Dear Einstein Community,
The February Hoot is hot off the press with all kinds of exciting news inside. Please click to the right for your personal edition February 2012 Hoot.
Mr. Burback’s Class
Reminder: Students will be dismisssed at 11:40 on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Recordatorio: Los alumnis seran despedidos a las 11:40 el miercoles 8 de febrero, 2012
Dear Einstein Community,
The Booking with the Hawks celebration/recognition was a huge hit! It was great to see many Einstein families attend and have fun watching the games. The schools that participated in Booking with the Hawks were recognized at half-time and it was awesome to hear all our students and their families cheer when our school was called! We even had two of our students, Callie and Jack, win prizes. It was a fun and exciting night!
Sincerely,
Maribel Taboada
Assistant Principal
Dear Einstein Parents:
Tomorrow is our Booking with the Hawks celebration/recognition! All of our 3rd-6th grade students who met their reading goal received a voucher today which serves as a free ticket (that any immediate family member may use) to the Hoffman Estates basketball home game against Conant tomorrow! The girls’ varsity basketball game is at 6:00 p.m., and the boys’ varsity basketball game is at 7:30 p.m. The students and their families will have a section reserved for them at the game. Our students will be recognized at half time for their achievement and they will have chances to win some prizes too!
Thank you for participating in this reading program and we hope to see you at Hoffman Estates High School tomorrow night!
Sincerely,
Chris Martelli
Principal
Excerpt from the January Hoot
Welcome back, Einstein Families, from your winter break. If it was anything like mine, it flew by and we were back in school in a snap!
As I was out shopping today, seeing all the spring clothes, enjoying the sunshine and warm weather, for a second I thought it was March already!!! We are almost half way through the year already. It is hard to believe. I think we have had a successful 2011 and we are all looking forward to a great 2012.
Einstein has a lot of things in store in the coming months. Somethings to look for soon are: a family movie night, Take Your Family to School Week, Fun Fair, the Schaumburg Township Council of PTAs Scholarship Benefit Auction, and many others. I have loved seeing new faces over the last few months coming out and volunteering at Einstein. And as always we appreciate all of our “regulars” who are volunteering every day as well as the ones who give their time as they can! Thanks everyone for a great 2011!
Happy New Year!
Jill Kottmeier
District 54 is canceling all after-school activities on Friday, Jan. 20. After-school child care provided by the YMCA or park districts is not canceled.
Dear Parents,
Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a relaxing time with friends and family over the holiday break.
We have continued to focus on the literacy here at Einstein and based on our most recent data…it shows! Using the MAP results we have an ISAT predictor that indicates how well our students are predicted to do on ISAT. Using the MAP data our fall to winter scores increased more than any other school in the district when it comes to meeting and exceeding on ISAT. We had a lot of room to grow…but this is great news. We had almost an 8% increase of students predicted to meet or exceed on ISAT. Only three schools in the entire district had increases above 6%. This is a testament to all the hard work you do with your children at home and the strategic changes we’ve made here at Einstein to better serve our students. In addition, we were second in the district for students predicted to meet or exceed their growth targets in Reading! This too is excellent news. Congratulations to everyone who is putting so much effort into seeing our students be successful! These MAP reports will be sent home to parents during conferences. If you have any questions about the MAP data we have sent home, please don’t hesitate to contact us in the office at 630-736-2500.
With the weather conditions continuing to be cold, I know many more parents have been driving and picking-up their kids to and from school. Our morning and afternoon pick-up/drop-off line at the Kensington Circle in back of the school has been long, but we ask that parents who use Kensington to follow the posted signs. These signs are there for everyone’s safety and we ask you please not compromise the safety of our students by not following the posted signs. If it indicates there is no parking, please do not park in that area. We all recognize this makes for a long line of traffic; however, we can assure you that within just minutes you will be able to pick-up your child while at the same time ensure everyone’s safety. We greatly appreciate your cooperation as your child’s safety is our highest priority. We will do our best to monitor this situation. However, if you notice parents compromising the safety of our students by not following the posted traffic signs, please don’t hesitate to contact our office and we will take the steps necessary to keep our students safe. We understand you don’t want your child in the cold, but please be respectful of everyone who is here to pick-up their children. With everyone’s cooperation we can ensure safety and get everyone home as quickly as possible. Thanks again for your cooperation in this matter.
Lastly, we want to congratulate all of our students who performed in the holiday assembly at the end of the month in December…they did a fantastic job! I also want to congratulate our staff for generating over $1,100 dollars for our “Giving Tree.” This was something new for us this year. Instead of providing each other with gifts during the holiday season, we made donations in the names of teachers. We will use these funds to support our students who need healthy snacks or don’t come to school having had breakfast. This is done in the spirit of giving to our students in need and hoping that through these efforts we can provide a better experience for our students here at school. We hope all of you enjoyed your holiday break and we look forward to a wonderful 2012 here at Einstein School!
Sincerely,
Chris Martelli Maribel Taboada
Principal Assistant Principal
Dear Einstein Community,
Happy New Year to our entire Einstein community! We hope everyone had restful and enjoyable break with friends and family.
Attached is the January Edition of The Hoot! Click to the right January 2012. We have lots of great news to share…so please take a moment to read through the newsletter. I also wanted to take a moment to remind you of some of the upcoming events. We have our parent/teacher conferences this Thursday and Friday. The students will be dismissed at 11:40 on Thursday and we have no early childhood or kindergarten. These conferences are very important so we can discuss your child’s progress and continue the strong relationship between school and home that is so beneficial to your child’s ultimate success. We hope to see everyone later this week!
There is no school on Monday, January 16 and our next PTA meeting will be on Monday, January 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Sincerely,
Chris Martelli
Principal
Einstein School
Dear Parents,
Please mark your calendars with a special reminder that Parent Teacher Conferences are next week on Thursday and Friday January 12th and 13th. Thursday is a half day of school and Friday is no school.
Mr. Burback
On December 14, 2011, the Village of Hanover Park along with Einstein art teacher Mrs. Lowery hosted this year’s STAARSSTudents Artists and AuthoRS program. A night filled with excitement and celebration, the art work of twelve students was chosen to represent Einstein at this very special event. Students ranging from grades 1-6 were on hand for a true “gallery opening” complete with an official award ceremony and even a special appearance by our very own mayor of Hanover Park. Student work will be on display at the Municipal Building: 2121 W. Lake Street Hanover Park, IL for one month. Please feel free to stop by and take a peek. Thank you to the following students for sharing your talent with our community:
Akash
Ramiro
Hannah
Alexis
Melissa
Seray
Kateryna
Ian
Kevin
Michael
Isabel
Sean