Paw Prints
News from Lions Park School
Letter from the Principal
Dear Lions Park Families,
We had a wonderful, exciting day at Lions Park yesterday with the fifth grade musical. This special event is a long standing Lions Park tradition. We are so proud of our 113 talented fifth grade actors and actresses, their amazing music teacher/director Mrs. Koehlinger, the many dedicated Lions Park teachers who supported the musical, our respectful student audience at the daytime show and our supportive families who came out in large numbers to watch the show. Today all of our students were treated to a fantastic concert by the Lincoln Show Choir and Jazz Band. We are lucky to live in a community that supports the arts in this manner.
As our staff continues the important work of this school year, we are also preparing for the 2019-2020 school year. One important upcoming task will be sectioning students into classes for the new year.
Sections are created according the the following criteria:
- Strengths and areas of need are considered for each child.
- Some students are clustered by these strengths and/or areas of need to enable push in or pull out support.
- Social Emotional Needs are noted and an attempt is made to balance the number of students needing support in these areas among the classrooms.
- We try to balance the number of boys and girls in each class.
As was mentioned in the March 22nd Paw Prints, we welcome your input into this process by inviting you to e-mail me. Please do not feel obligated to share input. The teachers have wonderful insight into the needs of their students, and are a critical part of this process. If you choose to share your thoughts, please include information about your child's learning style and the type of learning environment you feel will be the best match for your child's style. You may also include students you feel are or are not an asset to your child's learning environment. If there is a particular child you do not want your child to be sectioned with next year, it is important to write a letter stating this. We do not automatically separate students who have had conflicts. We do not guarantee that we can honor every request, but we seriously consider all input that is provided. Because of the complexity of the process, we do not accept requests for particular teachers and requests for a particular teacher will not be honored.
While classroom teachers and specialists are involved in this process, it is important that any input you have be sent to me, so that I am aware in case changes need to be made over the summer when the teachers are not working. Furthermore, pertinent information will be shared with teachers, but the letters themselves will be read only by me and Mrs. Bielenda, our assistant principal.
Please send letters to me via e-mail at kkelly@d57.org no later than Wednesday, May 1st. I assure you that our staff takes this task very seriously and puts a great deal of time and thought into creating the most balanced sections for the following year. We appreciate your support as we make our plans.
Lions Park is now on Twitter and Instagram. Please follow us on one or both!
Twitter - @lionspark_d57
Instagram - lionspark_d57
Warmly,
Katie Kelly
Online Registration for the 2019-2020 School Year
District 57 will soon begin registration for next school year!
Discounted online registration begins May 1 and runs through June 15
· Access to the online registration portal will be emailed directly to families
· Parents must have a current email address on file with their school to take part
· Payment methods are credit card or electronic check (no cash accepted), for issues regarding payment method contact the accounting coordinator at (847) 394-7300, extension 1008
· Transportation - Any student registering June 15 or after will be assigned to an existing route/stop and will experience delays in routing/bus pass distribution
· Registration process, including payment, must be complete in order for teacher assignments and student schedule to be generated
· For additional information and student fee schedule visit: https://www.d57.org/registration3702.aspx
2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR
Also, if you have moved during the present (2018-19) school year, please contact the office with the new address information.
DATES TO REMEMBER
Monday, April 29 - Board Community Forum, 7 p.m. @ LP
Friday, May 3 - 5th Grade Open Gym, 6 p.m. @ LMS
Monday, May 6 - LP PTO Meeting, 7 p.m.
D57 Band Festival, Grades 5-8, 7:30 p.m. @ PHS
Tuesday, May 7 - District 57 Orchestra Concert, 7:00 p.m. @ LMS
Wednesday, May 8 - PTO Special Lunch
Ed Foundation Meeting, 7 p.m. @ LMS
Friday, May 10 - Fun Run, 10:45 a.m.
Early Dismissal at 11:50 a.m (NO PM KIDS CORNER)
Tuesday, May 14 - Fine Arts Night Viewing, 6 p.m., Fine Arts Night Chorus Concert, 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 16 - Board of Ed Meeting, 7 p.m. @ FV
Thursday, May 23 - Field Day, 8:50 a.m.
Monday, May 27 - NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day
CUB SCOUTS
GOT2RUN
KIDS CORNER REGISTRATION
COMMUNITY FORUM
SCHOOL SUPPLY KIT ORDER
BOOK FAIR
Lions Park Elementary School
Email: kkelly@d57.org
Website: http://www.d57.org/lionsparkelementaryschool_home.aspx
Location: 300 E Council Trail, Mount Prospect, IL, United States
Phone: (847) 394-7330