The District 25 Dish
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This edition of the District Dish features the following:
- Need 2 Know
Calendar Updates | Upcoming Events & Days Off
Illinois Essentials Survey | Student Survey & Parent Survey
Reminder | Inclement Weather & eLearning Procedures
Open Door with Supt. Dr. Bein - Community Information
D25 Scholarship Opportunities
Tax Season | Remainder of Your 2021 Child Tax Credit
COVID-19 Testing Sites - Instagram | @ahsd25social
Thank You, Coletta! | Photos
Spelling Bee at Thomas | Photos
Spelling Bee at South | Photos
Greenbrier's Kids Heart Challenge | Photos - Feel Good Stories | VIDEO: Ivy Hill, One Word
- Help Needed
Administrative Assistant for Student Learning
Substitute Building Clerical Assistant
Building Attendants
... and more! - COVID-19 Updates
Updates to the Protocols & Guidelines
Days off | No SHIELD testing
COVID-19 Dashboard | NEW Real Time Dashboard - Board of Education
Upcoming COW Kindergarten Programming Meeting | February 3, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Coffee with the Board | March 12, 2022, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. - #d25ItsPersonal
Thank you! Click around and enjoy!
Calendar Updates
District Spelling Bee | Thomas & South
February 10, 2022 at 3:15 pm - 5:15 pm at TMS
Parent Teacher Conferences | Staff Only
- February 17 & 18, 2022
- February 25, 2022
NEW | School Year Calendar
Illinois 5Essentials Survey | Now Open!
Student Survey (Grades 4-8 ONLY)
The Illinois 5Essentials Survey will be administered at your child’s school in the near future. For a copy of the questions, click here.
If you do not want your child to participate, fill out the information at the bottom of this form (linked here) and ask your child to return this sheet to their teacher.
Parent Survey
It’s that time of year again and we want your input! Please participate in the Illinois 5Essentials Parent Survey, as a part of the Illinois 5Essentials Survey administration. The survey responses will never be connected to the identity of you or your child as school reports will only present aggregated information of how parents responded as a whole.
In order for the survey report to be generated we need at least 20 percent of our parents to take the survey.
Please CLICK HERE to take the parent survey. It is open now through March 11.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact 5Essentials Customer Support at 1-866-440-1874 or 5essentials@uchicago.edu.
Reminder | Inclement Weather & eLearning Procedures
It's that time of year! With snow and some freezing cold temps, it's important to note that an inclement weather day may be called anytime. Please review our inclement weather & eLearning procedures.
Open Door With Superintendent Dr. Lori Bein
Once a month, Dr. Bein hosts an Open Door for a chance to discuss ideas, concerns, or get answers to questions with parents and community members.
This month's Open Door information:
- Location: Dunton Administration Building (1200 S. Dunton Avenue)
- Date: February 15, 2022
- Contact: email Lana O'Brien (lobrien@sd25.org)
- Open Door Times: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
FROM THE COMMUNITY
D25 Scholarship Opportunities
The Arlington Heights Council of PTAs will be giving away scholarships to D25 graduates that are heading off to college!
There will be 6 ($1000) Achievement Scholarships and 3 ($1000) Power of Courage Scholarships awarded this year.
Click here to apply for the Achievement Scholarship.
Click here to apply for the Power of Courage Scholarship.
Form must be submitted by Sunday, February 27th, 2022 at 11:59 PM CST.
TO THE COMMUNITY
COVID-19 Testing Sites
Hours: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Arlington Racetrack 823 Wilke Rd.
Click here for more information.
2. Walgreens | Appointments Only | Rapid & PCR Available
Locations:
1000 E Northwest Hwy Arlington Heights, IL 60004
1711 W Campbell St. Arlington Heights, IL 60005
1 N Elmhurst Rd. Prospect Heights, IL 60070
3 E Golf Rd. Arlington Heights, IL 60005
Click here to schedule an appointment at Walgreens.
Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Weekdays)
Location: 912 E Northwest Hwy, Palatine, IL 60074
Click here for more information.
Please Note: District 25 compiled this list as a resource for our community. These testing sites are not affiliated with D25.
Thank You, Coletta!
Our Thomas T-Wolves honored Coletta Hines-Newell, D25’s Director of Food and Nutrition, with the LeRoy Dansby (Lean on Me) award in honor of her retirement!
Throughout her 23 years of service at District 25, Coletta has gone above and beyond to ensure that every kiddo was provided with a healthy and nutritious meal!
Coletta also spearheaded the District’s efforts during the height of the pandemic to feed our entire community. With Coletta’s leadership and our dedicated food services staff, the District distributed nearly a million meals to our community.
Click here to view the photos.
Spelling Bee at Thomas
Our week has been buzzing with spelling bee contests as Thomas & South competed in individual spelling bees. Our final 6 winners ( 3 from Thomas & 3 from South) will compete in the District Spelling Bee on February 10th!
In the meantime, congratulations go out to our three Thomas Spelling Bee winners!
1st Place: Grace
2nd Place: Vishnu
3rd Place: Haritha
Click here to view the photos.
Spelling Bee at South
Annnnnnd here are your South Spelling Bee winners!
1st Place: Tyler
2nd Place: Rosemary
3rd Place: Auren
Click here to view the photos.
Greenbrier's Kids Heart Challenge
Our Greenbrier Gators kicked off the first day of the Kids Heart Challenge by wearing red & pink and playing lots of fun cardio games!
They also watched a video on the importance of keeping your heart healthy, and practicing kindness by raising funds to support heart research for other kiddos with heart problems.
Our Gators have raised a whopping $13,588.65 so far! Their goal Is to raise $18,000 by February 18! Let’s go Gators!!
Click here to view the photos.
FEEL GOOD STORY
Layla and her classmates chose one word to highlight for themselves for the 2022 year. How can you grow in 2022?
Substitute Building Clerical Assistant
Arlington Heights School District 25 has openings for Substitute Building Clerical Assistants. $17.05 - paid training provided at schools and at the district office.
Click here to apply directly.
Administrative Assistant for Student Learning
Arlington Heights School District 25 has an opening for a full-time Administrative Assistant for the Department of Student Learning.
Click here to apply directly.
Substitute Teaching Assistants
Arlington Heights School District 25 has openings for substitute teaching assistants for the 2021-22 school year.
Building Attendants
Part-time positions are available working independently to monitor, support and provide service to community groups using our facilities.
Starting salary is $13.00 per hour. Mostly evening and weekend shifts.
Click here to apply directly.
Substitute Teacher | Elementary & Middle School
Arlington Heights School District 25 has openings for Elementary and Middle School Guest Teachers for the 2021-22 school year.
Click here to apply directly.
This year, all students are attending school in-person, 5 full days a week. As guidelines and protocols change throughout the year, we will continuously update our COVID-19 Protocols & Guidelines Q&A Document.
Below are specific categories that received updates since the last District Dish was sent out. You can see those specific updates by clicking the links below and reading the Q’s & A’s in orange. The date of the change is always listed as well.
- Physical Distancing & Classroom/School Protocols
- Exclusion Process, Academy Program, & Close Contact
- COVID-19 Communications & Notifications
- Test-To-Stay
- Breakfast/Lunch & Recess
That document and all other COVID-19 related topics can be found on the COVID-19 Hub section of our website: www.sd25.org/COVID19.
Days Off | No SHIELD Testing
- February: 17th, 18th
- March: 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th
- April: 15th
- May: 27th, 30th
*Please note that there may be times that SHIELD testing will not take place due to inclement weather. Your school principal will email you if that is the case.
COVID-19 Dashboard
One shows the number of students and staff excluded from school in real time.
The second Dashboard reports out weekly, on Mondays (or Tuesday if Monday is a day where the District is closed), the positive COVID-19 cases per school from the past week, as well as the positive case trend district-wide for the year. This Dashboard is also reporting the District's SHIELD testing data.
BOARD AGENDAS:
As a reminder, our board agendas are made public the Tuesday before each board meeting and can be accessed via our BoardDocs online program. To access BoardDocs, visit our website: www.sd25.org/BoardAgenda or click here.
UPCOMING BOARD MEETING:
What: Committee of the Whole Meeting - D25 Kindergarten Programming
When: Thursday, February 3, 2022 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Dunton Administration Building
Click here to livestream today's meeting via YouTube.
No action can be taken at a Committee of the Whole meeting. This Committee of the Whole meeting will focus on District 25's kindergarten programming.
COFFEE WITH THE BOARD:
Next Meeting: March 12, 2022, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m., Patton Commons
Mr. Filipowski
Associate Principal
Thomas Middle School
"So thankful for my @AHSD25Thomas family for all the bday love! 40 is feeling fine! #d25itspersonal #joblove."
Mrs. Nelson
K-5 Learning Coach
Westgate Elementary
"2nd gr. Kindness Club created positive posters and a February kindness calendar! I’m already feeling the good vibes!
Mr. Skym
Drama Teacher
South Middle School
"It’s Ski Trip time, Bus C is excited to go! @AHSD25South @ahsd25 @mrs_tkearns #D25ItsPersonal"
Arlington Heights School District 25
Website: www.sd25.org
Location: 1200 South Dunton Avenue
Phone: (847) 758.4900
Facebook: facebook.com/ahsd25
Twitter: @ahsd25
Instagram: @ahsd25social