Prussing News

Hello Prussing Parents, Staff and Community,

Please read through the following to stay up to date with events at our school.

Thank you!

🤩The Talent Show was a HUGE success! Congrats to all the students for having an amazing show. We are so proud of all of you!

🤩 Mrs. Arnowitz and Mrs. Tagtmeier would like to thank all the students, teachers, staff, administration, custodial staff, security, parents and everyone else who helped make the Talent Show a success. All proceeds will go to the PTO to fund a new sound system.

🤩Thank you to our LSC for dedicating many days/nights/weekends to interview and find the best principal to fit Prussing.

Due to the conflict of mandated ACCESS testing, the January PAWS reward day is being moved to Friday, February 7th. An updated schedule will be posted on the Prussing website and on our Facebook page once it's finalized. Parent volunteers would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your understanding!

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Our next LSC meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at 6pm.

- Please follow the Prussing PTO Facebook page for the latest events.

Today, January 24th, is the deadline to submit the Out of School (OST) interest survey (either the blue paper form or online). If your child is officially registered for the second session of the Prussing Elementary’s OST program, you will receive a permission slip next week. Some programs are over capacity and there will be students put on a waiting list.

The second session will start the week of Tuesday, February 11th, with the exception of the Golf Club. All programs end the week of April 17th. This school year the OST programs will be offered Tuesdays through Thursdays. To confirm your child’s entry into the program, you are required to fill out the bottom section of the permission slip. Please return these sheets to school as soon as possible. Deadline to return the permission slip is on Monday, February 3rd.

Any questions, please email Ms. Weingardt at dlweingardt@cps.edu.

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We also offer:

STEP-UP Counseling Program

Welcome to the STEP-UP counseling program, this is a school-based program through

Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI). We provide individual and family counseling and case management throughout the school year and summer. In the summer, services are provided virtually, at an agreed upon location in the community, or at the LSSI office, 4840 W Byron Street. The services that we provide require written parent consent. For students 12 or older, we can provide up to eight 90-minute sessions without parent consent. Ms. Thompson is the wonderful counselor we have from LSSI.

If you are interested in this please speak with Ms. Kelly or Ms. Keiper.

Small Groups offered:

Rainbows Group: Bereavement and loss group. Our k-3 group ended the week before Thanksgiving break. We are looking for referrals for a 4-5th grade group. If you are interested in your child being a part of this group please contact Ms. Keiper - ekeiper@cps.edu

Show Your Colors group (formerly known as GSA (Gender and sexuality alliance) social group for LGBTQIA+ students and their allies. This group is for ⅚ and ⅞ grade students and meets every other week during lunch/recess.

S.S. Grin: An evidence -based, small -group intervention that builds social skills and social emotional competence and addresses social challenges such as bullying and victimization. The group runs weekly from November - January.

Act and Adapt: Teaches middle school students how to cope with stress and anxiety. The group runs weekly from January to March.

This needs to be done yearly. After completing the application, please contact Mrs. Norman in the main office.

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