We are looking forward to having our students share their goals at our fall conferences next week. If you still need to select a conference time, please see the link below. Monday also kicks off our PTA virtual fall book fair!
We are excited to highlight Mrs. Vandebogart’s 5th graders this week. Students had show and tell on a class Padlet. It was fun to learn a little more about our students! We hope you enjoy watching their videos, too. Room 118 Padlet
As you know, the COVID-19 Global Pandemic is the most significant public health crisis our society has faced in recent times. Throughout the year, District 54 has navigated the changing circumstances, unprecedented challenges and evolving guidance and information. We thank our employees, our students and their families for their support and dedication to children.
Our commitment has always been to resume in-person learning when health and safety conditions enable us to do so. At this time, we are offering families the opportunity to send their children back to school under a modified hybrid model. At the same time, families will continue to have the option of full-remote learning throughout the pandemic. Every attempt will be made to keep students in both the remote and in-person models with their current teachers.
The hybrid model includes two full days of in-person instruction and three days of remote learning each week. This hybrid model will allow us to lower class sizes and adhere to social distancing guidance. In addition, various safety protocols have been developed to protect our students and staff, including a daily screener, the requirement of masks and temperature checks.
As required by Governor Pritzker’s Restore Illinois Plan, a 100% return to in-person learning will not occur until there is broad access to a safe and effective vaccine, a highly effective treatment and/or when there are no new cases over a sustained period of time.
Full details can be found in the Reopening D54 Plan (Spanish Reopening D54 Plan). We have also created a Reopening District 54 Video, which can be shared with your children to help them better visualize the school day. A Spanish Video is also available.
Parents/guardians please log in to families.sd54.org using your portal login information by Tuesday, Oct. 6, and select full remote or hybrid in-person for each child (see page 3 of the Reopening District 54 Plan for more information).
Again, thank you for your support. Please contact the Dooley Main Office at 847-357-6250 if you have specific questions.
We are excited for our students to share some highlights from the start of the year as well as some of their goals at our Fall conferences. This year, all conferences will be held via Zoom on October 8th and 9th. The window for signing up will close on Wednesday, October 7th at 4:00 p.m. Dooley Fall Conference Sign Up
Over the past couple of years, it has become a fun tradition for our students to decorate pumpkins with their classmates. We enjoy seeing how creative our students can be, watching them collaborate, and taking time to view all of the pumpkins in our school. While we cannot be together to decorate our pumpkins this year, we would thought it would be fun for families to participate in decorating pumpkins and bringing them to our school for viewing. We encourage families to decorate a pumpkin together. Pumpkins can be dropped off at the school on Thursday, October 8th anytime between 1:00 and 6:30. When dropping off your pumpkin, please have it in your trunk for a contactless pick up by a staff member. We will display pumpkins on the perimeter of the school. We encourage you to take a picture of your pumpkin and post it on our Pumpkin Padlet. Viewing pumpkins on the Padlet is a safe way to see all pumpkins from the comfort of your home. Pumpkins will be discarded when they become mushy or when the squirrels begin to feast.
Recently the US Department of Agriculture approved the extension of the Summer Food Service Program. This program allows all students, regardless of income levels, to take advantage of our free milk and lunch program. Lunches are available on Tuesday and Thursday each week. Please contact our building office at 847-357-6250 if you would like to participate. It is helpful for us to know in advance if you would like to pick up milk and lunch for your children so that we can be sure we have adequate food available.
New Facebook Page for Dooley PTA
Like and follow the PTA at facebook.com/DooleyPTA
Please join Dooley PTA today to support literacy, foster community and show appreciation to staff and students. The membership makes all of this possible. This year, students and staff are working very hard to adjust to a new normal. To help them, PTA is planning fun and safe events for everyone. We are open to new ideas. Feel free to share your ideas with PTA. Your continuous support is a key for a successful school year. This year, you can make a membership payment using Credit/Debit Card. Please follow the link below to get your Dooley PTA membership today. Membership payments are accepted at this site until October 31st. 2020-2021 Membership Payment Link We still accept a check payment as well. Payable to “Dooley PTA”. Please send it to: Dooley Elementary School, 622 Norwood Ln, Schaumburg, IL 60193.
Who knew!?! You can support Dooley PTA at no extra cost when you shop at smile.amazon.com. Simply sign up at https://smile.amazon.com/, select Dr Thomas Dooley School PTA as your charity and start generating donations at no cost to you. Every time you shop at smile.amazon.com, AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of all eligible purchases to Dooley PTA!!
The Book Fair is open for business from Oct 5th until Oct 18th. All orders ship to your home! All book orders over $25 ship for free! Dooley’s goal is 470 books, for the 470 students at the school. The book fair not only gets books to students, but it also supports Dooley’s library. The library earns 25% of the dollars spent at the book fair to use to purchase more books! Visit the online book fair website at: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/dooleyelementaryschool to start shopping…on Oct 5th
Thank you to all families that participated and all students that submitted artwork. Congratulations to Reina (220) for the winning design!
Finalists were Alexia (109), Mia B (108), Riyo N (110), Charly G (223), Alex R (224), Kyle Y (114), Sarah S (118) and Shun (219). Your artwork is inside the directory. Great job!
Typically, our PTA posts the annual audit outside of the school; however due to the current Pandemic we felt it would be easily accessible electronically. Audit FY2019 (07.01.2019-06.30.2020).pdf
This year,more than anytime ever, we need your membership contribution. Since most of our fundraising activities are cancelled, this is the main avenue to contribute.
Schaumburg Oyanokai will be accepting member registrations online! Membership dues may be paid by either PayPal or check. Please complete the following form to become a Schaumburg Oyanokai member: https://forms.gle/sajet75btPQAhup16
For more information, please contact Akiko Okada, president: [email protected]
親の会の皆様
先週のミーティングに参加いただきありがとうございました。参加できなかった方々へ、以下ハイライトです。
・先生方への助成金：日本語教育関係の教材購入の金銭的サポート
・奨学金奨励：卒業生の日本語教育への金銭的サポート
・卒業生の”今”：現在の卒業生の活動を共有して頂きます
・オンラインスタディサポート：宿題ソーシャル等両言語のサポート
メンバー登録をお願いいたします！今年は通常の寄付金集めの活動がほぼ全て行えないため、以上の活動を維持するため、今まで以上にみなさんのメンバー登録が必要です。
ペイパルか小切手で受け付けます。以下フォームをご記入ください。 https://forms.gle/sajet75btPQAhup16
ご質問等は会長：岡田亜希子 [email protected] までどうぞ。
Our Technology Department has been working to support students and staff as we all learn and work remotely. We understand that some families are experiencing slow speeds or problems with their providers, and we ask you to report that directly to your provider.
People experiencing problems with District 54 technology (Chromebooks and iPads for students) should email [email protected] so that we can troubleshoot the problem via phone or email. If the problem cannot be resolved, we have a technology drop-off program. To schedule an appointment to drop off a broken laptop, iPad or other device, you must first email [email protected]. Please do not stop by without an appointment. By making an appointment, we can abide by the rules of social distancing and ensure we have a replacement device ready for you when you arrive.
Kindergarten and 6th grade parents, please remember to submit new physical exam and immunization records to the school no later than October 15th. Parents can email these documents to Mrs. Johnson, [email protected], mail them to the school, or drop them off at the office by scheduling a time 847-357-6250.
October 6: Reopening selection for hybrid or full remote due
October 5-18: PTA Virtual Book Fair
October 8 – 9: Virtual Fall Conferences
October 8: Student half-day, remote learning in the morning only
October 9: Student non-attendance day
October 12: Student non-attendance day
October 13: PTA Zoom Meeting @ 6:00
October 21: SO Zoom Meeting @ 8:00
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