Hawks TGIF Dispatch SY 2026-2027

Dear Teachers and Staff,

Happy Labor Day Weekend! We hope you take sometime to relax and take in the last of the summer season.

Thank you for a wonderful Curriculum Night. It was so great to see many families learn about what is happening in your classrooms this Quarter. There is a lot of information in our newsletter this week in regards to Safety Week. Review the information in preparation for our week ahead.

IMPORTANT: SAFETY WEEK

This week is Safety Week. We will be conducting our drills this week. Please use the resources found below to support your planning for next week with your students.

Pre-Lessons for Standard Response Protocol (SRP)

Tuesday: Please review with students the Pre-lesson of SRP

• Pre-K - 2nd Grade
• Grades 3 - 5
• Grades 6 - 8
• Instructor Guide and Resources
• I Love U Guys Webpage

Drills: We will work on completing the drills during the 1st period of the school day after 8:30 a.m. Please review the Safety Drill Scripts that will be used.

• Wednesday: Evacuation/Fire Drill and Bus Drill (Please review the video below with your students)
• Bus Evacuation Curriculum (Elementary)
• Thursday: Lockdown/Law Enforcement Drill
• Link for the Pre-recorded Lockdown Training that should be shown to students who were not present or who were opted out of participating in the drill by their parent/guardian.
• Friday: Shelter in Place Drill

Teacher/Staff Safety Week Resources

• SRP Crisis Codes Training Video
• Staff FAQ
• Parent FAQ
• Transition Checklist for Staff/Teachers

New HAWKS! Please Welcome:

Ms. Ayatullah Batool-Hussain to Agency House!

Ms. Zenaida Rivera to Hope House!

Ms. Katherine Schmidt to Knowledge House!

-HAWK Bulletin Board: By request, here is the link to the bulletin board resource currently displayed in front of the main office. Please feel free to print and use this display in your own classrooms!

-Technology FAQ: The Tech FAQ document has been updated with new information. Please review it when you have a moment, and note that you can now track the status of your submitted tech requests. Thank you for your continued patience with this!

-Aspen Quick Guide: Please review the Aspen Quick Guide containing essential links and guidance for this school year.

-Staff Spotlight Form: If you haven’t already done so, please take a moment to complete the Henry Staff Spotlight Form. We look forward to continuing this weekly tradition to celebrate everyone!

-Shout-Outs & News: Use this form to highlight and appreciate a colleague. Weekly shout-outs will be shared every Friday!

-Staff Calendar: Everyone should have access to the staff calendar. If you do not, please let Ms. Luna know, and she can share it again.

-Henry Committees: In case you missed it during kickoff, you can still access the committee sign-up page here.

-LiveSchool Access & Resources: All staff should now have active LiveSchool accounts (please let Ms. Luna know if you experience any access issues). Here are some student-facing resources to help reintroduce LiveSchool in your classrooms.

With gratitude,

MA and Luna

Monday, September 7th

• Labor Day: No Classes

Tuesday, September 8th

• BOY Testing Continues this week
• Safety Week: Teach Pre-lessons
• LSC Regular Meeting @ 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, September 9th

• Evacuation/Fire Drill & Bus Drill
• GoCPS Application Opens
• PLC in Room 105
• Boy's 7th/8th Grade Soccer Practice 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Girl's 7th/8th Grade Volleyball Practice 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 10th

• Lockdown/Law Enforcement Drill
• Network 1 Principal PD (Ms. Reynolds Out of Building)

Friday, September 11th

• 9/11 Remembrance
• Shelter in Place Drill
• Emergency Plans Due in main office
• Grades inputted in the Gradebook
• Dance Friday

• 9/1 BOY Testing Begins
• 8/31-9/14 Attendance Challenge
• 9/8-9/11 HAWK Safety Week
• 9/8 LSC Regular Meeting @ 4:00 p.m.
• 9/9 GoCPS Application Opens
• 9/11 Emergency Lesson Plans Due
• 9/14-9/18 HAWK Spirit Week
• 9/24 Loteria Night @ 5:00 p.m.
• 9/25 PD Day

Please complete by date indicated.

All Staff/Teachers

• Please be sure to read through the staff handbook and complete the Acknowledgement and Receipt form in the office and place it in Ms. Reynolds' mailbox: Due Friday, 8/28/26 (past due)
• Don't forget to log into your Safe Schools Account to complete the required trainings.

Teachers

• Homerooms, collect all emergency forms and media consent forms. Please make a copy and place the copies in the file folder with you homeroom number in the file cabinet under "Henry the Fish". Due Friday, 8/28/25 to the main office.
• Emergency Lesson Plans: Turn them into the main office file cabinet by "Henry the Fish" Due Friday, 9/11/26.

PLCs

• Upload Curriculum Night information Curriculum Night (past due)
• Upload Curriculum Newsletter in Google Classroom by Monday, August 31st. (past due)
• Lesson Plans will be reviewed weekly. Upload them in Google Classroom.
• Please be sure to complete the ACCESS Score Plotting as well as Unit 1 Internalization work from our Week 0 professional development. (past due)

Dear Teachers,

BOY Testing officially starts Monday! This year we are going to roll out testing a tad bit slower. We are going to start Star360 with 5th-8th and i-Ready with 2nd grade. As technology gets updated, I will add 3rd-4th and K-1 into the schedule.

SPED- **schedule coming soon*** We are going to test middle school GenEd first.

• If you are in the inclusion setting during testing time, you will help support the teachers in the classrooms.

• Separate setting hours will all still take place as normally scheduled.

• Separate Setting Teachers: My ask- if needed, please take any inclusion kiddos that are not testing for the hour. For example if 6th grade 307 is testing, and Ms. Brock has 6th graders in her room, the inclusion kids can do work in her class. We can also work out if SECAs want to take the students to a room instead, that will work too.

5th-8th GenED

• BOY schedule document

• Do not test any students with 504s or IEP

• If students are not finished before it is time to transition to a new class, myself or a Sped teacher (Thank you Fickes and Nina!!!) will take them to either 105 or the computer lab.

2nd will test in the morning of September 1st and 2nd at 8:45.

3rd-4th: Schedule will be shared soon.

K-1: Your schedule is coming soon. Use this time to continue norms and routines. You will also be getting your QR codes ahead of time.

Testing Protocol Guidelines

• SPED Teachers: Minimize student and teacher time outside of the primary classroom setting.

• Students can engage in silent independent work within the classroom during active testing periods.

• Ensure the testing environment conducive for all participants (quiet halls and classroom, lights on)

• Pay attention to IEPs by providing separate testing environments for eligible students. Do not test students with IEPs or 504s with your whole class!

• Complete all assessments within a single day or session.

• Be aware of testing fatigue and do not test multiple subjects/ tests in a day (ie Reading and Math together or a Reach PT)

In the BOY schedule document you will find the following:

Your testing schedule: GenEd classrooms will be testing on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sped teachers will test starting Thursday (look for the schedule soon).

• i-Ready: Please look closely at your scheduled time. Plan to have your ipads/ chromebooks out and ready to go on tables. Your proctor will be in the classroom to help you log in and facilitate. Take your kids to the bathroom and assign a silent task ahead of time.

• Star 360: Please have chromebooks charged and ready to go and have bathroom and drinks taken care of. Send your kids to the bathroom and assign a silent task ahead of time.

A makeup list: Gen Ed and Sped, please add your kids names to the list as you go, even if you plan on making them up yourself. It is easier for me to keep track of who still needs to finish.

• Ms. K and Mr. Hussey will be supporting makeups for K-4 and Sped.

• 5-8 teachers please plan to do makeups during your advisory periods.

Testing Norms and Slides: We want our testing norms to be the same in every classroom K-8. Please display the slides in the classrooms to help establish the norms. We created slides for before testing, how to log in through the portal, and during testing.

***For Star 360 student login i-Ready Student Login

List of 3-8 students testing in Spanish: Dorado and I have looked through previous scores, access scores, and program years to determine who will test in Spanish. Please follow this list. We need the data in English to drive our instruction. We have added appropriate accommodations within the test for those students with an Access score below a 3.5 with OMME guidance.

I will be around to help support you with issues or questions that may arise!

Lindsay Krizanovic

MTSS Coordinator

Boys Soccer 7/8 grade (starts 8/31/26 )

Fútbol Masculino 7/8 grado

Coach Ms. Daicy Martinez

Monday and Wednesday

Lunes y Miércoles

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Boys Soccer 5/6 grade (will start 9/7/26 )

Fútbol Masculino 5/6 grado

Coach Mr. Aaron Belcher

Tuesday and Thursday

Martes Y Jueves

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Girls Volleyball 7/8 grade (starts 8/31/26 )

Volibol Femenil 7/8 grado

Coach Mr. Derek Arias

Monday and Wednesday

Lunes y Miércoles

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Girls Volleyball 5/6 grade (will start 9/7/26 )

Volibol Femenil 5/6 grado

Coach Ms. Irma Ortega

Monday and Wednesday

Lunes y Miércoles

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Thank you for supporting our new in-house Before and After Care program!

Hi Everyone!

Please take a moment to read the shout-outs and news below. If you'd like to give a shout-out or share some news, please fill out the form.

To Ms. Looker, Ms. Fickes, Ms. Martinez, Ms. Stephanie - Middle school SpEd is SOOOO much better with all of you in it! I'm grateful for an amazing team! -Anonymous

To Ms. Izaguirre - For flawlessly starting your first full year of teaching! And you are the perfect roommate. :) -Ms. Brock

To Mr. Hussey - Way to go getting through the first two weeks! It's a LOT and you give it your all. -Anonymous

For all the wonderful colleagues (old and new) that helped me move into my classroom including Bill/new Bill, the custodial staff, Ms. Irma Ortega, Ms. Looker, and Mr. Belcher. Special thanks to Mr. Moya for helping me move boxes, putting furniture together for my new classroom, as well as helping me with lunch transitions. You are all SO appreciated. -Ms. McGowan

To Mrs. Rios, Mrs. K, Mrs. Dorado - Throughout these busy first weeks of school, these dedicated ladies have been instrumental in setting up essential programs and tackling countless daily setup tasks. By taking significant time out of their own busy schedules, they provided invaluable hands-on support to our teaching staff during a critical transition time. Your hard work, time, and dedication have not gone unnoticed. Thank you for your exceptional support—it is deeply appreciated and vital to our school's success! -Anonymous

To Ms. K/Ms. Rios - Thank you for helping with 4th grade testing! -Ms. McGowan

To Ms. Buzzelli - Thank you for helping me transition to an entirely new grade level by giving me your expertise as a former Reading Specialist. -Ms. McGowan

To Ms. Meister - Thank you for being so kind and generous with your fourth grade resources and project ideas. I have big shoes to fill! -Ms. McGowan

To the SECA team - A huge shoutout to our amazing team! The way you have supported our students throughout the school is truly incredible. Thank you! -Anonymous

To the holistics team--Alvarado, Aragon, and Banna - We work so well together and always help each other out and cheer each other on! -Ms. Pucciarello

News: I have been awarded a $1,000 grant from The Baxter Center for Science Education. I used the funds to purchase six microscopes with slides for my science classroom. Please feel free to borrow them if they fit into your science curriculum (Room 101) -Ms. McGowan

News: I am running the Chicago Marathon on Oct 11 and New York Marathon Nov 1. I am so nervous and excited! -Ms. Pucciarello

Have a great weekend!

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🎂Happy September Birthdays 🎂

16 ~ Selena Rios

19 ~ Zenaida Rivera

30 ~ Vernice Cabrera

30 ~ Mykie Moya