Christian's Weekly Communication

District 97's Be a Learning Designer Team is continuing to collect family-teacher conference data to better understand the family and student experience. Family and teacher feedback from the fall survey informed changes that called for virtual access to conferences and access to assessment data prior to conferences as well as information about academic standards) Please share your feedback with us via this survey. We look forward to hearing from you!

Parents please read this letter about our 5Essentials survey

Students will be given the Illinois 5Essentials Survey again this school year. To learn more about the survey, please click on the link.

Those Who Excel 2023:

Congratulations to Ms. Kelly, a Julian French teacher, for being recognized this year! She was awarded for her "Meritorious Service". Also, Ms. Kelly is a National Board Certified Teacher and a World Language Department Co-chair...way to give it your best and then some, Ms. Kelly! We are Jayhawk proud and congratulate you!!

From the Julian Library:

Please remember that the library is closed on Wednesday mornings because of teacher professional development meetings. The library is open for student use on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings only. If your student is an AM library user, please pass this information along and remind them to make alternate arrangements for Wednesday mornings. Thank you!

Ms. Winchell

Teacher Librarian

Percy Julian Middle School

pronouns: she/hers

Happy Black History Month 2023

• Happy Black History Month to our Julian community! This month we are learning and celebrating in a variety of ways, including:
• Grade level assemblies on February 15, featuring musicians and speakers from Julian’s student body
  
• A display case on the first floor - be sure to check it out during conferences!
  
• An evening celebration on February 21 at 6pm
  
• Advisory mini-lessons
  
• Library lessons
  
• Weekly trivia facts, and more!
  

In honor of Black History Month, our school and district will be celebrating the remarkable lives, histories and contributions of the Black community. We'd love to hear how you and your family are celebrating, too! You can share your Black History Month stories, photos and videos by tweeting (@OakPark97, using the hashtags #MyD97 and #OakPark97) or emailing d97feedback@op97.org.

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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 are pleased to announce that 8th graders, Sydney Rezny and Jaida Garland, have been announced as this year's Percy Julian Middle School SCOTY (School Citizen of the Year) award recipients.

Staff and student peers both agreed that these two students have modeled the very best examples of citizenship and are wonderful additions to the school community. They will participate in a ceremony held by West 40 next month. If you see them, please give them a high five and a congratulations!

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!