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News from Lions Park School
Letter from the Principal
Dear Lions Park Families,
The first two weeks of April have been full of important learning and memorable experiences for your children. As our staff continues the important work of this school year, we are also preparing for the 2018-2019 school year. One important upcoming task will be sectioning students into classes for the new year.
Sections are created according the the following criteria:
- Strengths and areas of need are considered for each child.
- Some students are clustered by these strengths and/or areas of need to enable push in or pull out support.
- Social Emotional Needs are noted and an attempt is made to balance the number of students needing support in these areas among the classrooms.
- We try to balance the number of boys and girls in each class.
We welcome your input into this process by inviting you to e-mail me. Please do not feel obligated to share input. The teachers have wonderful insight into the needs of their students, and are a critical part of this process. If you choose to share your thoughts, please include information about your child's learning style and the type of learning environment you feel will be the best match for your child's style. You may also include students you feel are or are not an asset to your child's learning environment. WE do not guarantee that we can honor every request, but we seriously consider all input that is provided. Because of the complexity of the process, we do not accept requests for particular teachers and requests for a particular teacher will not be honored.
While classroom teachers and specialists are involved in this process, it is important that any input you have be sent to me so that I am aware in case changes need to be made over the summer when the teachers are not working. Furthermore, pertinent information will be shared with teachers, but the letters themselves will be read only by me and Mrs. Bielenda, our assistant principal.
Please send letters to me via e-mail at kkelly@d57.org no later than Tuesday, May 1st. I assure you that our staff takes this task very seriously and puts a great deal of time and thought into creating the most balanced sections for the following year.
Sincerely,
Katie Kelly
Principal
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DATES TO REMEMBER
Monday, April 16 - NO SCHOOL, Staff Institute Day
Thursday, April 19 - Board of Ed Business Meeting, 7 p.m. @ FV
Wednesday, April 25 - Incoming 6th Grade Parent Orientation, 7 p.m. @ LMS
Thursday, April 26 - 5th Grade Musical, 7 p.m.
Monday, April 30-Friday, May 4 - Book Fair
Wednesday, May 2 - Fine Arts Night, 5:30 p.m.
Monday, May 7 - PTO Meeting, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 9 - Special Lunch
Capannari's Coolest School Contest, 3 p.m.
Friday, May 11 - Fun Run, 10:30 a.m. & Early Dismissal at 11:50 a.m. (No PM Kids Corner)
Thursday, May 17 - Field Day, 9 a.m.
Board of Ed Business Meeting, 7 p.m. @ FV
Wednesday, May 23 - Awards Assembly, 9 a.m.
Monday, May 28 - NO SCHOOL, Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 29 - Last Day of School for Students (Full day)
2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR PLANNING
Also, if you have moved during the present (2017-18) school year, please contact the office with the new address information.
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR
District 57 will soon begin registration for next school year!
Discounted online registration begins May 1 and runs through June 11
· Access to the online registration portal will be emailed directly to families
· Parents must have a current email address on file with their school to take part
· Payment methods are credit card or electronic check (no cash accepted), for issues regarding payment method contact the accounting coordinator at (847) 394-7300, extension 1008
· Transportation - Any student registering June 13 or after will be assigned to an existing route/stop and will experience delays in routing/bus pass distribution
· Registration process, including payment, must be complete in order for teacher assignments and student schedule to be generated
· For additional information and student fee schedule visit: http://www.d57.org/registration3702.aspxLRC Volunteers Wanted
The LRC is looking for parent volunteers. We would like to train interested parents, so there is no experience needed. If you are interested in volunteering in the LRC, please contact Patty Kennedy (pkennedy@d57.org).
Lions Park Elementary School
Email: kkelly@d57.org
Website: http://www.d57.org/lionsparkelementaryschool_home.aspx
Location: 300 E Council Trail, Mount Prospect, IL, United States
Phone: (847) 394-7330