Dear Sheridan Families,

On behalf of the staff at Sheridan School, I am happy

to welcome you to the 2015-2016 school year! We are

looking forward to a productive partnership with you to

ensure our children can achieve their highest potential. We

recognize that in order to be successful in school, our children

need support from both the home and school. We know a strong

partnership with you will make a great difference in your child’s

education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our

children’s success and want you to know that we will do our very

best to carry out our responsibilities. We ask that you guide and

support your child’s learning by ensuring that

SHERIDAN SCHOOL

Sheridan

Has

Achieving

Responsible

Kind

Students

Welcome to May! We have had an amazing year! We are

wrapping up our Dibels Assessment this first week of May

as well as celebrating our teachers and staff!

As we continue through the month of May, we continue to

focus on respect and kindness. We are encouraging our

students and support them with behavior choices. Please

continue to review our expectations: be ready, be respect-

ful, be responsible and be safe. Thank you for all of your

help and support!

Sincerely,

Mrs. McGowan

Message from the principal

District 87 will now be doing ON-LINE REGISTRATION

District 87 will now be doing on-line registration for all current students - More information will be

sent home, please let us know if you have any questions.

Will your child miss

school today?

Please call the school

office at 828-2359

State law requires schools and

parents to attempt to contact

each other when a child is

absent.

Please help us out by calling

us first.

P A G E 2 S H E R I D A N S H A R E S

ATTENTION 4TH AND 5TH GRADE STUDENTS– IF YOU WOULD LOVE TO TRY THEATRE YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN A THEATRE SUMMPER CAMP!

P A G E 3

Calendar highlights

4th Grade Recorder Recital May 10th @ 6:30 pm

Last Day of school (Full Day) May 25th

Report Cards Mailed Home May 30th

Have a great summer break!

My School Bucks Customers: At the end of the 2016-2017 school year the following will be done as maintenance to student accounts:

1. Any account balance valuing $0.00-$9.99 will be left in account or refunded upon request only.

2. Any account balance $10.00 and above will be automatically refunded to the parents/caregivers of senior students unless a

request is made to transfer to a sibling’s account.

3. Any student who is not a senior that has a remaining balance of $10.00 or more can be refunded upon request, transferred to

a sibling’s account, or remain in the student’s account for use the following school year.

As the end of the school year approaches, you are encouraged to be aware

of your student’s balance.

Contact My School Bucks at myschoolbucks.com or 1-855-832-5226 with specific MSB questions.

Contact Julie McCoy, School Nutrition Director at 309-827-6031 ext. 1023 or mccoyj@district87.org with requests for refunds or balance transfers.

Thank you!

P A G E 4 S H E R I D A N S H A R E S

Dear Parents or Guardians:

It will not be long now, and your 5th grader will be moving on to Junior High School. In order to prevent

a delay in your registration, we strongly suggest you start planning for these requirements immediately.

Waiting until late in the summer may result in your child being excluded from school if their physical

and immunizations are not up to date. Please see the following requirements:

6th Grade physical, dated August 18, 2016 or later .

Parents should complete and sign the Medical History portion of physical.

Completed immunization record including 2nd Varicella vaccine.

T dap and Meningococcal immunizations required with 6th grade physical.

Dental exam (is not due until May 1, 2018).

If your student requires medication at school please have the

Medication Authorization Form signed by your doctor .

If your student has food allergies, please have your doctor sign the

Diet Modification form.

Forms are available in our school office or online

Immunizations are available by appointment at the McLean County Health Department, 200 W.

Front St., Room 104, Bloomington, IL, (309) 888-5455. Please make your appointment as soon as

you can.

Box Tops, Coke Rewards and Campbell’s Soup Labels

We collect these all year round so when you do have some, please

bring them into the office!

Money earned from the collection goes into buying recess items

P A G E 5 M A Y 2 0 1 7

Congratulations to the Sheridan School Battle of the Books team for coming in 3rd place!

Back Row (above): Henry Duquenne, Alyssa Geraghty, Kyrie Cope, Justin Lewellen, Benedicte Nzita, Caleb Wilson Front Row (above): Madison Robinson Jordan Bicknell, Alila Beck, Alex Kaufman, Keira Ridgeway, Lennon Ham