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Dear Early Learning Center Community, It’s been another great week at the ELC! We are so proud of our Sprouts and the friendships they are starting to form. Routines are coming naturally and you’d never know that it was only the 2nd week of school! We’re looking forward to an amazing year! Parking Lot Safety: Safety for our students and staff is a top priority. If you are dropping or picking up your child, please park in the blue parking spaces for the Early Learning Center and walk your child to the front door. Many of our students are dropped off so please remember to drive slowly around the school and be respectful to others who are dropping off their students. Drop Off and Pick Up Reminders: All students should be dropped off and picked up at the front door of the Early Learning Center. All families are asked to use the crosswalk and not go between buses for safety reasons. We thank you for your support with these reminders. Emergency Response: The safety of all of our ELC students is a top priority for us. Each year we undergo practice scenarios that allow our staff and students to simulate a crisis situation. These practices include evacuating from the school building and buses, taking shelter during a weather related crisis and responding to an emergency situation in the school building. Please see the attached letter for more information. Crisis Plan and Drill Parent Letter – English Crisis Plan and Drill Parent Letter – Spanish PTA Update: Our PTA does many amazing things for our Sprouts throughout the year: Birthday Books, Fun Fair, Family Fun Nights and School Communication Folders are just a few of the things the Early Learning Center PTA provides to support our students. Won’t you be a champion for children by taking time to join the PTA? Membership is open to parents, family members, staff members, community members—anyone who wants to help our Sprouts grow! You can find the membership form here as well as a form for this year’s spirit wear for the whole family here. Our first PTA meeting will be this coming Tuesday, September 10th in the teacher’s lounge. We hope you’ll join us Tuesday at 6:30 pm, childcare will be provided. We’re also looking for a few Picture Day volunteers for September 16th & 17th. Please let us know if you might be available to help for part of the day or more! Please see below for some important upcoming dates and District 54 activities. Enjoy the rest of the weekend! Julie Gorvett & Kelly Dvoracek |
ELC Family Happiness Night – September 26, 2019
Please join us for Family Happiness Night on Thursday, September 26th at the Early Learning Center. We will learn about the 5 Tactics of the Happiness Advantage. We look forward to seeing you there! Please click here for more information about this night.
Principal’s Message – September 9, 2019
Run to Read – September 22, 2019
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District 54 is hosting its annual Run to Read, which will be held on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019 at Dirksen Elementary School in Schaumburg. The day includes school mascot races at 7:30 a.m., 100-yard and 400-yard dashes for children at 8 a.m., a 5K run at 9 a.m. and a 1-mile family walk at 9:15 a.m. Although you can register at any time, even the morning of the race, you will save $5 and be guaranteed a Tshirt in the size you requested if you register by Friday August 30. The Run to Read is an awesome opportunity to promote healthy living by encouraging your children to exercise, or even better, by joining them on the walk or run. The event also supports our goal of collecting 1,000 children’s books for every classroom in District 54. To register, visit sd54.org/runtoread. Correr para Leer |
Principal’s Message – August 30, 2019
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Dear Early Learning Center Community, We have just completed an outstanding first week of school! It has been wonderful having our students back with us. We hope they are adjusting at home as well as they are adjusting here at school. This first week students learned routines, met new friends, developed relationships with their teachers and explored the gross motor areas. We know that next week will bring even more opportunities for learning and fun! Childcare Arrangements: It is important to notify the school office, as well as your child’s teacher, of any permanent daycare arrangements. This information must be put in writing, and be updated if your childcare arrangements change throughout the school year. If your child’s dismissal plans are changing for the day, we encourage you to notify your child’s teacher and the front office. We want to make sure that we have a clear understanding of where our students are going when they leave us at the end of the day as safety is our number one goal with dismissal. Attendance: Please remember to call the attendance line at 847-230-1702 if your child will be absent for the day. Be sure to include your child’s name, their session, teacher, classroom number and their reason for being absent. Our attendance line is available 24 hours a day. Contact Information: If for any reason your contact information has changed, please call the office and provide us with any updates. This way if an emergency arises, we will be able to reach you. Parking Lot Safety: Safety for our students and staff is a top priority. If you are dropping or picking up your child, please park in the blue parking spaces for the Early Learning Center and walk your child to the front door. Many of our students are dropped off so please remember to drive slowly around the school and be respectful to others who are dropping off their students. Emergency Response: The safety of all of our ELC students is a top priority for us. Each year we undergo practice scenarios that allow our staff and students to simulate a crisis situation. These practices include evacuating from the school building and buses, taking shelter during a weather related crisis and responding to an emergency situation in the school building. Please see the attached letter for more information. Crisis Plan and Drill Parent Letter – English Crisis Plan and Drill Parent Letter – Spanish Have a wonderful, long weekend! Julie Gorvett & Kelly Dvoracek |
Child Resource Centers – September 2019
What’s happening at the Centers? (Check the attached calendar for dates and locations).
*These are free and open groups for children ages 0-5 who live within Schaumburg School District 54 boundaries.*
In September our focus in our Centers will be Welcome Back to School! Are you looking to meet other families in our Schaumburg School District 54 community? Our centers are starting up the first week of September. These centers are a wonderful opportunity to meet other families and give your child a social and educational experience! Our centers feature activities and toys for infants thru children who are five years old. Our themes in the center offer experiences in areas such as literacy, math, science and more! There is no need to call ahead, we welcome all walk-ins.
We have changed some of our center times, please look at the calendar to find which center(s) you would be able to attend. Our developmental topic talk with be held on the first week of September on the 5th at 12:30pm. We will be discussing sleep routines and how it relates to child development.
Our Locations and times are:
- Hanover Park Library- 1266 Irving Park Rd, Hanover Park with Erin (habla español) @ 847-230-1903 on the 1st Thursday of each month from 12:30-1:30pm
- Lakeview Elementary School- 615 Lakeview Lane, Hoffman Estates with Kristin Roeing @ 847-230-1910 on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 9:00-10:00am starting October
- Hoffman Estates Police Department- 411 West Higgins Road, Hoffman Estates with Jen @847-230-1904 on the 3rd Friday of each month from 9:00-10:00am
For more information, please click this line to access calendars and newsletters
Please contact any one of the three Parent Educators with questions.
- Kristin Roeing at 847-230-6584,
- Erin Wolaver (habla espanol) at 847-230-1903 or
- Jennifer Weisler at 847-230-1904.
Important Dates – September 2019
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Principal’s Message – August 25, 2019
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Dear Early Learning Center Community, We had a wonderful turnout for Open House last Thursday. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to meet their teachers, see their classrooms and learn a little bit about our amazing school year ahead of us! First Day of School:If you’ll be dropping your student off at school tomorrow morning, please park in the blue parking spots right in front of our main door. We’re excited to greet everyone at the front door and will make sure to get them to their classrooms safely! Our morning drop off is at 7:45 and dismissal will be at 10:15 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Wednesday morning dismissal will be at 10:00 every week. Our afternoon drop off is at 11:30 and dismissal will be at 2:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Our afternoon drop off on Wednesday is at 11:15 and our dismissal time on Wednesday afternoon is at 1:30. Attendance:Please remember to call the attendance line at 847-230-1702 if your child will be absent for the day. Be sure to include your child’s name, their session, teacher, classroom number and their reason for being absent. Our attendance line is available 24 hours a day. Contact Information:If for any reason your contact information has changed, please call the office and provide us with any updates. This way if an emergency arises, we will be able to reach you. We’re looking forward to a great first week back! Julie Gorvett & Kelly Dvoracek |
Principal’s Message – August 14, 2019
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Open House – Thursday, August 22nd
Come enjoy popsicles with the PTA and a visit to your child’s classroom on Thursday, August 22nd. The first session will be from 4:30-5:30pm and our second session is from 6:00-7:00pm.
Enjoy Your Summer!
We wish all of our super sprouts a wonderful summer. We wish luck to out kinderbound students- we know you will do so well next week. We can’t wait to see the returning sprouts in the Fall. Teachers will be contacting families for home visits the week of August 19th. The first day of school for ELC students in August 26th.