Contact Information
Dr. Marian Stockhausen, Principal Mstockhausen@bsd111.org
Mrs. Adriana Johnson, Secretary Ajohnson@bsd111.org
R. E. Byrd School 8259 S. Lavergne Burbank, IL 60459 708-499-3049 Fax 708-499-1002
Byrd School Health Aide & Information
Byrd School Event Pictures are located at the bottom of this page
Principal's Highlights
Dear Byrd Families,
The end of the year is here and I want to make sure I have had a chance to thank you for the opportunity to serve your children as their Principal. I have truly enjoyed with all of my heart every minute of these past 6 years working with your children and meeting such fabulous families. Your children have brightened my days and have left me with such wonderful memories!
The final MAPS testing reports will be sent home with the 4th quarter report cards. Reading and Math are given to all grade levels and LA is only given to 3-6.
The Kindergarten Celebration will be held on Wednesday, June 5th at 9:00 am and our last day of school for one hour is on Thursday, June 6th. This is a change from the calendar that was sent to you at the beginning of the year, due to our recent rain day!
Please continue to assist your child on math skills and reading. I encourage you to read with your child every night. Discuss the stories read, ask questions that require your child to support their answers by finding it in the text. I have a web site I would like you to visit as a parenting resource whenever you please. Just click on the site: Parent Institute.
Our 6th grade students are now moving on to Junior High! Good luck to each of you, work hard and be persistent!
Did you miss reading one of our newsletters? Notice on our Byrd School Home Page a link to our school's newsletters. The calendar of school events is also located on the last page of the newsletter and on the district page under calendar of events.
Once again parents and students thank you for these wonderful years serving your families!
Sincerely,
Dr. Marian Stockhausen
Good bye and good luck 6th grade students on your journey forward!
Parents,
As you Scroll further down on this page you will find several links to pictures. Please enjoy them. You may find yourself smiling back!
Technology and creativity go together so well. Teachers have projects that allow students to extend their thinking and creativity. Please enjoy one of our 5th grade student's inventions he created during a unit on inventions. Jose
During the school year students need to practice with you at home. Please sit with your child and have them read with you each day, they can read on their own and discuss events in the story or you can share reading with them by taking turns and each reading a page at a time. Always spend some time discussing the characters and events in the story, predicting what may happen next and why the author chose to write the story the way they did. Another activity to work on each evening is math facts! The support you show at home flows through at school! Thank you!
Here are the six main pillars of character we focus on throughout the year at Byrd School. Please assist us in discussing the importance of each character trait with your child:
September-Responsibility
October-Trustworthiness
November-Citizenship
December-Caring
January-Fairness
February-Respect & Caring
March-Responsibility
April-Trustworthiness
May-Citizenship
June-Fairness
Mission Statement
Richard E. Byrd School's mission is to empower students to strive for excellence, seek knowledge, live with integrity and persevere in an ever-changing world. This shall be accomplished through a challenging instructional program provided by a caring and talented staff within a safe and healthy environment in partnership with the community.
Program Review
The Pass Program stands for Parental After-School Support program. Our students will attend the Pass Program at Byrd School along with students from Burbank School and Kennedy School. It will run each full day of school from until 6:00 pm. There is a weekly fee for the Pass Program of $27.00 per student which does not include a bus cost for students coming from another building. The weekly fee for the Pass Program with the bus fee included is $32.00. A charge of $8.00 per half day is open for currently enrolled Pass Program students. Registration forms are available at the school office. Students need to be picked up at or before 6:00 p.m. If you would like further information regarding the Pass Program, please contact the Program Director she can be reached at 708-499-3049 ext. 30237 after September 1st.
Breakfast and Lunch Programs- Arbor Food Management Services will be providing a hot nutritious breakfast and lunch program for our children. Breakfast is $1.10, lunch is $2.25 and milk purchased without a meal is .55 cents. Please submit payments of any amount regularly to the office with your child’s name and room number on the envelope or make payments on line with a credit card to your child’s account. (www.bsd111.org then click on EPay). We suggest you send payments for the week or month or make payments in larger increments and monitor when balance is low. Breakfast and lunch for a week would cost $16.75; a month would cost approximately $67.00. Breakfast will be served from 7:45-8:55 a.m. If you have questions regarding breakfast or lunch payments as well as balances, please call Mrs. Noto before 11:15 a.m. at 708-499-3049.
Children who go home for lunch need to have a letter in writing allowing them to leave the school for lunch, the name of the parent or guardian in charge, and a contact phone number. This will remain in our office. No child is allowed to leave the campus without a note on file. We highly recommend you pick up and drop off your child if you want them to go home for lunch. We can’t guarantee their safety to and from school. There are no crossing guards on duty at lunch. Lunch for 4-6th grade students is from 11:15-12:00 pm. Lunch for Kindergarten-3rd grade students is 11:00-11:45 pm. Students are considered tardy if they return after 12:00.
School Policy and Procedures-All families should have received a copy of the Burbank District 111 Parent Guardian Handbook. Please read over this handbook with your child for an understanding of all procedures. Our School District Policy Manual is also located on the district web page for your convenience. www.burbank.k12.il.us.
Daily reading is encouraged at all grade levels. Have your child read silently, read together, or read orally to your child each day. This activity will bring the most success in raising their reading ability and their love for reading. Ask questions and encourage discussion about what they read. Oral conversation helps develop comprehension skills.
Attendance-Daily school attendance is essential for academic success. School begins at 8:15 a.m. After that point your child is considered late. When your child is late, he/she is missing academic time and disturbing the academics in session for the teacher and students in the classroom. Please have your child here and on time every day!
When your child needs to miss school or be late please call our school office between 5:00 A.M. and 8:00 A.M. at 708-499-3049. Speak slowly and leave a clear message including your child’s full name, classroom teacher, day of absence or tardiness and the reason for the absence or tardiness. If your child will be absent or tardy ONLY in the afternoon, the same procedure is to be followed and the call-in time is from 10:30 A.M. to 12:00 noon. If a call is not received, the school will start a calling procedure to check on the status of your child. If you want your child’s homework for that day, please request homework when you call in no later than noon. It is the parent/child’s responsibility to check missed work with the teacher. Homework can be picked up at dismissal which is 2:30 pm from the office.
All students arriving late must first report to the school office. If you are picking up your child for an early dismissal, you will need to report to the office and we will dismiss your child to you.
A note is required upon his/her return to school after an absence, even though you called. In the note, please specify the reason for the absence. Any student with an undiagnosed rash or communicable disease must have a note from a physician releasing him/her to return to school. Any student absent for five or more consecutive school days must provide a note from a physician.
Behavior-All students will follow District 111 School Board Policy 5144.3 – Level 1-2-3-4 Acts of Misconduct and Disciplinary Response. This policy will be posted in our school. This policy can be seen on the district home page for your convenience. Please refer to this policy and your Parent Guardian Handbook, pages 26 and 27, go over all rules and district expectations with your children. This will ensure all students are aware of the importance of their actions at school.
Bicycles-Only children in Grades 3-6 may bring their bikes to school. Bikes are not to be ridden on the school grounds and they are to be locked. No child should lock their bike with another student. The school is not in anyway responsible for lost or stolen bikes. Any child who abuses the bicycle rules will not be allowed to ride a bike to school. No double or triple riding is allowed. Children should stay single file on the right side of the street. Finally, students should not ride a bike to school whenever the weather is inclement or the news calls for storms later in the day.
Crossing Guard -The crossing guard is on the south corner of 83rd & Lavergne. All students should follow the crossing guard’s rules and cross the street at that intersection.
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures- Grades K - 6 - Breakfast 7:45 a.m., School Day hours are from 8:15-2:30 p.m. On early dismissal days school releases at 11:15 a.m.
All children who come for breakfast use the WEST DOORS (Lavergne) – 7:45-8:00 am
All children who arrive at school and do not get breakfast use the EAST DOORS (By Playground) (primary and intermediate) – 8:05-8:15 am
Kindergarten Children use the WEST DOORS (Lavergne)– 8:05-8:14 am parent must walk child up to Kindergarten Doors.
Emergency – Front Doors (83rd Street) – 7:30-8:00 am and after 8:15 am (Parent must bring child in and explain reason for the emergency drop off or late arrival)
Lunch is 11:15 -12:00 p.m. Kindergarten will have lunch from 11:00-11:45 a.m. All after School Programs are dismissed at 3:35 p.m. Students may be picked up in the front of the school. A bus will also be provided for our bus students. Students who attend PASS will be bused to the PASS program at Tobin when their program releases. The PASS program ends at 6:00 p.m. at Tobin School.
Children will be dismissed by their teachers at the end of each day. Students should go straight home from school. If your child has to be kept after school, you will be notified by your child’s teacher or the office. No child will be allowed to reenter the building for any reason after 2:30 p.m. without a parent/guardian. The responsibility for remembering to take books or other items home belongs to the child. In this respect, teachers and parents should encourage responsibility and self-discipline.
Dropping off and picking up children- 1st - 6th GRADE-Parents who drive their children to school are requested to drop them off by parking on the north side of 83rd St. bordering the playground area or on the west side of Lamon Street bordering the playground area. No double or triple parking is allowed. Police will ticket. Students must leave car on the curb side, never the street side. Pull away from your parking spot cautiously remembering that many students are in the area. Also, remember students are required to where a seat belt.
Students are to go to their designated area to line up. Do not ever allow children to exit the car on the street side for safety reasons. Remind children 83rd street is a busy street. We need everyone’s cooperation in order to keep our children safe and pick up and drop off orderly. Parents of 1st-6th grade students who do not have a kindergarten student do not use Lavergne; this is for our drop off and pick for kindergarten students only.
Kindergarten Only - Parents who drive kindergarten children to school and pick them up are requested to drop students off and pick them up on Lavergne. Remember Lavergne is a one way street during school hours heading north. Make sure you park on the east side of the street only and no double or triple parking is allowed. Children must exit the car on the curb side. You must walk your child up to their line. Be sure to do this quickly so not to tie up a parking spot and delay procedures. Students will line by the Kindergarten entrance door. Please remind students to walk cautiously to their line never running or standing near the street. Cars should never pull in the parking lot.
Cars should never pass a school bus. Please be cautious driving with our many school buses. They make regular stops and will move as soon as children are safely away from harm. Never stop in the middle of the street or leave your car running while you leave the vehicle. State law for vehicle occupants mandates seat belts or car seats. Common courtesy and patience will help ensure everyone’s safety.
The primary (1-3) and intermediate (4-6) students enter and exit through the east playground doors. If the children must cross the street, they are to do so at the corner of 83rd St. and Lavergne Ave. with the crossing guard. We do not want parents waving their children across the street in front of moving traffic and between standing automobiles. Kindergarten students enter and exit only at the west door by the Kindergarten entrance. Parents are to be there to pick up their Kindergarten children at 2:30 p.m.
Paying Fees- Please label all envelopes with your child’s name, teacher's name and list the reason for payment, (ex. school fees, breakfast and/or lunch program, field trip, etc. The fee for breakfast is $1.10 and the fee for lunch is $2.25. The supply fee this school year is $75.00 due by September 30th. Payments after September 30th will require a $25.00 late fee. If you pay your supply fee before July 1st you will receive a $10.00 discount. You may pay your fee at the school, online or at the district office. Junior High supply fees are $85.00 the $10.00 early payment discount is also in place for them.
PTA- Ms. G. Vargas is the President of your PTA, Treasurer is Mrs. A. Kohler, Mrs. Soto is the Vice President and your PTA Secretary is Ms. Fuentes. The PTA provides many services to our school. PTA meetings will be posted at school and on our school website. You may access the PTA Schedule by going to the district web site www.bsd111.org go to schools, Byrd, Principal, PTA. PTA membership is a big bargain at $10.00 for a family. Please join! Market day forms will go home each month and pickup dates will be listed. Also, the Manna program will be sent home which allows you to purchase gift cards for use at local establishments. Please support your PTA by shopping through both of these fundraisers. Remember, these programs benefit our students and student programs. Meetings are held monthly, look for notices of the dates and times. If you are interested in volunteering please send a note to school addressed to one of your PTA officers with your name, children's names and number to reach you. Also, how you are available to assist. They will greatly appreciate every ounce of help offered.
Market Day pick up dates for the 2011-2012 school year will be listed in the monthly newsletter. Thank you for supporting the PTA through your market day orders in the 2010-2011 school year.
Bank at School Day is on the second Friday of each month during lunch. This opportunity is provided by Archer Bank and is open to students in grades 2nd-6th.
School Dress- Students in K-6th grade are required to wear a school uniform. They may wear blue or black pants, a colored white or light blue shirt, jumper, skort, and navy blue or white sweater, and no hooded sweatshirts. Dress shoes must be closed and gym shoes must have matching laces. You will be able to see the uniform dress policy on the district web site at www.bsd111.org.
The first and third Friday of each month will be School Spirit day. Students may dress in maroon and white or wear school spirit clothing on these days. No jeans, unless specified that students are able to wear jeans. PTA will be selling school spirit wear if you are interested.
Once again, I am looking forward to a wonderful school year with you and your family.
Sincerely,
Dr. Marian Stockhausen, Principal
Thank You - From Your Byrd School Staff
Always remember our military! They are our true heroes!
Remembrance of September 11th
Patriot's Day
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