Dear Erickson Families,
Each year schools in Bloomingdale nominate one student from the 5th grade class to win the Youth Character Counts Award. This year's recipient, Jillian Lehman, is a student who consistently shows the six pillars of character and SOARS each day at Erickson. Congratulations to Jillian. During the event the Erickson's 2nd grade students performed the song I Am A Citizen led by Mr. Lebowa, our music teacher. It was nice to see Erickson students performing in front of the community.
Last year, Erickson focused on students' school attendance as we noticed a decline in attendance, especially after the pandemic (this was also a nationwide trend). Erickson will continue to monitor student school attendance and inform parents if their child(ren) have been absent more than 10% of the school year. Being in attendance daily contributes to students' overall academic success in school. Attendance updates will be emailed home tomorrow to the families of students who have been absent for 10% or more of the school year. As of September 30th, students have been in school for 27 days. Missing 3 out of 27 days is ~10% of the school year thus far. We know some of these absences are due to illness or family emergencies/obligations. All families can check their child(ren)'s attendance record by going to ALMA and clicking on attendance. We miss your kids when they are not in school!
School arrival for students is between 8:25-8:40. Students should be in school by 8:40. Students are considered tardy if they arrive to school after 8:45. When students are tardy, they are missing the classroom morning routine including the morning announcements and classroom instruction. If a child is late due to the bus, they are not marked tardy.
If you need to report an absence, please call the school 630-529-2223 or email the teacher and the attendance line: erattendance@sd13.org
Have a wonderful day!
Stacy Johnston
Principal
sjohnston@sd13.org
