The Weekly Warrior
January 9, 2018
Important dates from Mr. B
- Math Pilot Parent Nights January 23d and January 29th at 6:30 pm. Please complete the survey if you plan on attending our Math Pilot Information nights.
Academic Lunch
To support students who may need extra time and support to complete homework and to encourage homework completion, OQMS will be implementing academic lunches for students who have not completed homework. Students will be able to complete the homework missed in a timely fashion and receive the support he or she may need by a certified staff member. Also, test re-takes will be provided during academic lunch. This program will begin in late January.
Advisory Reorganization
Parent 5 Essential Survey
Dear Parents/Guardians,
District 113A parents/guardians are invited to participate in the statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey. This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child’s school. As a parent, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about your child’s school.
On behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois 5Essentials Survey will be administered online by UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago. The survey gathers data related to five indicators that can predict important student outcomes, including improved attendance and larger test score gains. These five indicators that affect and predict school success are:
Effective Leaders
Collaborative Teachers
Involved Families
Supportive Environments
Ambitious Instruction
Prior research in more than 400 schools has shown that schools that were strong on at least three of these “5Essential” 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.
All teachers and our 4th through 8th grade students will be responding to this survey. 5Essentials Reports will be generated for schools if their teachers and/or students meet the response rate threshold of 50 percent. These reports will be sent to schools and districts in May 2018 and will also be included in the State School Report Card.
Additionally, our district has chosen to provide the optional 5Essentials parent survey. If at least 20 percent of the parents in a school complete this survey, a parent supplement will also be generated for that school. The parent data will not be reported on the State Report Card.
Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at your child’s school and guide improvement. 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 open through January 18th, 2018. To take the survey please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the parent survey to begin. Parents may skip any questions they do not wish to answer, however, they must click Submit Survey at the end in order for their responses to be counted toward their school’s response rate and included in the parent report.
For more information about the Illinois 5Essentials Survey, or to view previous years’ Reports, please visit https://illinois.5-essentials.org. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874 or 5essentials@uchicago.edu.
Thank you for your support.
Johnny Billingsley
Principal
Box Tops Competition
Old Quarry PTO will be having a Box Top contest! We will be collecting Box Tops from Jan. 18, 2018 through Feb. 16, 2018. Please be sure to clearly label your submission with your child's name & Advisory teacher, to ensure proper credit. The top 3 students in each grade level, will win a prize along with the top Advisory class of the school.
Submission bags can be dropped off in the white Box Top bin located in the Old Quarry office or with your child's Advisory teacher.
Thank you for supporting the Old Quarry PTO & Good Luck!
Old Quarry Middle School Information
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We use the following hashtags on twitter: #OQMS or #sd113a(If you go to google and search these two you will find posts from teachers) no need for a Twitter account.
Email: jbillingsley@sd113a.org
Website: http://www.sd113a.org/oldquarry
Phone: (630) 257-2286 4101
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oldquarrymiddleschool/
Twitter: @OQMSMRB