This Week at Waters - March 13

Waters Families,

Over the past two weeks, classrooms have started engaging students in a series of lessons to serve as the foundation for establishing school-wide behavior norms. The lessons vary by grade level, but all follow the same basic three-step process.

1. Understanding Waters' Mission
2. Students use vision boards, word art or skits that show both appropriate and inappropriate behavior in certain spaces (classroom, hallway, etc.) to apply Waters' mission.
3. Coming to a consensus as a homeroom of the most important parts of what Waters school-wide behavior norms should be.

Once all of the classroom input is collected, the Climate & Culture Team will create 8-10 draft school-wide norms based on the students' input. The draft norms will be shared again with students and the student body will choose 3-5 norms for the entire school to adopt. Please keep an eye on classroom newsletters or check in with your student's teacher on specifics for their class.

Thank you to the over 120 parents and community members that responded to the Continuous Improvement Work Plan (CIWP) Survey. The staff also filled out a similar survey earlier in January. Based on the feedback shared through these two surveys, as well as IAR data, Waters will have six CIWP Working Groups:

• Acceleration (Providing Opportunities for Increased Rigor for Students that Have Demonstrated Readiness)

• Systems to Communicate Student Needs to Families
• Diverse Learners (With a Focus on Reading)
• Fine & Performing Arts (Arts Integration & Partnerships)
• Hispanic Students (With a Focus on Reading)
• Understanding the Student Experience (Schoolwide Collection & Analysis of Data on Students' Learning Experiences)
  

The working groups will be a combination of teachers and parents to discuss milestones that the staff have put together to support students in these areas through the CIWP. The first round will take place on Wednesday, April 1 from 4:15 - 5:15 PM. Please use this Signup Genius if you would like to join one of the groups.

With kindness,

Mr. R.

Polling Hours: 6:00 AM - 7:00 PM

• Parents & Community Members can vote for a total 5 (five) parent and community candidates.
• All voters must present at least two (2) current (unexpired) forms of identification which are determined to be reliable by the election judges.
• For Chicago residents, one must show your current residential address within the school's voting district.
• For CPS Parents, one must establish you as a parent, legal guardian, or temporary custodian of a student at the school. - Student Report Card can fulfill this requirement

Examples of Acceptable Forms of Identification

• Driver's License
• State of Illinois ID
• Voter Registration Card
• MediPlan/Medicaid Card
• IDPA Card
• Permanent Resident Card
• Matrícula Consular
• Student ID
• Public Library Card
• Other Governmental Agency I.D.
• Current Lease
• Current Utility Bill
• Credit or Debit Card
• Employment ID
• Court Documents
• Chicago CityKey Card

Early Bird tickets for Big Night 2026 are on sale now. This year’s event will be on Friday, April 17, 2026 at Sarabande at 7:00 PM.

Waters Families,

It is time for the Local School Council to conduct their annual principal evaluation. The LSC will take your feedback into account when completing its required performance reviews for Mr. Rutkowski. Your response these questions are anonymous and will be kept confidential.

Click here to access the survey.

Please fill this form out no later than Friday, March 20, we will no longer accept submissions after that time so the LSC has time to review all of the information.

Thank you, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Kerrie Rovito

Staff LSC Member

Chair of the Principal Evaluation Committee

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Familias de Waters,

Ha llegado el momento de que el Consejo Escolar Local realice su evaluación anual del director. El Consejo Escolar Local (LSC) tendrá en cuenta sus comentarios al completar las evaluaciones de desempeño requeridas para el Sr. Rutkowski. Sus respuestas a estas preguntas son anónimas y se mantendrán confidenciales.

Haga clic aquí para acceder a la encuesta.

La encuesta consta de dos secciones. En la primera, le preguntamos si está de acuerdo o en desacuerdo con breves afirmaciones sobre el desempeño del Sr. Rutkowski como director. En la segunda, tendrá la oportunidad de responder libremente. Esperamos que la encuesta le tome de 15 a 30 minutos de su tiempo y agradecemos enormemente su disposición a compartir sus opiniones.

Por favor, complete este formulario a más tardar el viernes 20 de marzo. No se aceptarán más envíos después de esa fecha para que el LSC tenga tiempo de revisar toda la información.

Gracias. Si tiene alguna pregunta, no dude en contactarme.

Kerrie Rovito
Miembro del personal del LSC
Presidenta del Comité de Evaluación del Director