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The Grove Grizzly Registration for Next School Year Online registration for the 2020-2021 school year opens this coming Monday, April 27th. Please register your child for next year as soon as possible. This helps us in our planning for staff and classrooms for next school year! Details regarding registration can be found on the district registration webpage.   Special Tae Kwon Do Zoom Class for Grove Students This week we are excited to be having a special Tae Kwon Do Zoom class for Grove students! Grove parent, Master Kim, and our Grove P.E. teachers will be hosting the class live via Zoom. There will be one class offered for primary students and one class offered for intermediate students! Please be sure to view the flyer below for details!! The link to the Zoom meeting is being shared privately with families for our students’ safety!   Tech. Tip from our Library Technology Assistant (LTA) Miss Clarke Recently, there have been many questions about the Logitech Crayons! Below are a few suggestions for troubleshooting them!!   Logitech Crayon not being recognized? Make sure it is charged (green light will appear by the power button) Make sure that it is connected (open Notes to connect it easily)    If you are still having issues, it may just be the tip!  Click on the link for directions on tightening the Logitech Crayon Tip   Need Tech. Support??? During Remote Learning Days, Barrington 220 is offering the following learning technology support: Contact our Building LTA, Miss Clarke, directly via email at kclarke@barrington220.org between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and she will be happy to assist you!!!! Tech support is also available for Barrington 220 devices and systems via telephone for students and teachers at 224-655-1500. Telephone support is available on regular school days, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. In-person tech support is available for Barrington 220 devices and systems at Barrington High School. Please park in the front parking lot off Main Street (616 W. Main Street, Barrington) and enter through the main entrance (lower level with BHS logo graphics). Signage will direct you to the walk-in tech support area. In-person tech support is available on regular school days, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. If your family does not have Wi-Fi access, you may visit a variety of locations in the district (during regular school hours). Please also reach out to your child’s principal as resources for getting internet access in homes are also available.   Main Office Assistance If you need assistance from the main office this week, you may call the main office line on Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Office staff will also be available via email each weekday. If you need assistance outside of those times, please contact Mrs. Matthews directly on weekdays at 224-254-3958 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. or email Mrs. Matthews directly at any time kmatthews@barrington220.org.   Summer School Information Online registration for all summer school programs, including 220BOSS, is open. We are excited to launch our 220BOSS or Barrington Online Summer School program for elementary students this summer to extend additional learning opportunities to our children during the summer months. This optional program is in addition to our regular summer school options. The  220BOSS Course Description document linked here and our summer school website explain the details and expectations of the program as well as our typical summer school programs. Reminders Distance Learning Grading Guidelines were previously shared with parents. Please be sure to review the document and contact your child’s teacher or Mrs. Matthews with any questions. Distance Learning Scheduling Reminder: Monday, May 4th will be No School for students, as it is being used as a state provided Distance Learning Planning Day for staff.   Upcoming Dates April 20th - May 28th – Distance Learning   Tuesday, April 28st – Tae Kwon Do Class via Zoom Monday, May 4th – No School for Students, Staff Institute Day May 4th – May 8th – Teacher Appreciation Week       .

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The Grove Grizzly Distance Learning Extended Through the End of 2019-2020 School Year Today, Governor Pritzker canceled in-person classes at all Illinois schools for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). We will continue to implement our Distance Learning Plan (click here to see FAQs) on weekdays through the last day of school on Thursday, May 28th. We are fortunate to have the tools and staff expertise that allow us to continue engaging students remotely for the remainder of the school year. Please continue to communicate directly with your child’s teacher throughout the duration of Distance Learning. We are here to support our students and families and want to ensure that our students are able to learn successfully through the end of May. This certainly will be a year that all of us, including our children, will never forget.   Distance Learning Schedule Note As communicated by Dr. Harris today, Monday, May 4th will be No School for students. Under the Illinois State Board of Education guidelines for Remote Learning Days, school district staff can use up to five school days to work on Remote Learning Day Plans in partnership with their collective bargaining units. This day will serve as a virtual professional development day for staff. Students will not receive any assignments on this day. Instead, they can use the time to catch up on school work and learning activities. As the closure continues, we have additional days for this purpose.    Need Tech. Support??? During Remote Learning Days, Barrington 220 is offering the following learning technology support: Contact our Building LTA, Miss Clarke, directly via email at kclarke@barrington220.org between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and she will be happy to assist you!!!! Tech support is also available for Barrington 220 devices and systems via telephone for students and teachers at 224-655-1500. Telephone support is available on regular school days, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. In-person tech support is available for Barrington 220 devices and systems at Barrington High School. Please park in the front parking lot off Main Street (616 W. Main Street, Barrington) and enter through the main entrance (lower level with BHS logo graphics). Signage will direct you to the walk-in tech support area. In-person tech support is available on regular school days, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. If your family does not have Wi-Fi access, you may visit a variety of locations in the district (during regular school hours). Please also reach out to your child’s principal as resources for getting internet access in homes are also available.   Main Office Assistance If you need assistance from the main office this week, you may call the main office line on Monday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Office staff will also be available via email each weekday. If you need assistance outside of those times, please contact Mrs. Matthews directly on weekdays at 224-254-3958 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. or email Mrs. Matthews directly at any time kmatthews@barrington220.org.   Distance Learning Grading Guidelines Last week, Dr. Harris shared information regarding how Remote Learning Days will impact student grades. Please be sure to review the document and contact Mrs. Matthews or your child’s teacher with any questions.   Summer School Information Online registration for all summer school programs, including 220BOSS, is open. We are excited to launch our 220BOSS or Barrington Online Summer School program for elementary students this summer to extend additional learning opportunities to our children during the summer months. This optional program is in addition to our regular summer school options, which are housed at Roslyn, Rose, and Sunny Hill.  The  220BOSS Course Description document linked here and our summer school website explain the details and expectations of the program as well as our typical summer school programs.   Upcoming Dates April 20th - May 28th – Distance Learning   Monday, May 4th – No School for Students, Staff Institute Day

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The Grove Grizzly Calling All Grove Students and Families!!! As you have hopefully seen, the Grove Staff have been creating some special features for our students each Monday on the morning announcements. We want students to contribute for next week! Mr. Root and the Grove staff are asking students to submit a video of them dancing. Short clips will be used to make one big fun Grove dancing music video.   Here is a link to a video describing the "challenge": https://youtu.be/s9ar1XxYQUM   And here is a link to the Google Form where you can submit their video clip: https://forms.gle/29s1nMBvs9VkanrJ6   Due date for entries is Wednesday, April 15, and we'll air the video on Monday, April 20th, in the announcements!     Main Office Assistance If you need assistance from the main office this week, you may call the main office line on Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Office staff will also be available via email each weekday. If you need assistance outside of those times, please contact Mrs. Matthews directly on weekdays at 224-254-3958 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. or email Mrs. Matthews directly at any time kmatthews@barrington220.org.   Distance Learning Schedule Note As communicated by Dr. Harris last week, this Thursday, April 16th will be No School for students. Under the Illinois State Board of Education guidelines for Remote Learning Days, school district staff can use up to five school days to work on Remote Learning Day Plans in partnership with their collective bargaining units. In Barrington 220 we plan to use one of these days on Thursday, April 16. This day will serve as a virtual professional development day for staff. Students will not receive any assignments on this day. Instead, they can use the time to catch up on school work and learning activities. As the closure continues, we may need to use additional days for this purpose.    SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING  As we all navigate this uncertain time, we understand many students and their families may face difficult situations. We will continue to use every Monday as a social emotional learning (SEL) day. This is a day when teachers will share a lesson that focuses on the health and well-being of their students, instead of only focusing on academic lesson plans. Previously, we were sending out three activities for students to complete on these days, however, students are now only required to complete one. Students may still complete additional optional activities that are provided to them by staff or go back to the week prior to complete optional activities, catch up on assignments, or complete additional special activities! It is always a great day to read as well!   Distance Learning Grading Guidelines Last week, Dr. Harris shared information regarding how Remote Learning Days will impact student grades. Please be sure to review the document and contact Mrs. Matthews or your child’s teacher with any questions.   Summer School Information Online registration for all summer school programs, including 220BOSS, is open. We are excited to launch our 220BOSS or Barrington Online Summer School program for elementary students this summer to extend additional learning opportunities to our children during the summer months. This optional program is in addition to our regular summer school options, which are housed at Roslyn, Rose, and Sunny Hill.  The  220BOSS Course Description document linked here and our summer school website explain the details and expectations of the program as well as our typical summer school programs.   Upcoming Dates March 30th- April 30 – Distance Learning   Thursday, April 16th – No School for Students, Staff Institute Day

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The Grove Grizzly Thank you to all of our families for your support with our first week back to Distance Learning following Spring Break. We are continuing to make adjustments and improvements to our practices as we learn more about the needs and growth of our students within this new structure, so please continue to communicate with your child’s teacher throughout this process.   Please keep in mind that inquiries regarding specials activities for Art, Music, Library, P.E., and STEM should be directed straight to our specials staff. I have included a list of their emails below, as well as, a link directly to the specials activity page on our webpage.   Mrs. Banach – Librarian – rbanach@barrington220.org Mrs. Bott-Rife – P.E. – bbottrife@barrington220.org Mrs. Boyer – Music – cboyer@barrington220.org Mrs. deBruin – STEM – mdebruin@barrington220.org Mr. Root – Art – troot@barrington220.org Mr. Rosenberg – P.E. – jrosenberg@barrington220.org Mr. Ross – P.E. – tross@barrington220.org   This coming Monday-Wednesday our 3rd – 5th grade teachers will be participating in a professional development training that we had planned since the start of the school year. We will be continuing the training virtually, but have minimized the time for each grade level on these three days. Classroom teachers will communicate with parents and students as to the specific time frames on these three days that they will be unavailable due to their participation in the training. It is our hope that this experience will help us continue to address strategies and resources for distance learning and our students over the remainder of the distance learning time frame.     Finally, Governor JB Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-15, issued last week, suspends state assessments for spring 2020. This action officially ends assessment activity statewide for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, Illinois Science Assessment, SAT, and Dynamic Learning Maps-Alternate Assessment for the 2019-20 school year.     Digital Citizenship With social distancing continuing through April 30th, our students and families are required to rely on the use of technology more than ever to communicate with families, friends, and engage in learning. Consequently, I believe that it is important for us to revisit our protocols and expectations with our students for appropriate use of technology. Teachers will continue to use our Mondays of Distance Learning to address our Students Social Emotional Needs, as well as, what it means to be a digital citizen. I also encourage parents to revisit guidelines and parameters at home. I have included links to some useful information for parents when thinking about keeping students safe digitally and setting parameters for technology usage.   Parent Information for One to World Digital Citizenship Reminders and Resources   Yearbook Orders Due Monday!!! We would like to remind you that Grove Yearbook orders are due by April 6, and given our situation, all orders need to be placed online.  Unfortunately, we are unable to extend the deadline but need to hear from you as soon as possible to ensure that your child & family receive a yearbook at the end of the school year!   Click on the link below to order: https://barrington220.revtrak.net/pto/pto-grove-avenue-elementary/gr-pto-supplies-and-fees/#/list   Summer School Information Online registration for all summer school programs, including 220BOSS, is open. We are excited to launch our 220BOSS or Barrington Online Summer School program for elementary students this summer to extend additional learning opportunities to our children during the summer months. This optional program is in addition to our regular summer school options, which are housed at Roslyn, Rose, and Sunny Hill.  The  220BOSS Course Description document linked here and our summer school website explain the details and expectations of the program as well as our typical summer school programs.   Upcoming Dates March 30th- April 30 – Distance Learning   Monday, April 6th – Yearbook Orders Due Friday, April 10th - No School, Good Friday