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Mission and Vision!
Mission:
- To provide a high-quality, inclusive, and equitable education for students to grow, lead, and thrive by empowering staff, collaborating with families, and embracing our diverse community.
Vision:
- Gompers will be a collaborative community that provides a sense of belonging and high levels of achievement for all students, staff, and families.
Events this week
Monday
- YMCA After School Program begins
Tuesday
- Regular School Activities
Wednesday
- Cross Country @ Lukancic, 4pm
Thursday
- Cross Country @ Joliet West, 4pm
Friday
- Regular School Activities
What an Amazing Start!
The start of the 2024-2025 school year has been fantastic. Students have been amazing and incredibly supportive of each other. Our Gompers staff have worked with our students on incredible experiences to engage them and prepare them for all the learning ahead. However, we know there have been a few glitches we want to improve on.
- Two parents came to the office looking for their student because they had yet to arrive home after school. In both cases, the students stayed for an after-school activity or took a detour home. Additionally, two students boarded the wrong bus and were safely rerouted to the correct destination. Please speak to your student about the importance of communicating with you if they are not going home immediately after dismissal and boarding the correct bus at their designated bus stop.
- The lines at the Open House were too long. We've analyzed the conditions and have generated ideas to expedite our entrance to Open House for next year. You will see a quicker process in 2025.
- Registrations and schedules were higher than in past years, but we'd like to keep them at a higher level. Families will receive multiple communications and support for registration in the spring to facilitate more completed schedules next year.
All things given, the 2024-25 school year is off to a great start with paper airplane aerodynamic experiments, get-to-know-me activities, music performance, origami, locker set-up, athletics, and much more. We look forward to a great school year for all our Hawks to SOAR!
From the Gompers Health Office
As school begins, we would like to address keeping your children healthy and in school. Health history, medication orders and care plans must be done every school year.
STUDENT HEALTH HISTORY and LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS
If your student has a significant health history, life threatening allergy, or special medical concern including asthma, diabetes, seizures, or other medical conditions please contact the school nurse so that we can create an Emergency Health Care Plan. A PHYSICIAN’S NOTE IS REQUIRED if your child has FOOD allergies so we can provide substitutions. It must be a DIAGNOSED allergy and not just a sensitivity.
MEDICATION AT SCHOOL
If your child must receive medication (prescription or over-the-counter) in order to be in school, you will need a "Medication Authorization Form” completed by a licensed healthcare provider or physician also signed and dated by the parent/guardian.
DIABETICS
We must have a School Diabetic Care Plan on file from your physician with medication orders (if needed) in case of emergencies and to assist and care for all diabetic students.
FREE DENTAL SCREENINGS
If you are interested in signing up for a free dental screening at Gompers Junior High please visit the link below. Dental exams are required for 6th and 9th grade students. Dental screenings will be held September 18-20 during school hours. Sign up at: https://opdsdentalservices.formstack.com/forms/joliet_public_schools_district_86
If you have any questions please contact the school nurse, Melissa Quitman, at mquitman@joliet86.org or at 815-727-5276
Off and away, until the end of the day!
The expectations for electronic devices for all students at Gompers are identified below.
Students are allowed to bring cellphones to school. However, they must be turned off and put away in their locker while at school.
Students may only use their phone at school if they have received permission from a staff member. We understand parents and students need to connect sometimes, especially after dismissal time. We will help with that and supervise that process.
Students are not permitted to take photos or videos at school or during arrival/dismissal times.
Earpods and other bluetooth headphones/speakers should not be brought to or used at school. We will provide headphones for students who need them throughout the year.
Students violating these expectations are subject to disciplinary consequences and may have their electronic devices held in the office until the end of the school day. This will be communicated to all students however we ask that all families take the time to communicate this as well. It is imperative that families and staff work together for student success.
We understand that student cell phones are technology that our families depend on to keep in communication with their children before and after school. We also know that these devices may be a distraction at school and oftentimes lead to poor decisions resulting in school consequences. We thank all of our families for their continued support this year.
Online Student Safety
Joliet Public Schools District 86 has added Gaggle Safety Management to promote a higher level of student digital safety. Gaggle blocks potentially harmful content and images in students’ school issued email and online file storage accounts.
In severe situations, District administrators are notified immediately if harmful content or images
appear in a student’s account. In urgent cases, Gaggle will contact law enforcement to intervene.
Gaggle screens the content of the following Google services that students use in District 86:
GMAIL
- Email messages, subject lines, attachments, images, links to websites, shared Items from Google Drive
GOOGLE DRIVE
- Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, images, links to websites, PDFs, Microsoft uploads (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), non-native files, Hangouts chats, Google Calendar.
Joliet Public Schools District 86 continues to strive to keep our students safe and parents informed. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our office at 815.727.5276.
Arrival & Dismissal
We want to remind all families that students drop off and pick up at the Briggs entrance. Cars are not allowed to enter the front driveway due to the buses dropping off or picking up and for the safety of our walking students. To assist you in determining where to go if you are dropping off or picking up your student, please review the map below for a visual of the traffic patterns and where to line up.
Gompers Contacts
Sixth Grade
- Academic Advisor: Laura Arias - larias@joliet86.org
- Team Leader: Robert Pollard - rpollard@joliet86.org
- Social Worker: Brooke Hagadus - bhagadus@joliet86.org
Seventh Grade
- Academic Advisor: Coming Soon!
- Team Leader: Jeremy Poch - jerpoch@joliet86.org
- Social Worker: Maria Arroyo - marroyo@joliet86.org
Eighth Grade
- Academic Advisor: Dan Wikert - dwikert@joliet86.org
- Team Leader: Jessica Pasquale - jpasquale@joliet86.org
- Social Worker: Therese Skwarczynski - tskwarczynski@joliet86.org
PE & Fine Arts Team Leader: Theresa Curry - tcurry@joliet86.org
Athletic Director: Eric Blaeser - eblaeser@joliet86.org
Assistant Principal: Mia Suarez - msuarez@joliet86.org
Principal: Raul Gaston - rgaston@joliet86.org
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