Roadshow Coming Soon!

The Education Service Department is very excited to come and share updates and progress for next year with all of you through the annual roadshow!  Please take some time prior to the roadshow to review the emaze filled with updates and celebrations!  See you very soon!

Link: Roadshow

Key EC-5th Grade Dates

As the school year is flying by, please try to remember these keys dates:

April:
20:  Three Kaneland Teams go to Teach to Lead
23: 3-5th grad reps go to CES for Social Science Material review
23: KME Roadshow
23 to 27:  Grade level writing PD takes place at KMS
25: Administrative Professionals' Day
27: Math Continuum Pilot Meeting in the PM at KMS
30: TIC at HMS at 4:15

May:
1:  KBK Roadshow
1:  Collaborative Inquiry Meeting at KMS
2: KST Roadshow
3:  KSS Roadshow
3:  PDS Panel at HMS at 4:00
3:  AU Masters Cohort Interest Meeting HMS 4:00
7:  TAC HMS at 4:15
9:  District Behavior Team Meeting 1-3 HMS
10:  5th grade Outdoor Ed at KMS

Math Continuum Pilot

For all 1st-5th grade teams that have an interest in exploring the Math Continuum Pilot for next school year, please complete this form by the end of this week.  We will then hope to contact each team and set a planning and PD date for April 27th in the PM.  If you have already sent in the interest form, please secure your sub for April 27th in the PM.  The planning session will be held at KMS.

School Day Research Update

This month the School Day Research Committee met for their last meeting of the year.  The following was an update and conclusion for some the topics:

Trimesters:  Approved and implemented for 2018-19 at the K-5 level; no plans at this time to implement at the 6-12 level

Switch of school hours:  Researched indicated there would be a need to purchase additional busing in order to make this process work.  At this time the proposal is tabled until the district is in a position to find funding to support the process.

Alternate snow days:  The team found that the use of Fridays in May as alternate snow days creates a hardship in meeting related service and special education minutes.  A second idea was posed about using President's Day and researching the ideas of a two week Spring Break and using any days at that time for snow days.  This concept will be further discussed at Cabinet and continued to be reviewed internally.  The Cabinet is also looking into the use of e-learning (virtual snow days).  This process has been piloted by nearby districts and the State will soon determine the acceptance for funding of virtual school days.  This will continue to be a process we research.  This would not be implemented for next year.  

Year round school:  This concept was discussed and the team will continue to send any articles or research to the Educational Service Department for future review.  

We would like to thank all members of this committee for their hard work this year.  Thank you!

AU Cohorts on Kaneland Campus

We are excited that some staff have shown an interest in hosting a AU Masters program here at Kaneland.  AU will be out to share more information with all staff on May 3rd at HMS at 4:00pm.  They will speak to multiple programs at that time and share how hosting on Kaneland campuses work.  Here is the link to share your interst:  https://aurora.edu/kanelandsurvey.

Please come to HMS on May 3rd to learn even more about getting a degree or extra hours right here!