EC-5 Asynchronous Date Change- IMPORTANT

 In order to provide more flexibility to staff members at the EC-5 level to sign up for the second dose of the vaccination, we will shift the March 24th asynchronous day to March 10th.  Please mark your calendars for this process, shift this in any communication you have had with parents, and share the shift with students.  We will move the A student attendance and the March 10th exploratory sessions from the 10th to the 24th.   

Here are the remaining Wednesdays for your reference:

March Wednesdays:

3-3: Asynchronous

3-10: Asynchronous

3-17: B Day

3-24: A Day

3-31:  Spring Break for the District

April Wednesdays:

4-7: Asynchronous

4-14: A Day

4-21: B Day

4-28: Asynchronous

May Wednesday: 

5-5: A Day

5-12: B Day

5-19: Asynchronous

K-5 Spring Open House Structure

 Due to the ongoing regulations from COVID-19, we will be doing a virtual Open House this Spring.  The Open House will be "held" on April 8th.  Staff will not need to be on campus during this time but rather will be using the contractual after school time prior to the 8th to prepare a video open house for families.  Please carefully review the guidelines below to plan and complete the video for your class.  The guidelines were co-constructed with Educator Advisory Council.  There is both a Teacher and Student component to the Open House, so please be sure to share and assign the relfection with your students.  We will also be hosting a Spring Online Book Fair from April 8th to the 22nd.  Please help us promote this event as well. 

We will be creating a sample of the Teacher video to share in the next two weeks.   

Link to Video Guidelines 

5Essentials Survey Reminders

 Please remember to take your Teacher 5Essentials Survey on or before March 3rd.  Here is the Teacher Survey link.

lso be sure to assign the survey to your students on or before March 3rd by using these directions and attaching the PDF sent in email on the 11th with how to access your State ID:

Student Directions:

This year the school district is asking all 4th to 12th grade students to complete the 5Essentials State Survey.  Please use this link to complete your survey.  You will need to use your State ID and birthdate to complete the survey.  You can find your State ID in the Tyler Student Information System by following the attached directions.  Please complete this task on or before March 3rd.  

Changes for I-Ready Professional Learning

 Due to some date and learning structure shifts, we needed to cancel and rearrange some of the I-Ready sessions.  Please see these available dates.  Please let Sarah Mumm know if interested in attending any of the sessions.  The sessions are geared to K-8th grades using I-Ready. 

March 3rd

1:00 - Teacher Toolbox and Remote Teaching Strategies

9:00 Goal Setting: 

2:00 - Goal setting : 

April 5th (during SIP DAY)

1:00 - Teacher Toolbox:

 2:00 - New Teacher:

May 19th

9:00 - Teacher Toolbox

1:00 - New Teachers

Kaneland Preschool

 A note from Tressa in the Special Education Department~ 

I wanted to share that Kaneland Preschool is officially on the map or "webpage" that is.... Below are different ways to lead families or staff to district preschool information moving forward. 

Beginning February 22nd preschool interest applications can be virtually collected in lieu of parents coming to the Young Knight's Fair. Additionally, until March 19th (the last day to accept interest applications) there will be a running banner on the main Kaneland.org site which will lead families to more information. 

Proud to be a Knight! 

District website under Schools & Departments:

It is also in the top navigation on the KBK website:

IgKnighter Box O' Fun Update

We are excited to share that we have already received 21 nominations, from across all grade spans and positions, for our February IgKnighter Box O' Fun! The February theme is designed to celebrate staff showing passion, flexibility, and a continuous drive to move forward and innovate. It is not too late to nominate yourself or a colleague. Nominations will remain open through February 28th. The winner will be chosen at random, from among all the February nominees, on March 1st.  Stay tuned to see what the March theme will be! 

Nomination Form

Doctoral Student Request

Kaneland has been contacted to be part of a local AU Student's doctoral study. The student is focused on the teaching of Social Science at the K-5 level. If you have an interest in participating in brief focus groups, please contact Sarah Mumm. The study will benefit our district be allowing us to see the results of her findings. Thank you for considering.