Principal's Newsletter
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
PICTURE DAY - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ND
FRIENDS OF ONAHAN EVENTS
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.
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
Hispanic Heritage Month is Underway
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!
Second Grade Reading Center
Third Grade Monster Array
Projects on Ancient Egypt and Mummification...or Bunny Mummification
Indoor Recess Due to Rain
Scrimmage Between Girls and Boys Volleyball...Dare We Say Who Won?
Scrimmage Between Onahan Girls Volleyball and Thorp