Dr. Kehoe

The Chill has arrived!

As the cooler weather settles in, please help us to ensure that children are dressed appropriately for the elements. Please label coats, snow pants, hats, gloves, boots, etc.

Just a reminder that students will be kept indoors for recess only when air temperatures fall below 10 degrees or when the wind chill temperature falls below 0.  With this is mind, please have children dress appropriately for recess.  

 

Emergency Closing Procedures

District 70 takes closing schools seriously. When the decision is made due to inclement weather or power outages in schools, District 70 uses an emergency notification system to deliver phone calls and emails about school closings or safety emergencies.

When schools are closed, please note:

• All District 70 school facilities or an individual facility may be closed as necessary.

• All before- and after-school activities and field trips will be canceled unless specifically announced by the school principal.

• All student events will be canceled unless specifically announced by the school principal.

• Athletic events and practices will be canceled unless specifically announced by the school principal.

• Champions Child Care programs at the elementary schools will be canceled. 

Generally, a decision needs to be made by 6 a.m. or sooner, in order to try and catch anyone before they leave for school and/or work. Closure decisions will only be made the night before if conditions are known for certain and warrant closure. Parents should establish contingency plans for possible closures throughout the school year regardless of the season.

When a decision is made to close schools, D70 families will be informed in several ways: 

1) An announcement is made on the D70 website -d70schools.org- and all the school websites.

2) The message is pushed out through automatic phone calls from Supt. Barbini through the D70 notification system to phone numbers D70 families provide during registration. Please make sure your contact information is current every winter.

3) Parents who opt -in  will receive a text (SMS) message. (To opt-in to receive emergency notices via text, please text Y or YES to 67587)

4) The message is delivered through D70 email to family email addresses provided during registration. Please make sure your contact information is current every winter. 

5) The announcement is posted to Twitter @LibertyvilleD70, Facebook @LibertyvilleD70, and Instagram @libertyville_d70.

6) All school names are broadcast as closed on WGN-AM (720), WBBM-AM (780), and CBS-TV, NBC-TV,  ABC-TV , WGN-TV , and  FOX-TV. 

7) All school names are listed on the Emergency Closing Center at www.emergencyclosing.com. 

There is no set amount of snow or a set temperature during severe weather that triggers schools closing; all factors depend upon circumstances and the ability to get children and staff to and from school safely. Safety is, and always will be, the major concern.

 

American Education Week, November 15-19, 2021

The National Education Association's American Education Week spotlights the importance of providing every child in America with a quality public education from kindergarten through college and the need for everyone to do his or her part in making public schools great.  From students to parents, educators to board members, we thank all that make a positive contribution to public education!

 

School Board Member Day, November 15

In salute and thanks to the nearly 6,000 elected school board members in the state, November 15, is designated as "School Board Members Day" in Illinois.  This is a time to show appreciation and to begin to better understand how school board members work together to provide leadership for schools.

 School board members are some of the most selfless volunteers around.  Everyone knows that board members attend meetings, but those hours represent just a fraction of the actual time that they devote to leading their districts.  They attend extracurricular events to support schools, as well as attend seminars and workshops. 

 Butterfield’s community is thankful for D70’s Board Members' extraordinary dedication to public education and untiring efforts. 

 District 70’s board members include:  Wendy Schilling (President),  Travis McGee (Vice President), Jennifer Khan (Secretary), Brian Lawton, Angela Balanag, Amie Krummick and Nan Dahlke. 

  

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Update

Butterfield’s school-wide positive behavioral interventions and support (PBIS) system, continues this year.  The goal is to promote a predictable, positive, safe and consistent learning environment. 

 It is a goal of the Positive Behavior Committee to help students display expected behaviors.  For this reason, we must also help students recognize which behaviors are considered unexpected or unacceptable.  In order to provide feedback to students and track behaviors, each time an unexpected behavior is observed, a Behavior Referral Form will be completed.  The intent of the form is to serve as a vehicle for communication between home and school as well as a way to collect data that helps Butterfield pinpoint times of day or locations in the school that are problematic that need to be addressed.  

 All infractions are classified as either a minor or a major behavior.  A minor behavior is an action that is unexpected, but can be handled by a teacher or staff member.  A major behavior is one that requires intervention with an administrator.  If a child receives 3 minor referrals in one trimester, the accumulated referrals equal a major.  This means that the student will be talking with an administrator regarding these repeated minor behaviors. 

 Communication between home and school is the key to every child’s success.  For this reason, parents will be notified when a child receives a referral for either a minor or major infraction.  The referral form will be sent home.  We ask that the form be signed by a parent and returned to the child’s classroom teacher as evidence that the parent was informed.

 To celebrate the positive behavior exhibited throughout the school, students will be invited to participate in an all school celebration Friday, November 12.  Any student that has received a major or three or more minors will take this opportunity to review expected behaviors at Butterfield School before attending the celebration. 

 

Thank you for supporting Butterfield’s school-wide positive behavior system. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From the Art Room:

Congratulations to the students that will have artwork on display at the feeder art show at Libertyville High School! Opening night of the show is Tuesday, November 16, 6-7:30pm.

The students participating in the show will be:

Bridget D- Kindergarten

Lia R. - 1st Grade

Olivia S.- 2nd Grade

Brynn S.- 3rd Grade

Caroline S.- 3rd Grade

Nolan L.- 4th Grade

Kate k.- 5th Grade

Will H.- 5th Grade

Viola O.- 5th Grade

I  look forward to seeing you all at the show!

Mrs. Sather, Art Teacher

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BUTTERFIELD LEARNING CENTER

BIRTHDAY BOOKS

 

Thank you to the following students listed below 

for your generous donations to our library!

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Harrison R. – Are You a Cheeseburger?

Lucas A. –The Canyon’s Edge

Liv B. – Pawcasso

Hannah F. – Lily To The Rescue The Misfit Donkey

Nathan C. – Sheepish (Wolf Under Cover)

Noah W. – Who Would Win Extreme Animal Rumble

Logan S. – Be A Tree!

Eli D. – Bug Boys Outside and Beyond

Logan P. – Skunk and Badger

Charlotte L. – Goodnight Unicorn

Tyler B. – Ocean! Waves For All

Evelyn R. – Are You Eating Candy Without Me?

Daniel H. – Frankenstein Doesn’t Wear Earmuffs

Xavier M. – The Bruce Swap

Leighton R. – Everything Sad is Untrue

Juan M. – Sparks Double Dog Dare

Victoria N. – Where The Watermelons Grow

Hunter R. – Turkey Trick or Treat

Maxwell G. – Roar of the Beast

Thomas T. – Hardly Haunted

Henry S. – I Need My Monster