Carol Stream Chronicles
2024-2025
🏆 PTA Fun Run Winners 🏆
Thank you, PTA, for another successful Fun Run! We ran 🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♂️, we sweat 🥵, we conquered 🏅! Our Cheetahs were so excited to hear how many laps each grade level ran. The totals were:
- Kindergarten - 59
- 1st Grade - 78
- 2nd Grade - 127
- 3rd Grade - 98
- 4th Grade - 118
- 5th Grade - 65
We are so proud of ALL our Cheetahs for showing such determination and persevering on such a hot day! 🌞
🎷 Band Family Night - Tuesday, October 1st 🎺
Band Family Night at Stratford Middle School
Brass & Percussion Families 6:00-6:45 pm
Woodwind Families 7:00-7:45 pm
Bring your folder, instrument, and music stand. You'll be about a month into band. We're going to perform a mini-concert for you and answer all the questions you've collected so far!
📝 Sign Up for Student-Led Conferences Today! 📝
This year, CCSD93’s parent/teacher conferences will take place October 9 and 10 in the afternoon and evening. They will continue to take the form of Student-Led Conferences, as students will participate with their parents and teachers to celebrate successes and identify areas for growth.
Parents are invited to use PTC Wizard, an online scheduling tool, to set up conference appointments anytime from now through October 8 at noon. This year, signing up is easier than ever before! Parents no longer need to create a PTC Wizard account or add children themselves. Just follow the instructions sent via email on September 20 at noon, which included unique username and password credentials, to log into PTC Wizard and schedule conference appointments. Please be sure to schedule and attend conferences with your child. For more information, check your email or visit www.ccsd93.com/conferences!
📝 ¡Regístrese hoy para conferencias dirigidas por estudiantes! 📝
Este año, las conferencias de padres y maestros de CCSD93 se llevarán a cabo el 9 y 10 de octubre por la tarde y la noche. Continuarán tomando la forma de conferencias dirigidas por estudiantes, ya que los estudiantes participarán con sus padres y maestros para celebrar los éxitos e identificar áreas de crecimiento.
Se invita a los padres a utilizar PTC Wizard, una herramienta de programación en línea, para programar citas de conferencias en cualquier momento desde ahora hasta el 8 de octubre al mediodía. ¡Este año, registrarse es más fácil que nunca! Los padres ya no necesitan crear una cuenta de PTC Wizard ni agregar niños ellos mismos. Simplemente siga las instrucciones enviadas por correo electrónico el 20 de septiembre al mediodía, que incluían credenciales de nombre de usuario y contraseña únicas, para iniciar sesión en PTC Wizard y programar citas de conferencias. Asegúrese de programar y asistir a conferencias con su hijo. Para obtener más información, consulte su correo electrónico o visite www.ccsd93.com/conferencias.
📚 The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! 📚
There's no feeling quite like it--Book Fair week! October 8-10 students will visit the IC to preview the fair with their classes. They will make wish lists and are welcome to shop. Try our NEW eWallet this year and ease your mind as your child shops the fair cash-free. Visit our fair's homepage to get started: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/carolstreamschool
Attendance Matters: Tips for Building Positive Attendance Habits
In examining our student data from previous years, we consistently find that:
Students who miss 1 or 0 days of school per month throughout the school year are twice as likely to meet grade level expectations in reading and math than those who miss 2+ days of school per month.
Students who arrive on time to school also generally outperform those who are frequently tardy.
Without question, on-time attendance truly matters to student success. Knowing this, our goal is to help students and their families to build positive attendance habits this school year, and school administrators will be making an extra effort to monitor attendance more closely than ever. Please review this info sheet for some great tips to ensure your child is consistently in attendance and on time this school year.
La asistencia importa: consejos para desarrollar hábitos positivos de asistencia
Al examinar los datos de nuestros estudiantes de años anteriores, encontramos consistentemente que:
Los estudiantes que faltan 1 o 0 días de escuela por mes durante el año escolar tienen el doble de probabilidades de cumplir con las expectativas de su grado en lectura y matemáticas que aquellos que faltan más de 2 días de escuela por mes.
Los estudiantes que llegan a tiempo a la escuela también generalmente superan a aquellos que llegan tarde con frecuencia.
Sin lugar a dudas, la asistencia puntual realmente es importante para el éxito de los estudiantes. Sabiendo esto, nuestro objetivo es ayudar a los estudiantes y sus familias a desarrollar hábitos de asistencia positivos este año escolar, y los administradores escolares harán un esfuerzo adicional para monitorear la asistencia más de cerca que nunca. Revise esta hoja de información para obtener algunos consejos excelentes para garantizar que su hijo asista constantemente y sea puntual este año escolar.
🛝 School Playground 🛝
Just a reminder...school begins each morning at 8:45am. Doors open at 8:25am for students needing breakfast and at 8:35am for all students. ***Please be aware there is no adult supervision outside before 8:25am each morning. This includes at the playground.
After school, students should not be going to the playground unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. After checking in at home, children are welcome to come back to the playground if they have parent/guardian permission.
🪪 IDs Required 🪪
As a reminder, if you plan on volunteering or entering the school building during school hours, you will be asked for a state ID or drivers license. In addition, if you are picking your student up early, we are required to ask for ID (even if we know you) for verification purposes. Please be patient and bear in mind that we do this for the safety and security of all of our students. Please do not be offended when we ask for your ID as it is part of our security policy.
🚌 Obey Traffic Laws Near Schools & Buses 🚌
Student safety is our school’s highest concern. We've seen an increase in unsafe driving practices near our school and school buses in recent school years. For the safety of all of our students, all parents and other motorists driving near our school and school buses MUST:
Remain attentive and NOT use cell phones or personal devices while driving
Reduce speed to 20 mph when driving near a school between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Follow traffic patterns
Obey crossing guards
STOP when the stop sign arm of a school bus has been extended; to clarify, this means:
When traveling on two lane roadway with cars traveling in both directions, ALL CARS MUST STOP
When traveling on a one-way roadway, regardless of the number of lanes, ALL CARS MUST STOP
When traveling on four or more lane roadway with cars traveling in both directions, cars traveling in the same direction as the bus must stop
When in doubt, STOP
For more information on driving near school buses, view this document from the Illinois State Police website
Please take a moment to consider your driving practices near our school and buses and adjust your habits if necessary. Drivers who are observed by police participating in any of these unsafe practices will be pulled over and ticketed. We are all very busy, which can impact our driving habits, but the safety of our students must be our priority.
🪴 Families Help Our Cheetahs Grow 🪴
Our goal is to help your child grow to be their best self in school each day. You can help your child’s growth at home too. This section of the Carol Stream Chronicles will give you suggestions, ideas, and tips on how you can support their growth outside of school.
We Are Responsible
One of the most important things you can do at home is to set up solid routines for your family. Students that follow routines are more likely to complete homework, get enough sleep, and develop healthy habits. Make a routine for getting ready for the day, afterschool, and bedtime. PBS Kids has some great resources to help your family with this. This will help your child grow into responsible adults!
🚨 We Need You! 🚨
Please Consider joining our Watch DOGS Program at CS for the 2024-2025 School Year!
We are excited to continue our Watch DOGS program for the 2024-2025 school year! This is a nationwide program that many schools utilize to help provide positive male role models for students while also providing an extra set of eyes and ears, teaming with us to keep all children safe and feeling important.
We are seeking male role models (dads, uncles, grandpas, big brothers, etc.) to sign up and commit to a day of the week/time to come into our building to interact with our students. If you have questions, please reach out to Mrs. Romano at (630) 588-5400.
Our School Improvement Plan Focus for 2023-2024
Our School Improvement Plan for 2023-2024 has two goals:
In Math, at least 84% of students will meet or exceed projected growth by Spring 2024, according to the ECRISS Spring Growth Report. ***GOAL MET - 87% of students***
In ELA, at least 84% of students will meet or exceed projected growth by Spring 2024, according to the ECRISS Spring Growth Report. ***GOAL MET - 93% of students***
At least 75% of students will agree or strongly agree their social and emotional needs are being addressed. ***GOAL MET - 82% according to parents***
We plan to reach these goals by continuing to focus our efforts on the 3 Ps:
~ Perseverance ~ Problem-solving ~ Productive Struggle
