had great discussions with students about being kind to others, taking care of each other, and recognizing we are all important members of our school family. We have also paired each classroom with a "buddy" classroom this year. Each pair will get together once a month and do activities together to get to know members of our school better. We love to see our fellow Stingers make connections!

This month we are recognizing the following students for showing positive behavior and consistently following our "3B" expectations- "Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible"!

Abby Hicks

Blake Martell

Brienna German

Addy Sarazen

Emily Goettl

Kambria Kastel

Stella Eilers

Charlie Haeny

Arlie Klein

Rory Eilers

Abigail Newman

Charlotte Flood

Tenley Jolivette

Nolan Goeman

Arthur Tuenge

Colton Cooper

Keep up the good work!

• Parent/Teacher Conferences
  Stop by our table at conferences for more information about our Stillson Parent Teacher Organization.

• Primal Pizza Fundraiser at Parent/Teacher Conferences
  Join us on November 12th during Parent/Teacher Conferences, where Primal Pizza will be on-site! 10% of all sales will go back to support our PTO. Preorders are accepted, or you can purchase your meal at the walk up window. Enjoy some delicious pizza while supporting our school!

• November PTO Meeting
  Mark your calendars for our next PTO meeting on November 18th at 6:00 pm in the Stillson Library. We’ll discuss upcoming events, fundraising updates, and more. Dinner will be provided by Arby’s—don’t miss out!

• Holiday Store Donations and Volunteers Needed
  Cleaning out for the holidays? Please consider donating new or gently used items for our annual Holiday Store! Items can be dropped off anytime in the school office. We also need volunteers on December 18th and 19th to help with this much-loved event for our students. If you're available, we'd love to have you join us in making it a success! Signs up to come.

Drop Off to School Begins : 7:20am

Line Up from Playground/Enter Building/Breakfast Served : 7:35am

End of Day/Dismissal to Bus and Pick Up : 2:35pm

If you would like to have lunch with your child(ren), we ask you call 24 hours in advance and schedule. Only two families are being scheduled per lunch session at this time.

If another family member wishes to have lunch with your child(ren), we will need the parent/guardian to call and schedule it with Stillson. At no time is a non-parent/guardian permitted to schedule visits.

If purchasing a lunch from the school on the day of your visit, adult lunch tickets cost $4.00.

Any questions, please feel free to call or email the office.

715-726-2412

The Lake Wissota Lions Club has teamed up with NexTrex to collect plastic bags and other soft plastics to create composite benches. We would love to have our Stillson families help with our project! For every 500 pounds of plastic we collect (or about 40,500 plastic bags!) we will earn a bench for our community. One bench can be earned every six months. The Lake Wissota Lions is encouraging families to save soft plastic (grocery bags, ziploc bags, bubble wrap, bread beds, etc.). A drop box is located in the corridor at the school for parents and students to drop off. Please see attachments of what type of plastics are acceptable as well as frequently asked questions.

November is the month of thanksgiving & gratitude. One of the things we are grateful for is to be able to provide chiropractic care in all of the CFAUSD public schools, four of the Chippewa 4K locations & the Osseo/Fairchild school district. We love to hear the amazing comments that students make about their chiropractic care.

One student shared, “I am always so tired on Mondays but after I see you I am ENERGIZED!”

Studies have shown that gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity and build strong relationships. Thinking of at least 3 things you are grateful for every day and remembering to say thank you is a great mood-booster. And when thanking others, don’t forget to thank yourself, too, for all of the amazing things you do!

Happy November & Happy Thanksgiving! If you have any questions about chiropractic care for students please contact us at onsitechiroinfo@gmail.com.

Tips on preventing and controlling the spread of Head Lice:

• Avoid head-to-head (hair-to-hair) contact during play and other activities at home, school, and elsewhere (sports activities, playground, slumber parties, camp).

• Do not share clothing such as hats, scarves, coats, sports uniforms, hair ribbons, or barrettes.

• Do not share combs, brushes, or towels. Disinfect combs and brushes used by an affected person by soaking them in hot water for 5–10 minutes.

• Do not lie on beds, couches, pillows, carpets, or stuffed animals that have recently been in contact with an affected person.

• Machine wash and dry clothing, bed linens, and other items that an affected person wore or used during the 2 days before treatment using the hot water laundry cycle and the high heat drying cycle. Clothing and items that are not washable can be dry-cleaned OR sealed in a plastic bag and stored for 2 weeks.

• Vacuum the floor and furniture, particularly where the affected person sat or lay. However, spending much time and money on house cleaning activities is not necessary to avoid reinfestation by lice or nits that may have fallen off the head or crawled onto furniture or clothing.

• Check your child's hair at home for head lice and nits regularly. If crawling lice or nits are found on your child, all household members should be examined for crawling lice and nits every 2–3 days.

• You should examine your child’s head, especially behind the ears and at the nape of the neck, for crawling lice and nits if your child exhibits any symptoms of a head lice infestation.

• Persons with live (crawling) lice or nits within ¼ inch or less of the scalp should be treated.

• Your health care provider will likely recommend a medication available without a prescription that kills lice and some of the nits. These medications may not kill recently laid eggs. Therefore, an appropriately timed second treatment is usually necessary to kill nymphs after they hatch but before they become adult lice.

• Some studies suggest that re-treating 7 to 9 days after the first treatment is the ideal time for a second treatment, but other re-treatment schedules exist. Ask your health care provider for written instructions for a recommended treatment schedule.

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WINTER HEALTH TIPS

Exposure to cold can lead to injury or serious illness such as frostbite or hypothermia.

Follow these tips to keep your children safe in cold weather:

Dress your children appropriately before coming to school. The air temperature does not have to be below freezing for your child to experience cold emergencies such as hypothermia or frostbite. Wind speed can create dangerously cold conditions even when the temperature is not that low.

• Dress your child in layers so they can adjust to changing conditions from indoors to outdoors.

• Most of your child’s body heat is lost through their head, so they should wear a hat, preferably one that covers their ears.

• Mittens provide more warmth to a child’s hands than gloves.

• Your child should wear waterproof, insulated boots to help avoid hypothermia or frostbite by keeping their feet warm and dry and to maintain their footing in ice and snow.

CFSD Illness Protocol:

Keep your student home if any of the following apply:

• Temperature over 100.4 degrees in the last 24 hours before medication (Tylenol/Ibuprofen)

• Vomiting or diarrhea in the last 24 hours

• They have been diagnosed with a contagious illness (e.g.; strep throat, pink eye) and have been on medication for less than 24 hours if medication is required

• Have an unexplained rash of unknown origin

If you child will be out due to an illness or medical appointment, please ask for a doctor's excuse or note so we can medically excuse your child. Medical excuses do not count towards attendance reports. Here are the approved examples of medical excuses noted on attendance:

• Doctor note excusing for certain dates
• Doctor note excusing for surgery and recovery time
• Doctor note excusing for same day doctor appointment
• Being sent home due to fever of 100.4 (we mark medical)
• Being sent home due to confirmed vomiting or diarrhea (we mark medical)
• Being sent home due to unexplained rash of unknown origin (we mark medical)
• Following our 24 hour rule of no fever/fever reducing meds/vomiting/diarrhea (we mark medical)

Many times parents/guardians are unaware of the total number of days their child has been absent and/or tardy. Wisconsin Law 118.15 requires that students miss no more than 10 days each school year. The absences counted are excused and unexcused.

If you would like to volunteer to help out in the classroom or go on any field trips, you must fill out the proper online form. Please click HERE to be taken to our Volunteer Information webpage. Please note that once the online form is submitted, it could take up to 2 weeks to fully process so please please allow ample time before you volunteer for the first time. The link is always open so feel free to fill it out at your earliest convenience.

The district adopted a new volunteer management system last spring so many parents are already on file and approved to volunteer for the 2024-25 school year. That approval is good for 1 year so for those parents that are already in the new system, you will get an email 30 days prior to its expiration date, reminding you to reapply. The email will come from RAPTOR TECHNOLOGIES and will go to the email address that they have on file for you.

Upon request, the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District is required to evaluate a child for eligibility for special education services. A request for evaluation is known as a referral. When the district receives a referral, the district will appoint an Individualized Education Program (IEP) team to determine if the child has a disability, and if the child needs special education services. The district locates, identifies, and evaluates all children with disabilities who are enrolled by their parents in private (including religious) schools, elementary schools and secondary schools located in the school district.

A physician, nurse, psychologist, social worker, or administrator of a social agency who reasonably believes a child brought to him or her for services is a child with a disability has a legal duty to refer the child, including a homeless child, to the school district in which the child resides. Before referring the child, the person making the referral must inform the child's parent that the referral will be made.

Others, including parents, who reasonably believe a child is a child with a disability may also refer the child, including a homeless child, to the school district in which the child resides.

Referrals must be in writing and include the reason why the person believes the child is a child with a disability.

Please contact the following when you have a referral:

Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District

Linda Hanson, Special Education Office (715)726-2414 ext. 3002

Website: https://cfsd.chipfalls.k12.wi.us/stillson/
Location: 16556 50th Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI, USA
Phone: 715-726-2412
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StillsonPTO