If you will have a Kindergarten student for the 2024-2025 school year, please read the important information below and visit the Kindergarten website. On February 1st, each elementary school will hold a Kindergarten round-up presentation. In addition, there will be a survey link within infinite campus in February for all ELC students transitioning to Kindergarten.
All Kindergarten eligible students may not stay at the ELC for another year per our state guidelines. Kindergarten eligible is defined as children who turn five years old on or before Sept. 1st.
https://www.barrington220.org/families/kindergarten-information
Important Kindergarten Dates:
*Thursday Feb. 1, 2024
Kindergarten Round-Up (At your home elementary school)
*Monday Feb. 5, 2024
Kindergarten Lab Program Round-Up (At Barrington High School)
*Wednesday Feb. 7, 2024
Chinese Immersion Program Round-Up (zoom)
*Thursday Feb. 8, 2024
Spanish Dual Language Program Round-Up (zoom)
*Sunday, March 31, 2024
Deadline to complete kindergarten pre-registration form
*Friday April 5, 2024
Notifications will be sent to all K-Lab and language program families
If you have any questions regarding your child's home school or transition, please reach out to myself or your child's team.
- PTO meeting: Thursday, February 8th at 7:00pm via zoom (zoom link will be sent out closer to the date)
- Valentine's Flowers for Staff are on sale now through February 8th. Tell your favorite staff members how much they mean to you with a special flower delivery this Valentine's Day. $2 per staff member includes a special message and a flower. Purchase Valentine's Flowers Here!
The Grammy Award winning musical duo, 123 Andres, will be visiting ELC students this spring. Please consider donating here to help cover the cost of this amazing experience for our students.
Save the date! The ELC Family Multi-Cultural Dance will be held Friday April 12th at 5PM at the ELC.
With the cold and flu season upon us, we feel that it is necessary to stress the importance of social isolation, cough etiquette, and hand washing. Germs are spread in the air from coughing and sneezing. They can also be picked up from other sources (door knobs, faucets, desk tops, etc.) that germs have landed on. We touch a contaminated surface with our hands, and then we can infect ourselves by touching our own eyes, nose, or mouth. Before you know it, you are sick.
WE WANT TO HELP STOP THIS CYCLE: CHILDREN WHO ARE ILL SHOULD STAY HOME UNTIL THE ILLNESS HAS PASSED.
KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL IF:
1. FEVER: Keep your child home for a period of 24 hours after the fever has passed. This means that fever reducing medication is not given and the child is still fever free for 24 hours.
2. VOMITING or DIARRHEA: Keep your child home for 24 hours after the symptoms have stopped.
3. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE: Keep your child home for a period of 24 hours of antibiotic treatment or after the contagious period for the illness is over.
THE SPREAD OF GERMS IS GREATLY REDUCED BY PROMOTING PROPER COUGHING TECHNIQUE AND HAND WASHING.
COVER YOUR COUGH but NOT WITH YOUR HANDS:
Cover your mouth/nose with a tissue or your elbow when you cough/sneeze
HANDS SHOULD BE WASHED FREQUENTLY:
Use soap and water and lather for 20 seconds before washing that soap away!
WHAT IF MY CHILD HAS A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE? Please report all communicable diseases to the school health office. Notification enables us to alert other parents of the possible exposure and help prevent further spread of the illness in the classroom.
PARENTS….. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FIGHT THE SPREAD OF GERMS!
Keri Personette, RN - School Nurse
https://www.barrington220.org/families/transportation
- All students were provided with transportation. If you would like to decline transportation service and will be transporting your child to and from ELC, please contact Arely Gamez (ELC admin assistant) at agamez@barrington220.org or call 224-770-4300.
- If you would like to request Alternate Transportation from a daycare provider or another location within Barrington 220 district boundaries, please request that directly at the link below. It will take 72 hours or longer for any change to be effective. Please submit your transportation requests asap.
- Finally, if you have additional questions, please contact Barrington 220 Transportation Specialist, Megan Polzin at our District Administrative Center by email at businfo@barrington220.org or phone at 847-842-3545.
On the following dates, ELC students will not have school. We conduct developmental screenings in order to accept new students to our program. If you have a child that is approaching 3 years of age, please sign up for a screening using the links below. Also, please share this information with other families in your neighborhood as we love to accept new students that need our program.
2023-2024 SCREENING DATES
March 8, 2024
February 1: Kindergarten Round-Up (At your home elementary school)
February 14: Valentine's Day celebration in classrooms
February 15: ELC Story Walk/Paseo De Lectura and ELC Community Conversations, Building Language and Literacy
February 16: Institute Day / No Student Attendance
February 19: President’s Day / No Staff & Student Attendance
February 27: Jim Gill (rescheduled)
March 8: Screening #5 / No Student Attendance
March 20: 4-8pm Parent Teacher Conferences
March 21: 123 Andres Performance 9:30am and 12:30pm
March 21: 3-7pm Parent Teacher Conferences
March 22: No Staff/Student Attendance
March 25-29: Spring Break
April 4: Spring Picture Day
April 12: PTO Multicultural Dance
April 15: Village Works- AM Students
April 16: Village Works- PM Students
May 6: Staff Appreciation Week
May 8: Literacy Night
May 27: Memorial Day / No Staff & Student Attendance
May 28: Last day of school
Email: macosta@barrington220.org
Website: https://www.barrington220.org/elc
Location: 40 East Dundee Road, Barrington, IL, USA
Phone: 224-770-4300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ELC220/
Twitter: @MsAcosta220