If you have already submitted your students' current health exam and physical, current and up to date immunizations form and dental forms, please disregard.

A reminder for 6th grade parents: All 6th grade physical and immunizations (including Tdap and Meningococcal vaccines) are now due. If you recently had an appointment for a physical and/or immunizations please submit all health documents as soon as possible to remain in compliance. This includes verification of immunizations as well as physical, dental examinations. Illinois law also requires that proof of an eye examination by an optometrist or physician (such as an ophthalmologist) be submitted to the school for all students who are enrolling in an Illinois school system for the first time. You may drop off all forms to the school. If you choose to email the forms, please keep in mind that you must send a clear and well lit photo or scan of the documents to be printable.

7th & 8th Grade parents: If your middle school student has an updated physical, please submit to the school nurse. If your student will be playing an intramural sport, a sports physical will need to be completed if we do not have a current 7th or 8th grade physical on file completed within one year prior to the first day of the current school year.

Please contact the school nurse, with any questions, Ana Rivera-Escobar at 847-859-8608 or email: riveraescobara@district65.net

• IL Dept. of Human Services Certificate of Child Health Examination with current immunization records
  • Certificate of Child Health (English)
  • Certificate of Child Health Examination (Spanish)
• IL Dept. of Public Health School Dental Exam Form (due by May 15, 2025 - must be dated after 11/15/2023) or an IL Dept. of Public Health School Dental Exam Waiver.
  • Dental Form (English)
  • Dental Form (Spanish)

September 5, 2024
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Welcome to this new 2024-2025 school year at Chute Middle School!

Last year, we accomplished some great things like...

• purchasing equipment for music and PE.
• paying for an all school field trip to see the Chicago Wolves.
• paying for a number of affinity groups, after school clubs and teams.
• and we continued to support teachers.

Chute Middle School PTA

This year, look for more community building opportunities and ways for us to support our students and teachers! We hope you will join us!

It was a pleasure meeting some of you on the first day and at the pizza party. If you haven’t already signed up, we invite you to join the Chute Middle School PTA early on and engage with us to learn more about our upcoming plans and how you can help make this school year a success. Our first meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 12th at 7pm CST, so mark your calendars and save the date.

This meeting will be held on Zoom (https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/94473722433).

To become a member please sign-up via the following link or at the QR code, which also includes volunteer sign-ups: https://forms.gle/ttKrCPrxfNcYs9A89. Donations for membership dues are appreciated, but not required. We are still looking for another treasurer and PEP reps!

We look forward to meeting you and welcoming all the Eagles.

Yours truly,

The Chute PTA Executive Committee

Yoomi Larmee and Emily York, Co-Presidents

Elizabeth Cotton, Treasurer

Rebecca Spivack, Secretary

Chute Middle School PTA Mission:

• ❖ To make an impact in our school community.

• ❖ To give every student the best experiences and opportunities our district has to offer.

• ❖ To support all the hardworking teachers and staff.

Chute will be hosting our annual Curriculum Night on September 19th from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. Families are invited to meet your child's/children's grade level teachers and hear about what they will be learning this year!

September 24th is picture day for 6th and 7th grade. Students will have their school picture and ID picture taken. If ordering pictures, your child will need to give their order form and money to the photographer. NO CHANGE is available, so please send exact amounts. You can also do online ordering at mylifetouch.com. The school ID is EVTD4BG9M.

Information for student Ventra cards for this school year.

Are you interested in joining our team to build the 1st ever D65 sustainability / climate action plan by May 2025?

Our Goal: By May 30 2025, a district-wide sustainability program plan will be presented to the D65 School Board and shared District wide. The sustainability program plan will be aligned to City of Evanston and Village of Skokie sustainability program plans and District 65 strategic priorities.

Learn more about our process, timeline, meeting schedule and team / meeting norms

Are you interested in joining the team? Apply here by Sept 20. We will carefully review all the applications and let you know our decision by the end of September.

Questions? Contact Karen Bireta, D65 Sustainability Coordinator biretak@district65.net

Over the past several years, District 65 has been in the process of implementing a standards-based learning and grading system. In December, Chute students along with other D65 middle schoolers will receive report cards that reflect this new system.

Before September 12, please take two minutes to help us understand your level of awareness and understanding of standards-based grading. This information will be kept anonymous.

Please disregard if you have already taken the survey. We ask that it be completed only once. Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective!

Take the survey

More than two decades of research have demonstrated the important role that social and emotional skills play in each child's success in school and in the community. Skills such as demonstrating self-control, persisting on challenging tasks, and making good decisions are all necessary to be successful students and adults. The process by which students learn these and similar skills is called social emotional learning (SEL). As part of our efforts to better support our students in developing positive social and emotional skills, we are using the SAEBRS SEL assessment for all students in grades K-8.

The SAEBRS assessment is a brief 19-question survey answered by your child's teacher for students in Kindergarten through 8th grade. If your child is in 2nd-8th grade they have the opportunity to complete the mySAEBRS survey, which asks them to self-assess using the same 19 questions their educator is answering. The purpose of SAEBRS and mySAEBRS is to identify which SEL skills your child has already learned and which skills they would still need to develop. Once our teachers identify the skills their students still need to learn, they will teach those SEL skills. Our goal is to ensure that your child continually develops the SEL skills they need for lifelong success. We believe that the information gathered with the SAEBRS and mySAEBRS assessment will be beneficial to your child's overall success both inside and outside of the classroom.

We are excited to implement SAEBRS this school year and continue to focus on whole children! If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher.

Chute Climbing Club will start the year in room 206. Students will need to sign up and attend our meetings in the classroom before they will be allowed to participate in the gym. Our first meeting will be Tuesday, September 10th.

Calling all middle school students: It’s time for debate! The D65 Debate Program, funded by District 65 and covering lunch and transportation costs, offers a structured environment where students can engage in competitive debate, learn to construct and defend arguments and develop their reasoning abilities. Since 2022, we’ve partnered with Argument Centered Education (ACE), a renowned organization dedicated to advancing debate and critical thinking skills, ensuring that our students receive high-quality instruction and mentorship. The program allows students to debate in teams or individually against teams from across the city of Chicago and Northwest Indiana.

Intellectual property rights is the national debate topic for this school year. D65 students will be given a set of files, along with other materials to prepare and practice for the tournaments (view 2024-2025 schedule).

Use the button below to register by September 14! If you have any questions or need assistance, please email Regina Colquitt, Director of Social Studies, at colquittr@district65.net.

BUTTON: Registration form

Come join Green STEAM Wednesdays 3:15-4:15pm in Room 313! Green STEAM connects Chute's garden with science, technology, engineering, art and math. We do sustainability projects, garden, cook delicious recipes with food we grew, do experiments, and create art. This school year we will be designing and making a mural for our butterfly garden next to the parking lot!

Our first band and orchestra meetings will be in the rehearsal room (105) on Friday 9/6 at the following times:

• 6th Grade Band: 3rd period
• 6th Grade Orchestra: 4th period
• 7th/8th Grade Band: 9th period
• 7th/8th Grade Orchestra: 10th period

Students will be called down to the intercom for these meetings. No instruments are needed, but students should bring their iPads.

Choir will begin on Monday September 9th! Rehearsals will be Mondays after school 3:15 - 4:15 PM. Students can ride the late bus if needed.

Meet in Room 102, the General Music Room.

Concerts are December 11th 7PM and May 13th 7PM. More details on the concerts and call time will be shared during rehearsals.

Email Mr. Przekota (Mr. P) with questions przekotam@district65.net

Chute physical education uniform sales are ongoing. Please have your Chute student turn in their uniform order form to their PE teacher.

Order Form Link