St. Damian School
Lancer Home Connection
Saturday, March 4, 2023, Oak Forest Fleadh, 11:00 a.m. See Below
Monday, March 6, 2023, No Bus
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, Early Dismissal, 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023, Choir Field Trip
Thursday, March 9, 2023, National Junior Honor Society Induction, 6:30 p.m. Church
Thursday, March 9, 2023, Spring Pictures, See Below
Celebrating "Read Across America Day"
Celebrating our Front of Office Staff
5Essentials Survey
Dear Parent,
Teachers, parents, and students across the district will have an opportunity to participate in the 5Essentials Survey. This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child’s school. As a parent, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about your child’s school.
The 5Essentials Survey will be administered online by UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago. The survey gathers data related to five indicators that can predict important student outcomes, including improved attendance and larger test score gains. These five indicators that affect and predict school success are:
Effective Leaders
Collaborative Teachers
Involved Families
Supportive Environments
Ambitious Instruction
Prior research has shown that schools that were strong on at least three of these “5Essential” indicators were 10 times more likely to improve student learning gains in math and reading than those that were weak on three or more Essentials.
All teachers and 4th through 12th grade students will be responding to this survey. 5Essentials Reports will be generated for schools if their teachers and/or students meet the response rate threshold of 50 percent. These reports will be sent to schools and districts in May 2023.
Additionally, our district has chosen to provide the 5Essential parent survey. If at least 20 percent of St. Damian School parents complete this survey, a parent supplement report will also be generated.
Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at your child’s school and guide improvement. Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.
The 5Essentials Survey will be conducted through March 17, 2023. To take the survey please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/archchicago/survey/parent/.
Sibling Pictures
Lent
Lent 2023 Talk & Taize Schedule (in Church beginning at 7 pm)
Wednesday, March 1 Growing in Peace in the midst of Life's Storms. Fr. Noonan Wednesday, March 8 Lent: A Season of Penitence, Pardon, and Peace. Fr. Olson
Wednesday, March 15 Taize Prayer Service
Wednesday, March 22 How to Pray: Practical tips on starting and deepening your prayer life. Fr. Noonan
Wednesday, March 29 The Sacred Paschal Triduum: Our Participation in the Liturgies of Salvation. Fr. Olson
Protecting God's Children
Those of you that are volunteering at St. Damian, for the first time and those of you have volunteered in the past, if you need your account activated or re activated, please contact Connie Swidergal at connies@stdamianchurch.org
You may also receive information at our Parish website:
St. Damian School
Saint Damian School ensures individual students reach their potential through the development of their Catholic faith, character, citizenship and academics.
Email: j_miller@stdamianschool.org
Website: www.stdamianschoool.org
Location: 5300 155th Street, Oak Forest, IL, USA
Phone: (708)687-4230
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stdamianpreschoolacademy
Twitter: @stdamianlancers