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News from Jane Addams School
February 22, 2024
Jane Addams News
Reminder - Registration for the 2024-2025 School Year
Online student registration for the 2023-24 school year is now open! If you have not already started this process for your children, please visit our registration page to begin.
All returning students MUST be registered and student fees must be paid by July 1, 2024, or they will be unenrolled from CCSD15. Students who have not completed their registration requirements will not receive a classroom assignment. Families that do not complete the registration by July 1, 2024, should contact their school to re-enroll their children.
24-25 Jane Addams School Hours
Jane Addams School will become a TIER 2 school next year. This means our school hours will change:
School Hours Monday - Thursday 8:25 am - 3:05 pm
School Hours Friday (Early Release) 8:25 am - 2:15 pm
Important Upcoming Dates:
March 23 - March 31 - SPRING BREAK
April 1 - School Resumes
School Drill Safety Notification
District 15 is strongly committed to school safety. Our goal is to not only provide a safe environment, but to also prepare our school community to know how to respond if/when a crisis arises. Each year, schools are required by Illinois School Code to conduct the following drills:
- Three evacuation drills. One of the three evacuation drills must be supervised by the fire department.
- One bus evacuation drill.
- One severe weather/shelter-in-place drill.
- Two law enforcement (lockdown) drills. One of these two law enforcement drills must be a staff-initiated lock-down. The schools also conduct an annual drill review meeting with principals and representatives from police and fire departments to continuously improve each school’s readiness to respond to an emergency and/or crisis situation.
House Bill 2400 (The School Safety Drill Act) states:
- All lockdown drills will be announced to all school personnel and students prior to the commencement of the drill.
- Schools will provide sufficient information and notification to parents and guardians in advance of any lockdown drill that involves the participation of students.
- Schools will provide parents and guardians an opportunity to exempt their child for any reason from participating in the walk-through lockdown drill.
- Schools will provide alternative safety education and instruction related to an active threat or active shooter event to students who do not participate in a walk-through lockdown drill to provide them with essential information, training, and instruction through less sensorial safety training methods.
Building administrators will notify families of upcoming drills at least one week in advance of the drill. If you prefer your child does NOT participate in the yearly required lockdown drills, please complete this form. Please submit one form for each of your children you are opting out.
We have tentatively scheduled our final lockdown drill for the week of February 26th . Please submit the form if you choose to have your child opt out of the DRILL.
PTO INFORMATION
Calling All Talented Jaguars! PTO is hosting a virtual talent show again this year! See the flyer for more information. If your child is interested in submitting a one minute video of their talent that will be added into a school video please complete this Virtual Talent Show form or return the flyer that will be coming home in backpacks!
Save the date for Family Game and Reading Night! Mark your calendars for March 8th, we will be having a Family Game and Reading Night! A Flyer was shared about this event. This is an evening activity from 6:00 - 7:30 pm. We will have book to give away and family fun with the Palatine Public Library in attendance.
Next PTO meeting Wednesday, March 20 in person at 7:00 pm in the Jane Addams Library.
5Essentials
5Essentials
February 1 through March 29 students and teachers in District 15 and across Illinois are asked to participate in the annual statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey. This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child’s school. As a parent/guardian, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about your child’s school.
The Illinois 5Essentials Survey gathers data related to five indicators that can be targeted to improve important student outcomes, including attendance and state test score gains. The 5Essentials Survey asks questions about:
- Effective Leaders
- Collaborative Teachers
- Involved Families
- Supportive Environments
- Ambitious Instruction
All District 15 teachers and 4th through 8th grade students will be asked to take this survey. 5Essentials Reports will be generated for schools if at least 50 percent of the teachers and students complete the survey.
We need at least 20 percent of our parents/guardians from your child’s school to complete this survey, a parent/guardian supplement will also be generated for the school and is an important source of information from our families.
Your identity and survey responses are completely confidential. The school does not have access to individual survey responses and cannot connect any survey responses to you or your child.
In District 15, the Illinois 5Essentials Survey for students and teachers will be conducted from February 1 to March 29.
You may take the survey between these dates by visiting the 5Essentials Survey website and selecting the appropriate survey to begin.
For more information about the Illinois 5Essentials Survey, please visit the Illinois State Board of Education's website
Kindergarten Information
The Dual Language Program application for incoming Kindergarten students is due March 15th! For more information, please click here.
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Jane Addams Elementary School
Email: molinska@ccsd15.net
Website: www.ccsd15.net/JA
Location: 1020 East Sayles Drive, Palatine, IL, USA
Phone: 847-963-5000
Twitter: @AmyMolinsky