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Dear Eagles and Families,

We welcome you back to three full weeks of school before the Winter Break, with the last week dedicated to final exams. Our final exam schedule models a regular attendance day, but it ensures that students aren’t overwhelmed with back to back finals all on the same day. We believe that it is within the best interest of the students that parents utilize the following suggestions to support student success.

• Check JumpRope as often as possible

• Confer with your student daily about their classes/assignments

• Email your student's teachers for any concerning matters

• Avoid early dismissals and late arrivals

• Avoid student absences as much as possible in these last three weeks

Something to keep in mind is that Final Exams/Projects do not have opportunities for revisions/retakes. With that being the case, it is of extreme importance that students are spending time studying. Students should sign up for the flexes in which support is needed. Lastly, the Writing Center Tutors are available during all lunch periods.

Sincerely,

Lindblom Administration

~Swoop, swoop

Congratulations to Harper Williams, Sofia Garcia, and their parents! They were the only parents that completed the Cultivate Survey with their students and provided evidence of submission. Harper and Sofia please see AP Morales for your prizes when you return from break. Shout-out to Tamiko Nettles! Tamiko is a proud parent of a Lindblom student who went above and beyond her duties as a community stakeholder and she nominated Lindblom for the ChiGives Back MLK Beautification Project. We are immensely grateful for her advocacy of Lindblom, and we may be one of the chosen schools. Fingers crossed!!!

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Students can be dropped off or picked up on Wolcott and Winchester. Double Parking is prohibited! Please be considerate of the handicap ramps on Winchester and DO NOT park in front of the ramp. There is Safe Passage surrounding the perimeter of Lindblom and we'd like to enforce a "Kiss and Go" to avoid traffic back-ups; therefore, consider use of alternate blocks (like Damen, 61st Street, etc) for ease of traffic.

Students may enter the building through Door 3 (on Wolcott) or Door 9 (on Winchester). Please be mindful that these are the only doors that students should exit during/after dismissal.

Calling alumni (Class of 2018 - 2024)!!! Lindblom will conduct our annual Alumni Visit on December 11th at 8:00 am. Please reach out to Ms. Salazar at jlsalazar7@cps.edu for more details.

Exciting News! 2025 #Scholarship Applications Are 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍!

#EtaXiSigma & Beacon of Light Foundation of Eta Xi Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is excited to announce our 2025 Scholarship Program!

𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲:

• Black/African American
• Graduating Senior accepted into a 4-year college or university
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Essay, transcript, and two letters of recommendation

Deadline: March 16, 2025

How to Apply:

Scan the QR Code on the flyer using your smartphone's camera to access the application directly.

OR
Access the application here https://bit.ly/EXS2025Scholarship

National Honor Society applications have been released to all 11th and 12th-grade students and are due December 6th. Induction will be based on a scoring rubric that allocates points based on Service, Leadership, Scholarship, and Character. While there is a minimum GPA requirement of an unweighted 3.3, all upperclassmen can apply.

Science Opportunities for Students

Starting second semester, students with an unweighted GPA of 3.0 after 7 semesters can qualify for college-ready coursework without having to take a placement exam or have the requisite SAT score. Please consider if you have students who can take advantage of this increased opportunity to participate in early college coursework and if this new qualifier would make additional spring dual credit coursework more feasible.

Spring ‘25 Semester Dual Enrollment – Registration is OPEN*

• Spring 16-Week Semester Registration is due January 6 and courses begin on January 13.

• Spring 12-Week Semester Registration is due February 3 and courses begin on February 10.

• Dual Enrollment Toolkit

* Spring courses may fill quickly, so early registration is encouraged.

Expanded Access by The Virtual Academy

• Spring recruitment for virtual Dual Credit courses offered through CPS Virtual Academy in partnership with Kennedy-King College is underway. Recruitment for extended day courses has begun:

• Program Overview & Flyer

• Course Offerings

• Student Sign-Up Google Form

What story do you have to tell? What do hope, dignity, resistance, healing, identity, equality, and interconnectedness look like to you?

In the spirit of the upcoming exhibitions Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica and After the End of the World: Pictures from Panafrica, we invite Chicago-area teens of all cultures and backgrounds, ages 13–19, to create a work of art that reflects the way they see themselves in a multicultural, interconnected world—using photography, graphic design, digital poster design, or digital collage.

All submissions will be showcased virtually and 30 selected artworks will be displayed in the Ryan Learning Center’s McCormick Foundation Gallery. Curators' choice will select 3 winners to receive scholarships to SAIC Summer Intensive program and Cash prizes!!

Enter Today

For more information, please visit the Teen page.

Below you will find our 2 current recruitment flyers. The first is a flyer that includes our email for direct contact as well as a QR code that connects anyone to our direct website where they will find all current open positions. The second is our 2024 virtual recruitment presentations schedule. We conduct 3 virtual recruitment presentations monthly: 2 English and 1 Spanish. The QR code on the flyer allows people to register for any of our scheduled presentations which include information about employment with the state, the different agencies, and the application/hiring process.

The University of Chicago Medicine Heart & Vascular Center Mentorship Program offers 11th and 12th graders early exposure to careers and opportunities in Medical Science and Health Care with a focus on cardiovascular medicine. All students who are accepted into the program will receive: A personalized Uchicago Medicine Labcoat, Personal Laptop, Letters of Recommendation and Access to Real World Experiences in a Professional Hospital Setting.

Deadline to apply: December 6, 2024. Application

It’s the time of year when the days are getting shorter and darkness comes early. For the safety of our students, we’re reminding you that our building closes at 5:30 pm. We often find students hanging around to mingle with friends and then they walk to the bus stop alone. We don’t recommend this behavior and we are concerned about it.

With the holiday season approaching, we'd like to give you a heads up that our building will close at 4:00 pm on December 20th, which is the last day prior to the winter break. Please plan ahead to make arrangements for your student to be picked up by 4:00 pm on December 20th.

• 12/3: ALSC Meeting ( https://www.lindblomeagles.org/m/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=221565&type=d&pREC_ID=431914. )
• 12/10: Winter Band and Choir Concert @5:30
• 12/16 - 12/19: Final Exams
• 12/20: Building Hours 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
• 12/23 - 1/3/25: No School (Winter Break)

The Office of Student Health and Wellness is pleased to promote free substance use education webinars for CPS parents/caregivers through one of their community partners. The University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work is offering two asynchronous virtual trainings/educational workshops during the month of December to provide practical insights into supporting youth safety and well-being around substance use. One session covers harm reduction and the other is about understanding youth substance use. Please refer to the following flyer for more information.

🎵 Join Us for the Annual Band & Choir Winter Concert! 🎶

Mark your calendars for our Band & Choir Winter Concert!

📅 Date: Tuesday December 10, 2024

⏰ Time: 5:30 PM -7:30pm

🎟️ Tickets: $5 per person

We’re excited to share the talents of our student musicians and vocalists as they bring the holiday spirit to life! New Online Ticketing Option! To purchase tickets online, please follow these steps:

Fill out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/rpT8RDihu4UfFSiG6

Check your student’s Aspen fees.

Pay for tickets via Aspen.

Wait for an email confirmation. Important: The email confirmation will serve as your ticket, so please have it ready to show at the concert entrance.

💙 Additional Donations Welcomed Your generous contributions support our music programs. Thank you for supporting our talented students! We look forward to seeing you there. 🎶

Please visit our athletics website for information relating to sports.

• Our winter sports season has begun. Please log into your parent Aspen portal to pay the Winter Athletic Fees associated to your student's participation. You may also come into the main office to pay. Additional winter sports fee will be added to Aspen as their season starts.
• Eagle Support is needed! Our students are looking good and team spirit is ESSENTIAL in keeping the momentum. We'd love to see you at our games friends and families!
• Interested in Lindblom gear? Shop online.

High school students: Wouldn’t it be cool to have your writing published in the Chicago Sun-Times as a guest columnist?!

Here’s your chance to turn that dream into reality! You're invited to submit a short column about your vision for the future, based on the theme "Looking Ahead." However you interpret the theme is fair game – whether it’s writing about personal goals, professional aspirations, the environment, diversity or politics, we want to hear your unique perspective.

Here’s how it works:

· Submit an original, unpublished 525-600 word writing sample* in English or Spanish, now through December 31.

· We're accepting submissions from high schoolers only. All entrants under the age of 18 must submit a parental consent form.

· A panel of Sun-Times staff will choose guest columnists to feature.

· Columnists will have an opportunity to have their final column edited by a Sun-Times editor.

· Winners will each receive a $250 stipend and be published in the paper and online.

Learn more and enter in English at suntimes.com/chicagovoices or in Spanish at suntimes.com/vocesdechicago.

🦅📕📚Shout out to Mr. Roy Pearson (Sw68p), Mr. Dudek, and the thousands of Lindblom alumni who contributed to the Lindblom History Project. 📚📕🦅 👏🏾🦅For the first time in the history of Chicago Public Schools, a high school has commercially published the first of a three volume micro and macro centennial history of the years 1919-2019 in Chicago, from the perspective of the former students, faculty and administrators who were in residence at Lindblom during those years.🦅👏🏾 Do you want a copy? Go to: bit.ly/LindblomHP_V1 The 457-page first volume (1919-1969), researched and written by the 92-alumni Lindblom History Project, is the first of the three volume history to be published. Volume II (1970-2019) will be published in 2025 and Volume III (select essays, pictures and charts looking back over the entire 100 years) will be published in 2026.

Our week 13 attendance ended with 90.67%. As a reminder, students that are late to first and/or fifth periods will count towards their 5 tardies in a week. The attendance policy is included here. Feel free to email Mr. Hayes, our attendance coordinator, if there are questions about your attendance, bdhayes2@cps.edu.