1) En el cuadro negro, haga clic en el botón que dice traducir boletín.

2) Elija el idioma del menú desplegable.

iPad Refresh

All K-8 students have been given iPads now that school has started. This iPad will have a district approved case installed on each one that can not be removed due to the warranty on the iPads. Each student will also be given a new apple cord and apple charging brick. These items need to be kept for the entire year and returned with the iPad each year or there will be a replacement fee assessed for these items. If there is an issue with the items working, please contact your building administrator to get a different one as soon as possible.

Self-Service Application

The Technology Department is adding an application to all iPads for the roll out this new school year. The application is called Self-service and allows students to control what is on the home screen of the iPads. This application allows students and staff the ability to install or reinstall apps to the iPad using an established menu of approved apps. The iPads will start with limited applications installed on them but there will be many applications in the self-service library to choose to add if needed. Staff and students will be able to delete apps from the home screen and iPad, but self-service allows the program to be reinstalled easily. More instructions on this application will be discussed with students once school resumes.

Information for Meal Service for your student:

• Send in money for student lunch

• $2.95 paid

• $0.40 reduced

• milk only $0.35

• Cash or check in an envelope with first and last name and teacher name.

• Instructions on how to add money by credit card. Click here

Lunch and fee waiver forms are on D34 website under Parent forms. Click here

The following information is in no way affiliated with Antioch CCSD 34. Mrs. Adams has obtained permission to share this opportunity with Antioch CCSD 34 parents/guardians as part of her doctoral research.

Subject: Request for Participant Recruitment in Doctoral Research

Dear Families of District 34,

My name is Rebecca Adams and I am the Principal of Oakland Elementary School in Antioch CCSD 34. I am working on completing my doctoral dissertation for Aurora University. As an educator for the last 20 years, my personal passion has always been how we get families more involved in the school life of their children. As an educator in this district, I am very excited to potentially hear from our own families on methods that can foster more engagement for our families.

Parental / family engagement has long been a topic of interest for schools, namely surrounding how to get more of it to occur, The purpose of my study is to get real data from district families regarding their perceptions, beliefs, and wants in the areas of family engagement in the school life of their child and how schools can use that information to reach our families to the betterment of the students we care for each day. The title of my study is Family Engagement: Maximizing the Impact.

I would love to be able to find out from families in this district how they want to be involved and how to capitalize on your motivations for involvement. I have received permission to recruit District 34 families for participation in this voluntary research.

Please note, this study is in no way affiliated with District 34, the research is my own and the district has graciously allowed me to be able to reach out to you. District 34 is sending this out on my behalf as a courtesy to assist me in reaching and hearing from multiple voices and experiences.

Included in this communication, you will find a link to a survey to determine if criteria is able to be met for the target samples within this research. Not all that fill out this survey will be needed for the research. Should you be selected, I will reach out to you to set up a time where we can meet virtually for approximately 30 minutes of time for an interview. All study participants will be entered into a raffle for the chance to win one of five $25 Amazon gift cards.

Please reach out to me with any questions that you might have. If you consent to being a prospective participant in research that is not affiliated with District 34, please fill out this link: https://auroraedd.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9WSdk7GhoddaV7M. The information in this survey will provide me with your contact and demographic information to assist in the selection of participants that are from varied backgrounds.

I can be reached via the method listed below. Thank you for the opportunity to partner with you in determining how we can best reach our students’ families.

Sincerely,

Rebecca Adams

radams54@aurora.edu