Week 15 Family Update

The Chicago Bulls organization provided our TEAM with FREE tickets for this Friday's game against the Hornets! You MUST get your tickets through the Jungman's TEAM site. You can get to the Free tickets by using THIS LINK. Please limit the free tickets to Jungman students and parents to ensure that everyone has an opportunity. Tickets can be picked Thursday afternoon or Friday until 3:30pm.

PLEASE, Jungman families only!

A VERY special THANK YOU to our parents who came to help us Deck the Halls! It is so festive and happy in the building!

This generosity, especially during this time of "Thanks" and "Giving," is especially meaningful for us here at Jungman. There is nothing that brings us more joy than students having books in their hands and reading for joy! Be on the lookout for the Instagram post and you can see the pure delight and happiness in the kids faces!

The week ahead:

• December 9: LSC Meeting 2:45 Room 204
• December 11: TEAM Meeting Room 104 @ 8:15--All are welcome! (JUST CORRECTED FROM THE 10th)
• December 12: Last Day of Academic Programming
• December 13: BAC/PAC Meeting Room 204 8:00---PARENT COOKIE EXCHANGE
• December 13: Special Note for After Care--IF possible, please try to pick up students as early as possible. This is the day of our Holiday Staff Party and we would like for as many as staff as possible to be able to participate.

The following week:

• December 18: TEAM Brunch at Pochos
• December 18: Winter Assembly and Gift Giving Event 1:00 SHARP!
• December 20: December Attendance Incentive and Regal Movie Theatre Incentive
• December 20: NO AFTER CARE! Everyone is dismissed at 2:45!

Check out our Monthly Calendar for more important dates

Dear Jungman Families:

The last day for Quarter 1 is Friday, October 25. Families who registered their children to participate in the Tuition-based aftercare program for Quarter 1 and would like their child to continue to participate in the Tuition-based program for Quarter 2 will need to resubmit an application. Quarter 2 begins on Monday, October 28.

Please carefully review the Quarter 2 Tuition-based aftercare application for program details with a summary of the details in the image below.

SY25 Quarter 2 Tuition-Based After Care Application: https://forms.gle/Tm9ob9VcumTgCh1LA

Parents we need your help! This week our attendance was terrible.

There is no push to have your child come to school sick, but we have to push every single day that they are not sick to be in school, on-time, ready to learn.

Ms. Luzzi's has a perfect attendance challenge for the month of December:

3 classrooms, one from each grade band (K-2, 3-5, 6-8), will be awarded with an invite to the

Winter Games!

Winter Games is a festive and fun time for students to explore an art and craft, play holiday inspired games with friends or join a dance party.

End of the week leaderboard:

1st Grade

3rd Grade

7th Grade!

They are all catchable! You have to be here to help your class win!

This year, we are closely monitoring student attendance with the goal of reducing the rate of chronic absenteeism from its current 39%—which is 10% above the state average—down to 15%.

If your child is having issues with attending school regularly, please reach out to Ms. Sarah VanWolvelear at sevanwolvelear@cps.edu immediately to discuss supports and a plan!

Dear parents/guardians: In an effort to increase family engagement and involvement, we will continually share upcoming volunteer opportunities through the family bulletin.

To volunteer to support, parents/guardians must be CPS-Approved volunteers. Below, please find the application to become a CPS-approved volunteer. If you click on the button above you will have access to see and sign up for the different volunteer opportunities.

CPS Volunteer Application Link (English): https://chicagopublicschools.civicore.com/index.php?action=english

CPS Volunteer Application Link (Spanish): https://chicagopublicschools.civicore.com/index.php?action=spanish

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Parents we need your help and your voice to help make our school a better place! This year, we are working to increase our parent presence in our school! Please read below for a few of the ways you can help!

Local School Council: Next Meeting is December 9, 2024 at 2:45 PM

• Comprised of parents, community, educational, and student members, LSCs serve as an important vehicle for participatory democracy, providing a wide variety of stakeholders an opportunity to make important decisions about how students in their communities will be educated.

Parent Advisory Committee (PAC): The next PAC meeting will take place on Friday, December 13 at 8:00am.

• Each academic year, schools establish Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) to bring together parents/legal guardians, teachers/staff, and community stakeholders to work with their school principal in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of the Title I Program. PACs empower parents to inspire and assist their children in achieving educational goals and graduating from elementary and high school.

Bilingual Advisory Committee (BAC): The next PAC meeting will take place on Friday, December 13 at 8:00am.

• Bilingual Advisory Committees (BACs) empower parents of English Learners (ELs) to participate in their student's education and advocate for the academic, social, and cultural development of all ELs.

The Eagle Alliance Movement (TEAM): Next Meeting is December 11 at 8:15 am

Upcoming Events/Fundraisers:

• Giving Tuesday- Do you know any companies looking to donate to a good cause, the Jungman cause? Please share this link with them! All donations are tax deductible.
• December 18th Pocho's Parent Brunch: Mix and Mingle with Jungman families BEFORE the Winter Assembly! Tickets are 28.00 each and that is for a breakfast buffet. Register HERE
  
• Holiday Raffles: Check out THIS Site for the opportunity to enter into raffles for some great prizes!

Congratulations to the 1st/2nd and K-2 Cluster grade level! You have won a pajama day with a movie on our new 30 foot screen complete with snack and drinks on Dec. 20th.