August 2016 Greetings Churchill Families, I hope this letter finds you all well and ready for another amazing school year! Our custodial staff has been working very hard to make our school sparkle. The teachers have begun getting their rooms ready and are excited to greet their new students. Our theme for the 2016-2017 school year is “Follow Your Dreams.” At Churchill Elementary School, we will focus on building on our strengths, fostering the love of learning, and college and career readiness. Throughout the school year, we will recognize, teach, and celebrate the six pillars of Character Counts! Feel free to join us for the quarterly assemblies listed on the enclosed calendar. Encourage your child(ren) to wear the color of the month every Wednesday:

August/September: All Pillars/All Colors October: Respect/Yellow November/December: Caring/ Red January: Fairness/Orange February: Trustworthiness/Blue March: Citizenship/Purple April: Responsibility/Green May/June: All Pillars/All Colors

Enclosed in this mailing is the school year calendar of events. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, August 15th between 5 and 7 pm for our annual Preview Night. During this time our Home and School Association will also be hosting a special Back to School Celebration for all! Students will be able to visit their classrooms, drop off school supplies, and tour the building. Our Home and School Association will be on hand to share news about volunteer opportunities and upcoming events. We encourage you to join our Home and School Association, which has done so much for our school community during the past eleven years.

Be sure to visit our website www.sd308.org/churchill frequently as there is a wealth of information contained there, including the Churchill Chatter, Parent Handbook, calendar of events, and news. If you do not have access to the internet and wish to receive hard copies of all publications, please contact the office at 630-636-3800 and they will be sent home with your child. Your student’s 2016-2017 classroom teacher and room assignment will be available after 4:00 pm on Wednesday, August 10th by utilizing Home Access. The site can be accessed by going to our district website, www.sd308.org, and clicking on the Home Access button found on the left-hand side of the home page. Enter the LogIn ID and Password used to view your child’s report card. Be sure to carefully review the additional information that is enclosed in this mailing and contact us at 630-636-3800 should you have any questions or needs. We will welcome new and returning staff members to the Churchill Team and a listing of the complete staff is enclosed. On behalf of the Churchill Staff, we look forward to providing a safe and caring learning environment for your child(ren) while developing strong and positive partnerships with the Churchill community. Best wishes to all for a happy and successful 2016-2017 school year! Sincerely,

Tammie Harmon Casey O’Connell Tammie Harmon Casey O’Connell Principal Assistant Principal

2016-2017 CHURCHILL STAFF & ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

Principal: Mrs. Tammie Harmon x-3810 Assistant Principal: Mr. Casey O'Connell x-3811 Principal's Secretary: Mrs. Cindy Effron x-3809 Attendance Secretary: Mrs. Pam Werling x-3808 Grade Name Room Phone Extension Kindergarten Mrs. Elizabeth Palatine 125 3836 First Mrs. Alison Fischer 139 3863 Mrs. Jen Kie 137 3838 Mrs. Pam Klick 136 3840 Mrs. Amanda Wielert 130 3839 Second Mrs. Kristin Clark (job share) 116 3820 Ms. Christine Gamlin 115 3864 Mrs. Kara Gates (job share) 116 3826 Mrs. Anne Hellmuth* 109 3828 (* Ms. Katie Thornton long term sub for 1st quarter) Ms. Laura Huddleston 110 3823

Third Mrs. Kimberly Anderson 210 3827 Mrs. Kimberly Katzen 209 3870

Mrs. Mary Murphy 216 3860 Mrs. Tracy Zalud 215 3844 Fourth Mrs. Dana Barnett 219 3845 Mrs. Susan Boardwine 228 3854 Ms. Claire Parlier 225 3847

Mr. Howard Shaw 230 3832 Mr. Jarod Struck 220 3865 Fifth Mrs. Kelly Fleagle 237 3855 Mrs. Megan Gentzler 206 3837 Mr. Ken McCafferty 200 3831 Mrs. Sarah Saldana 239 3842 Mrs. Kim Von Kaenel 236 3843 Special Education Ms. Tory Brown 223 3824

Ms. Jessica Ciaccio 128 3829 Mr. Andrew Fehrenbacher 146 3846

Mrs. Katie Kerback 106 3841

Grade Name Room Phone Extension

Aramark Ms. Tammy Snyder, Manager Cafe 3806

Art Ms. Heidi Miller 112 3866 Building Engineer Mr. Mike Hosler 3807 Mrs. Cristina Juarez Mrs. Emma Ramirez Mr. Larry Smith ELL Resource Ms. Julie Watgen 142 3822

Gifted Ed Mrs. Leslie Anderson 119 3833 KCSEC Coordinator Ms. Kim Payton 3816 Kids Connection Gym 630-551-0770 LRC Mrs. Sarah Caffarello 243 3803 Music Mrs. Julie Van Camp 104 3851 Nurse Mrs. Kim James 101 3802 PE Mr. Tom Clason 102 3848 Mrs. Brittany Lindeman 102 3857 Social Worker Mr. Charles Barr 118 3805 Psychologist Ms. Katie Rytkonen 126 3804 Reading Mrs. Kelly Schultz 202 3850 Mrs. Christiana Hertzog 221 3873 Speech Ms. Angela Adams 147 3813 Mrs. Beth Boss 241 3859

Teacher Assistants Ms. Cynthia Clark Mrs. Peg Deist

Mrs. Michelle Earley Mrs. Donna Green Mrs. Bridget Harris Mrs. Carolyn Kellogg Ms. Denise Libby Mrs. Mary Jo Minick Mrs. Zeljka Rajcevic Ms. Stefania Schmidt Mrs. Beth Stidham Ms. Katie Thornton Ms. Jenna Yabsley

Churchill Elementary School 2016 – 2017 Calendar of Events

Wednesday, August 10- Teacher assignments posted on Home Access 4:00 pm

Monday, August 15 - Preview Night/Back to School Bash 5:00 – 7:00 pm Wednesday, August 17 - First Day of School, Grades 1 – 12 Character Counts! Assembly 2:00 pm Thursday, August 18 - Kindergarten Round Up 9:00 – 11:00 am

Friday, August 19 - First Day of Kindergarten 8:45 – 11:20 am

Wednesday, August 24 - Culver’s Night

Thursday, August 25- Curriculum Night 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Thursday, September 1 - Rosati’s Night

Monday, September 5 - NO SCHOOL – Labor Day

Thursday, September 8 - Fall Picture Day

Tuesday, September 13 - Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Wednesday, September 14 - Muffins w/Mrs. Harmon 9:00 – 10:00 am

Thursday, September 22 - Churchill Challenge Kick-Off Assembly TBD

Friday, September 23 - NO SCHOOL – Teacher Institute Day

Wednesday, September 28 - Culver’s Night

Friday, September 30 - Churchill Challenge

Thursday, October 6 - Rosati’s Night

Monday, October 10 - NO SCHOOL – Columbus Day

Tuesday, October 11 - Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Friday, October 21 - 12:45 pm Dismissal/School Improvement Day/Lunches will be served End of 1st quarter

Friday, October 21 – Friday, October 28 Book Fair

Tuesday, October 25 - Picture Re-takes

Wednesday, October 26 - Culver’s Night

Friday, October 28 - Fall Festival 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Monday, October 31 - Halloween Parade (AM Kindergarten) 10:05 am Halloween Party (AM Kindergarten) 10:20 am

Halloween Parade (Grades 1 – 5) 2:05 pm Halloween Parties (Grades 1 – 5) 2:35 pm

Wednesday, November 2 - Parent/Teacher Conferences/Full day student attendance

Thursday, November 3 - Character Counts! Assembly 9:00 am Parent/Teacher Conferences/1:45 pm Dismissal Holiday Give Back 4:00 – 8:00 pm Rosati’s Night

Friday, November 4 - Parent/Teacher Conferences/NO STUDENT ATTENDANCE

Tuesday, November 8 Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Thursday, November 10 - 5th Grade Musical 7:00 pm

Friday, November 11 - Veterans Day Assembly 9:00 am Saturday, November 19 - Mother/Son Event (TBD) Wednesday, November 23 – Friday, November 25 – NO SCHOOL/Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, December 1 - Rosati’s Night

Tuesday, December 13 - Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Wednesday, December 21 - Kindergarten Holiday Party 10:20 am Holiday Parties (Grades 1 – 5) 11:45 am

End of 2nd quarter 12:45 pm EARLY DISMISSAL/Lunches will be served Thursday, December 22 – Friday, January 6 - NO SCHOOL/WINTER BREAK

Monday, January 9 - Students Back to School

Tuesday, January 10 - Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Thursday, January 12 - Rosati’s Night

Monday, January 16 - NO SCHOOL/Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 17 - Character Counts! Assembly 2:30 pm

Wednesday, January 25 - Culver’s Night

Thursday, January 26 - Blizzard Bowl 6:30 – 7:30 pm

Thursday, February 2 - Rosati’s Night

Monday, February 13 – Friday, February 17 - Churchill Staff Appreciation Week!

Tuesday, February 14 - AM Kindergarten Valentine Party 10:20 am Grade 1 – 5 Valentine Parties 2:35 pm Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm Monday, February 20 - NO SCHOOL/President’s Day

Wednesday, February 22 - Culver’s Night

Saturday, February 25 - Daddy/Daughter Dance 6:00 – 9:00 pm

Thursday, March 2 - 3rd Grade Musical 7:00 pm Rosati’s Night

Saturday, March 4 - Fun Fair 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Monday, March 6 - Muffins w/Mrs. Harmon 9:00 – 10:00 am Friday, March 10 - 12:45 pm Dismissal/School Improvement Day

End of 3rd quarter Tuesday, March 14 - Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm Wednesday, March 22 - Parent/Teacher Conferences/Full day student attendance Culver’s Night Thursday, March 23 - Parent/Teacher Conferences/Full day student attendance

Monday, March 27 – Friday, March 31 - NO SCHOOL/SPRING BREAK

Monday, April 3 - Students Back to School

Tuesday, April 4 - Spring Picture Day

Thursday, April 6 - Rosati’s Night

Monday, April 10 – Friday, April 21 Spring Book Fair

Tuesday, April 11 - Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Thursday April 13 - NO SCHOOL – Teacher Institute Day

Friday, April 14 - NO SCHOOL

Monday, April 17 - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, April 18 - Grandparents Day

Friday, April 21 - Character Counts! Assembly 10:00 am

Tuesday, April 25 - Volunteer Breakfast 8:30 – 9:30 am

Wednesday, April 26 - Culver’s Night

Thursday, May 4 - Rosati’s Night Tuesday, May 9 - Home & School meeting 6:00 – 7:00 pm Monday May 22 - 5th Grade Celebration 2:00 pm Tuesday, May 23 - Field Day Wednesday, May 24 - Culver’s Night

Thursday, May 25 Kindergarten Family Picnic 10:45 am

Friday, May 26 - Last day of school/12:45 pm dismissal/Lunches will be served/End of 4th quarter

CHURCHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Student Drop-Off/Pick-up Procedures

Elementary School begins promptly at 8:45 AM with buses dropping

students off by 8:30 AM each morning. All District 308 elementary schools

will be open at 8:15 AM for parents who need to drop-off their children early.

Grades 1-5 students will be in attendance from 8:45 AM - 3:35 PM.

Kindergarten students will be in attendance from 8:45 AM – 11:20 AM. The

door to the left of the main entrance, Door #12, will open at 8:15 AM for those

students who will be arriving to school early. Parents will need to park in a

designated parking space in the front of the building and walk their child(ren) to

Door #12. We will then follow our normal arrival procedures beginning at 8:30

AM.

Beginning at 8:30 AM, car riders and walkers enter the building through Door # 2,

located on the west side of the building.

Enter the school drive on Jessamine Drive, stopping at the crosswalk to safely allow parents

and children to cross. Follow Jessamine around in front of Plank Jr. High and pull up behind

the car in front of you.

Wait until Churchill staff directs vehicles to pull up along the curb. Drop off only at the front

curbside. Please time your morning arrival to accommodate our safety rules, and to have your

child in school on time.

When exiting Churchill by car, you will only be allowed to go straight onto Jessamine or turn

left onto Secretariat. You will not be able to turn right onto Secretariat.

Parents who wish to park in the lot and walk their children to the entrance may do so. Please

use the cross walk only and never allow your child to walk across the lot unescorted.

Students who ride the bus will exit the bus on the east side of the building and enter through

Door #4. Students may not be dropped off or picked up by car in the bus area located at

the back of the building.

At dismissal time, cars will line up at the curb as in the morning. Have your child enter on the

passenger side of your vehicle. Only pull out of line when the person directing traffic signals

you to do so.

If you park your car in the lot at dismissal time, please walk to Door # 10, on the playground

side of the school building, to meet your child. Students are NOT permitted to walk themselves

to your car. Use the designated crosswalk to return to your vehicle in the parking lot.

Please remember that Illinois state law prohibits the use of cell phones while

driving in a school zone.

Dear Mustang Families,

The Churchill Home and School Executive Board members would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the 2016-2017 school year. We hope you had a wonderful summer and are looking forward to an exciting new year filled with fun events for everyone.

Our Executive Board is committed to making a difference in the education, health and safety of all our children. We partner with parents, teachers, staff and the community on many levels to bring both fun and educational programs, events and opportunities to the children of Churchill Elementary. Your contribution, whether it be your time, knowledge or resources makes a difference. We personally invite you to become an involved member of the Churchill Home and School Association.

Please join us on Monday, August 15th from 5:00-7:00pm for our annual Back to School Bash (flyer attached). This event is being held in conjunction with the Churchill Elementary Preview Night. During Preview Night, the HSA will be available to greet Churchill families and provide you with some information on how you can help make this school year amazing for the students and staff. You will also have an opportunity to order Mustang Grams to be delivered to your child on the first day of school.

MEMBERSHIP: The membership fee for the 2016-2017 school year is $5.00. Membership will give you the opportunity to participate in any number of ways, whether it be attending monthly meetings, chairing a committee, volunteering for a committee, or coordinating family fun events. All Members will receive a FREE Churchill Elementary Directory. Funds collected from our membership drive help support our overall budget which provides programs and events that directly benefit our children and families throughout the school year. We encourage all Churchill families to help support our school! If you choose not to join the Home and School Association but would like a Directory, there is a fee of $2.00. Membership registration will occur ONLINE this year. A direct link will be shared in the coming weeks with all Churchill Elementary families. A paper form will be available in the Office for those who are unable to register online.

YEARBOOK: This year we will be placing all yearbook orders online. Balfour will provide us with a Marketplace where orders for yearbooks and accessories can be placed until January of 2017. More detailed information will be provided to all Churchill Families in the coming weeks. On behalf of the Home & School Association, all 5th grade students will receive a yearbook as a gift and they will be distributed at the 5th grade party in May.

ROOM PARTIES: Room party sign up sheets will be located in each individual classroom on Preview Night and at Curriculum Night. Sign up for all three holiday parties will be available at this time. These sheets will reflect your availability and are not a guarantee you are granted attendance at these events. We will do our best to keep things fair and get the party schedule out in a timely manner so planning can commence.

MUSTANG GRAMS: Mustang Grams will be available to purchase at Preview Night and will be delivered to your child’s classroom on the first day of school. Mustang Grams typically range from $1.00-$2.00, and are delivered to your child’s classroom with an encouraging note from parents/guardians/family/friends. Order forms will be distributed monthly for the Mustang Gram program. All Mustang Money collected over the school year helps us fund our Kerry Anne Engdahl Scholarship.

COMMITTEE SIGN UP: In order to give families time to meet their students’ teachers, tour the school and enjoy the Back to School Bash, committee sign up will take place online. Sign Ups will be done the last week of August and the first two weeks in September. Volunteers are the key to our success.

HAY…YOU HAVE BEEN MUSTANGED: Over recent years flamingo flocking fundraisers have become a common addition to fundraising efforts for local youth, charity and community groups. Churchill Elementary HSA is going to try this with our own unique spin. We have purchased a “Mustang” (or two) to help us start a similar program to those pink flamingos you may have seen in our neighborhoods.

For a $25 donation to the Churchill Home and School your friends or family members can have their front yards “Mustanged”. Of that $25.00 donation, $5 will go to the HSA to help keep the program running and the other $20 will be placed in our H.O.O.F. (Helping Out Our Families) fund. This program has provided assistance to Churchill Families in need since its inception.

In exchange for your donation, a friend or neighbor can be “Mustanged” for any special occasion, whether it be a birthday, an anniversary or a congratulations on a job well done. A mustang and a sign will be placed in the yard of the recipient for a period of 24 hours. Please contact Jen Bocik @ jenniferbocik@yahoo.com with any questions or to book the mustang. We would love to see this program kick off before the beginning of the school year!

Thank you for your continued support,

Churchill Elementary Executive Board

HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIATION CONTACT INFORMATION

President 1st VP Colleen Zukauskas open position cmzukauskas@gmail.com 630.292.0423 2nd VP Treasurer Jennifer Bocik Rachel Keys jenniferbocik@yahoo.com rckeys3@gmail.com 630.229.7847 217.494.0001 Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Kathy Gouwens open position gouwensk@outlook.com 260.450.6958

Website - www.churchillhsa.com Email - churchillhsa@gmail.com

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July

August

15th-Preview Night/Back to School

Bash 17th- 1st Day of School

18th- Kindergarten Round Up

September

13th –HSA Meeting @ 6 PM

22nd- Challenge Kick Off 30th- Churchill

Challenge

October

11th-HSA Meeting @ 6 PM

28th- Trunk or Treat & Fall Festival

November

3rd- Holiday Give Back 8th- HSA Meeting @

6 PM 11th- Veterans Day

Assembly 19- Mother/Son Event

December

13th- HSA Meeting @ 6 p.m.

January

10th- HSA Meeting @ 6

PM

February

14th- HSA Meeting @ 6 PM

13-17th Churchill Staff Appreciation Week

25th- Daddy Daughter Dance

March

4th- Fun Fair 14th- HSA Meeting @

6 PM

April

11th- HSA Meeting @ 6 PM

18th- Grandparents Day

May

9th- HSA Meeting @ 6 PM

23rd- Field Day 26th- Last Day of

School

June

Churchill HSA Calendar

2016-2017

CHURCHILL ELEMENTARY

BACK TO SCHOOL BASH MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Please join us on Preview Night to meet your teacher. Afterwards, stay for some fun!

Enjoy bounce houses, music and catching up with friends on the playground.

A taco truck and Kona Ice will be on site so you can enjoy dinner and dessert too. A portion of all food sales will be

donated to the students and staff at Churchill Elementary. We look forward to a wonderful year!!!

Churchill Home & School