Principal's Update 11-02-2012

Finally, we were able to set our clocks back one hour today for daylight savings time! Please make sure to change all of your clocks today so our students are on time for school tomorrow! I know I enjoyed having that extra hour of sleep this morning!

Thank you to our families who returned the conference preference slips in by Friday. Our staff will be meeting this week to determine exact conference times for each student and they will be sending home notifications to parents following the meeting. Please make a note of your scheduled conferences and arrive on time for your conferences. Our teachers will be on a tight schedule, but look forward to meeting with the parents of each student, as this is an excellent opportunity for our teachers and parents to communicate and work together to ensure and improve student learning for each child. Report cards will be sent home with students on Friday, November 16th. Students' STAR scores will be provided to parents at that time as well. Please be sure to ask your child's teacher for clarification of these reports or the ISAT scores that were mailed to parents earlier this year for our students in 4th through 6th grades.

The 11th Annual District 68 Oktubafest will be held at Jefferson JHS on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. This is the first band concert of the year for elementary students and it will feature our 5th and 6th grade band students district wide. The fun begins at 5:30 p.m. with a hot dog dinner and live music from the Northern Illinois University Brass Ensemble. This event is open to the public and admissions are free.

-Modest cost per person for the meal

- All proceeds benefit the band program

- No need to cook dinner before the concert

- Meet with other families in a festive setting

- Enjoy the joyful sounds of Oktoberfest  

Keep in mind that District 68 is now on Social Media. Due to the number of likes, our URL for Facebook has already been shortened!!

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Catalog Sale Reminder

Life: Style Catalog orders are due back Wednesday, November 7^th.  Please make sure your order form is complete (both white and yellow copies come back to school) and full payment is included.   Please make checks out to Willow Creek PTO.  Your purchases will be available for pick up the first week of December.  Exact date and time of pickup will be communicated soon.  Contact Annie Bleau with any questions.  anniebleau@sbcglobal.net   630-737-0068

Box Top Update

Congratulations to the 1st grade classes for collecting the most Box Tops! They earned an extra recess!! The school raised $356 in just a few weeks! Please keep cutting the box tops. There will be another contest after the New Year!

Fun Run Winners

On Friday, I was able to enjoy a pizza lunch with the students who ran the most laps in their class for the Fun Run! The names of our winners are listed below. Also, Congratulations to Mrs. Boots class who raised the most money in the school. They won an extra recess!

Gerardo Cortez (Grimes AM)
Jonathan Venouziou,Maggie Joyce (Grimes PM)
Anthony Bernardo, Joseph Crylen, Jake Imrisek, Joshua Poeschel, Lauren Rotta (1st Boots)
Jaxson Hnatiuk(1st Cannis)
Oscar Sanchez (Wiese)
Abby Bleau, Jacob Larocco, Shaibu Mohammed (Mack 2nd)
Kaley Bretwisch, Connor Joyce, Amelia Molina, Mitchell Reiken, Reilly Renchin, Ricky Rudolph, Mariah Terrell (2nd Armstong)
Josh Venouziou(3rd Mr. Driessens)
Zach Milos(3rd Mrs. MacNeil)
Lukas Platauna (3rd Miss Leonard)
Niall Brennan, Joshua Poeschel(4th Durkin)
Clarissa Fulgencio, Aaron Venouziou(4th Chapman)
Bradley Rosen(5th Wilkinson)
Erin Reidy(5th Mehok)
Joshua Rudolph(6th Franson)
Alexis Plascencia(6th Keogh)

Congratulations to the top lap winners of the school who won "Mrs. Bailey" for a half day: Joshua Rudolph, Alexis Plascencia, Joshua Venouziou, Zach Milos, and Clarissa Fulgencio. Congratulations to Eli Poloski and Max Poloski for raising the most money, they also earned lunch with Mrs. Matthews!

Upcoming Dates to Remember:
Monday, November 5th: Accelerated Reader (AR) Assembly
Tuesday, November 6th: No School: Election Day
Wednesday, November 7th: Band Oktubafest
                                                Bus Evacuation Drills
Friday, November 9th: Picture Re-takes
                                        Veteran Visits to Willow Creek
Sunday, November 11th: Veteran's Day
November 12th - November 16th: American Education Week
Tuesday, November 13th: PTO Meeting, 7 p.m., WC LRC
Wednesday, November 14th: 5th Field Trip to Robert Crown
Friday, November 16th: Report Cards Sent Home
Monday, November 19th: NO SCHOOL, Parent Teacher Conference, 4-9 p.m.
Tuesday, November 20th: NO SCHOOL, Parent Teacher Conference, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
November 21st - November 23rd: NO SCHOOL, Thanksgiving Break

Check out the picture below for the students whose names were chosen in this week's "Positive Paws" raffle!