To help maintain a safe environment before and after school, please remind your child:

1. To walk their bikes until they are off school property.
2. No one can be on the playground equipment before or after school. All students need to be with their parents at dismissal.

The Foundation is partnering with Lou Malnati’s in Schaumburg to raise funds for students. Eat at or order from Lou Malnati’s Schaumburg or Lou Malnati’s Barrington Road on September 19, and 20 percent of total sales will be donated to the District 54 Education Foundation. You must bring in or mention the flyer at the time of your order; click here for the flyer.

Thank you to everyone who supported the District 54 Education Foundation at Septemberfest over Labor Day weekend by parking at Collins Elementary or purchasing food from our not-for-profit day partner, Riccardo’s!

The Department of Language and Culture is excited to host Free Adult English as a Second Language classes at Nerge, Armstrong and Hanover Highlands this fall. These classes are designed for parents of District 54 students who are interested in learning or practicing their English. During these classes, participants will engage in communicative activities centered around a broad range of topics.  The class will meet 8 times.

• Classes at Nerge will be on Tuesdays, Oct. 9-Dec. 11 from 6-8 p.m.
• Classes at Armstrong will be on Wednesdays, Oct. 10-Dec. 12 from 6-8 p.m.
• Classes at Hanover Highlands will be on Mondays, Sept. 24-Nov. 19 from 6-8 p.m.

The Adult ESL flyers and registration forms in English, Spanish and Polish can be found on the Language and Culture Website. Please return completed registration forms to your child’s school. We look forward to having you join us!

Please join us for our first meeting from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the Professional Learning Center, 522 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg. Our topic is “ACCESS, MAP and PARCC: What do they tell me about my child’s learning?” Childcare is available for ages 3-5. To RSVP, fill out the form on the event flyer and send it to your child’s school by Sept. 13. Click here to visit our website for more information and to view the flyer in English, Spanish, Polish and Japanese. You can also ask your child’s school for a paper copy of the flyer

As a school, we strive to meet the needs of the whole child, including the social-emotional needs of every student.  Our teachers know your child by name and by need and we work hard to build relationships and understand all of our learners.  To better ensure we support every student, this year we will be using a universal screener to help us ensure we have identified every student who may need additional social-emotional support. 

The universal screener is a series of questions that staff members complete for the students they support. Students do not participate in the screener or receive direct feedback about the results. If your child has elevated risk factors identified through this screener, we would contact you directly to discuss how we can work together to intervene and support your student.  This is simply one additional way for our staff make sure we are helping every student be successful.  If you have any questions about the screener, please feel free to contact me. 

The week of September 10-14 is National Arts in Education Week. A program designed to promote the idea that arts are an essential part of a complete education, no matter if it happens in the home, school, or community.

Reflections is a National PTA arts program which reinforces this by asking students to get creative at all local PTA levels. Campanelli PTA is proud to help deliver this enriching program each year. This year, the program celebrates its 50^th Anniversary and students are invited to create works of art in any of six different arts categories of dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts collaborating with the annual theme.

The theme for the 2018-2019 school year is “Heroes Around Me.” Students can create as many projects as they like, in as many arts categories as they like. Guidelines including specific rules per category and entry forms can be found in the Library Media Center (LMC). Entries must be submitted by Wednesday, October 31 in the LMC also. 

From our local PTA, projects advance through a judging system through council, district, region, state and national levels of the program. We have had wonderful participation over the last few years with many of our students recognized for moving to the regional and state levels.

Check out this brief second video to get a good idea of what it’s all about! PTA Reflections Overview Please contact the Campanelli Reflections Chair – Amisha Shah at amisha_shah10@nullhotmail.com for questions.

Friday, September 14th – Walk/Bike to School Day, First PTA Hot Lunch (Culver’s- pre-ordered) and PTA Movie Night and General Meeting in the gym at 6:30pm

Tuesday, September 18th – PTA Pizza Tuesday and Field trip for 3^rd graders in rooms 132, 133, 137

Wednesday, September 19th – Half-day of school- Dismissal at 11:40 (No lunch at school)

Thursday, September 20th – 6^th grade Cross Country Invite at Atcher Park- 4:00-5:00pm

Friday, September 21st – PTA Hot Lunch (Chik-fil-A)

Sunday,  September 23rd – District 54- Run to Read (Information sent home)

If you haven’t signed up yet, you can do so today by using this link to register:   Run to Read. You can also view last years’ experience by checking out this clip: Run to Read: 2017 Video.  We hope to see many Campanelli families on Sunday, September 23 at the annual District 54 Run to Read!

Four years ago, we began implementing a child sexual abuse prevention program in our schools as the result of the passage of Public Act 097-1147, also known as Erin’s Law.  This law expanded upon previous legislation and required child sexual abuse prevention education for child beginning in pre-kindergarten and continuing through all grade levels.  Our students will be participating in lessons in their classrooms in October.  Please contact us at 847-357-5333 with any specific questions.

The safety of all Campanelli 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 Letter