Hometown Families:

It was great to see all of the costumes and happy faces of the students in their costumes yesterday. Each class had a great time walking in the parade and classroom activities. We are looking forward to our Veteran's Day assembly on November 10th. Please RSVP as soon as possible so we can have a count of attendees.

We received word from the Illinois State Board of Education that our school is a Commendable School. We are proud of all of the work our students, staff and families have shown. These designations are based on multiple measures such as math and ELA growth.

Our preschool friends dressed in their costumes last week. They were very excited to share their costumes with the building.

Our winners for the pumpkin contest are:

First place: Tanner M.

Second Place: Alysea H.

Third Place: Legend D.

We would love to know what your family is thankful for. Attached are the leaves for you to write down things your are thankful for. They will be on display on our PTA bulletin board.

Parents who need to pick students up early should call ahead so the office can have the child ready for the early pick-up.

Please consider donating the empty candy wrappers. The we are collecting candy wrappers for the National Wild Life Organization.

Our district will host the Leaf Raking event on Saturday, November 12th from 9-12. If you are interested in volunteering to rake or know of families that need their homes raked, please see the flyer or email the district has sent with details.

We will have our November meeting with PTA at 6pm on November 3rd. We will have babysitters available if you need. If you cannot make the evening, please use the link to join the meeting.

meet.google.com/tyw-tvzr-oqy

Please help support the band. The flyer is attached.

Dear D123 English Learner Program Families,

Please join us for a “Snack and Chat” gathering, to learn more about our Bilingual Parent Advisory Council (BPAC) and its role in supporting our students and their learning. You will also have the opportunity to meet other parents from our school district and share your ideas for this school year.

Date: Thursday, November 3, 2022
Location: District 123 Administration Center 4201 W. 93rd St. Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Time: 11:30 a.m.--1:00 p.m.

Please RSVP Anne Coffman, Interim EL Director by November 1: 708-423-0150, ext. 4297 or acoffman@d123.org

How has D123 formed meaningful learning partnerships with parents, families, and the broader learning community? School District 123 values the learning partnerships that are formed between our families, students and staff. Each year District 123 strives to ensure that all members of the learning community are able to connect with classrooms, and the school system in valuable and meaningful ways.

District 123 has intentionally created opportunities for connection including:

• Meet & Greet Opportunities
• School Open Houses
• Family Conferences (In-Person, Virtual, and Telephone)
• Remind, Seesaw, and Email Communication Tools
• Individual Classroom Curricular Newsletters
• Principal Tuesday Take Home Communication

District 123 is using ThoughtExchange so everyone has a chance to share their perspectives and understand what’s most important to our learning community. Please share your thoughts and then rate at least 20-30 of the thoughts that others have shared. Come back often until Nov 4, 2022 to rate new ideas. Your thoughts, ideas, and input are extremely valued and appreciated.

CLICK HERE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

Please join us for the Veteran's Day assembly. See the flyer for details.

Please send any items to the office for our military. If your families would like to send cards to our soldiers please send them to the office as well.

Thank you for a great bingo event. We had such a huge crowd to play and win prizes. Thank you to all who attended.

Hometown School celebrated the Day of the Dead. We had created a visual for our students to see. Teachers had activities that they completed to talk about the celebration.

Oh what fun in first! Our Hometown first grade is taught by Mrs. Szkarlat and Ms. Linnert. This year the students are enjoying learning about measurement during math. They are also working on digraphs in Fundations....what's a digraph?? Well, they are two letters that when put together make one sound.... sh, ch, wh, th, ck. Our students are enjoying the new Social Studies curriculum! The TCI curriculum is currently focusing on how to be a responsible student. In Science, these cuties will learn about light and sound and our spinning Earth. First graders are also learning to read! Mrs. Szkarlat and Ms. LInnert LOVE to read....they even dressed up as their favorite book characters for Halloween: Clifford and the Rainbow Fish. So much fun in first grade!!

We are happy to partner with the Arab American Services for the school year. Please see the attached flyer. We are looking for parent mentors to start the new year. If you are interested please reach out to the school. We will have a table at the Open house with more information.

Website: d123.org/hometown
Location: 8870 S Duffy Ave, Hometown, IL, USA
Phone: 708-423-7360
Twitter: @d123hometown

Email: abencik@d123.org
Phone: 708-423-7360
Twitter: @AmandaBencik