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1. Your student's attendance is crucial, as inconsistent attendance can affect them socially, emotionally, and academically. We aim to work together to ensure a successful school year for everyone. All the essential information about attendance is available in the Maple School Handbook.

2. Parents should be aware of the difference between 'excused' and 'unexcused' absences. For further details, please refer to the handbook.

3. At the end of each trimester, families of students who have missed six or more days (10% or higher) will receive a letter offering support to improve attendance. Maple’s administration and teachers are committed to helping students and families address attendance concerns. If you’d like to explore available support options, please contact the school principals.

Monday - Friday NEXT WEEK:

• Bernie's Book Drive
• D30 Food Drive
• Fitness testing in ALL P.E. Classes

Monday, October 21

Tuesday, October 22

• Strictly Strings Festival/GBN 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 23

• Picture re-take day

Thursday, October 24

Friday, October 25

• 8 Grade World Language Field Trip
• Student Council Halloween Party 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
• Quarter 1 Ends

Fall MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) student reports for grades 1-8 will be emailed home the week of October 21. MAP assessments were administered at various times this school year between August 26 to September 16. Should you not receive a copy of your child's reports in the next week or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your school building's office or the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction.

Today, our students participated in an important Internet Safety Presentation led by Northbrook Community Relations Officers Jaegers and Rich. The presentation focused on responsible digital behavior, highlighting the importance of protecting private information and respecting others online. Students were reminded that, as digital citizens, they are accountable for their actions, including what they say, forward, and post. Officers also emphasized that online choices can affect future opportunities, such as jobs, college admissions, and scholarships. We are grateful to the Northbrook PD for their continued support of Maple School and their dedication to keeping our students safe.

On Wednesday, October 4, several Maple Orchestra and Band students auditioned for the District 7 ILMEA (Illinois Music Education Association) Honor Orchestra, Band, and Jazz Band. All students performed well and are now much better musicians by going through the process of preparing for the audition.

We’re happy to announce that following students were selected to play in the ILMEA District 7 State Honor Orchestra and Band on November 2 and Jazz on November 16. These orchestras and bands are highly selective and consist of the best middle school orchestra and band students in this region of Illinois. Maple will be well represented! Congratulations!

ORCHESTRA:

Olivia Fazio (Violin 1)

Joshua Jiang (Cello)

Sua Kang (Violin 2)
Isaac Lau (Violin 2)
Andrea Lee (Violin 2)

Maya Lee (Violin 2),
Lia Okulaja (Violin1)
Gita Pandya (Violin 1)
Shreya Sharma (Viola)
Albert Xu(Violin 2)
Daniel Yoo (Violin 2)

BAND:

Naomi Fazio (Clarinet)
Dana Kang (Flute)
Janelle Zhou (Flute)

JAZZ BAND:

Oliver Waldman (Trombone)

Help support your student with the Homework Grid. Click on the link below, then click on Homework Grid in the left hand column.

The Student Council will host a Halloween Party for Maple students only on from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, October 25. Tickets will be on sale for $4.00 each during all lunch periods starting Monday, October 21. Tickets at the door on Friday night will be $5.00. Raffle tickets will be sold for 25 cents each or 5 for $1.00 for your chance to win a $50.00 Amazon Gift Card.

At the party, there will be games, music, athletic activities, a haunted house, pizza, drinks, bake sale, raffle and more! Food and drink prices will be sent to your child’s email next week. Students should arrive at 6:00 p.m. and be picked up promptly at 8:00 pm. Students cannot arrive after 6:30 p.m. or be picked up before 8:00 p.m. to ensure safety.

To help our students develop self and social awareness, the RULER program recognizes emotions and uses the Mood Meter to plot how we feel. The Mood Meter is used as needed to check in on how students are feeling. Developing self and social awareness is important because it helps us understand our feelings, get along better with others, and make good choices.

• How to recognize our feelings through the changes in our bodies.

• How our feelings affect our actions and our thoughts.

• How to use the Mood Meter as a tool to develop self and social awareness.

The Maple Math Competition Team will participate in the MathCounts 2024-25 competition series, which includes both individual and team contests. This is a fun opportunity for students to improve their problem-solving skills and apply them to non-routine problems!

Practices will be Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:45-4:45 p.m. and will begin on Monday, November 4. The Math Competition Team is open to all Maple students, however only 14 will be selected to compete in the MathCounts series. Please contact Cora Byrne (cbyrne@district30.org) or Sarah Arends (sarends@district30.org) with any questions.

Maple will host the Mathematical Association of America AMC8 test on Wednesday, January 22 after school from 3:45-5:00 p.m. All Maple mathematicians are welcome to test! To register your student for the AMC8 test, please fill out the following form by Monday, October 28. More information to follow. For preparation, past contests and solutions visit the Art of Problem Solving website. Please contact Cora Byrne (cbyrne@district30.org) or Sarah Arends (sarends@district30.org) with any questions. AMC8 Registration Form.

Maple's Boys Coding Club will meet on Wednesdays through December in the STEM lab from 3:45-4:30 p.m. Our October 23 meeting is for 6th-grade boys, and our October 30 meeting is for 7th- and 8th-grade boys. If you have any questions, please reach out to Kristen Leverso at kleverso@district30.org.

Note: our "SheCanCode" club will begin in January.

Wrestling Coach needed. If you or someone you know woud be interested in coaching Wrestling at Maple, please contact Athletic Director, Mrs. Jill Rathge. jrathge@district30.org

Parents, click the button below to fill out an interest for students interested in basketball or poms. Please help your student fill out the parent/guardian email and phone numbers along with two emergency contact numbers. Thank you!

Basketball - Maple will hold tryouts for all girls and boys in grades 6, 7 and 8 beginning mid October.

• All boys interested in trying out for Basketball should meet in the West Gym directly after school on October 23 and October 24.
• All girls’ interested in trying out for Basketball should meet in the West Gym directly after school on October 28 & October 29.

Tryouts will be held over two days, beginning at 3:35 p.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. sharp. Students who do not come in athletic attire to school will be allowed to change and participate in the tryout. Athletes are expected to attend both days of tryouts.

Poms - Poms is a non-tryout sport. We will host an informational meeting on Wednesday, October 30 after school until 4:30 p.m.

The Illinois Flag Commission is seeking input in re-designing the state's 55-year-old flag. Submissions for a new state flag design will be accepted through Friday, October 18. Click on the button below for all the details, and good luck!

The PE/Wellness Department will conduct state mandated FitnessGram fitness assessment for all PE students during the week of October 21-25. All PE students will need to attend PE classes on those dates (Health students do not test).

If possible, please do not schedule any appointments during this class time. First period students should be on time and ready for class. Thank you.

Maple is partnering with Bernie's Book Bank to help provide gently used children's books to school districts and early childhood programs in the Chicagoland area.

We will accept books books appropriate for children birth through sixth grade. We cannot accept Young Adult books, religious or foreign language books other than Spanish. We need books in great condition. Please, no torn covers, dog-eared pages, over loved or damaged books.

Students can drop off items in the front vestibule starting Monday, October 21 through Friday, October 25. We appreciate your help and look forward to a successful book drive.

From Monday, October 21 through Friday, October 25, the students of District 30 and District 34 will come together to collect food items for the Northfield Township Food Pantry. Collection boxes will be located at Wescott, Willowbrook and Maple Schools. This food drive benefits the Northfield Township Food Pantry. Thank you for your help.

Parent volunteers are needed for Career Day on February 21. We are looking for volunteers who are available to either conduct student interviews in the morning or present career opportunities to groups in the afternoon.

The aim is to improve our 8th-graders’ interview skills and broaden their career perspectives.

Morning interviewers will be expected to kindly and professionally lead students through a series of 20-minute mock interviews. For many of our students, this will be their first experience interviewing. We are looking for people who are eager to offer thoughtful feedback and encouragement. If you are able to participate between 8:00 a.m. and noon on February 21, we would love to have you.

We are also looking for enthusiastic and dynamic presenters for our afternoon sessions. Volunteers should plan to present two or three 20-minute presentations to rotating groups of students between 1:00-3:30 p.m.. If you are interested in talking about your career, what it entails, and the steps it took to get to where you are today, please consider volunteering for the afternoon session.

As you know, our students are excited to engage and learn. If you're able to participate, please complete this form.

In District 30, we strive to create meaningful and rich experiences for our students. We appreciate you considering this opportunity to contribute.

Click to see our students, parents and staff discuss and show how we are living our Strategic Plan in our schools each day! (You might even see someone you know 😊) We thank those who spoke off the cuff and from the heart when asked what they love and value about our schools ... and we thank YOU for partnering with use to ensure our Strategic Plan is so much more than a piece of paper.

Join an exciting evening of cultural exploration and learning as students from the Glenbrook Academy of International Studies present insights from their four-year study of the German language and culture.

This event is a unique opportunity for eighth-grade students considering the Academy program, and anyone interested in global learning to hear firsthand about the students' experiences abroad. Topics include: studying German has opened doors to a deeper understanding of European history, language, and traditions.

Date: Monday, November 18
Time: Doors open 6:30 p.m., Presentations starts at 7 p.m.
Location: Lakeview Room at the Glenview Park District

We appreciate everyone who could join us on October 1. For those who missed the meeting, you can watch the recording here.

Registration for the Washington, DC trip is now open!

• Trip ID 217820
• Click here or the button below, or call WorldStrides at 800-468-5899 to register.
  

Please note that itineraries and permission slips for both the D.C. and Chicagoland trips will be available as we approach spring.

A simple "thank you" or a personal note can really make someone's day. Would you like to send a positive postcard to a teacher or a staff member? Please follow these steps in this short presentation, and if you have any questions, please contact Jeanie Moran from the Tech Team.

Please follow these steps:

1. Login to Parent Portal

2. Click on Forms on the left-hand side

3. Under General Forms, click on this form: 2024-25 School Year Information

4. You will see a Schoology Access Code along with the guide on how to sign up.

If you have any further questions, please reach out to Jeanie Moran at jmoran@district30.org

Thank you for participating in this week's Special Lunch! We hope your child enjoyed their lunch from Panera. Thank You to our Special Lunch Co-Chairs, Julian Cheng and Praneta Desai, and our volunteers Megan Brooks, Stephanie Denenberg, Sonia Galvan, Sarah Grubnich, and Bhwana Sharma, for helping Special Lunch service go smoothly. If you would like to order future Special Lunches, click on the button below. You can order for the entire year or each month. Orders/modifications can be made up to Thursday at 10:00 AM the week prior to lunch. Thank you!

Thank you to our Hospitality Co-Chairs, Diana Semmelhack and Jenny Klein, for organizing a delicious dinner from Josh's to show the Maple staff our appreciation for their hard work during Parent Teacher Conferences!

Help support Maple PTO at our next dine out day, Wednesday, October 30 at Dengeos.

Due to a change to the State of Illinois School Code, Wescott School Health Office will only be able to distribute over-the-counter (OTC) medications (such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen) to students with a completed Medication Authorization Form (for OTC). The new requirements include a physician’s signature along with a parent/guardian's signature.

Please return the completed form to the school’s health office if you would like your child will be able to receive over-the-counter medications at school. Thank you!

Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 will have three school board seats to be filled at the Consolidated Election on April 1, 2025. Candidates who are elected will fill four-year terms expiring in April 2029.

Candidates for the office of the school board can now circulate nominating petitions for signatures. The period for filing nominating petitions concludes November 18, with November 12 being the first day permitted to file a petition.

A candidate for the school board is required to file the nominating petitions, Statement of Candidacy, and receipt for filing their Statement of Economic Interests with the applicable county election clerk and not with the school board secretary or the administrative offices of the school district. The county clerk may have petition forms available, or blank petitions may be downloaded from the State Board of Elections website, elections.il.gov.

Candidates who are interested in seeking endorsement from the District 30 School Board Caucus should contact Caucus Chair Marci Goldgar at marci257@aol.com by Friday, October 18. The School Board Caucus is a committee of District 30 residents that includes families both with and without children enrolled in Willowbrook, Wescott and Maple schools. The Caucus' role is to source, screen and endorse potential school board candidates. To be considered by the Caucus, candidates will need to complete a detailed application as well as an interview.

Want to know what's going on around the community? District 30 uses a "Virtual Backpack" to share community information while saving paper, costs, and lightening the loads our students bring home. Please click the button below to view upcoming Community Events.

Any time a student feels unsafe, any adult in their school can help!

But sometimes, students or parents wish to reach out for help in a different way or after school hours. Safe2Help Illinois offers students a safe way to share information 24/7 that might help prevent any threat to school safety, including bullying, self-harm or other serious concerns.

The goal of this program is to get students to “seek help before harm;" it is not intended to suspend, expel, or punish. Safe2Help Illinois also offers a Mental Health Toolkit that provides resources for parents and educators reinforce the components of this program.

Safe2Help Illinois offers around-the-clock help via:

• Hotline: 844-4-SAFEIL
• Text line: 72332
• Email HELP@Safe2HelpIL.com
• Plus a website full of resources for young people seeking help for themselves or a friend. Its Ways To Get Help page is a directory of specialized hotlines, and other sections of its website provide practical steps for dealing with depression or helping a distraught friend. The checklist called "20 Questions To Ask Yourself If You Feel Like Giving Up" can help older children overcome a bout of anxiety or depression.

Maple School is part of Northbrook/Glenview District 30, which exists to create an inclusive community that inspires learning, fosters resiliency, and cares deeply for every child. We honor childhood and foster intellectual, physical and social-emotional growth. District 30 serves more than 1,200 students in pre-K through 8th grade across Willowbrook, Wescott and Maple Schools.

We prohibit harassment and discrimination of all forms within our district and follows all policies and procedures to ensure a safe environment for all.

Main Office: 847-400-8900

Location: 2370 Shermer Road, Northbrook, IL, USA

Website: district30.org