Carlock Corner

Monday, Feb. 24: Dine to Donate - Monicals In Normal

Tuesday, Feb. 25: PJHS Choir will visit Carlock

Tuesday, Feb. 25: Dental Clinic (Sign up here)

Tuesday, March 4: Early Release

Wednesday, March 5: Bison Field Trip (Grades 3,4,5 only)

Just a reminder: Please help your child get to school each day and be on time. We have important things happening in class starting with the very first thing. Often they are things students don’t want to miss. We understand students might be sick and need to stay home. However, if they are healthy, please make every effort to get them to school.

Please remember, you need to call the attendance line if your child will miss a day of school:

309-557-4461

Teachers, parents, and students across Illinois have an opportunity to participate in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey.

Unit 5 students in grades 4th-12th will be given the opportunity to take this survey. If you would like your student to opt out of the 5 Essentials Survey please email their teacher and fitzgeke@unit5.org (grades 4th & 5th only) by Monday, Feb. 24.

This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child's school.

Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the environment at your child's school. 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 conducted through Friday, March 29, 2024.

To take the survey:

1. Visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/

2. Click on "Start here" under the Parent category

3. You may enter your email address but that is not required. It is completely optional.

4. Enter "McLean" for the County

5. Begin typing your child's school name and you should see it pop up. Click on the appropriate school.

Please take a separate survey for each school where you have a child enrolled.

The survey is also available in Spanish.

The Illinois 5Essentials gathers data related to five indicators that can predict important student outcomes. These five indicators that affect and predict school success are

• Effective Leaders

• Collaborative Teachers

• Involved Families

• Supportive Environments

• Ambitious Instruction

Research in more than 400 schools has shown that schools strong on at least three of these 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.

Please be aware that under the Protection of Pupil Rights Act. 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(c) (1) (A), you have the right to review a copy of the questions asked of your student(s). Survey questions can be found on the Illinois 5Essentials Support Center ( Illinois 5Essentials Survey Questions).

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874 or impact-surveys@uchicago.edu.

We are informing you of a change regarding sack lunches sent home with students on early dismissal days. Due to increased cost of labor and food prices, we will begin charging for sack lunches on early dismissal days.

Effective February 6, 2025, we will begin charging students' food service accounts for the purchase of sack lunch on early dismissal days. The sack lunch will be $2.00 for paid meal eligibility, $0.40 for reduced meal eligibility and $0 to free meal eligibility students.

The sack lunch will consist of a:

• Pillsbury Mini Cinnis

• Hard boiled egg

• String cheese

• Baby Carrots

• Banana

• Choice of milk

Carlock Sign up for Early Release Sack Lunch: Sign Up

Please take a moment to order your student yearbook for the 24-25 SY. Orders are due by Feb. 28, 2025.

Yearbook order link

Carlock Public Library Upcoming Events

If you're interested in learning more about these programs, you can call or visit the library!

• Tuesday, March 4, 1:30 pm: Book Club (adults)
• Tuesday, March 4, 5:45-6:45 pm: Trivia Night - Sign-up form
• Tuesday, March 4, 7 pm: Online Event - Exploring Space with Coralie Adam - Sign-up form
• Thursdays, March 6, 13, & 27, 9:30 am: Story Time (ages 5 and under)
• Friday, March 7, 1-2 pm: Writer's Workshop - Character Building - Sign-up form
• Thursday, March 13, 4:30 pm: Pages and Paws - Sign-up form
• Saturday, March 15, 10-11 am: Nomad Theatre Presents HERstory - Sign-up form
• Tuesday, March 18, 5:15-6 pm: Harry Potter Club (ages 8 and up) - Sign-up form
• Thursday, March 27, 5:30 pm: Bad Art Night - Sign-up form

Please follow our Carlock Twitter @CarlockEagles, Instagram @ carlockeagles_5, and our new Facebook Page - Carlock Eagles Principal Page to showcase all the wonderful teaching and learning happening in our school.

The Carlock Corner will be sent throughout the school year for families to stay updated with Carlock happenings.

Email: fitzgeke@unit5.org
Website: https://carlock.unit5.org/
Location: 301 W Washington St, Carlock, IL, USA
Phone: 309-557-4412

Carlock Cell Phone: 309-989-2643 (text or call) use after 2:30pm if no one answers main line
Facebook: Carlock Eagles Principal Page
Twitter: @Carlockeagles