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Principal's Newsletter

September 25, 2025

Principal'sNewsletter September 25, 2025

Dear Onahan Community,

Dear Onahan Community,

Tomorrow is a professional development day for our staff. We will have a variety of different trainings going on. Some of us will be getting our recertification for Safety Care Training (de-escalation training), and ELA teachers will be receiving a more in-depth look at the writing component of the new HMH curriculum. We'll also find time to celebrate our staff and their special events on these days. I hope you have a great weekend and can take advantage of the three day weekend the students are getting.

TUITION FREE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING TUITION FREE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING

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Click Here for Programming - Sign up Link Will be Shared on Tuesday @ 6:00 pm

PICTURE DAY - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND PICTURE DAY - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND

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Click Here for Picture Day Information

FRIENDS OF ONAHAN EVENTS FRIENDS OF ONAHAN EVENTS

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NOW IS THE TIME - We Need to Pay for Curriculum NOW IS THE TIME - We Need to Pay for Curriculum

If you haven’t already, please take a moment to pay your school fees. The fees help support our new HMH Into Reading and Into Literature curriculum—resources not fully covered by our budget. Thanks to the PTO and Friends of Onahan, we’ve received generous support, but family contributions are still needed to ensure all students have what they need. If your child qualifies for free lunch, you can request a waiver from the main office. Thank you for helping make this possible!


To pay student fees go to Epay (or go to onahanschool.org main page, very top corner) and use the chart below. You can select the option of One Time Payment rather than creating an account or logging in. You will need one student ID, and if you are a current student, that can be found on Aspen’s parent portal, a progress report or report card. If you are not able to pay the fees, please contact the main office at (773) 534-1180.

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Student Fees Pay For:

Text books

Buses

Field Trips

Consumable Workbooks

Classroom Magazines

Novel Sets

Classroom Instructional Supplies

Personnel

Professional Development

Contracts

Web-based Subscriptions

Office Supplies

Furniture

Safety Equipment for entry and dismissal

Incentives

Tech repair

AROUND THE CLASSROOM AROUND THE CLASSROOM

Hispanic Heritage Month is Underway

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Physical Education - Week 6 Physical Education - Week 6


K-2: Working on tossing, rolling, and sliding object to stationary targets


3rd-8th: Soccer Unit. 3rd Grade 214 "kicking off" the Line Soccer activity. Click here for the action!

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Second Grade Reading Center

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Third Grade Monster Array

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Projects on Ancient Egypt and Mummification...or Bunny Mummification

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8th Grade Algebra Anchor Chart
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Indoor Recess Due to Rain

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Scrimmage Between Girls and Boys Volleyball...Dare We Say Who Won?

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Scrimmage Between Onahan Girls Volleyball and Thorp

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UPCOMING EVENTS AND DATES UPCOMING EVENTS AND DATES

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INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGER TIPS INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGER TIPS

Order A Year Book
CPS Score 5th-8th Grade Game Schedules
SY26 Family Handbook
Minimal Health Requirements
SY26 Downloadable and Fillable School Forms
Click here for our the Onahan Website
Click Here for the Breakfast Menu
Click Here for the Lunch Menu
Visiting Onahan? Sign In Here Before Coming to School
Volunteer Application

SY2026 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CALENDARS SY2026 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS CALENDARS

SY2026 CPS Calendar - English
SY2026 CPS Calendar - Spanish
SY2026 CPS Calendar - Arabic
SY2026 CPS Calendar - Polish
For and with our students,
Marianne Patten
https://www.onahanschool.org/
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