September 2014 - Prescott Home
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September 2014 - Prescott Home
Prescott Newsletter June, 2014 Mr. Erin Roche Principal Amanda Malsch Assistant Principal Local School Council 2012-14 Jennifer Lister Parent Representative LSC Chair Lisa St. Marie Parent Representative LSC Vice Chair Eric Marcus Parent Representative LSC Secretary Paul Carey Parent Representative Amanda Morocho Parent Representative Oscar Canto Parent Representative Amanda Kirshner Teacher Representative Jennifer Phares Teacher Representative Lisa Luz Staff Representative Jeff Hlavacek Community Representative MJ Arons Community Representative Erin Roche Principal Prescott Partners Alliant Credit Union DePaul University Erikson Institute A Literature and Writing Magnet Cluster School 2009 Golden Apple Award Winner 2010 Winner of Area 6 DRIVE Teacher Award 2013 Top 1% nationally in NWEA-MAP student learning growth 7 National Board Certified Teachers September 2, 2014 Dear Prescott students, families, and friends, Welcome to the 2014-15 school year! It’s an exciting time of creating and renewing friendships, deepening thinking, enhancing skills, and exploring the world through school. At Prescott we spent the summer preparing for this time. In May and June, faculty and I relentlessly searched for dedicated, knowledgeable, and caring teachers to and staff who could add to our robust collective knowledge of teaching and learning. I’m excited to introduce you to an outstanding, highly skilled group of new faculty and staff later in this newsletter. We also worked hard this summer to improve our individual and group skills in cognitively challenging curriculum, instruction, and assessments, and in creating community. Just before the summer began, Ms. Bigby and Ms. Lisa attended the high-quality Multi-Sensory Phonics training. In July, Teachers Ms. Kirshner, Ms. Lindsey, Ms. Szarnych, Ms. Downing, Ms. Roche, Blundy, and Ms. Phares attended Columbia University Teachers College’s week-long, intensive training in writing workshop here in Chicago (Ms. Roche went for two weeks in New York!). Later that month, we hosted at Prescott an in-depth, individualized training in Responsive Classroom, so our faculty and staff knows better ways to help students to create classroom and school community-- Ms. Lisa, Ms. Ammons, Ms. Szarnych, Ms. Stewart, Ms. Blundy, Ms. Small, Ms. Farley, Ms. Blundy, Ms. Diaz, Ms. Farmer, and Ms. Roberts attended. In August, another group of teachers—Mr. McCarthy, Ms. Stewart, Ms. Blundy, Ms. Roche, and Ms. Szarnych—immersed themselves in the Socratic-like book discussion training of the Great Books Foundation. During the summer, the faculty has enriched our abilities to push students’ analysis, creativity, skills, problem-solving, and teamwork. I ask you, as parents and families, to continue your rich contributions to our students’ deeper thinking and learning, too. I encourage you to ask questions of your children each day—about their school day, their favorite questions, their favorite books as well as their challenging skills and relationships. Tell them, too, of your own daily successes and challenges. Let them know how you’ve solved problems. Of course, topics and language need to be appropriate to your child’s age and raised as naturally as possible. In our parent library in the MultiPurpose Room (MPR), you can find some terrific CDs and DVDs on parenting. I recently listened in the car to one of the Love and Logic CDs and found it very useful as a parent and principal. You can check them out (unless I’m listening to it!) for free. Teachers and parents can talk more about home-school connections at Curriculum Night on Thursday, September 11th at 5:30-6:30pm. To further strengthen our home-school connection, I’ve opened a Twitter account to send you weekly photos of student learning. My goal is to give you each week a photo that exemplifies the kind of learning that represents high-level thinking, skills, teamwork at Prescott. I’ve sent a few photos of the construction of our new turf field at Prescott. After creating a Twitter account, please follow Prescott learning at @PrescottCPS. Starting next, Monday, September 8, breakfast will be at 8:30 for K-8 students who elect to eat breakfast at Prescott and all students can eat lunch free. Breakfast will not be available during learning time of 8:45. At 8:30, students arriving at 8:30 should enter the main entrance and go to the cafeteria to eat. Then they can go to the playground to play. At 8:40am, the line-up bell will continue to ring just like last year and students can line up to be led by teachers at 8:45 into the school building. This enhancement allows all students to continue to eat breakfast while providing additional learning time at 8:45am. Breakfast—and now lunch, too—is free for all students. Lunch menus are available at cps.edu. Looking forward to a great school year with you! Sincerely, Prescott Parents Prescott PTA Erin Roche Principal Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri 1 Labor Day School closed 2 Classes resume 3 4 5 8 Breakfast starts daily alt 8:30 9 9am Public Tour 10 Spirit Week 11 Spirit Week 12 Spirit Week Spirit Week 15 16 17 5:30-6:30 Curriculum Night (parents only) 18 22 23 24 25 29 30 Spirit Week 2-3:30 Field Day K8 19 (Field Day Rain Day) 26 Parent reminders: Please make sure that your child is healthy and in school. Children who are not in school are not experiencing Prescott’s rigorous curriculum. Prescott’s Level 1 status depends on an attendance rate of 95%. If your child misses more than 1 day per month (10 total days), then Prescott’s attendance dips below 95%. Please help to keep Prescott’s Level 1 status by getting your child healthy and to school on time each day. Parents who drive children to Prescott are encouraged to drop off children along Marshfield and not Wrightwood. Marshfield is safer due to less traffic. Please do not park in the cross-walk. Your car may be ticketed or towed. Thank you for making Prescott School a safe place for children. If you are interested in taking your PreK child to a playground during school hours, please consider Wrightwood Park or other nearby playgrounds. Prescott’s playground and Little Gym are not available as they are used by Prescott students before, during, and after-school hours and for liability reasons. Thanks for keeping your child safe! Healthy eating at Prescott The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education passed a policy regarding healthy eating at schools. Below is a summary of the policy. CPS policy Only highly nutritional food for children Limit over-eating by letting students and parent know in advance of additional food (e.g., birthday celebration) Healthy heating healthy kids and stronger academic growth To comply with the policy and to encourage healthy eating, outside food must be approved by the principal at least one week in advance (forms are available in the office). Outside food may only be nutritional. The parent needs to bring the approval to the lunch supervisor. The supervisor collects and returns the form to the principal. New faculty and staff Prescott is delighted to welcome new Teachers and staff! Tina Stewart is teaching 1st graders with Ms. Kirshner. She earned her BS at DePaul University and her MAT at American College of Education. Ms. Brand, who taught 1st graders last year, is on a leave of absence for 2014-15. Rachel Blundy is teaching 2nd graders with Ms. Bigby. She also has taught for almost a decade in Chicago. This is a new position for the growing Prescott learning community. Jaycee McCarthy is teaching students with special learning needs. This is a new position for the growing Prescott learning community. He learned his BA in English and Theater at Colby-Sawyer College (NH) and MAT in Special Education at National-Louis University. Sarah Roche (no relation to Erin Roche) is teaching students with special learning needs. She replaces Deborah Hines, who retired in June. The Prescott community congratulates Ms. Hines on her retirement. Ms. Roche earned her BA in History and Sociology at John Carroll University, an MA at in Secondary Education at National-Louis University and a second Med. in Special Education at DePaul University. Lindsay Small is teaching students with special learning needs. Ms. Small earned her BS in Special Education at Ohio University and her M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction at ACE. Ms. McHugh (now Ms. McConnell) is on a leave of absence until October 31st. Shayla Herron is the PreK Teacher Assistant, teaching three and four-year old children with Ms. Roberts. Ms. Herron previously was a lead PreK Teacher with toddlers at Christopher House and has worked with young children for several years. Ms. Herron previously was a lead PreK Teacher with toddlers at Christopher House and has worked with young children for several years. She earned her BS in Human Development & Family Studies at Bowling Green and her MAS in Infant-Family Practice at Arizona State University. Ms. Perez, who previously was the PreK TA, retired in June. Congratulations, Ms. Perez! Tiana Farley is a Special Education Classroom Assistant (SECA) working with students in 4th grade with Ms. Smith. Ms. Farley has worked with children of various ages for several years. Ms. Farley is currently pursuing her BA at Northeastern Illinois University. Our previous SECA, Ms. Tate, moved to Colorado in Julie and we wish her the best out West! Rachel Samaniego is a Special Education Classroom Assistant (SECA) working with students in 3rd grade with Ms. Phares. Ms. Samaniego recently taught art to elementary school students. She earned her BA at DePaul University and is working on her masters degree in a Graphic Arts. Our previous SECA, Ms. Monsour, moved to Peru where she is teaching English. Yesenia Diaz is a Special Education Classroom Assistant (SECA) working with students in 2nd grade with Ms. Bigby. Ms. Diaz has recently worked with students of all ages and is pursuing a teaching degree at Northeastern Illinois Univeristy. Our previous SECA, Ms. Szarnych, is now teaching Kindergartners with Ms. Lindsey. Officer Jennifer Caputo has served in the Chicago Police Department for many years. She joins Prescott’s security. Lourdes Lara has worked in CPS kitchens for several years. She joins Prescott as the Lunchroom Manager. You can access the Prescott library from home Art at Prescott https://library.cps.k12.il.us:9058/?config= 5500#bookriver. Parents can help children find available books in the Prescott library AND read thousands of e-books online at home. Type the word "dog" in the blue search box and click "Go." You can type in a book title, subject, author or key word in the blue "search" box. You can follow our progress through the year or contact me through Art Teacher Ms. Ammons blog: www.prescottpaint.blogspot.com . We will also have an online art gallery through which you can view or purchase student artwork. Look for the Prescott Elementary page on www.artsonia.com . You will see the results for your search -- the titles of the books will be in blue. Any title with the words "electronic resources" next to the title shows a book that can be read online. The e-books require the this username and password: username: 5500 password: 5500 Happy reading! Middle School Dance Middle schoolers cut a rug at the Middle School Dance in June, 2014. Lots of fun among respectful, considerate dancers who showed their swing, hip hop, cha-cha, and free dance! How to help your child(ren) with math homework What problem are you working on? What do the directions say? What words or directions don’t you understand? Where to you think you should begin? What do you already know that can help you work through the problem? What have you done so far? Do you have similar problems to look at? Can you draw a picture or make a diagram? Can you explain what the teacher asked you to do? Can you tell me where you are stuck? From “’We Do Care,” Say parents” by Regina Mistretta in Teaching Children Mathematics (May, 2013) Field Day 2014! Parent Volunteers needed. On September 12th Prescott will host Field Day at Wrightwood Park. We are excited to bring back this event to continue to strengthen our school community through games and sport. The goal for students is to cooperate with classmates in a fun atmosphere and push themselves to do their personal best. We will have a variety of stations and in order for the event to be a success we will need parents to help run the stations. I am hopeful that we can have two parents at each station. I will train you on how to organize and have success at each station, no prior knowledge required! To volunteer, please contact me at [email protected]. You will need to be available from 12pm-4pm on the day of the event. So start your weekend early and come have some fun with the kids at Prescott. Thank you, Coach D Chicago Children’s Choir at Prescott School The Prescott Choir performed at Millenium Park in late May, 2014. Auditions for the 2014-15 choir will be in mid-September. Students in grades 3-7 are eligible to try out. Notice of Student Record Retention and Disposal Illinois law requires the Board of Education of the City of Chicago to maintain student educational records, which include both “permanent records” and “temporary records” for specified periods of time. Once the retention period for each type of student educational record has passed, the Board is no longer required to maintain the records. A student’s permanent record contains the student’s name, date of birth, address, grade level, grades, parent(s) name(s) and address(es), attendance records, and other minimal personal information necessary for use by the school or mandated by the Illinois State Board of Education. The student’s temporary records include all information not contained in the permanent record. According to Board policy, for Chicago Public Schools, the Student Permanent Record consists of the Registration Card, Transcript, and Student Health Folder. The Student Temporary Record consists of the Student Cumulative (or Temporary) Folder (including, but not limited to, the Student Cumulative Record Card, information regarding serious disciplinary infractions, and State assessment test scores) and the Special Education Folder. The Board has determined that retention of student records based on the students’ dates of birth is the most practical and feasible operating method to comply with the five-year State of Illinois retention requirement for student temporary records. According to Board policy, the retention periods for student temporary records are as follows: The Student Cumulative (or Temporary) Folder for elementary school students shall be kept until the student is 21 years old. The Student Cumulative (or Temporary) Folder for high school students shall be kept until the student is 27 years old. The Special Education Student Folder shall be kept until the student is 27 years old. In accordance with Illinois law, the Board is currently retaining permanent student records for at least sixty years after the student has transferred, graduated, or otherwise permanently withdrawn from the school. The Board will follow the above retention schedule and will destroy these student records in the natural course of business when the records are eligible for disposal. All rights to student educational records transfer solely to the student once the student has reached the age of eighteen, graduated from secondary school, married, or entered into military service, unless the parent or the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services continues as the student’s guardian beyond the age of eighteen. To review student records after the student has transferred, graduated or withdrawn from school, parents and students may contact the student’s former school or Student Records Services (773-535-7722). For more information regarding student record retention and maintenance, please review the Board's policy on “Guidelines for Maintenance of Student Records.” For a copy of the policy, log on to www.policy.cps.k12.il.us/documents/706.1.pdf or write to the Board Secretary, Board of Education of the City of Chicago, 125 S. Clark St., Suite 600, Chicago, IL 60603. NOTICE TO PARENTS AND STAFF REGARDING THE ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT PLAN NOTIFICATION Prescott School Date: September, 2014 This is to notify you in accordance with Illinois and Federal Asbestos Regulations, that a copy of the Asbestos Management Plan is available at each school during school hours by appointment. Requests to review the Asbestos Management Plan must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Also please be advised that CPS conducts asbestos inspections of all schools every three years. The last inspection was completed in 2010. Asbestos surveillances are conducted every six months. CHECK ONE A copy of this notice was sent home in each child’s backpack. A copy of this notice was printed in the school’s newsletter or calendar and sent home with each child. Other—Please indicate how this notice was delivered to parents and staff. A COPY OF THIS NOTICE MUST BE PLACED IN THE SCHOOL’S ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT PLAN. Prescott students earned honors in June, 2014 Honor Roll all 4 Quarters—Celeste (left photo), Sarah, Carmelita Perfect Attendance all 4 Quarters—Jadelyn (middle photo) High Honor Roll all 4 Quarters— (last photo) Aliyah, Isabella, Juan Karlo Cold Weather Guidelines The below is taken from CPS’ Playwell Guide section on Weather, p. 11. Parents, please make sure your child is well dressed with an appropriate hat, scarf, gloves, and footwear to be outside during recess. All elementary principals should adhere to the following cold weather guidelines for recess. Below 15º F with or without wind chill: Recess should be held indoors. Above 32º F with or without wind chill: Recess should be held outdoors. Between 32º F and 15º F with or without wind chill: Principals should use discretion when determining whether to hold recess outdoors. The following factors should be considered: Precipitation: Snowy and icy conditions should be evaluated for student safety and attire. Student preparedness: Students should have appropriate outdoor attire to stay warm and dry during recess. Playground safety: The playground equipment and surface (i.e., icy conditions) should be evaluated to determine whether students can safely play outdoors. Alliant Credit Union Foundation Summer Books program Prescott students received 4-5 books, courtesy of the Alliant Credit Union Foundation, to read during the summer. We heard from a little bird that 8th grader Lashonda completed the summer Chicago Public Library challenge and fellow 8th grader Isabella read 3,000 pages! Wow! Prescott summer artists Prescott Art Teacher Beth Ammons and Second Grader Nate share a moment together in July at Lill Street Art Center. Both were taking classes there this summer. All CPS schools receive free lunch for all students in 2014-15! Prescott School will implement an option available to schools participatin gin the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs called the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program for School Year 201415. Schools that participate in the CEP program are able to provide healthy breakfasts and lunches each day at no charge for ALL students enrolled. If we can be of any further assistance, please contact us at Nutrition Support Services, 773.553.2830. Sincerely, Nutrition Support Services Nos compace informarle que Prescott School estara implementando para el ano escolar 2014-15, un opcion disponible a escuales que participant en los Programas Nacionales de Almuerzo y Desayuno Escolar, llamada ―Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)‖. Las escuelas que participan en el program CEP pueden servir desayunos y almuerzos saludables y gratuitos cada dia, a TODOS los alumnus de la escuela. Si necesita ayuda o informacion, por favor, llamenos al 773.553.2830. Muy atentamente, Nutrition Support Services PRESCOTT MAGNET CLUSTER SCHOOL 2014-15 MASTER CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 1 School closed for Labor Day 2 First day of school –Supplies donated by Alliant Credit Union 8-12 Spirit Week 9 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour 9am 11 Curriculum Night: all parents please attend 12 Field Day (19th is Rain Date) OCTOBER 8 1st Quarter Progress Reports sent home 10 Celebration of Learning 13 No school for students—Columbus Day 14 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour 9am 23 Family Reading Night 31 Literacy Character Parade NOVEMBER 6 End of 1st Quarter 7 No school for students—Staff Development Day 10 Picture Day 11 School closed for Veterans Day 12 Parent-Teacher Conferences re: Report Cards 14 Recognition of Learning 3pm 18 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour (9:00) 25 Celebration of Learning 8th Grade Picture Day 21 8th grade High School applications due at Prescott 26-28 School closed for Thanksgiving Holiday DECEMBER 1-5 Scholastic Book Fair 9 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour (9:00) 17 2nd Quarter Progress Reports sent home 22-31 School closed for Winter Break JANUARY 1-2 School closed for Winter Break 5 Classes resume 13 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour (9:00) 19 No school – M.L.King Day 29 End of 2nd Quarter 30 No school for students—Staff Development Day FEBRUARY 5 Report Cards go home 6 Recognition of Learning 3pm 10 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour 9am 12 Family Science Night 16 School closed for Lincoln’s Birthday 27 Celebration of Learning 3pm MARCH TBA PARCC Testing grades 2-8 10 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour (9:00) 11 3rd Quarter Progress Reports sent home 16-20 PreK & Kindergarten pre-registration 2014-15 APRIL 1 Family Math Game Night 2 End of 3rd Quarter 3 No school for students- Staff Development Day 6-10 School closed for Spring Break 13 Classes resume 14 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour (9:00) 15 Parent-Teacher Conferences re: Report Cards 17 Recognition of Learning 3pm 27-May1 Scholastic Book Fair MAY April 27-May 1 Scholastic Book Fair 12 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour (9:00) 15 4th Quarter Progress Reports sent home TBA PARCC Testing grades 2-8 25 School closed for Memorial Day 26-29 Spirit Week 29 Celebration of Learning 3pm JUNE 9 2nd Cup of Coffee School Tour 9am 16 Recognition of Learning 3pm 16 Last day of school; end of 4th Quarter 16 Report Cards go home 17 No school for students– Staff Development Day During the Summer, Winter, and Spring Intersessions, be sure to have your child take advantage of www.Razkids.com, www.ixl.com, and buzzmath.com (grades 6-8) to help continue her/his growth in reading and math, respectively. 2638 N. Hermitage Chicago, IL 60614 312.848.0570 ~A 501(c)3 Organization Uniform Free Option (UFO)_________________________________________________________________________ September 2014 Dear Prescott Families: Prescott Parents and Principal Roche together will again launch a UNIFORM FREE OPTION (UFO) Day. The first and third Friday of every month (if school is in session), starting in September, Prescott students will have the option of paying $1 to be Uniform Free for the day. The Thursday prior to the UFO day, a Prescott Parent will be present in the Cafeteria during lunch for students to pay their dollar. Thursday is the ONLY DAY the money will be collected during the lunch hour, no exceptions. The next day, Friday, is the day to come to school Uniform Free. On Thursday September 18th, we will be offering a ONE-TIME ONLYoption to pay for all 14 UFO days for $12 (2 UFO days free). The student’s teachers will have a list of who paid to be Uniform Free, and will hand out a bracelet to those students on the Friday morning to be worn on their wrist for the entire school day. A new bracelet will be distributed each UFO day to the students who have paid for the day. The following are the UFO Days to remember: Month September October October November December December January February February March March April/May May June Day to Pay 9.18.14 10.2.14 10.16.14 11.20.14 12.4.14 12.18.14 1.15.15 2.5.15 2.19.15 3.5.15 3.19.15 4.30.15 5.14.15 6.4.15 UFO Day 9.19.14 10.3.14 10.17.14 11.21.14 12.5.14 12.19.14 1.16.15 2.6.15 2.20.15 3.6.15 3.20.15 5.1.15 5.15.15 6.5.15 Some things to keep in mind: UFO is meant to be a fun day for the students of Prescott. Anyone who chooses to dress Uniform Free, and did not pay, must change into a uniform. Clothing worn on UFO Day also must be appropriate. If you do not know if it is appropriate, DO NOT wear it. Any student without appropriate clothing will need to change into a school uniform. He or she will also not receive a refund for the Pass. Prescott Parents will use the funds raised for numerous projects from student sport uniforms to classroom computers and printers also ink for the classrooms and library printers. Remember the first day to pay your dollar for UFO day is 9/18/14! Please contact Jennifer Lister at 312.848.0570/www.prescottparents.com or Principal Roche with any questions. Sincerely, Jennifer Lister Prescott Parents PTA Stephanie Denkewalter Principal Roche *Spanish translation provided on back by Google Translator 2638 N. Hermitage Chicago, IL 60614 312.848.0570~A 501(c)3 Organization Uniforme de Libre Opcion (OVNI) Septiembre de 2014 Queridas Familias: Prescott Prescott padres, PTA y Roche Principal juntospondrá en marchaun OPCIÓN UNIFORME GRATIS (OUG) Day. El primer y tercer viernes de cada mes (si la escuela está en sesión), a partir de septiembre, los estudiantes de Prescott tendrá la opción de pagar $ 1 al ser uniforme libre para el día. El jueves anterior al día OUG, un padre de Prescott estará presente en la cafetería durante el almuerzo para que los estudiantes pagan su dólar. El jueves es el único día que el dinero será recogido durante la hora del almuerzo, sin excepciones. Al día siguiente, viernes, es el día para venir Uniforme gratuito. El jueves 18 de septiembre, estaremos ofreciendo un OUG option una sola vez para pagar por los 14 días de ovnis por $ 12 (2 días de OUG es gratis). Los maestros del estudiante tendrán una lista de quién pagó para ser uniforme libre, y entregarán una pulsera a los estudiantes en el viernes por la mañana para ser usados en la muñeca durante todo el día escolar. Una nueva pulsera se distribuirá cada día OUG a los estudiantes que han pagado por el día. Los siguientes son los días de ovnis para recordar: Mes Día de Pago de UFO Día Septiembre 9.18.14 9.19.14 Octubre 10.2.14 10.3.14 Octubre 10.16.14 10.17.14 Noviembre 11.20.14 11.21.14 Diciembre 12.4.14 12.5.14 Diciembre 12.18.14 12.19.14 Enero 1.15.15 1.16.15 Febrero 2.5.15 2.6.15 Febrero 2.19.15 2.20.15 Marzo 3.5.15 3.6.15 Abril 3.19.15 3.20.15 Mayo 4.30.15 5.1.15 Mayo 5.14.15 5.15.15 Junio 6.4.15 6.5.15 Algunas cosas a tener en cuenta: UFO está destinado a ser un día de diversión para los estudiantes de Prescott. Cualquier persona que opta por vestir uniforme gratuito, y no pagó, debe transformarse en un uniforme. La ropa usada en el Día UFO también debe ser apropiado. Si usted no sabe si es el caso, no lo use. Cualquier estudiante sin ropa adecuada tendrá que cambiar en un uniforme escolar. Él o ella también no recibirá un reembolso para el Pase. Prescott Padres utilizará los fondos recaudados para numerosos proyectos de uniformes deportivos estudiantes a las computadoras en el aula e impresoras de tinta para las aulas y las impresoras de la biblioteca. Recuerde Que el primer día para pagar el dólar para el día OUG es 9/18/14! Por favor, póngase en contacto con Jennifer Lister en 312.848.0570/www.prescottparents.com o Director Roche con cualquier pregunta. Atentamente, Jennifer Lister Prescott Parents Stephanie Denkewalter PTA Principal Roche Traducción al español realizada por Google Traductor