Eagle's Eye Digest 3/15/2024

• Don't forget the lotion and chap stick. Hot water can dry out your skin, don't forget to apply lotion after bathing!

• Rain and snow leave the playground very muddy. Please make sure your student has an extra pair of clothes in their backpack.
• Unpredictable weather is here. Layers are recommended!
• ILLNESSES: Please report to the health office if your student is tested for COVID, Influenza, Strep, Respiratory Virus, or Pink Eye. We are tracking these cases closely.

Christina Marello

School Nurse | Mill Creek Elementary School | Geneva CUSD 304 

0N900 Brundige Dr Geneva, IL 60134 | 630.463.3406 | [email protected]

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WHAT ARE THE 5ESSENTIALS AND 5ESSENTIALS SURVEY?

Mill Creek is hoping for 100% participation from parents. Please take a moment right now and complete the survey.

5Essentials is an evidence-based system designed to drive improvement in schools nationwide—it reliably measures changes in a school organization through the 5Essentials Survey and provides individualized, actionable Reports for each school. The 5Essentials system is based on more than 20 years of research by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research on five components found to be critical for school success:

• Effective Leaders: The principal works with teachers to implement a clear and strategic vision for school success.
• Collaborative Teachers: Teachers collaborate to promote professional growth.
• Involved Families: The entire school staff builds strong relationships with families and communities to support learning.
• Supportive Environment: The school is safe and orderly. Teachers have high expectations for students and support students to realize their goals. Classmates also support one another.
• Ambitious Instruction: Classes are academically demanding and engage students by emphasizing the application of knowledge.

The 5Essentials Survey is taken by all prekindergarten through 12th-grade teachers and all fourth- through 12th-grade students. All parents are asked to complete the survey and parents are asked to complete one survey for student in their household. 

Please take the 5Essentials Parent Survey by using the link below. 

Link to survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

Survey closes March 29, 2024.

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Student Council Food Drive

Student Council would like to thank the Mill Creek community for your generous donations of nonperishable food items. We are happy to report that our school collected 249 pounds of food for the Northern Illinois Food Bank!

Student Council also labeled almost 4,000 pounds of green beans cans! The green beans that Student Council packed last night helped to feed 3,180 people right here in Kane County.

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District Reunification Plan

General information and a short video is posted on our District website in Safety and Security.   

 

The do's and don'ts of parent Reunification. The attached video is information to parents about the do's and don'ts regarding a reunification event at one of our schools. 

 

What should parents do in an event of an emergency to best assist their student(s)?

 

While every person’s natural instinct in an emergency is to go the school to safeguard their child, please understand that doing so may significantly impede the school’s ability to respond to the situation. Please trust in the preparedness of the school staff and our community first responders while they respond to the emergency. We kindly ask for your cooperation and assistance and therefore ask you to follow these guidelines:

 

• Please do not call or rush to your child’s school because the phone lines and staff are needed for emergency response efforts. 
• Please do not phone your child. Staff and students are discouraged from using cell phone communication for safety reasons. 
• Please wait for official communication from the district via text/email/social media. Which will provide you with information and directions on how to proceed.

 

Parent Reunification Safety Training (geneva304.org)

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PTO Read-a-Thon

We extend a heart-felt THANK YOU to the PTO and especially Mary Dollens, Anna Markuson, and Ann Knuth for all their hard work motivating our students to read a total of 82,480 minutes and raise $17,496!

Please see the list of winners here.

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Lost and Found

All Items in Lost and Found are laid out or hung up in our Multipurpose Room. Please check for anything that belongs to your family. All unclaimed items will be donated on Friday, March 22nd.

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The “Nuts and Bolts” of  Mill Creek Elementary

Morning Drop Off:  7:45 am 

Entrance #1 (front)

Entrance #7 (west lot)

Bell Schedule:  

First bell – 7:50 am

Second bell- 8:00 am (the expectation is that students are in their seats and ready to start the day at 8:00. Students not in their seat at this time will be marked tardy.)

Afternoon Dismissal – 2:15 pm

Raptor Visitor Management System –All parent visitors and volunteers will enter the school through the main office and will need to present a valid driver’s license and check in to our Raptor system for visitors badge. 

Lunch 

Milk:  $0.75, Water $1.00, Lunch $2.50, Second entrée $2.05

Lunch/Recess Schedule 2023-2024

To Report an Absence

Email the office staff ([email protected] AND [email protected] ) AND the child’s classroom teacher

OR

Call the Mill Creek Attendance Line:  630-463-3401 

Homework requests should be made with the classroom teacher directly.

Student Early Dismissal 

1.  Email the office staff AND child’s teacher with time of pick up 
2.  Call the office at 630-463-3400

Afternoon Dismissal

Bussers –Entrance #1

Walkers/parent pick up – Entrance #7 (West wing)

Lunch Account –   

1.  Visit www.pushcoin.com and deposit money directly into your child’s lunch account
2. Send a check (made payable to Geneva CUSD 304) via backpack in an envelope marked “Lunch Money-Office”.  The money will be deposited into your child’s lunch account that day.
3. You will be notified via email if your child’s lunch account balance gets close to zero.  At that point, please add additional funds to prevent a negative balance.

Communication from the District and Mill Creek – MCSConnects is Mill Creek Elementary School's primary method of communicating with parents and the community. PARENTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY SUBSCRIBED to MCSConnects and the District's 304Connects via the email address they have entered in Home Access Center. If you are a parent and wish to update your preferred email address, please log into Home Access Center here. If you are not a parent, please complete this online form to be added as a subscriber for MCSConnects. You can unsubscribe at any time, but please be aware that you might miss out on important news or alerts from the school or district.

Mill Creek Web Calendar –

Go to geneva304.org and go to the Mill Creek website under the “Schools” tab

http://www.geneva304.org/millcreekelementaryschool_home.aspx

General Reminders:

NO FOOD IS ALLOWED IN THE CLASSROOM  - This includes birthdays. If you wish to celebrate your child’s birthday, a simple non-food birthday treat such as a pencil, sticker, etc. is acceptable.  No peanut products are allowed in the classroom.

Key Contact Information:

Mr. Tim Wyller, Principal

                Email:  [email protected]

                Phone:  630-463-3400

Kathy Shabowski, Principal’s Secretary

                Email:  [email protected]

                Phone:  630-463-3403

Julie Eiss, Building Secretary

                Email:  [email protected]

Phone:  630-463-3402

Trish Lorenz, Student Assistance Coordinator

                Email:  [email protected]

                Phone:  630-463-3407

Christina Marello, School Nurse

                Email:   [email protected]   

                For grade level specific requirements:  www.geneva304.org/Parents/Health

                Phone:  630-463-3406

Terri Rosengarn, School Psychologist

                Email:  [email protected]

                Phone:  630-463-3458

Kelly, McGovern Social Worker 

                Email:   [email protected]

                Phone:  630-463-3459

Jenny Dupuis, Social Worker

               Emiail: [email protected]

               Phone: 630-463-3436

Home Access Hotline (HAC):

                Email:  [email protected]

                Phone:  630-463-3097