Warmer weather is coming! IAR testing will begin on 3/12 for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Please remember to have headphones and a charged chromebook for every day. It is important to get a good night sleep and eat a good breakfast before taking your state assessments. Later on this month, we will start our gifted testing for certain grades as well as by teacher or parent referral. Spring time brings rainy days, too! They will be going out for recess, weather permitting. If it is raining, they will stay inside for indoor recess. We want to make sure all students are safe and dry during those days.

Below you will find a link to the State 5 Essentials Parent Survey. This is an important survey that is an part of our designations each year. As you know Howe was labeled as comprehensive for this school year. We are focusing on a lot of instructional strategies within the building. With that being said, it is very important to have the input from our families. Please take 5-10 minutes to fill out this survey for us to help Howe better plan for improvement within our school. This survey is in English and Spanish! We need a minimum of 20% to get a report to help us improve. Right now, we are at 16%. Let's keep going. Please help us reach and surpass this targeted precent. 100% of students and 100% of staff have taken this survey!

Come join PTO and plan fun events for the students and their families for this school year. Meetings are in person and have a virtual link to join from Home! Everyone is welcome! We are a team and will continue to work together to ensure everyone's success.

Please reach out by phone or email if you need anything.

3/1- First Day of Women's History Month

3/4- Casimir Pulaski Day- No School

3/5- SIP Day 2 Hour Early Release

3/8 Spring Picture Day

3/11- P/T Conferences 12pm-7pm No School- Students

3/11- BOE Meeting at 6:30pm at BPMS

3/11-3/15- Book Fair

3/14- PTO Meeting at 6pm in person and virtual

3/16- Multicultural Event at BPMS

3/25- 3/29- Spring Break No School

4/1- No School

All PTO Meetings are in-person at Howe Elementary School with a link to join virtual. PTO will be at all the events. Please stop by their tables to get involved!

• March 14, 2023

• April 11, 2023

• May 9, 2023

• When bringing your children in the morning, please remember to get in line with all the cars. You should not be parking on Holdridge and walking them to the door. We are trying to keep kids safe. They need to utilize the crosswalk. Crossing in front of the line of cars that are in motion is dangerous for everyone.
• School zones are no cell phone zones. This goes for the drop off and pick up line as well. We do not want any distractions when it comes to the safety of students and staff at the car lines.

• Overflow parking for events is located on the North side of the building off of Beach Rd. You can enter through the bus area or right off Holdridge. The gates will be open at every event to prevent people parking on Holdridge in front of homes and driveways.

• If you arrive to school later than 9:05am, you will need to park and bring your child(ren) into the office to sign them into school.
• When picking up your child(ren) you will need to present an ID at the office at the time of pick up.
• Early pick ups need to be called into the office and arrive before 3:00pm in order to not interfere with the end of the day dismissal of all students.
• If you arrive later than 3:55pm, you will have to enter the office with a photo ID in order to pick up your child(ren). You can present your Driveline number in place of your ID at this time as well. We will dispatch the students as soon as we see the number or ID.

Student Beginning and Ending Times (2023-2024):

Beach Park Middle School: 7:25 AM to 2:35 PM

Newport: 8:30 AM to 3:10 PM

Kenneth Murphy: 8:30 AM to 3:10 PM

Howe: 9:05 AM to 3:45 PM

Oak Crest: 9:05 AM to 3:45 PM

Email: bberry1@bpd3.org
Location: Howe Elementary School, West Beach Road, Beach Park, IL, USA
Phone: (847) 599- 5355