Somonauk CUSD 432

Tiffany Passero returns to Somonauk after graduating from Somonauk High School and NIU. She is a special education teacher at the middle school and loves being close to home. In her free time, she enjoys exercising, baking, and swimming. Mrs Passero is always up for the challenge of a good hike and rewards herself with some ice cream! Tiffany dreams of beach vacations and would love to travel in time. Once a Bobcat, always a Bobcat!

Ms Rita Hames joins SHS in the special education department. She is a graduate of Yorkville High School and ISU (she must love red and white, but look at her in BOBCAT BLUE!) Rita loves spending time with family and reading a good book. Mashed potatoes are her absolute favorite and her favorite vacation spot is Alabama. Rita wishes to have a secret superpower of time travel. Welcome to the Bobcat Family, Rita!

Middle School Yearbook Order Forms are available here https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/435928/0214_001.pdf

Box Tops! We would still LOVE your help! https://www.boxtops4education.com/How%20To%20Earn

Supt. Streicher will be enjoying breakfast tomorrow morning at the Somonauk Pancake House. Come join him at 7:30 am

Welcome to #432 Ms Dayna Anderson teaches numerous AG clasess at SHS. Dayna graduated from Indian Creek High School and University Wisconsin-Plateville. In her free time, she enjoys listening to Taylor Swift and over analyzing each song! She like her coffee black and enjoys a good book. Ms Anderson has a few cats and some farm animals....like 4,000 pigs?! Her hidden superpower is teleportation and she loves working at SHS because she is able to teach a diverse range of classes with great groups of students.

Welcome to #432 Julie Brubaker! SHS Science department is where she is at! Ms Julie Brubaker graduated from Sandwich High School and NIU. She is super excited to teach in Somonauk because of all of the friendly people. Julie loves going for a walk or hike and hanging out with family. Ms Brubaker likes her coffee with cream and sugar and wants to have a secret superpower of being able to understand, read, write, and speak every language! Interesante! Meravigliosa

60 Second Supe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1i-inxSVNg

I already knew this, but it is great to have confirmation that Bobcat teachers are the best! #bobcats432 https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-teachers-school-districts/c/dekalb-county-il/

Somonauk Community School District #432 has been working with Pearson Clinical Assessment after receiving notification of a data security incident involving their AIMSweb 1.0 product by an unauthorized third party. On Monday, August 19, 2019, the District received verification and details of the impacted data. Pearson identified student data affected was limited to students first and last name, possibly date of birth. No test scores, performance data or any other personally identifying student information was part of the data incident. Although Pearson has provided no evidence that any data was misused, the District wants to make you aware of this incident. Pearson is offering free credit monitoring service from Experian to any student who was enrolled in the District during 2009-2016. If you are interested in learning more about this option, please see the following Ensure that you enroll by: January 31, 2020 (Your code will not work after this date.) Visit the Experian IdentityWorks website to enroll and provide your activation code: If you are enrolling for an Adult: https://www.experianidworks.com/credit Provide your activation code: PF7N9N97G If you are enrolling for a minor: https://www.experianidworks.com/minorplus Provide your activation code: 4GCYX5C69 If you are redeeming this for a minor, provide your minor’s information when prompted As a school district, we take very seriously the security of all student, family and staff data. Only the most limited data is provided to vendors for any required services. Somonauk Community School District #432 (815)-498-2314

Somonauk School Board Meeting 8/19/19 Highlights: *A review of District #432 Strategic Plan was presented with goals to incorporate into each of the School Improvement Plans *Discussion was held about the Leland feasibility study, a community meeting is being planned for Somonauk and Leland residents in late September *Board approved the 2019-2020 Budget *Board approved Superintendent contract for Jay Streicher for next four years.

BREAKING NEWS...Somonauk #432 holds a press conference with newest members of the BOBCAT family. https://youtu.be/CuIVbO_0lWQ

Somonauk continues our culture of excellence by hiring 10 new faculty members to our #bobcats432 family. First day of new teacher mentoring was led by our instructional coach, Amanda Taxis.

What is BOBCAT PRIDE? When we need some help at school cleaning out storage areas and athletic sheds and these young men volunteer to help! Thank you Liam, Brendan, Ethan, Parker, Carter, Payton, Julio, Alex,Brock, Jaylen, Coach Liechty, Coach Felton, and Garrett. #bobcats432

SHS Fall Sports Coaches Meeting:Volleyball, Soccer, And Golf. August 7th at 6:00 pm in HS lobby SMS Volleyball and Soccer meeting August 7th at 5:00 pm in SMS cafe

Did you see the lights on at SMS last night? We did not forget to turn them off. Just a couple of teachers getting ready for our kids late on a summer night! #whatsummeroff? #bobcatswork #bobcats432

TRAFFIC patterns for School Days before and after school *JRW students must be dropped off and picked up only on Maple Street *Middle school and High school students must be dropped off and picked up in the high school circle drive off of LaSalle Street

Head over to the fairgrounds on Saturday for the Mid Summer Showdown! $10 per person, kids 12 and under are free! Fun for everyone!

Bus routes for 2019-2020 should be very similar to the current routes. Parents will be notified if there are any major changes. All parents indicating that their child/children are riding will receive a call from the driver during the week prior to the start of school. If you have not received a call by Friday, August 9, 2019, please contact Jan Adams at (815) 712-6987.

Save the date x 3: AUGUST 12, 2019 Kindergarten Orientation 5th Grade BBQ Freshman Mentoring more details to come!