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The Falcon Flyer - Website Edition

May 12, 2023

Dear Rondout Families, Faculty and Friends,

It has been great to speak with our families about summer learning plans, we will be reaching out to those remaining families which we have not spoken with so far. Follow-up materials from the conferences will be sent home at the end of the month. We hope to connect with all our families by the time we end the school year.

Next week the Board of Education is holding its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. In addition to their regular monthly business, they will be recognizing teachers/staff who are celebrating milestone anniversaries from 5 years to 30 years. They will be recognized at the start of the meeting. The Board is still seeking applicants to fill a board vacancy. The deadline for applications is now Friday May 19, 2023. Interested individuals may request a copy of the application from Mary Amidei via email at mary.amidei@rondoutsd72.org. Interviews will be held at a special Board of Education meeting on May 23^,2023.

This week Rondout’s Green Club, Sustainability Department and Fourth Grade class brought their study of pollinators and the life cycle of a butterfly to a close with a release of butterflies into the Bird Bee and Butterfly (Pollinator) Garden. Check out the excitement on the video that is included in today’s Falcon Flyer.

Please mark your calendar for Arts Night this Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Graduation next Wednesday May 24, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. We encourage families to check out the parade of graduates that will occur on May 24th starting at 5 p.m. A map of the parade route is also included in today’s flyer so you can be outdoors to wave them on. Graduates will be participating in the parade of vehicles which will travel through the neighborhoods. Ms. Lori, the bus driver, will be leading the parade in a big yellow school bus so you won’t be able to miss it.

We will be sharing our summer calendar of events in next week’s flyer. The calendar will include information on office hours, library events, and garden “party” days and back to school information.

Wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to everyone in the Rondout Community. Have a wonderful weekend and a terrific week ahead.

Dr. Jenny Wojcik

Superintendent

Ms. Elizabeth Davis

Principal

PowerSchool Student and Parent Portal will be unavailable starting 5/22/2023 while we finalize report cards.

Yearbook signing will take place on May 19, 2023. If your student's yearbook was mailed home please remind your student to bring their yearbook to school if they would like to have their classmates sign their book. For those who do not have a yearbook to be signed, we will provide an autograph sheet that they can use.

On Thursday, Mrs. Zurek released butterflies into the Bird/Bee/and Butterfly Garden for her class, The Green Club and the Sustainability Department of The Village.

Notice of School District #72 Board Member Vacancy

The School District will be accepting applications to fill the Board of Education vacancy resulting from the fact that there were insufficient candidates to fill the vacancies in the recent Board of Education election on April 4, 2023. The appointment will be effective through the next Board of Education election scheduled for the first Tuesday in April of 2025. The candidate must meet the following criteria:

• be a United States citizen

• be at least 18 years of age

• be a resident of Illinois and the Rondout School District for at least one year immediately preceding the appointment.

• be a registered voter

• not be a child sex offender

• not hold another incompatible public office

• not have a prohibited interest in any contract with Rondout School District #72

For more information regarding School Board Member Qualifications go to https://www.iasb.com/memberships-and-divisions/school-board-elections/information-for-candidates/

Applicants should show familiarity with the Board’s policies regarding general duties and responsibilities of a Board and a Board member, including fiduciary responsibilities, conflict of interest, ethics, and gift ban. Board policies are posted at www.rondout.org

Applications may be obtained at Rondout School, 28593 North Bradley Road, Lake

Forest, Illinois 60045. They may also be requested via email from the Board of Education’s recording secretary at mary.amidei@rondoutsd72.org or at mainoffice@rondoutsd72.org. The interviews for this position will take place at a special board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, 2023, starting at 5:30 p.m.

Completed applications should be returned to Rondout School, 28593 North Bradley Road, Lake Forest Illinois via mail or email at mary.amidei@rondoutsd72.org or at mainoffice@rondoutsd72.org by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2023.

Questions may be directed to Dr. Jenny Wojcik at 847-362-2021 or via email at jenny.wojcik@rondoutsd72.org.

The Board of Education

would like to recognize

Anna Ausmann 5 years

Caroline Tesar 5 years

Lora Kellie 10 years

Karin Freeburg 20 years

Katie Kerrigan 20 years

Susie Sendejas 20 years

Jeanine Sweeney 30 years

for their dedicated years of service

to the Rondout community at the

Board of Education meeting on

May 16, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

Their dedication and service

are greatly appreciated.

Click here to view/print the parade route

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Click here to complete the annual student registration for school year 2023-2024

Updated Calendar Highlights 2023-2024*

*Please note that in the 2023-2024 School Year, on all early release days Grades K-8 students will be dismissed at the same time.

School Supply List 2023-2024 

Milk Jug Greenhouse Sale

We will be offering a variety of milk jug greenhouses for sale. All profits will go toward supporting the Rondout Garden and our new playground fund. Milk jug greenhouses will be for sale at the May 18th Arts night. Thanks to everyone who supported this project.