The District 25 Dish
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January 26, 2023
This edition of the District Dish features the following:
- Need 2 Know
5Essentials Survey | Now Open!
Open Door With Superintendent Dr. Lori Bein | February 14, 2023
Kindergarten Pre-Registration | Now Open! - Celebrate With Us!
- Community
AHCPTA Scholarship Applications | 2023
ABC/25 GetBurbed T-Shirt Design Contest | Voting Open! - Feel Good Story
- Help Needed
Crossing Guards | Position needs filling ASAP!
Classroom Teaching Assistants
School Nurse
Technology Facilitator
Guest Teachers
Building Attendantand more!
- #Build25 Update | Latest Progress
- Instagram | @ahsd25social
#NewTeacherTuesday
Pop-Up Taste Testing at Thomas | Photos
District 25's Spelling Bee | Photos
- Board of Education
Regular Board Meeting | Tuesday, February 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
** The Policy Committee Meeting & Regular School Board Meeting on February 14, 2023 have been CANCELLED. - #d25ItsPersonal
Thank you! Click around and enjoy!
Calendar Updates!
Progress Reports Issued | Middle School
- January 27, 2023
Parent/Teacher Conferences | Staff Only
- February 16, 2023 - February 17, 2023
President's Day | All Schools Closed
- February 20, 2023
5Essentials Survey | Now Open!
PARENT SURVEY:
If you have not already, please take a few minutes to complete the 5Essentials Survey. Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at our schools and guide improvement. A report will be generated only if we have 20 percent parent participation.
Survey Link: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent
*Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.*
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 (survey content hasn't changed since 2022).
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.
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 14, 2023
- Contact: email Lana O'Brien (lobrien@sd25.org)
- Open Door Times: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Kindergarten Pre-Registration 23-24| Now Open!
It's that time of the year again! Kindergarten pre-registration for the 2023-2024 school year is now open!
Click here for more information on kindergarten registration.
Black History Month | February
Every February, the U.S. honors the contributions and sacrifices of African Americans who have helped shape the nation.
Black History Month celebrates the rich cultural heritage, triumphs, and adversities that are a part of our country's history.
President's Day | February 20
A federal holiday for honoring all the past and present presidents who have served as president of the United States of America.
Celebrated on the third Monday in February, date changes year to year.
AHCPTA Scholarship Applications | 2023
The Arlington Heights Council of PTAs will be giving away scholarships to D25 graduates that are heading off to college! There will be 6 Achievement Scholarships and 3 Power of Courage Scholarships awarded this year.
The annual scholarship breakfast will be held on Thursday, April 27th at the District 25 Administration Building.
Click here to apply for the Achievement scholarship.
Click here to apply for the Power of Courage Scholarship.
ABC/25 GetBurbed T-Shirt Design Contest | Voting Open!
Over 60 District 25 students submitted designs for the ABC/25 GetBurbed T-Shirt Design Contest and they've narrowed it down to three finalists! Now, they need YOUR help to choose which design will be featured on this year's race shirt!!
Click here to vote for your favorite T-Shirt design and make sure to participate in the ABC/25 GetBurbed Challenge to get one of these exclusive shirts!
Voting ends January 27, 2023. The winner will be announced by February 24, 2023.
FEEL GOOD STORY
This Olive Owl is learning polish, studying Einstein, and going to school. All that can be overwhelming which is why she has learned how to take deep breaths.
Crossing Guards
Substitute Positions
Teaching Assistants
Certified Position
Technology
Building Attendant
As always, you can visit www.sd25.org/Build25 to stay up to date on the #Build25 progress.
LATEST PROGRESS:
December 13, 2022
Director of Facilities Management, Ryan Schulz, updated the Board of Education on the progress of the #Build25 initiative. For a PDF of the updated timeline and renderings, click here. For a more in depth look at the presentation, visit our Board of Education site: www.sd25.org/CatchUpOnMeetings.
September 13, 2022
Dr. Bein updated the Board of Education on the progress related to the Full Day Kindergarten programming expected to open in August 2024. This is something Dr. Bein and District 25 Administrators plan to do regularly.
The update covered the following topics:
- Bond Sale Update
- Classroom information - Confirmed number of classrooms needed is 25
- Architectural plans - Slight changes to Olive & Westgate (These since have been updated)
- Construction Status Update
The Board approved the issuance of not to exceed $62 million in bonds. The reason for the initial sale of $62 million is because some investors may want discount bonds. This will result in $60 million in bond proceeds. The District projects that the remainder of the $75 million in bonds approved through the referendum will be sold in 2025 when needed.
#NewTeacherTuesday
This week’s #NewTeacherTuesday feature is Allison Vercimak, who works as a Multilingual Teacher at South Middle School!
New Teacher Tuesday is a way for our community to meet our new District 25 teachers and staff. We'll be highlighting more teachers all year long, so make sure to follow us on Instagram to see who will be featured next!
Pop-Up Taste Testing at Thomas
Some of our Timberwolves got to experience what it’s like to be a judge on Top Chef (well, sort of)
District 25’s Food & Nutrition Services Department often hosts pop-up taste testing for our middle schoolers students, to test new food items.
Our Timberwolves rated the Hot honey quest totchos & General Tao Chicken served with Vegetable Fried Rice based off of appearance and taste!
Click here to view the photos!
District 25's Spelling Bee
How could we not BEE excited for our District 25 participants?!
A big congratulations goes out to all of our six contestants as they participated in District 25’s Spelling Bee competition held at South Middle School!
The winner of the 2022-2023 District Spelling is Grace from South Middle School! Good luck at the Regional Bee!
Click here to view the photos!
BOARD AGENDAS:
As a reminder, our board agendas are made public 48 hours 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.
Anyone who wishes to make a public comment can do so, in-person, at our Board of Education meetings. The Board hosts two public comment opportunities on their agenda: 1) at the beginning of the meeting, prior to any agenda items, 2) at the end of the meeting after the agenda items have been discussed/presented.
At the April 21, 2022 Board of Education meeting, the Board decided to no longer offer the submission of public comment via a Google form. The Board can be reached outside of Board Meeting hours by emailing boardfeedback@sd25.org.
** The Policy Committee Meeting & Regular School Board Meeting on February 14, 2023 have been CANCELLED.
UPCOMING BOARD MEETING:
What: Regular School Board Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Where: Dunton Administration Building
This meeting will be livestreamed via YouTube. The link for this can be found on the Board Agenda page (www.sd25.org/BoardAgenda) the week of the meeting, but often are posted earlier than that.
The recordings of the meetings will be posted the day following meetings at www.sd25.org/CatchUpOnMeetings.
Mrs. Harrigian
Resource Teacher
Dryden Elementary
"End chapter BINGO, writing words on windows, and Sight Word Jenga.. oh my!! Great fun over the last few days! #drydenrocks #read #d25itspersonal"
Mrs. Nelson
Student Leaning Coach
Westgate Elementary
"Welcoming our newest Wolverine friend with a lively student-led first day school tour! Proud of our students @AHSD25Westgate #wgleads #d25itspersonal @GillespieLeads @jcarney4 @bretthackmann @kristenjwenzel"
Mr. Skym
Drama Teacher
South Middle School
"Hexter 3 ended on Friday, so it’s time for another round of Puppet pictures! We’re at the halfway mark now, which means half of the 6th graders at SMS are now beginner puppeteers.#D25ItsPersonal #SouthLearns"
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