Required Medical Forms

The Illinois exclusion date for ALL medical requirements is October 15th, 2024. It is required that a student needs to have a physical and up-to-date immunizations on file. It is recommended that students entering K and 2nd grade should submit a dental form. It is recommended that students entering K and anyone entering school for the first time should submit an eye exam. If your student is missing their physical and immunizations, they will be excluded from school starting October 16th until we receive the documentation in the office.

Oct. 1

• SIP Early Release Day 1:45 PM

Oct. 3

• Howe Picture Day

Oct. 15

• Exclusion Day. (All required health documents must be submitted.)

Oct. 18

• Trunk-or-Treat @ Howe Elementary 5:30-7:00 PM

Oct. 31

• Halloween parties & parade

The next PTO meeting will be on Thursday, October 17 @ 5:30 PM at Howe Elementary.

Visit this link to see the details and get a sneak peek.

Please review additional directions for pickup procedures to ensure safety for all.

• For Safety, cars may not park in lanes of the turnaround lot until 3:30 PM. This has to remain open in the event of an emergency.

• All student pickups will take place inside our fenced blacktop area, directly outside of the cafeteria. (Please see the map below)

• All Parents/Guardians are required to have the Student DriveLine Pass displayed in their window. If you do not have it, you must contact the office to arrange for a replacement during the school day. All other students will be sent home on the bus.

• Any changes to arrange for a student pick up at the end of the day must notify the office prior to 3:00 PM.

• No cars can be in the front Bus Line after 3:00 PM, as it will block the buses arriving.

• Students will begin being dismissed at 3:40 PM.

On Friday, September 27, while students enjoyed a day off, our teachers were busy learning additional way to engage students through Kagan Training, provided for the entire district. Kagan Structures are learning structures that teachers implement within their lessons to allow for opportunities for students to be more engaged in a lesson. Instead of calling on one student for a singular answer and perspective, teachers have created designed learning groups around their classroom to create opportunities for 100% participation, sharing responses, deeper understanding, confidence building, etc. before then listening to multiple responses from teams to come to a whole group understanding.

This was the 2nd phase of this training which provided several more strategies for our teachers to begin using immediately. It was exciting to see them engaging with each other this past week.

Daily Schedule:

Students enter: 8:55-9:05 AM

School Day begins: 9:05 AM

School Day ends: 3:45 PM

SIP Day Schedule (Early Release; The first Tuesday of every month):

Students enter: 8:55-9:05 AM

School :Day begins 9:05 AM

School Day ends: 1:45 PM

Reminder about making adjustments to your child's transportation.

Parents/Guardians must call the office BEFORE 3:00 PM if you are planning to pick your child up and they normally take the bus. There are a lot of moving parts at the end of the day and this must be arranged ahead of time. If you show up at the end of the day and ask to take your child home, we cannot pull students from the bus because it causes major delays in our end of the day systems which will not be permitted. They will be sent home on the bus. We appreciate your support in helping us get our students home safely.

Our students need to be at school everyday! Please help us in fighting Truancy as a team. We need to teach our students the importance of their education as well as learning the lifelong skill of showing up. School becomes increasingly difficult the more a student is absent, which reduces confidence and brings anxiety. Let's help them succeed by sending them to school everyday.