Board Meeting Highlights – 1/19/10

BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS, prepared by Dr. Lamberson, is a summary of the actions taken by the Board of Education. Official Minutes of the Board meeting held on January 19, 2010 will be posted on the District 96 website for public review following approval by the Board of Education, normally at its next regular business meeting.

Board Meeting Highlights January 19, 2010

Wednesday E-Backpack 1/27/10

The Wednesday E-Backpack has been updated. Please review the latest flyers from our community partners as they are made available.

District 96 E-Backpack

Special Education Information Meeting-1/27

All residents of Riverside Public School District 96 serving Riverside, parts of North Riverside, and the Hollywood section of Brookfield, whose children attend parochial, private or are home schooled, are invited to receive timely and meaningful consultation on the child find process for children suspected of having a disability. Information regarding Special Education evaluation and available services will be provided. The meeting will occur on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 in the Central School Library at 61 Woodside Road in Riverside from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Preschool Screening February 18 & 19, 2010

Riverside Public School District 96 is providing pre-school screening for all children living in the school district who were born between September 2, 2004 and February 18, 2007.

The screening will take place at Central School, 61 Woodside Road, and will cover (1) vision, (2) hearing, (3) speech and language development, (4) gross and fine motor skills, and (5) social development. The purpose of the screening is to help determine if children are progressing at a normal rate of growth in the area screened for entrance into the kindergarten.

A team of professionals from the Riverside Public Schools will survey the children’s social and language development by playing games and talking with them. You will be asked some questions about your child’s development and interests. The screening will take about 45 minutes for each child. Results of the evaluation will be given at the end of the screening.

Since the team can work with only a small number of children at one time, each family is asked to make an appointment at the elementary school in its school attendance area by Friday, February 6, 2010. A specific time will be reserved for each child’s appointment. The addresses and phone numbers of the elementary schools are as follows:

Ames	86 Southcote Road, Riverside – 447-0759
	Mrs. Colleen Lieggi, Principal
Blythe Park	735 Leelsey Road, Riverside – 447-2168
	Mr. Bob Chleboun, Principal
Central	61 Woodside Road, Riverside – 447-1106
	Dr. Janice Limperis
Hollywood	3423 Hollywood Avenue, Brookfield – 485-7630
	Ms. Mindy Keller, Interim Principal

If you know of any neighbors who may not be aware of this service for three, four and five year olds, please inform them. Parents of infants and toddlers between the ages of birth to 36 months, who are concerned about the development of their child, are asked to contact the Child and Family Connection at 1-888-KONTACT (566-8228), at no cost to the parent, to determine whether or not a child is eligible for special education services such as speech/language therapy and/or occupational/physical therapy. If a child is found to be eligible for services, then parents will be assisted in locating services from an appropriate agency serving infants and toddlers with handicaps.

Registration for the 2010-2011 Kindergarten is scheduled in the Riverside Public Schools for March 4, 2010. A child entering kindergarten in September 2010 must be five on or before September 1, 2010.

We look forward to serving you. Thank you for your cooperation.

Wednesday E-Backpack 1/20/10

The Wednesday E-Backpack has been updated. Please review the latest flyers from our community partners as they are made available.

District 96 E-Backpack

Wednesday E-Backpack 1/13/10

The Wednesday E-Backpack has been updated. Please review the latest flyers from our community partners as they are made available.

District 96 E-Backpack

Board Meeting Highlights – 12/15/09

BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS, prepared by Dr. Lamberson, is a summary of the actions taken by the Board of Education. Official Minutes of the Board meeting held on December 15, 2009 will be posted on the District 96 website for public review following approval by the Board of Education, normally at its next regular business meeting.

December 15, 2009

Flexible Boundary Committee Meeting

The FLEXIBLE BOUNDARY COMMITTEE of the Riverside School District No. 96 Board of Education will meet on Thursday, January 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Learning Resource Center at L. J. Hauser Jr. High School, 65 Woodside Road, Riverside, IL.

Click here for the agenda.

Wednesday E-Backpack 1/6/10

The Wednesday E-Backpack has been updated. Please review the latest flyers from our community partners as they are made available.

District 96 E-Backpack

H1N1 Flu Update

The 2009 H1N1 flu continues to pose a significant threat to public health. This virus is particularly affecting pregnant women, children, young adults, and people ages 25 through 64 with medical conditions, such as asthma, heart disease, lung disease, and diabetes.

Vaccines have become more readily available. To find out where you can find a site that has H1N1 vaccines we encourage you to visit Flu.gov.

For more free resources and one-page handouts available in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.

Heard a rumor about H1N1? Visit Myths & Facts to run a fact check and learn the truth. An additional resource is the CDC hotline, 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636), which offers services in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Please share this information with your family, friends, co-workers. Let’s work together to help keep our communities safe and healthy.

Sincerely,

Geana Chapp, RN
Nurse Team Leader

Additional Resources:
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
CDC Free Resources