Christian's Weekly Communication

District 97 schools and the district office will be closed in observance of the Dr. King holiday on Monday, January 16th.

Are you a graduate of a HBCU? Would you be willing to make a short recording about your experiences for our students? Please email Jamie Winchell, Teacher Librarian, about sharing your story. Thank you! jwinchell@op97.org

The Julian PTO will host the Winter Carnival on Friday, January 20th. This will be an entirely FREE event for all students with free pizza, drinks, snacks, desserts, hot chocolate bar, games, raffles, and DJ! Admission is free for Julian students, who show their school ID. This event is not open to students that are not enrolled at Julian. The Winter Carnival is from 6:30pm - 8:30pm on 1/20.

**Students must show their Julian school ID in order to be admitted to the dance.**

OPRF's Future Huskie Night (8th grade open house) will occur on January 19th. We are very excited to host our incoming freshmen and families during this event. All divisions, departments, athletics and activities will have staff hand to share information and answer questions. And, probably of most concern to our new students, we will have school tours available.

We are excited to meet our incoming huskies!

Angie Hawkins

Student Activity Coordinator

Oak Park and River Forest High School

(708) 434-3774

AHawkins@oprfhs.org

www.oprfhs.org

During the week of 1/23, Julian staff will be reaching out to parents and guardians about the upcoming Winter Parent-Teacher conferences in February. You'll receive info about how to sign up next week. Stay tuned!

The Brooks and Julian wrestling team won their first dual meet! Congratulations to our middle schoolers and Coach Michael Colucci on a job well done!

Coach Kiefer and Coach Tucker have selected the 2022-23 girls' volleyball teams. Congratulations to Lyla A, Hannah F, Devyn K, Sophia S, Imani S, Tegan S, Jaida G, Vivien P, Sydney R, Kelsey S, Carly S, Haley W, Grace De, Lila S, Gigi S, and McKenna H who made the varsity squad. Congratulations to Greta O, Evelyn K, Olivia E, Claire H, Cate C, Zara M, Paige A, Siena S, Fiona C, Nayana H, Coralai G, Hanna C, and Aubrey H that are on the JV team. Also, congrats to Eleanor G, Brooke C & Jenna N who are on the practice squad.

If your student was not present for the Fall Picture day, we have Wednesday, February 1st as the student picture retake day. Only students that sign up in advance will have permission to retake their school photo on 2/1. If your student needs to retake their school picture, please sign up today.

8th grade parents/guardians - The Cap & Gown photos will be taken in March, before we go on spring break. We will share more details and the exact date soon.

• Volunteers - If you have 30 minutes available on Jan 18, we could use your help to set up, tear down, or work the school store during a lunch period! Check out our sign-up sheet here. Any questions? Please reach out to Katie Trathen at ktrathen@op97.org. Thank you so much!
• THANK YOU so much for purchasing items from our Amazon wishlist to restock our school store. Students had an opportunity this past week to spend their digital “Jaybucks” (which are earned for being safe, respectful, and responsible) to pre-order items, such as gift cards, fidgets, novelty items, school spirit wear, school supplies, etc. This Wednesday January 18 students can pick up their pre-ordered items during lunch periods. (Interested in volunteering to work the store? Sign up here.) We have two more school stores this year in March and May to recognize our students’ positive behavior and hard work.

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Katie Trathen, LCSW

(she/her/hers) - Hear my name

Culture & Climate Coach

Percy Julian Middle School

416 Ridgeland Ave, Oak Park, IL

Julian Request for Assistance Form - SY23

We have a new student celebration video that you will want to see! During the first half of the school and prior to the winter break, our Jayhawks were busy accomplishing many great things! We intend to keep it going and to finish the school year out strong. Check out the new video and enjoy all the highlights!

Process for Reporting Positive COVID-19 Cases to D97 Schools

If a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, they must complete the following steps:

1) In order to notify the school nurse and receive a return-to-school date, families/staff must complete the confidential COVID-19 Positive Case Notification Form as soon as possible following the positive test. Information provided will also be shared with the Oak Park Department of Public Health.

2) Families must continue to report student absences via the school attendance line, and staff must enter their absences in Frontline.

To see the rules for isolation and quarantine, click here. Additional resources are linked below.

• Summary of District 97's COVID-19 Mitigations

• 2022-23 COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan

COVID-19: Reminders & Resources

Staying home when sick is essential to keep COVID-19 and other infections out of our schools and prevent spread to others.

• If a student or staff member has tested positive for COVID-19, please complete the POSITIVE CASE NOTIFICATION FORM.

• Families must also report the absences by calling the school attendance line, and staff must enter their absences in Frontline.

To view the district’s COVID-19 Health Safety Plan, along with other COVID-19 resources and information, please visit the COVID-19 Update Center.

Thanks,

Nurse Misty

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Misty Howe, MSN, RN, CNL

she/her/hers

Percy Julian Middle School

Health Office

mhowe@op97.org

phone: (708) 524-7648

fax: (708) 524-3035

In 2020, Principal Christian implemented the theme of "over-communicate" amid the flexibility of the COVID19 virus and how information might change at a moment's notice. Last year, our theme was "growing together". And now in 2022-23, we'd like to continue with our new theme of "Stronger, Together". Here are the ways in which Principal Christian and the Jayhawk staff communicates:

• Our Official Percy Julian Facebook Page (click here)
• Christian's Weekly Communication (every week)
• PowerSchool Daily Bulletin Alerts
• Text Messages (Jayhawk Text Messages District 97 uses the notification system BrightArrow to communicate with families via email and phone calls. This year, we have started using periodic text messages to send reminders directly to parents' cell phones. In order to receive text messages, parents must opt-in by texting YES to 87569. Once you have subscribed, you will receive a text confirmation.)

416 S. Ridgeland Ave.

Oak Park, IL 60302

708-524-3040

www.op97.org/julian

We give our best, and then some!