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SHARK Bytes ISSUE
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WINTER 2009
Principal: Mr. Giovannoni Assistant Principal: Ms. Dwyer
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Cold Weather Reminder
We want to take this opportunity to remind you about student arrival time in the morning. No supervision is available prior to 8:00 a.m. - either inside or outside the building. Students who arrive prior to 8:00 a.m. cannot enter the building even on bad weather days. We simply do not have the staff available prior to 8:00 to provide supervision.
2009 INAUGURATION
Students were a witness to history in the making -- read more on page 3 ...
If the weather is bad, the students are brought into the gm at 8:00 a.m. They remain there until 8:15 a.m. when their teachers escort them to class. The only exception to this is for those students who participate in our breakfast program. They are allowed into the gym at 7:45 a.m. They have about ten minutes to finish their
Mark Your Calendars!
February 12 - Valentine’s Day Ice Cream Social 13- Abraham Lincoln Assembly
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breakfast. When they are done, they are either sent outside if the other students are staying out or they remain in the gym if the other students are being brought in. Also, in order to simplify the entry process on those days when the students are inside in the morning, we have limited the number of entrances to two. The first is the front entrance on Beloit. The second is the middle entrance on Ferdinand side. In this way we will be able to direct the students into the gym from fewer entrances into the building. Thank you for your cooperation. -Mr. Giovannoni
18 - Market Day 26 - SPRING CONFERENCES Thursday night from 5:00-8:00p.m. If you wish to have a conference please call and leave a message for the teacher with whom you wish to meet.
16 - No School Presidents’ Day
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By: Ann Murray
SCOTY Award Winner for 2008-2009
Each year West 40, the educational service center for the western suburbs, sponsors a ceremony to honor outstanding students in each school district. Individual districts can choose the criteria that they use to select the award winner, who is chosen by District 91 in January. This good citizen and model fifth-grade student qualifies for the SCOTY Award, an acronym for School Citizen of the Year.
Field-Stevenson’s nominee this year is Maya Buenrostro. A student at Field since first grade, she has grown each year, showing herself to be a dedicated student, taking great pride in her work and concerned about her academic performance. Not only is Maya a good student, she’s also wellrounded: she is part of the Challenge Program and the Latin Program. She also is in band. All these school-related activities
take her out of the classroom each week, but Maya is so conscientious that she never misses an assignment. Maya’s peers look up to her as a role model because she is helpful and caring. Her unique personality makes her well-liked by her fifth-grade
classmates and students in other grades as well. The SCOTY Awards will be given out on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at Mannheim School. We all congratulate Maya on a well-deserved award!
Mix-it-Up at Lunch Day Field-Stevenson School, along with over 4 million schools from across the country, participated in the Mix-it-Up at Lunch Day. This Teaching Tolerance program encourages students to question and cross boundaries by sitting with someone new
United we stand, Divided we fall. in the cafeteria for a day. The program helps kids meet new people, makes students more comfortable interacting with different people, raises awareness about social boundaries and helps students make new friends. To learn more about Mix-it-Up at lunch - visit www.tolerance.org
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Field-Stevenson Celebrates President Obama’s Inauguration By: Cheryl Bussert
On Tuesday, January 20, Field Stevenson students didn’t just learn about history, they participated in the making, as they gathered in the gym to not only watch the inauguration ceremonies but be filmed and interviewed by WGN TV (channel 9). The cameras were rolling all day as a crew joined the school early in the morning, and stayed through lunch. Students began gathering in the gym around 9:30, bringing with them patriotic art projects to decorate the walls. Mr. G. provided students with instructive background information as the pre-ceremony coverage aired. After the swearing in, Ms. Dooley and the 4th graders led the school in singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Channel 9 had cameras not only at Field Stevenson, but also downtown, and at a restaurant in Hyde Park, and every so often, they would cut to what was happening in those locations. At about 12:45, while students were finishing up their box lunches in the gym, several student interviews were aired. The afternoon was capped off by patriotic ice cream treats, and not unlike the National Mall, tired but happy students finally filed out to go home. Thanks to Dr. Cavallo for contacting the Tribune and steering them our way. To see more, follow this link: http:// triblocal.com/Forest_Park
And now, as President Obama has urged us, time to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and get to work! READ! STUDY! HELP OTHERS!
A positive outlet... Exercises for ISAT prep: Foot stomping, visualization, and relaxation activities are some of the things that helped Ms. Edwards’ 5th grade ISAT tutoring group. They transformed their negative feelings into positive energy that resulted in students meeting and exceeding standards on portions of Study Island.
From left to right, Jesus Botello, Téa Johnson, Morgan McNeal, Daijah Halbert, Alexis Welsh and Michael Ballard
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STUDENTS OF THE QUARTER Omar Hernandez Evan Hall Gavin O'Connor Seymone Russell Alexander Garcia Simone Birriel Evelyn Carrera Karina Shelwood Theresa Holden Brianna Spinelli Di'Jan Jones Deja Sibby Congratulations Students!
2nd Quarter Honor Roll 1st Grade (Callahan) Doyin Aderele Bryant Boyd Sam Bonilla Akayhla Dixon Micah O'Neal Olivia Remington Seymone Russell (Boucek) Marcus Brown Samantha Clanton Julia Filimowicz Raechel Lopez Leron Maddi Shalah Russell Fiona Satterfield Heather Shortall Sonny Valdez
```````````````ISAT``Testing:`````````````` `Coming`Soon`to`a`School`Near`You:` By: Ms. Dwyer
Beginning Tuesday, March 3rd and continuing for about five days - District 91 will administer the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests (ISATs). For Field-Stevenson and other K-5 schools in the District, that means that the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be tested in reading and math. The 3rd and 5th grade students will also have a writing test, while our 4th graders will take a test in science.
of Education. The tests are used to measure how well each individual student has mastered the standards established for his or her grade level.
We expect to receive the results before the end of the school year.. When they are sent to us, we The ISAT tests are based on Standards will get the results to you as soon as in each academic area that were possible. developed by the Illinois State Board
2nd Grade (Hirsch) Mary Barnett Nayeli Garcia Korbin Hawkins Julio Luna-Pina Allen Serrano Indya Woods (Bork) Madison Rostello Mayumi Pascual Faith Johnson Linda Gashi Reyna Carrera Mikala Ballard 3rd Grade (Bente) Joshua Almawi Rron Baraku Elena Buenrostro Evelyn Carrera Maya Harmon Ranen Maddi
Rebekkah Montanez Aidan Remington Elizabeth Rojas Charlie Valdez (Schreiner) Christopher Avner Anaya Boyd Maria Garcia Rylee Rivera Lelia Rodgers-Young 4th Grade (Randazzo Thompson) Bianca Botello Adam Clarke Paris Cowan Taviana Dunlap Mohit Jain Darien Jones Jacob Jordan Ismael Magallanes Briana Mingo Gerardo Perez
Brianna Spinelli (McElligott) Tyric Edwards Jalen Grayson Theresa Holden Alyssa Mance Sydney Mangiaracina Kyler Pacyga Kevin Wilson
Chezlan Daggs Sideria Hendricks Mary Gene Miraflores Jada Rhodes Kwyuna Wilson
5th Grade (Bogdan) Jonathan Almawi Noah Binion Jesus Botello Eboni Drane Jonathan Dudley Dija Sibby Autumn Skelnik Dayana Sunil Kristen Svoboda (Becker) Maya Buenrostro
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