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Skinner North Update - 8/25/23

8/25/2023

Skinner North Update - 8/25 August 25, 2023 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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Happy Friday! It has been wonderful welcoming students back to the building. We had a great first week even with the extreme heat. A special shoutout to our engineer, Eric, who ensured all of our air conditioning units were functioning well.

Thank you to everyone for your help in the mornings and afternoons. It makes a big difference when we work together during drop off and dismissal.

Please read below for a few updates and reminders.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Katie and Mattea

Remember you can always access past updates at http://www.skinnernorth.org/latest-news.

End of Day Plan Form Week 2 (Action Requested for K-4th Grade)

If your student is in Kindergarten-4th grade, please complete this form so we can help make sure your child gets to the correct place after school for the 2nd week. (It asks you what’s your plan is for your student at the end of day, i.e. Pick Up, Stanton Park, Right At School, Bus). This will be the last week we do the form as typically schedules normalize the 2nd week. If you have changes after next week, please contact your student's teacher or Right at School.

CPS Recess Weather Guidelines

Please see this link for CPS' for CPS Recess Weather Guidelines. We try our best to get students outside as much as possible, so please have students dress appropriately for the weather.

CIWP Committee Meeting

Join us for our CIWP committee meeting at 7:30AM-8:30AM in the parent room or virtually. See this link for the agenda. We are working on our action steps for our new CIWP.

Water Update

The water in the kitchen has passed testing and we will be able to resume hot lunches. This will occur either today or Monday. We are waiting on the results from the water fountains to be returned. Once they do, we will let the community know.

Morning Drop Off

Enter Scott via Halsted and pull into the south parking lot and exit onto Larabee. Parents should drop their student off at the assigned line up spot. You can park in the lot across from the school or Target. Teachers will come get students at 8:30 and escort them in. Students will get hand sanitizer and then have the option to grab a breakfast that they will eat in their classroom.

End of Day Plan

If you are picking up your student, enter Scott via Halsted and park in the lot across from the school or at Target. Dismissal is at 3:30, K-4th grade exits via the main entrance. 5-8th exists out the back door. Parents/individuals who are picking up should not park in the staff parking lot (west and north of the school) lot for student safety and traffic flow.

Self Dismissal

If you are interested in letting your 6th-8th grader self dismiss, please submit this note to their homeroom teacher.

Right At School Sign Up

Right At School is our before (7-8:30AM) and after care (3:30-6:00PM) provider. You can learn more and register for their programming at https://www.rightatschool.com/school/?school=skinner-north-classical-school&district=il-chicago&tab=2023-24-before-after-school.

Student Medication Drop Off

If your student has medication needed at school, you can drop off medication in the main office with the necessary paperwork. Please reach out to our nurses Brianna Alexander HSN (bmalexander1@cps.edu) or Maya Rodriguez, CSN (mrodriguez413@cps.edu) with questions.

Skinner North Directory 2023-2024

Please see this link for the 2023-2024 Skinner North Directory. We will update as we get new submissions and will resend closer to the beginning of the school year. If you are not included and would like to be or if there is an error in your information, please use this link to submit your information. However, we wanted to send in case families wanted to get in contact/have play dates prior to the school year.

Book Fair

We're kicking off the school year with our fall Scholastic Book Fair, which will run from 9/18/23 through 9/22/23. Once the weekly library schedule is finalized, classes will be able to visit the Fair during the school day throughout the week. Students are also welcome to visit the Fair (must be accompanied by their guardian) before school 7:30am to 8:30am and after school 3:30pm - 4:30pm (except Friday, 9/22, to allow time for packing up the Fair). More information will be sent in the coming weeks.

*If you are a parent/guardian interested in volunteering, please add your name to this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v2minDYsQXvzxXcCydwj3LCere7n1atSPveSwnwMZHY/edit?usp=sharing. Please be aware that you must be an approved volunteer. Applications can be accessed through the SN website.

Skinner North Parent/Guardian Handbook

Please review our Skinner North Parent/Guardian Handbook for key policies, logistics and information for the 2023-2024 school year.

Local School Council

The LSC works on issues regarding Community Engagement, Budget, CIWP, and Principal Selection/Retention – information is located at http://www.skinnernorth.org/local-school-council-lsc.html.

If interested, contact Danielle Capilla (Chair) at skinnernorthlsc@gmail.com

Friends of Skinner North

FoSN focuses on community building, social events and fundraisers. For information on the committees, please visit http://www.fosn.net/committees

FoSN communicates via website, newsletter and Facebook, to sign up for newsletters email fosncommunications@gmail.com.

Diverse Needs Committee

Learn more about Skinner North's Diverse Needs Committee at https://sndiverseneeds.org/.

Diversity Committee

Sylvia Shi and Zoe Wallace will serve as one of the committee co-chairs next school year. Please check out this Diversity Committee Slideshow to celebrate our work over recent years as you consider what YOU would like to plan next. Please reach out to sndiversity@gmail.com to raise your hand to pick up a leadership role with a group of fantastic volunteers.

Link to Our Online Calendar

Other Dates

CIWP Committee Meeting - Wednesday, August 30 at 7:30AM (virtual or in parent room)
FOSN Parent Social - Thursday 9/7 at 7pm (rescheduled from Friday (8/25))
Back to School Open House - Wednesday, September 13 from 5-6:30

*CPS School Calendar 2023-2024 - Includes days off and vacations. Please work to schedule trips or appointments during times students are not in school. Our school day starts promptly at 8:30.