Click Here for the Weekly PTO Newsletter!

Click here for the weekly PTO newsletter!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Save the Date for Family Reading Night!


Click on the advertisement to see it in detail.  

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

State of Illinois School Report Cards


The 2012 ILLINOIS STATE SCHOOL REPORT CARDS are now online on the District 96 website. State and federal laws require public schools to release report cards to the public annually, providing the opportunity to compare data–including academic, financial, and demographic information–statewide.  Each State School Report Card also includes information on areas of success and planned improvement.

Illinois students in Grades 3 – 8 take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT). Reading and math are tested in Grades 3 – 8; science is tested in Grades 4 and 7 only. In overall student performance on the ISAT administered March 2012 in reading, math, and science, 96.6 percent of District 96 students in Grades 3–8 meet or exceed the Illinois Learning Standards.

See STATE REPORT CARDS for each District 96 school, as well as a STATE REPORT CARD FOR THE DISTRICT.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Early Release

Tuesday, October 23rd is an early release day.  Students will be dismissed at 2pm.  

During this time, all staff in District 96 will be collaborating at the Country Meadows/Woodlawn Campus.  

Sign-In and Sign-Out

Hello Visiting Friends to Country Meadows -

When you visit CM and receive your RAPTOR badge, will you also please sign-in on our visitor log?  We will also need you to indicate the time that you arrive and leave.  This will help us to have a complete record of everyone in the building in the event of an emergency. Thank you for remembering to exit through the office and sign out so we are not looking for you in an emergency.  

Thank you for working with us to refine our safety procedures as outlined by the fire department and Regional Office of Education!  

Sincerely - 
The Entire Office Staff

Paw Winners!


These students were recognized as PAW WINNERS for August and September!

Congratulations to all!  Their names and a photo will be displayed in the main hallway.  Check it out when you are at CM!

Joseph Leptich
Richelle Shi
Tejas Sheth
Gitsselle Hernandez
Krisha Manchandani
Haylie Popkey
Reed Rudick
Aayush Kashyap
Adonis Osborne
Macey Krull
Jonny Farber
Anna Bryson
Brandon Mushailov
Kassandra Gomez
Ashtyn Cohen
David Gancarz
Jack Chiasson
Imanol Garcia
Emerson Kouri
Drew Miller
Steven Beltran
Alex Eisen
Ben Luo
Isabelle Smart
Sammy Maya
Halley Gonzalez-Torres
Emily Kang
Christopher Gonzalez
Edwin Castro-Gonzalez
Anthony Yan
Maggie Kirby
Kaitlyn Chung

Looking For Parent Volunteers!

Hi Parents - 

On November 15th, we will be hosting our annual Family Reading Night.  This is an interactive family night that is sponsored by Jesse White, The Secretary of State.   The statewide theme this year, "One World, Many Stories."  

In order to highlight our theme this year, we would love to have reading stations in many languages.  If you speak and read in another language and have children's books that you would like to share, please join us!  We would love to have you host a reading station with one of our teachers!  Contact Louise Schmidt at lschmidt@kcsd96.org to express your interest!  

Thank you so much! 

Ms. Schneider and Mrs. Schmidt

Friday, October 12, 2012

Halloween Guidelines are Here...


Halloween is coming! 
On October 31st, each classroom will have a Halloween Celebration as well as participate in a Halloween Parade.  Students are so excited to celebrate.  I love hearing about the costumes they have planned.  We are planning for beautiful weather and genuinely hope that everyone has a safe and healthy Halloween that weekend. 

Parade -
Our parade will begin around 1:15pm inside school for students. Weather permitting, we’ll parade outside the building and parents/families are welcome to watch IN THE FRONT PARKING LOT.  The kids will be able to see each other’s costumes during an indoor parade before we parade outside. We did this last year and it was really fun for everyone.  The parade should be outside around 1:35pm. 

If the weather doesn’t cooperate, the students will parade inside the building for each other and, for obvious security reasons, an indoor parade will be for STAFF AND STUDENTS ONLY.

Parties -
The parties will begin just after the parade, which will be around 2:00, and are for students only.  The PTO has generously arranged for a determined committee of parents to put together activities for the students that afternoon.  The party is for the students in the classroom only.  Additional family members will not be permitted to attend even if a parent is helping to throw the party. 

If you are a party planner, please refer to the safe snack list on our website to make sure we are keeping everyone safe.  Also, if you are a party planner arranged by the PTO, please make sure you are identified in the office and wear your name tag at all times while in the building. 

Costumes-
As you being planning to create at home or costume shop for the perfect ensemble, here are the costume expectations so we can make sure that we have a wonderful pre-celebration that afternoon at Country Meadows!

Students should bring costumes for the parade to school but costumes are not to be worn to school.  The costume should be “kid friendly” so that each child may change into the costume independently after lunch.  It’s recommended that students put costumes on over their clothes so they are changed quickly in their classrooms and do not need to fully change. 

ANY HAIR COLOR OR MAKEUP MUST BE APPLIED BEFORE COMING TO SCHOOL…and we’d hope that if you do add color to hair or faces, it’s simple and does not distract anyone from learning for the day.  Do not allow your child to bring make-up or hair color to school.

Costumes should be “kid friendly” in their content, too.  NO MASKS, WEAPONS (real or fake!), BLOOD, SUPER SCARINESS, OR GENERAL ICKINESS should be a part of a costume.  Also, we assume all costumes will follow our school dress code so NO BARE TUMMIES, please.  If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!  Why do we say "no masks" - well we need to make sure that we can identify each child at all times and that each child can see appropriately so no one gets injured!  

Thank you for your support in a successful celebration!

Friday, October 5, 2012

Institute Day


Today was a very productive day for our staff.  Teachers spent the day with other educators from the Area 125 (Stevenson) Consortium. We heard from Nancy Frey, an expert in the field of literacy.  In addition, teachers collaborated with colleagues in order to discuss instruction with 21st century literacy skills. 

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Golden Rule Goals


In our effort to be the first Golden Rule School, 
all classes set "Golden Rule Goals!"  Check them out here: 

http://youtu.be/qxfILEurMt4




Be the "Change" You Wish to See at CM!

Country Meadows PRO Patrol is hosting a change drive!  All proceeds will go to supporting Country Meadows Cubs.  The donations will help kids in need purchase a book at the book fair! 

Send your loose change to school 
during the week of October 9th - 12th!   

Watch This for Some Fun!

Country Meadows Loves to Dance!  


At last Friday's Assembly, the kids had a super fun time watching this!  Check out our staff having a great time while making our own version of the dancing videos gone viral set to "Call Me Maybe." 

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Are You the Parent of a Second Grader?

All District 96 parents of 2nd graders are encouraged to come to Kildeer School to attend the district wide MATH NIGHT FOR GRADE 2 PARENTS on Tues., Oct. 16, 7:00–8:00 p.m., Kildeer Countryside School Learning Center, 3100 Old McHenry Rd., Long Grove, IL  60047. Math specialists Arlene Steinberg and Lisa Zimmerman will lead a lively workshop so District 96 parents of 2nd graders can learn and practice the focus algorithms their students will be using this year in math.