​Dear Parents and Students,
 
We have completed our 2nd Quarter of this school year, as well as NWEA middle of the year testing.  Now it is time for you as a parent to have a conversation with your child.  The first is around their grades, report cards will be coming home Friday, November 7th.  If after speaking to your child, you still have questions or concerns, make sure that you call and make an appointment to meet with his/her teacher. Do know that as a parent you have access to Parent Portal, which allows you to know how your child is doing daily in all his/her classes.  If you are interested in setting this up, Mrs. Romero will be having Parent Portal classes on Monday’s throughout the month of February. Please look at our calendar for these dates. The second conversation I’m asking you to have is around NWEA scores.  I want you to ask your child the following questions: Did he/she meet their MOY goal?  If not, why? Did he/she have a positive or negative growth? If negative, why? What is their attainment percentile? The goal here is to have our students close to or above the 50th percentile.  Lastly, what will they do differently as they take this test again at the end of the school year? These questions and conversations are critical to the academic growth of your child.  If you would like more information as to what NWEA tests for, or what the information it provides means, feel free to stop by the office and I can sit down with you to further explain NWEA scores and its implications.
 
Lastly, this is an LSC election year.  If you are interested in running for the LSC as a parent representative stop by the office to pick-up an application.
 
As always if you have any questions please feel free to contact the office at 773-535-9270.

Dear Parents and Students,
Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break filled with special moments with family and friends.  I am excited for what's ahead in 2020! 

As we continue with NWEA testing, please make sure your child is well rested and in school on time everyday to ensure they are successful. 

January is a great time to review the first part of the year and make plans for the next. Looking at your child's school attendance should be part of this important process. 

Did your child attend every day unless your child was sick or there was a family emergency? If so, congratulations! Let your child know you are proud of their strong attendance.  Help them keep up the good work for the rest of the year and beyond.  Strong attendance is one predictor of success in school.

If not:
*Remind your child that regular attendance is a priority.
*Emphasize the need for rest, nutrition and exercise to stay healthy and stay in school. 
*Consider the reasons you take your child out of school.  Can you make some appointments outside of school hours?

Thank you for your continued support at home! Here's to a successful new Year!

​Ms. Burt

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​Message from Ms. Arias Principal

Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year. We are excited to welcome all of our students
back and look forward to another successful year.

I want to reiterate our commitment to academic excellence, innovative practices,
school safety and inclusive excellence. We are proud of our achievements and grateful
for all your support.

Join me in welcoming our new Assistant Principal, Ms. Cheena Burt to Nightingale. Ms.
Burt comes to us from Schoop Elementary, and is very excited to join our family.

I also want to welcome the following staff members to Nightingale:

Mrs. Genesis Romo-DL Teacher
Ms. Maja Bulk-4th Grade Teacher
Ms. Catherine Caetano-4th Grade Teacher
Ms. Amanda Leihman-5th Grade Math Teacher
Ms. Lucy Murguia-7th Grade Math Teacher

ATTENDANCE:

As you know coming to school on time each and every day is essential for every student.
Towards this end, we are providing incentives for attendance every single month. We
will be giving raffle tickets to students with more than 967° attendance each month. If
the student is in school every day for the month they will receive 3 raffle tickets. If
they have 1 absence for the month they will receive 2 raffle tickets and if they have 2
absences per month they will receive 1 raffle ticket. If any student is absent more than
2 days in any given month they will not be eligible for the raffle drawing for that month
but we encourage them to try again next month.

There are also additional prizes, incentives and events that will be occurring throughout
the school year. Only students who achieve 967° attendance will be eligible for these
incentives.

Please consider taking part in our Parent Mentor Program. This program is
instrumental to our student success. If interested please reach out to Mrs. Figueroa
at 9773)-679-8962

Open House will take place on September 10th. Flyers will be sent home next week with
all the details. I hope everyone Joins us for Open House.