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…a great place to learn.

Spencer Byrd Superintendent Community Unit No. 2 2283 N. 3812th Road P. O. Box 107 Serena, IL 60549 p: (815) 496-2850 f: (815) 496-6630 Joseph Landers Principal Harding Grade School 1643 N. 40th Road Earlville, IL 60518 p: (815) 792-8216 f: (815) 792-0016 Randy Goodbred Principal Sheridan Grade School 115 E. Si Johnson Ave. P. O. Box 328 Sheridan, IL 60551 p: (815) 496-2002 f: (815) 496-6633 Aaron Rios Principal Serena Middle School 2283 N. 3812th Road P. O. Box 107 Serena, IL 60549 p: (815) 496-9250 f: (815) 496-6625 Adam West Principal Serena High School 2283 N. 3812th Road P. O. Box 107 Serena, IL 60549 p: (815) 496-2361 f: (815) 496-6632

Community Unit School District No. 2 Serving Harding, Norway, Prairie Center, Serena, Sheridan, and Wedron

Dear Harding Grade School Parents,

Welcome to what promises to be a truly fantastic school year! The first day of school will be on Wednesday, August 15th. I hope that everyone had a fun and safe summer vacation! The teachers and staff at Harding Grade School are ready to get started with yet another exciting school year! Harding Grade School truly is a great place to learn! Together the teachers, students, and parents form a tremendously strong family that all share a sense of pride and ownership in the learning community. We appreciate your support as your child learns and grows throughout the school year. Together, we can cultivate student abilities and ensure their success! To help kick off this school year, we will be hosting an Unpack the Backpack event on Tuesday, August 14th from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm for all students in kindergarten through 4th grade. Students and parents are encouraged to attend this event to meet the teachers and unpack all of their new school supplies. In addition, there will be an informational meeting in the library at 5:30 pm for all students in 3rd grade and all new students in 4th grade. During this meeting, we will be introducing and highlighting information about our one to one Google Chromebook initiative, as well as providing information on accessing Teacherease and Google Classroom. A great way for parents to stay involved with the school is through the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)! This group helps the students of Harding Grade School in a vast variety of ways from helping provide academic programs to hosting community events. This organization is truly one of the greatest assets to our school. I encourage you to take the opportunity to join the group and help make Harding Grade School a better place for each and every student! The first meeting for the school year will be on Monday, September 10th starting at 7:00 pm in the library. We hope to see you there! This year we will again be offering the breakfast program. Breakfast will begin at 7:45 am in the cafeteria. In addition, each school day will begin at 8:05 am and will conclude at 3:05 pm. When students arrive at school, they will either go to the cafeteria for breakfast or go to the gym and wait on the bleachers with their respective grade levels until they are dismissed to their classrooms. Students being dropped off in the morning may start arriving at 7:45 am. Drop off and pick up will be at the west gym door before and after school. Students being dropped off after 8:05 am may enter at the south office door. There are several great ways to stay in touch with Harding Grade School! All parents are automatically enrolled to receive text messages from the school through Remindä. If you did not receive a welcome message from the school, you can text the message @hgs1819 to the number 81010 to enroll. You can also check us out online on Facebook, Twitter, and the school website! If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me! You can call me at (815) 792-8216 or email me at [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your support of Harding Grade School! Sincerely, Mr. Joseph Landers Principal, Harding Grade School

@hardingeagles

P:(815)792-8216 www.unit2.net @hardingeagles

HardingGradeSchool1643N40thRdEarlville,IL60518P:(815)792–8216F:(815)792-0016Facebook&Twitter:@hardingeagleswww.unit2.netWeareveryexcitedtogetthisschoolyearoffandrunning!Belowyouwillfindsomeimportantinformationtohelpgettheschoolyearstarted.Ifyouhaveanyquestionsorwouldlikeanyadditionalinformation,pleasefeelfreetocontacttheschooloffice! Let’sMeettheHardingGradeSchoolStaff

• Principal:Mr.JosephLanders• Kindergarten:Mrs.AmyWalsh• 1stGrade:Mrs.LisaEiten• 2ndGrade:Mrs.ColleenConnell• 3rdGrade:Mrs.KellyBaker• 4thGrade:Ms.BridgetFaivre• SpecialEducation:Mrs.NancyDuchon• PhysicalEducation:Mr.JeremyForeman• Music:Ms.ChristineThorsen• ArtEnrichment:Mrs.KatelynBreeding• TitleIDirector:Mrs.AngieMerboth• Speech:Mrs.SamanthaWatkins

• SocialWork:Mrs.MeganMahaffey• TitleISupport:Mrs.AprilKaforski• IntegratedSupport:Mrs.DarcyLubanowski• Office/Bus:Mrs.BeckyGlade• Office/Library:Mrs.RuthKowalski• FoodService:Mrs.JenEngel• FoodService:Ms.BethPerkins• FoodService/Custodial:Ms.AngieSchleutker• Custodial/Bus:Mrs.CindyStegman• Bus:Mr.DarylPetersen• Bus:Mrs.ThelmaDebolt

SchoolStart&DismissalInformation

• Theschooldaywillbeginat8:05am• Breakfastbeginsat7:45am• Buseswillstarttoarrive/dropoffat7:45am(southofficedoors)• Studentsmaybedroppedoffstartingat7:45am(westgymdoors)• Theschooldaywilldismissat3:05pm(2:05&11:35earlydismissals)• Studentsmaybepickedupstartingat3:05pmatthewestgymdoors(2:05&11:35earlydismissals)• Walkers/bikeriderswillbereleasedat3:15pmatthewestgymdoors(2:15&11:45earlydismissals)

TransportationInformation

• ParentswillbecontactedbytheirspecificbusdriverbyFriday,August10thwiththeirspecificpickupanddropofftimes.

• ParentsmaycontacttheTransportationDepartmentat(815)496-2850regardinganybusingquestions/concerns.

Communication

• TheofficestaffwillbeutilizingtheRemindÔtextmessagingserviceforthemajorityofcommunicationwithparents.Allparentcellphonenumberswillbeenteredintothissystemautomaticallyafterregistration.Thisservicewillbeusedasaconveniencetoparents.Inaddition,theofficestaffwillalsomakephonecallsandsendemailsasneeded.

• Allimportantinformationwillbepostedontheschoolwebsite(www.unit2.net>HardingGradeSchool>ImportantResources)andalsoontheschoolFacebookandTwitteraccounts(@hardingeagles).Pleasebesuretoreferencethesesourcesfornewsandinformationabouttheschool.

StudentHandbook

• TheSerenaCommunityUnitSchoolDistrictNo.2K-4GradeSchoolStudentHandbookcanbefoundontheschool’swebsite(www.unit2.net>HardingGradeSchool>ImportantResources).

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HARDING GRADE SCHOOL | 2018-2019 CALENDAR

AUGUST ‘18 S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

• 2 – New Student Registration (11:00 am – 6:00 pm)

• 14 – Unpack the Backpack Open House (5:00 pm – 6:00 pm)

• 15 – First Day of School

FEBRUARY ‘19 S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

• 15 - 11:35 Dismissal (Teacher Institute)

• 18 – No School (President’s Day)

SEPTEMBER ‘18 S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

• 3 – No School (Labor Day) • 5 – 2:05 Dismissal

MARCH ‘19 S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

• 6 – 2:05 Dismissal • 8 – End of Q3 • 25-29 – No School (Spring

Break)

OCTOBER ‘18 S M T W Th F S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

• 5 – No School (Teacher Institute)

• 8 – No School (Columbus Day)

• 19 – End of Q1 • 24/25 – 2:05 Dismissal (P/T

Conferences 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm)

• 26 – No School

APRIL ‘19 S M T W Th F S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

• 1 – Classes Resume • 10 – 2:05 Dismissal • 19/22 - No School (Easter

Break) • 23 – Classes Resume

NOVEMBER ‘18 S M T W Th F S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

• 7 – 2:05 Dismissal • 21/22/23 – No School

(Thanksgiving Break) • 26 – Classes Resume

MAY ‘19 S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

• 1 – 2:05 Dismissal • 23 – 11:35 Dismissal (Last

Day of School)/End of Q4) • 24 – No School (Teacher

Institute) • 24/28/29/30/31 –

Emergency Days • 27 – No School (Memorial

Day)

DECEMBER ‘18

S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

• 5 – 2:05 Dismissal • 21 – 2:05 Dismissal (Winter

Break Begins)/End of Q2) • 24-31 – No School (Winter

Break)

Quarterly Report Cards: All quarterly report cards will be available online via Teacherease and/or sent home four school days following the end of the grading period (Q4 on the last day of attendance). If you do not have access to Teacherease, please contact the school office. Progress Reports: Teachers will send home progress reports approximately half way through each grading period for select students as deemed appropriate by the classroom teacher. School Day: Drop off and breakfast begins each day starting at 7:45 am. The regular school day begins at 8:05 am and dismisses at 3:05 pm.

JANUARY ‘19

S M T W Th F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

• 1-4 – No School (Winter Break)

• 7 – No School (Teacher Institute)

• 8 – Classes Resume • 16 – 2:05 Dismissal • 21 – No School (MLK Day)

Emergency Days: Please allow for up to five emergency school days at the conclusion of the school year in case of a school closure for inclement weather and/or any other emergency situation. These dates will be as follows (if applicable): May 24, 28, 29, 30, 31

* Text message reminders will be sent to all parents for early dismissals and days with no school.

*All dates and times are subject to change. Please reference the school

calendar online for all up to date information. (www.unit2.net)

Serena CUSD #2

K-4 School Supply List

2018-2019

Kindergarten

Plastic pencil box

2 boxes of 8 large Crayola crayons

2 boxes of 8 skinny Crayola

crayons

2 boxes of 24 Crayola crayons

1 pair of Fiskar blunt tip 5 inch

children’s scissors

1 large pink eraser

1 4oz. Elmer’s glue

4 large glue sticks

1 dozen Ticonderoga #2 pencils

1 folder with 2 pockets

Headphones

Paint shirt

PE shoes (Velcro)

2 boxes Kleenex

2 tubs Clorox wipes

1 box sandwich Ziploc bags

1 box gallon Ziploc bags

First Grade

Plastic pencil box


1 pair of Fiskar blunt tip 5 inch


2 large pink erasers


8 glue sticks


1 box of 8 Crayola markers

12 low odor dry erase markers

6 folders with 2 pockets

Headphones

PE shoes

2 boxes Kleenex

2 tubs Clorox wipes



Second Grade

Plastic pencil box


1 pair of Fiskar pointed tip 5 inch


1 large pink eraser


4 large glue sticks




4 plastic folders with 2 pockets

and fasteners

2 wide ruled spiral notebooks

1 pack Crayola colored pencils

4 highlighters

Headphones

PE shoes

2 boxes Kleenex

2 tubs Clorox wipes



Fourth Grade

Pencil box/case

1 box of 24 Crayola crayons and/or

colored pencils



2 large pink erasers

4 glue sticks


Protractor


6 folders (different colors) with 2

pockets

2 packs wide ruled loose leaf paper

1 pack of red pens

1 pack of black/blue pens

1 yellow highlighter

1 12 inch ruler

Headphones

PE shoes

2 boxes Kleenex

2 tubs Clorox wipes



Third Grade

Pencil box/case




1 large pink eraser and/or pack of

pencil top erasers

4 glue sticks


1 pack lined 3X5 index cards



4 folders with 2 pockets

2 wide ruled spiral notebooks

2 packs Crayola colored pencils

1 highlighter

Headphones

PE shoes

2 boxes Kleenex

2 tubs Clorox wipes



HardingGradeSchoolUnpacktheBackpack!

Tuesday,August14th5:00–6:00

EveryoneinKindergartento4thGrade,weinviteyoutocomeandmeetyournewteacher(s)andunpackyournewschoolsuppliestoprepareforthefirstdayofschoolonTuesday,August15th!Welookforwardtoseeingyouthere!Returningstudentsin4thgradewillreceivetheirChromebooksfromtheirclassroomteacherduringthisevent.*Eachstudentandaparentwillneedtosigntheuseragreementandthetechnologyfeeneedstobepaid(paidatregistration)beforetakingthedevicehome.Newstudentsin4thgradeandall3rdgradestudentswillbeabletounpacktheirbackpackfrom5:00to5:30.

NewStudentsin4thGradeandALL3rdGradeStudents:OnetoOneGoogleChromebook

IntroductionMeeting!5:30intheLibrary

Allnewstudentsin4thgradeandall3rdgradestudentsandtheirparent(s)mustattendthiseventtoreviewthepoliciesandproceduresfortheOnetoOneGoogleChromebookinitiative!Inaddition,wewilldiscussaccessinginformationonlinethroughTeachereaseandGoogleClassroom.Aparentmustsigntheuseragreementforeachstudentbeforethestudentwillbeallowedtotakethedevicehome.Ifyouareunabletoattendthisevent,pleasecontacttheschoolofficeassoonaspossibletomakealternativearrangements.*Technologyfeemustbepaidandtheuseragreementmustbesignedbeforeastudentwillbeallowedtotaketheirdevicehome.

HardingGradeSchoolSerenaCommunityUnitSchoolDistrictNo.2

SchoolClosingInformationOndayswhenschoolwillbecancelledduetoinclementweatherand/oranyotherunforeseencircumstance,theschoolanddistrictwilldotheirbesttomakethedecisionpriorto6:30amonthatparticularday.Thefollowingaretheavenuesinwhichtheschoolanddistrictwillcommunicateaschoolclosing:1. ALLparentswillreceiveaphonecalland/ortextmessagenotificationfromthedistrictoffice.*Pleasemakesuretheschoolofficehasyourcurrentphonenumber(s)onrecord.

2. AnyHGSparentsthataresignedupfortheRemind™textmessageservicewillreceiveatextmessagenotificationofanyschoolclosings(textthemessage“@hgs1819”tothenumber“81010”tosignuptoreceivethesemessages).

3. Visitwww.mywebtimes.comforschoolclosinginformation.4. TuneintoFM107.1orAM1430forschoolclosinginformation.5. VisittheHardingGradeSchoolFacebookorTwitterpage(@hardingeagles).

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Checkusoutonline!• Facebook(@hardingeagles):bitly.com/hgsfacebook• Twitter(@hardingeagles):bitly.com/hgstwitter• Instagram(hardinggradeschool):bitly.com/hgsinstagram• SchoolWebsite(unit2.net):bitly.com/hardinggradeschool

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Student Programs & Support Harding Grade School offers students a vast array of academic programs and opportunities to help prepare them for the future!

Academics and Programs: English-Language Arts, Reading,

Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, Keyboarding, Physical Education, Art, Music, Technology, Handwriting, Spelling, Ag in the Classroom, Social Skills, Bullying Prevention, and much more!

Community Outreach & Field Trips: Sandwich Opera House, Brookfield Zoo, Starved Rock State Park, Heaps Pumpkin Farm, Jonomac Apple Orchard, Field Museum, LaSalle County Soil & Water Conservation Programs, SciTech Museum, Miller Park Zoo, YMCA Swimming Lessons, and much more!

Student Support Staff & Services: Social Worker, Speech & Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Technology Director, and Title Intervention and Support Director, Curriculum Director, and Registered Dietician

District Information Serena Community Unit School District No. 2 was formed in the fall of 1977 when the elementary school districts located in Wedron, Harding, Sheridan, and Serena consolidated with the then Serena High School District. The District is located just 70 miles southwest of Chicago, Illinois and covers 124 square miles. Currently, the District is comprised of two elementary schools (K-4) located in Harding and Sheridan, and a middle school (5-8) and high school (9-12) located in Serena. Serena Community Unit School District No. 2 has a proud tradition of academic and athletic excellence and is an integral part of the communities in which it serves.

Our Mission Our mission is to cultivate students’ abilities to live well:

• as functioning members of society

• as informed citizens of our community, our country, and the world

• as responsible members of families

• as self-directed, lifelong learners

Student Life Harding Grade School students have a great deal of school related activities, community organizations, and events that they can participate in!

Local Activities & Events: Unit 2 Youth Soccer, Unit 2 Pee Wee Basketball, 4-H, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Community Baseball & Softball League, Camp Tuckabatchee, Basketball Camp, Cheerleading Camp, Norway After the Bell Program, Various Local Fairs, YMCA, Roller-skating, Pirates Cay Indoor Waterpark, Concept Haulers Go-Kart Racing, Local Libraries, and much more!

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