The BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR, for low income families living in DuPage County with children ages newborn to 18 years, will be held on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 from 11 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at the DuPage County Fairgrounds. For important information, please go to www.dupage.k12.il.us and click on the link under "The AnnualBack to School Fair." The flyer is available in English and Spanish. This fair offers valuable services and supplies to low income children. If you need an appointment for a school or sport physical, call 630 893-5230 (Bloomingdale), 630 293-4124 (West Chicago) or 630 628-1811 (Addison). Thank you.

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE CLASSES HERE IN THE FALL
The College of DuPage has asked to use several of our classrooms in the fall to provide English as Second Language adult classes, and adult math and reading classes that prepare you to take the tests to attain a high school diploma (GED classes). Information can be found at the following College of DuPage Web site page:
http://www.cod.edu/Academic/ABE_GED/
If you are interested in these classes, please contact the numbers shown at that site. You can register for the classes there as well. Thank you.

2010-2011 SCHOOL CALENDAR
The 2010-2011 School Calendar was approved by the Board of Education. You can view it by clicking on "Calendar" above.

DISTRICT 20 EMERGENCY CLOSING PROCEDURE
Please note - if it is necessary to close the schools, this Web site will be updated prior to 6:00 a.m. - There will be a statement that the schools are closed and will have a date and time entered. Otherwise, schools are open.

The District will attempt to contact parents with our automated emergency call system. But, the system does not work with privacy managers. Please have a buddy system in place with a friend or neighbor in case you can't receive our call.

We will also notify the Emergency Closing Center that is broadcast to local radio and tv stations.

You can also call the district office at 630 894-2250 and press 2 for a recorded message. Or, you can call your child's school:
Greenbrook - 630 894-4544
Waterbury - 630 894-8180
Spring Wood - 630 893-8900.
Thank you.

GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN
For those of you who are raising your grandchildren, Catholic Charities has a program to assist you. Please click on "District 20" then "Community" for a flyer with important information. They are anxious to help! Thank you!

DUPAGE COUNTY HEALTH SITE
The DuPage County Health Department has a great Web site with information about seasonal flu, H1N1, and additional information about flu shots and their availability. Please visit the DuPage County Health Department site at www.dupagehealth.org on a regular basis to keep informed about this flu season. Thank you.

For more links regarding the H1N1 Virus, please go to "District 20" then District Health Services" then "Health Links." Thank you.

RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION
All Illinois school districts have written a plan to transition to Response To Intervention (RtI) by the beginning of the 2010-2011 School year as required by law. Keeneyville School District 20 would like to take this opportunity to inform you about the RtI initiative and the steps we are currently taking to implement this school improvement reform.

For more information on RtI go to "District 20" and then "Response to Intervention (RtI)." Thank you.

A.I.M.S MENTORING PROGRAM
For information on how you can make a difference in a child's life by spending 1 hour each week with them, please visit the A.I.M.S. Mentoring Web site by clicking "District 20," then "Community," and then "AIMS." Thank you!

WIND FOR SCHOOLS OF ILLINOIS --
Please visit our new Wind Alliance Web site at www.ilwindforschools.com for up-to-date information on our progress in pursuing approval of net metering for energy produced by wind turbines for Illinois schools and municipalities.

SOLAR PANEL INTEGRATED INTO SPRING WOOD CURRICULUM
District 20 received a grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Foundation to install solar panels on top of the Spring Wood storage facility in order to study the effectiveness and impact of solar energy (and other alternative energies) on our environment. To view the data that many of our students will analyze this year, please click on "District 20" then "About District 20" and finally "Solar Panel System Data."

UPDATE OF YOUR HOME AND EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS
For the safety of your children, please keep all phone numbers up-to-date with each child's school office. You may call them at:
(Greenbrook) 630 894-4544
(Spring Wood) 630 893-8900
(Waterbury) 630 894-4207.
If you prefer, you may e-mail the information to your school secretaries:
Spring Wood - bfang@esd20.org
Waterbury - lcronin@esd20.org
Greenbrook - promano@esd20.org.
Thank you for your cooperation.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN PARENT COMMITTEE
We now have a Web page for announcements and information related to the African-American Parent Committee meetings and activities. Please click on "District 20", then "Parent Connections" and then "AAPC" right below the "Parent Connections". Thank you.