Looking for Parent Review Members!

Parent Review

New Parent Review Members are sought for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years.  Serving a two-year commitment, Parent Review Committee members review and offer feedback on curricular and instructional innovations, initiatives, policies, programs, topics required by school board policy or school code, and provide feedback during the development of the district calendar.  

Parent Review members have shared that they become well informed regarding our school district.   The role of Parent Review members include being active participants by sharing opinions, questions, suggestions, and feedback in positive ways, act as district ambassadors to promote the district in the community, direct other parents to the appropriate district personnel and resources as needed, and invite other parents to attend district sponsored meetings and events. 

Meetings are scheduled for 9/24, 10/22, 11/12, 1/8, 2/11, 3/18, and 4/15 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. 

Additional members are needed to represent Country Meadows School.  For more information or to express interest, please contact Principal Katie Schneider (kschneider@kcsd96.org or 847.353.8600) by the end of the day on Monday, September 10^th, 2012.  I apologize for the tight turnaround.  

4th and 5th Grade Parents

Please take the time to review this link to learn about Extended Math for 4th and 5th graders.  A description of the program as well as qualifying criteria is included.  

MAP Testing Starts Next Week

Your child's classroom teacher can share specifics about when your child's classroom is assessing.  

Please help your child to do his/her best by getting a great night's rest and eating a healthy breakfast.  

Results will be sent home via backpack mail as soon as all students have been assessed and the score reports are available.  

Check out our PRO Website!

Please check out of PRO Website!  

Click on the Social Emotional Learning link on the main PRO page to find tools that we use at Country Meadows to set expected behaviors!

Does Your Child Have Medical Needs?

The nurse is looking to communicate with you about your child’s medical needs.  Please make sure that she has all authorizations as well as Food Allergy Action Forms.  

Parking Lot

Please, we are pleading, only park in parking spots in our lot.  Parking alongside our sidewalk will cause a problem in the event there is an emergency situation.  Further, parking alongside the curb causes a great deal of frustration for the parents and staff at Parent Pick-Up and Drop-off. 

In the event that a staff member asks you to move your car, please respect the messenger. 

Also, when you are dropping off students in the morning or picking them up in the afternoon, always have the children use the curbside door of your car.  We would hate for any accidents to happen!  

Student Tardiness

Timeliness is extremely important to your child's education.  Please understand that being tardy significantly impacts our building routines for attendance, lunch-counts, etc.  Most importantly, being tardy impacts student learning.  A child coming in late must catch up to the happenings in the classroom, also causing a disruption for other students.  At Country Meadows, learning begins immediately at 8:25.  Please help create respectful habits for your children by establishing morning routines that assure a timely arrival.  Students should be in our building by 8:20 when the first bell rings to signal our time to unpack, get settled, and handle communication from home.  Our tardy bell rings at 8:25.  Thank you for your support.