Hometown Families:

It is hard to believe 100 days have gone by. It has been amazing to watch the growth our students have exhibited in the 100 days so far. Please go to Skyward tomorrow to check the new MAP test scores that have been posted.

Please join us on Thursday for our next PTA meeting. We will be forming the nominating committee for future officers. We look forward to seeing everyone at 6pm on February 2nd.

Please remember that tomorrow is a late start of school. Students begin at 9:30am. Don't forget to wear your spots for 101 day!

Great news!! We are excited to announce that we got a volunteer to run the dance! Please see the flyer to RSVP for the February 10th Family Dance. No late RSVPs will be excepted. We are still looking for a few volunteers to help with set up and take down.

In order to sign up for the events please use the link below.

Here is the link for the Sign up genius for PTA

https://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=c.SignUpSearch&eid=0EC3CADCF9CCFB67&cs=09B6BADC8FBC8B167B0664745BB49BC9&sortby=l.title

Once again Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 will participate in the 11th annual statewide survey of school climate and learning conditions conducted by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). This survey provides a platform for students, teachers, and parents to express their opinions on ways to improve their community's schools. Please take a moment to ensure your voice is part of the process by participating in the survey. The 5Essentials survey helps school administrators in District 123 prioritize and plan for the upcoming school year. Our school will only receive the results of the survey if enough families, staff, and students participate.

CLICK HERE TO GET STARTED

During the January 23rd Board of Education meeting, the 2023-2024 D123 academic school calendar was approved.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW CALENDAR

Our district will be hosting a parent university. Please check the flyer for details.

Please register your child for the upcoming school year for Preschool/Kindergarten. The links are provided.

2023-2024 Preschool Registration is now open!

For more information and to start the process please visit:

https://www.d123.org/departments/student-services/early-learning-programs

2023-2024 Kindergarten Registration is now open!

For more information and to start the process please visit:

https://www.d123.org/departments/teaching-learning/programs/kindergarten

Kindergarten, second, and fifth grade families received dental forms last week from Nurse Sheila. Please turn forms in as soon as possible. If you are in need of a form, please reach out to Nurse Sheila.

The front parking lot is reserved to our buses and families with passes. Please do not pull up and let your child off. Park down a side street and walk your child up to the correct door.

Our CASE Kindergarten/First grade class is taught by Ms. Dow and we are lucky enough to have a few amazing aides who help out in that room as well! For the month of February, the Kindergarten/First grade CASE kiddos are beginning a new unit on nature vs, manmade. The theme will continue throughout the month of February in the math, literacy, science and social studies curriculum. The core vocabulary words they are working on are the words "feel" and "in". Students focus on the word "feel" in their literacy groups and the word "in'' when they work with Mrs. Careyin their speech groups. Students will continue to work on individual needs in the individualized centers that occur twice a day. The teachers have increased their fine motor activities. In addition to fine motor practices with Mrs. Mier, we have a center dedicated to fine motor activities. Teachers have started making more time before dismissal to work on crafts that involve gluing, cutting, writing and coloring to help increase student's fine motor. Students also focus on social skills that have been surrounded on using our communication devices, or words in order to access student needs and wants. Ms. Butler runs a group weekly and the most recent game students have been charades. Each student gets to act out a different animal while their peers guess what animal the student is pretending to be. We have a lot of laughs and work together when guessing. Lastly, these lucky kiddos get to cook once a week. The last time students cooked, they had a ton of fun making rice krispie treats. Teachers help students work on following a recipe, mixing, using a microwave and cleaning up.

There are so many fun activities happening down in CASE! We look forward to seeing all the great achievements these students will make during the remainder of the year.

Kids Heart Challenge Time!

Hi Hometown families,

We are excited to pair up with the American Heart Association for our Kids Heart Challenge this year. We just recently kicked off our event last week on Thursday, January 12th. Your child should have brought home an information sheet on the fundraiser. This is an online only fundraiser. Please do not send any cash or checks. Every Friday from now until January 27th students will receive their instant gifts that they earn if they are participating in the Kids Heart Challenge. Some of the gifts come later after the event date is over. The event date is on February 3rd during your child’s PE time. Students can fundraise up until February 3rd. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Kicho or Mr. Dare. Thank you!

Mrs. Kicho x7839 or kkicho@d123.org

Mr. Dare x4389 or ddare@d123.org

Please see the attached flyer for tacos and trivia.

Email: abencik@d123.org
Phone: 708-423-7360
Twitter: @AmandaBencik

Website: d123.org/hometown
Location: 8870 S Duffy Ave, Hometown, IL, USA
Phone: 708-423-7360
Twitter: @d123hometown