Dear Addams Community,

What an impactful week at Jane Addams Junior High! With a long way weekend approaching the students and staff made sure to capitalize on the time we did have. On Thursday, as a building, we “prepped” ourselves for the road ahead. Students were able to “revisit” their vision boards and evaluate what is still important to them in their life journey and what areas still need work. With their goals in line, students then experienced “pitfalls” and had to “shift their mindset” with a classroom tarp challenge. Once their positive/growth mindsets were in the right place, they were then able to focus on the happiness advantage by spreading the message to their peers over at Keller. Let’s just say the Keller students will certainly “get the message” in lunch. To round out our day, we worked to increase our own individual levels of happiness by getting up and getting moving. Our whole building participated in a fun 15 activity – exercise and social investment at its finest! The Addams staff felt good sending our students out for this LONG weekend knowing they were in the right mindset and they would be focused on the future when they returned.

While school ended early on Thursday, more fun was had at our parent teacher conferences. Students and parents connected with teachers, discussed progress of students, and made plans for how to achieve even more success during the second half of the year. Since conferences fell on Valentine’s Day, the Addams staff decided to create the “Addams Amore” café. Parents and students could spend some quality time together. Families sipped hot chocolate, decorated coffee mugs, feasted on heart shaped cookies and wrote ”grateful” valentines to special people in their life. Our Addams valentine goes to our parents who continue to partner with us to make sure their child continues to learn and grow.

Wishing all our students and families a restful, long weekend. See you Tuesday!

Regards,

Chris Bingen       Kim Phelan
Principal             Assistant Principal

Read on for upcoming noteworthy events in District 54 and Jane Addams Junior High

Important upcoming dates:

• 2/15: 5Essentials Parent Survey Closes
• 2/18: No school, Presidents Day
• 2/25: D54 junior varsity wrestling tournament @ Addams
• 2/25: D54 girls volleyball round 1 @ Frost
• 2/26: D54 varsity wrestling tournament @ Addams
• 2/26: D54 girls volleyball tournament semifinals @ Mead
• 2/28: D54 girls volleyball tournament finals @ Mead
• 3/23 to 3/31: Spring Break 

8^th Grade Graduation Date
The date for the eighth-grade graduation ceremony this year is May 30 for all junior high schools and Lincoln Prairie. Times and locations are TBD.

Author Visit
Award winning author Fern Schumer Chapman will visit us this coming Friday, February 22. Parents are invited to join us!  The assembly (for 8^th graders only) will run from 8:00 to 9:00 am.  Please visit www.fernschumerchapman.com for more information on Fern’s work.

Final Yearbook orders
All yearbook preorders must be received by March 1. Yearbooks are $30. Please return the attached order form to the Addams office. Addams Yearbook Order Form 18-19.pdf  

End of the Trimester
The second trimester ends on March 8, 2019. Report cards will be available via the Parent Portal on March 20th. We know that our students will finish strong this term. Please do not hesitate to be in contact with the school or with the teachers of your student if there are any questions or concerns.

Last chance … 5 Essentials Survey
Once again we are reaching out to our families and asking you to participate in the annual Illinois 5 Essentials Survey to provide us with your perspective and help guide our school improvement efforts. The parent survey will be available online through February 15, 2019, at https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois.

Schaumburg Parent University – February classes
Schaumburg Parent University (SPU) is designed to involve more parents in the life of the school, to strengthen family relationships, and to improve parenting skills that will ultimately result in improved student success academically, socially and emotionally. There are two evening programs scheduled for February. Please note that child care is always available.

Family Engineering Night (STEM Night) – 6:30 – 8 p.m. on Feb. 19
Using everyday materials, your family will become engineers who develop solutions to various challenges, build towers, and design an artistic robot. Team up to discover how STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) makes all of these things possible. Limited to 50 families.

These events will take place at the District 54 Professional Learning Center, 522 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg. Please register by visiting https://goo.gl/TB49x7. For more information, contact Meg Kwak at 847-357-6586 orspu@nullsd54.org

La Universidad Schaumburg para Padres – Clases de febrero
La idea de la Universidad para Padres está diseñada para involucrar más a los padres en la vida escolar, para fortalecer las relaciones familiares, y mejorar los conocimientos de crianza que finalmente resultarán en un mejor éxito académico, social y emocional del estudiante. Hay dos programas nocturnos para febrero. El cuidado de niños está siempre disponible.

Noche de Ingeniería en Familia (Noche de STEM) – 19 de febrero 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Utilizando materiales cotidianos, los miembros de su familia podrán convertirse en ingenieros que desarrollen soluciones para diversos retos, construyan torres y diseñen un robot artístico. Únanse a nosotros para descubrir cómo a través de STEM (ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas) todas estas cosas pueden ser posibles. Espacios limitados a 50 familias.

Estos eventos se llevarán a cabo en el Centro de Aprendizaje Profesional del Distrito 54, ubicado en el 522 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg. Regístrese visitando https://goo.gl/TB49x7. Para obtener más información, comuníquese con Barb Velez al 847-357-5074 o spu@nullsd54.org.

Dear Addams community,

Please visit Village Tavern & Grill at 901 W. Wise Rd, Schaumburg today to help raise money for the Addams PTA. You can dine in or carry out. We appreciate your support of our students!  See the attached flyer to participate.

Dine 2 Donate Doc..pdf

Regards,
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Chris Bingen