Email: em-office@d64.org
Website: https://www.d64.org/ems
Location: 8101 North Cumberland Avenue, Niles, IL, USA

Student Portal - TLC Schedule

Dear Emerson Families,

I’m so excited to be back at school after spending the past few months on maternity leave. It’s been a joyful and memorable time for my family, and I’m grateful for the well-wishes I received during my absence.

As I return, I’m reminded of the energy, curiosity, and resilience that make our students so special. I look forward to reconnecting with them, supporting our staff, and working together with you to finish the school year strong. Thank you for your continued partnership in making our school a nurturing and engaging place for every child to learn and grow.

Best of luck to our student athletes competing in the Special Olympics this weekend at Prospect High School! I hope all the Moms have a wonderful Mother's Day.

All the best,

Tessa

May 12th

Marine Bio Trip to the Shedd

May 13th

Franklin 5th Grade Visit

Boys Volleyball @ Lincoln

Emerson PTO Meeting

May 14th

LRC Closed After School

Spring Choral Concert

May 15th

Boys Volleyball VS iroquois

May 16th

Cheezie Food Truck

Emerson 8th Grade Social

LRC Closed After School

Please be aware that there is a potentially hazardous TikTok trend where students are inserting items– paperclips or even just pencil tips— into the charging ports of their chromebooks and causing them to smoke and even start on fire. Please support our efforts to be responsible, respectful, and safe by talking to your students about this alarming trend. Any chromebooks with this type of damage will result in disciplinary action and may require parents to pay a full replacement cost of the chromebook at $300.

All books are due to the LRC by Friday, May 16. Any books not returned by this date are considered lost and are assessed the full replacement value per district policy. Please help your student locate any of their library books and remind them of this return date. Reach out to Mrs. Contreras if you feel there is an error on your student’s LRC account. Thank you for returning materials to keep our book collection complete!

Monday 5/12 - Math Room 209 , LA Room 109

Tuesday 5/13 - Math Room 209, LA Room 102

Thursday 5/15 - Math Room 301, Science/Social Studies Room 207

In ASSP, you can get help in math, language arts and miscellaneous (science and social studies) with a teacher from 3:05-4:00 PM. Come to ASSP if you need to:

• prepare for a test

• get questions answered from your homework

• review a concept that you missed or confuses you

• finish that writing assignment

As a reminder, the state deadline for 6th grade dental exams is in May. Dental Forms were sent home with 6th Grade students that we do not have forms for. Please be sure to check your student's backpack! If you have not already done so, please upload your completed dental examination form to PowerSchool. An exam dated after 11/15/23 will fulfill the requirement. If you need to schedule an appointment, please do it now to ensure completion by the deadline. Thank you!

8th grade Families: The dance is right around the corner, as we still need donations. We need to keep our dancers hydrated, so please consider donating Gatorade, LaCroix, and water. We need just a few more families to get us to our goal. Thanks to all those who have already contributed!

6th and 7th grade Families: We are struggling to fill the volunteer slots (at the end of the sign up). Decorating, helping at the dance, and cleanup requires hands-on help. A few hours of your time will make a tremendous impact on the success of this event. This is a chance to show up for the older students and model the kind of support we hope that they'll receive in the future.

We know everyone is busy and we appreciate your support! If you have any questions, please email laura.newton15@gmail.com

• Middle and high schoolers, we have news for you! Subscribe to our monthly email newsletter and find out what's new for you in The Teen Loft at the PR Library:

• upcoming programs and events

• new book drops from popular authors

• the latest homework help and college prep resources

• A new newsletter comes out on the third Thursday of the month. Check out our previous issues at parkridgelibrary.org/teens/whats-up-in-the-loft/.

Sign up on the Teens page of our website (see link in bio) or use this link: tinyurl.com/PRPLTeenLoft.

Teacher Appreciation Week

The teacher appreciation gift/donation link is up! Please help us celebrate all our wonderful teachers May 5-9, by giving your desired amount using the membership toolkit link below. We are also looking for items to be raffled off. Do you have a favorite wine you’d like to give? A service or meal from a local business? A spa basket you would like to put together? A couple of must read books? Talk to your students and have them come up with a creative idea!

https://emersonmspto.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/326433

Please contact jiyonaubey@gmail.com or Christy Shebuski - clshebuski@gmail.com for drop off and if you would like to help.

Spiritwear Store

There are sales posted every week with flat rate shipping regardless of order size. Check out our updated store.

Not a PTO Member Yet or WANT TO VOLUNTEER with an Event?

Join the Emerson PTO for the 2024-25 school year and stay connected! Sign up here.

It’s time to sort out school supplies! The Emerson Green Team would like to encourage all families to help students sort through their school supplies by:

1. Reusing as many of their school supplies as possible for the next school year.
2. Donating any gently used school supplies like notebooks, folders, writing & drawing utensils, rulers, pencil cases, etc. Emerson School will have donation boxes in each classroom the week of May 19th through May 23rd. We will be donating items to area schools in need, the Crayon Initiative, or bring items to Scarce, an organization that works to reduce waste and give back to students everywhere.

1. Recycling all paper products (notebooks/folders). Just make sure to remove any metal parts.

Thank you for helping make the world a greener place!