Important 5Essentials Parent Survey

Parents and guardians,

We need as many parents as possible to complete this 5 Essentials survey http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

When it asks for the school name, you should type in Grove Jr (not junior) for it to auto-populate.

This survey window is open until Spring Break. Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at your child’s school and guide improvement. If you have children in more than one school, feel free to complete a survey for each school. Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.

This annual survey of school climate and learning conditions allows schools and districts to collect feedback from students (grades 4-8), staff members, and parents. The responses on the 5Essentials not only affects the feedback schools and the district receive, but also the learning conditions information shared with the public for each school on the Illinois School Report Card. Additionally, starting with the 2021.22 School Report Card, the 5Essentials results are a major component of the Equity Journey Continuum (EJC) informational tool that tracks a district’s progress toward closing gaps in student achievement, opportunities, and supports.

Your child will be taking it on March 10th or 11th in school. On the 10th or 11th, your child will receive this form to take home asking if you have taken the survey. If you have, you sign the form and that becomes your child's ticket for a raffle competition for a free shopping trip at our school store to select 1 item of their choice.

Please take the survey. It only takes a few minutes. We need at least 20% of our parents to respond, but would love to hear from everyone.

Thank you!