CJHS "Chargers Connection"
March 22, 2024
From the Principals...
Thank you to all our families for ensuring students arrived to school on time and were ready for IAR testing this week! Our kids did a wonderful job of focusing on our state assessment and demonstrating what they learned throughout the school year! We are very proud of them!!
We hope everyone has a restful Spring Break!! When we come back, we will have only 2 months of school left! Let's finish up the school year CHARGER STRONG!!
~Ms. Nicasio, Principal
~Mr. Tripp, Associate Principal
~Mr. Larson, Assistant Principal
Sharing the Joy!!
Positive Principal Referrals
Have you taken the 5 Essentials Parent Survey? We need your feedback please!!
Teachers, parents, and students across Illinois have an opportunity to participate in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey.
This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child's school. Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the environment at your child's school. Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.
The Illinois 5Essentials Survey will be conducted through Friday, March 29, 2024.
To take the survey:
1.Visit http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
2. Click on "Start here" under the Parent category
3. You may enter your email address but that is not required. It is completely optional.
4. Enter "McLean" for the County
5. Begin typing your child's school name and you should see it pop up. Click on the appropriate school.
Please take a separate survey for each school where you have a child enrolled.
The survey is also available in Spanish.
The Illinois 5Essentials gathers data related to five indicators that can predict important student outcomes. These five indicators that affect and predict school success are
Effective Leaders
Collaborative Teachers
Involved Families
Supportive Environments
Ambitious Instruction
Research in more than 400 schools has shown that schools strong on at least three of these 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.
Unit 5 students in grades 4th-12th will be given the opportunity to take this survey. Our CJHS students will be taking it during Advisory on Monday, February 13th. If you do not want your child to take the survey, please contact your child's principal by Monday, February 6.
Please be aware that under the Protection of Pupil Rights Act. 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(c) (1) (A), you have the right to review a copy of the questions asked of your student(s). Survey questions can be found on the Illinois 5Essentials Support Center ( Illinois 5Essentials Survey Questions).
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874 or impact-surveys@uchicago.edu.
2024 - 2025 Cheerleading Clinics and Tryout Date have been set:
Clinics will be held on Tuesday, April 9, Wednesday, April 10, and Thursday, April 11 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 PM in the school gym.
Tryouts will be held on Friday, April 12 from 4:00 to 6:00 PM in the gym.
All students trying out for Cheerleading must register on 8 to 18 , have a birth certificate on file, and have a current physical on file by Thursday, April 11 at 4:00 PM.
A current physical is one dated 395 days from the day it is issued.
If you have any questions, please contact the Chiddix office at 309-557-4883
Register for the 3rd Annual Unit 5K!!
Registration is open for the 3rd Annual Unit 5k presented by Commerce Bank! This year's event will take place on Sunday, May 5 at Maxwell Park. The one-mile walk/run begins at 2 pm and the 5k at 2:30 pm. Can't wait to see you there!
Chiddix PTO Spring Clean Up Day
2024 - 2025 Chiddix Pom Pons Clinics and Tryout Date have been set:
Clinics will be held on Monday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 8 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM in the school gym.
Tryouts will be held on Thursday, May 9 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM in the gym.
All students trying out for Dance must register on 8 to 18, have a birth certificate on file, and have a current physical on file by Friday, May 3 at 4:00 PM.
A current physical is one dated 395 days from the day it is issued.
If you have any questions, please contact the Chiddix office at 309-557-4883
Visitors
All visitors to school property are required to check into the Building Principal's office and receive permission to remain on school property. All visitors' log, identifying their name, the date and time of arrival, and the classroom or location they are visiting, show identification, and wear a visitor's badge.
Chiddix Junior High School
Ms. Nicasio, Principal
Mr. Tripp, Associate Principal
Mr. Larson, Assistant Principal
Phone Numbers:
- General Information: (309) 557-4405
- Guidance Office: (309) 557-4850
- Attendance Line: (309) 557-4454
- School Nurse: (309) 557-4687
- Transportation: (309) 557-4287
Email: nicasim@unit5.org
Website: https://www.unit5.org/Domain/25
Location: 300 South Walnut Street, Normal, IL, USA
Phone: 309-557-4405