Woodbury Weekly Update for Families
October 16, 2023
Get your day started off right with Mrs. Cryer's 2nd Grade classroom!
A Peek at Our Week
Welcome to our weekly update! We are thrilled to keep you informed about the happenings at our school, celebrations & achievements and upcoming events, ensuring you're an active part of your students educational journey. In each update, you'll find highlights of the past week and a preview of what's to come, fostering a strong sense of community and collaboration between the school and our cherished families. Most weeks will be brief, but at times there is important information or updates that help support us in your involvement in our little school. Thank you for taking the time to read it!
This past week we started our Woodbury Way positive incentive! Watch for a bright orange sticker on your child. This means that they were recognized for showing the Woodbury way by demonstrating safe, kind, and responsible behavior in their classroom or in a common area or unstructured time. We are also focusing on Growth Mindset throughout the month of October. Students are focusing on the power of the word YET! Students who receive a sticker will be entered to be drawn for a mystery reward on Fridays. The reward can be big or small...it's truly a mystery! your support at home supporting and reinforcing expected behaviors is always a big help! Thank you!
Have you signed up for a conference yet? Conferences are being held on November 20th & 21st.
Butter braid orders are due on 11/7/23 with and will be delivered on 11/16/23.
We have several field trips scheduled for this week. As a friendly reminder, if you plan on volunteering or attending a field trip we would like to avoid a line on the day of such an event. Please visit our main office between the hours of 7:00-3:30 to complete our background check in advance.
Walking Club
Woodbury Walking Club begins this week! Walking Club will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Fall dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays Oct 16th- Nov 2nd
Spring Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays April 30th- May 19th
Walking club will be held outdoors walking around Woodbury School as weather permits, and around the gym and hallways indoors if the weather is inclement.
October PE All Stars
IMPORTANT: Exclusions
Nurse News
- Please note that the exclusion date for students who have not turned in a physical or immunizations (or an appointment card) is Monday, October 23rd. If you have any questions, please reach out to our nurse, Mrs. Lauren Hoyt or Mrs. Kern.
- All medication, including cough drops and over-the-counter products, require a Medication Authorization Form to be completed and signed by a student’s healthcare provider and their parent/guardian.
- All Kindergarteners and any student attending school in Illinois for the first time are required to submit a State of Illinois Eye Exam or Waiver by October 15, 2023.
- Flu season is around the corner! Protect yourself and your family this season with an annual flu vaccine for everyone who is 6 months and older. Seasonal flu activity can begin as early as October and last as late as May. Visit www.flu.gov or talk to your healthcare provider for more information.
Woodbury Staff Shoutout
Would you like to leave a shoutout for one of our Woodbury Staff? Please use this form to help celebrate and recognize our staff. Your words of praise, recognition, and support lift us up. Thank you for helping us support all those who contribute to our awesome learning community! We love hearing from you!
Red Ribbon Week
RED RIBBON WEEK is Celebrated Annually October 23-31. Red Ribbon Week highlights the importance of living a drug-free life. It presents an opportunity for parents, educators, and communities to reinforce the drug-free messages they share with their children throughout the year.
Halloween Information
We will be enjoying Halloween festivities this year on Tuesday, October 31st. In addition to afternoon Halloween Festivities, the reading room will once again be transformed into a BAT CAVE and classrooms are invited to come experience life as a bat and participate in DEAR time in the dark with finger lights. So fun! We will also have our annual Costume Parade. The parade will begin around 1:00. Parents/Guardians are welcome to attend along with younger children to see their older sibling(s) and their classmates! Guests of the parade can line the sidewalk around the building and students will be making their way around the building on the sidewalk by classroom. If we have inclement weather, we will parade around in the gym and hallways.
Students are invited to wear their costumes with the following guidelines:
Students will change into costumes after lunch and must be able to put on independently over their clothes.
If a student's costume includes a mask it will not be able to be worn while at school except for a picture and the parade.
Please limit costume accessories, as these can potentially serve as a distraction to our daily learning. Weapons (play swords, knives, guns, etc.) are not allowed.
Halloween parties will be coordinated by the classroom teachers. Only designated adult helpers who have been approved as volunteers will be able to accompany the students back to the classrooms for the parties.
Treat Policy:
Celebrations and positive reinforcement are an important part of our district’s culture of supporting students. Often students bring treats or snacks to school to share on special occasions. Due to food allergies and other health concerns, we are only allowing a minimal amount of preapproved treats to be consumed at the classroom party. We still encourage healthy eating habits and promote non-food items such as pencils, stickers, bookmarks, or other small items in place of food treats. All Curricular activities involving food will be dealt with individually.
Pumpkin Storybook Contest
Dates to Remember
10/17: School Board Meeting
10:18: First Grade Honey Hill
10/19: Great Shakeout, Earthquake Drill
10/20: Kindergarten Fieldtrip to Woody's Orchard, 2nd Grade Discovery Museum, 3rd Grade Naper Settlement
10/23: Storybook Pumpkins due
10/31: Classroom Halloween Parties & Halloween Parade 1:00
11/2: Third Grade Hoover Field Trip
11/7: Butter Braid orders due. Delivery 11/16.
Woodbury PPA Update
Time for Halloween Glowstick Grams! Watch for these coming home in your student's backpack. Always a big hit every year!
If you are interested in becoming a member of our awesome PPA, please feel free to join them for their monthly meetings that typically take place on the last Thursday of the month. Please click the link below for their latest updates and meeting notes.
Veteran's Day Ceremony, November 10th
Our annual Veteran's Day Ceremony will be take place on Friday, November 10th. If you have a Veteran in your family who you would like us to honor it would be our privilege. Veterans are invited to attend our short ceremony at 2:00 p.m. that day. Please arrive by 1:45 p.m. The ceremony includes a presentation of colors, Pledge of Allegiance, moment of silence and an introduction of Veterans in Attendance. You may also email a picture of your veteran to jkern@sandwich430.org and we will display them in our main office windows. Please provide the name, branch and years of service with your photo. Please submit photos by November 1st.
Lexia All Stars
Golden Apple Nominations
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