We had a very successful Halloween here at Forest Road. We are so glad that the weather cooperated so that we could enjoy the parade. Thank you to everyone that came to see the students parade around the school.

To ALL the Volunteers: Thank you for supporting Forest Road School during the Halloween parties.  We appreciate that you helped things run safely and smoothly by taking the time to pre-register with the office which made arrival much easier.  The parties were well structured and students were engaged in fun activities.  Forest Road School would not be the place that it is without parental support.  Please know that you are appreciated!  

Unwanted Candy: Our Environmental Club is collecting any unwanted candy to donate to Veterans. Please send all candy in a Zip Lock bag. They will be collecting from Nov. 1 - Nov. 8th.

Field Trips

It is a lot of fun to be able to take students outside of the school building to create wonderful learning experiences together.  Two recent field trips have been our 4th grade to Lincoln Marsh for an outdoor, team building experience and our 5th grade to the Chicago Wolves game to see the game in real action.  

Buddies

Forest Road kicked off buddies this week.  Buddies is a part of our Caring School Community curriculum where older students and younger students are paired up to build cross grade level relationships.  The buddies program provides an excellent opportunity for older students to be caring helpers, teachers, and friends.  Younger students benefit from having a role model and a special, older friend at school.  

Thank you to our PTO

Thank you PTO for setting up a "make and take" conference snack station for our teachers. We look forward to meeting with families Monday! 

Smart Watches and Phones

Reminder: Beginning last May, D102 moved to having students leave their smartwatches in their lockers or backpacks. We recognize that many families have made a significant investment in purchasing one of these devices to help provide connectivity and access between the family and their child. However, we started to see how this level of connectivity began to cause harm and became distracting to students during the school day. While D102 schools first tried to work with students to put all watches into "School Mode", various incidents persisted and required teachers to divert their time away from instruction to address these types of issues. 

We are asking for support in helping our students and teachers minimize distractions and potential incidents of bullying for the safety of all students. D102 and Forest Road also has students keep their cell phones in lockers and backpacks during the school day and we extended that practice to smartwatches as well. Connectivity is here to stay and provides many benefits to us all. However, in the interest of keeping students safe and our primary focus on learning, we are putting this practice of keeping phones and smartwatches in lockers and backpacks in place. 

Should a student wear a smartwatch to school they will be asked to remove the watch and put it in their locker or backpack. Should a student have out their phone during the day, they will be asked to put it in their locker or backpack. They can put their watch back on at the end of the day for dismissal. After one warning, the teacher will hold the watch or phone on their desk for the day and return it at the end of the day. The next time it will be sent to the office for a parent/guardian to pick up. Thank you for your cooperation.