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River Trai ls Middle School

Fourth Quarter 2015 With PARCC testing be-hind us, we eagerly look forward to accomplish-ing so much more dur-ing this school year. The fourth quarter is the per-fect time for students to “spring” into shape aca-demically. The “warmer” weather will be a wel-come distraction, but it’s imperative that we keep the students engaged. Our last day of school is Monday, June 8th; stu-dents will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m. We have plenty of time to make progress on our road to educational excellence. Here are a few recom-mendations for helping your child succeed 4th quarter.

1. Ensure that they spend no less than 60 minutes at home each night quietly studying.

2. Encourage them to ask at least one question in class if they don’t under-stand something.

3. Encourage them to

inquire about any

addi onal academic

assistance before or

a er school.

4. Ask them to explain

something new being

taught at school.

5. Visit Power School

and the Homework

Hub with them to

check on assign‐

ments and progress.

6. Check their assign-ment notebook to make sure they are using it for planning and organization.

7. Encourage them to eliminate distrac-tions that may hin-der their academic focus.

8. Have them set an academic, social and extracurricular goal to be attained in the 4th quarter.

What can parents do to support their children with the Common Core State Standards?

There are major “shifts” or (changes) that should be occurring in their ELA and Mathematics class-rooms.

These changes may be tough at first as stu-dents and teachers ad-just to higher expecta-tions. As a parent, you can help and learn more by talking with your child about what they are learning. Ask open-ended questions about what they learned in school each day and/or read their homework. Here are some ways that your child’s class-room is changing or shifting. Please visit the Principal’s Page on the Website to understand the shifts and how you can help your child.

PR I N C I PA L’S C O R N E R I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Principal’s Corner 1

6th Grade News 3

Students of the Month 4

7th Grade News 5

8th Grade News 6

Encore News 7

Miscellaneous News 8

Hersey Info 19

A Meteor Right 10

Residency check flyer 11

Plant Sale 13

Garden Info 16

Calendar 21

CCC H I E FH I E FH I E F TTT A L KA L KA L K

Keir Rogers, Principal

Mary Krall-Meske Asst. Principal

1000 N. Wolf Road

Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

847.298.1750

April 2015

MAY 15TH DEADLINE FOR ALL 6TH GRADE

DENTAL EXAMS

Please submit your child’s exam form to the

nurse or front office Questions: call 224-612-7605

H e a l t h O f f i c e

English Language Arts Mathema cs

Read as much non‐fic on as fic on Build skills across grade levels

Learn about the world by reading Learn more about less

Read more challenging material Use math facts easily

Talk about reading using "evidence" Think fast AND solve problems

Write about texts using "evidence" Really know it; really do it

Know more vocabulary words Use math in the real world

(Principal’s Corner Continued)

Assessments We have two remaining standardized assessments to administer this year. Both the Measures of Academic Performance (MAP) and the End of the Year (EOY) Part-nership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) tests will occur during the end of April and the early part of May. Please encourage your child to do his/her best on these exams. MAP results can be used with other classroom data to help us meet your students’ academic needs. Please remind your child that every assessment should be taken seriously.

Thank you Parents! We are very thankful and appreciative to our parents who support RTMS. Parents volunteer their time through the PTC, Music Boosters or as stakeholders and individuals. Our community thrives because of your involvement, please stay connected with us. Reach out if you would like to know how to contribute to the success of our school. We value the relationship we have with our parents; it’s important to us that more of you get involved.

Last Recreation Night The last Rec. Night will take place on Friday, April 10th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. As always, we are in need of parent chaperones; please email Mr. Rogers if you are interested in helping us.

Values Excellent character is very much a part of our mission and vision at River Trails. Although the values of re-spect, responsibility and scholarship are not formally taught as a subject matter each day, we try to impress

upon our students the importance of these principles. The majority of our students demonstrate fine character as part of their daily life. We strive to acknowledge all students who genuinely show respect, fulfill their respon-sibilities and who approach each day ready to learn. We believe that every student can be an excellent student. Please help us by reminding your students to:

Keep their hands, feet and objects to themselves in order to maintain a safe environment.

Respect their peers and teachers by communicating in a kind and respectful manner at all times.

School Safety Parents will always be notified in cases where student safety is seriously threatened at River Trails Middle School. In the event of such an occurrence, we will use the automated phone service to send information to all families. Fortunately there have been no serious inci-dents to report this year. We are obligated to investigate serious matters that jeopardize student and staff safety. Please let us know if you hear of something that could place our environment at risk. We take our responsibility to keep RTMS emotionally and physically safe very seri-ously.

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Please follow me on Twitter @mrrogersnhood for school news and updates.

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General News: The 6th graders have had a great 3rd quarter. We are look-ing forward to 4th quarter and rounding out the year with some fun activities!

Social Studies – Mrs. Pasek & Mrs. Golko In April, we will be exploring the world of Ancient Rome. We will be diving into their art, cul-ture, religion and history. At the end of the month we will be moving on to Islamic and African Civilizations. We will study their roots and their be-liefs and religious practices. We will also learn all about their cultural achievements.

AELA – Mrs. Golko

After another long winter (better weather...still 4 snow days!), and five days of PARCC testing, we’re all happy to see Spring and the end of Q3 ap-proaching. During Spring Break we’ll read a nonfiction book connected to our Social Studies and/or Science curric-ulum. After Spring Break, we’ll write an Expository Essay on this topic as well as finishing our Nonfiction Unit and the reading of baseball-themed selections. April will bring us into Poetry and two projects that combine figurative lan-guage, biography, and creative “writing” (both traditional and technological--stay tuned!). (April will also bring another week of PARCC testing.) Due

to the snow days and all of the PARCC testing, we unfortu-nately had to rearrange our reading of class novels. It was necessary to postpone our reading of The Wednesday Wars. We are planning to read this novel in May instead of the historic fiction novel we usually read then. But by the beginning of June, the stu-dents will have 500 stems (and thousands of new words) in their vocabularies as well as a working knowledge of all Parts of Speech, Parts of the Sentence, Phrases, Clauses, and how all of these moving parts are organized by Punctu-ation!

ELA – Ms. Vega, Mr. Kaminsky, & Mrs. Steigerwald

The Sixth Grade ELA teachers are pleased to report that stu-dents demonstrated the stami-na and focus required while taking the PARCC. We are also pleased with their continuous growth, as they tackle the Common Core Curriculum. Concepts explored last quarter included identifying and ana-lyzing informative text. Stu-dents identified author’s pur-pose and analyzed tone. Stu-dents continue to produce es-says and extended responses. These essays and ERRs re-quire students to support their thesis statements by citing evi-dence from a variety of texts and media sources. It is fasci-nating to witness students

evolve. Many are independent-ly applying skills and appreci-ating the knowledge gained. We look forward to spring and the 4th quarter. We will contin-ue practicing, building, and sharpening required reading and writing skills. Our next ELA, genre endeavor is Poetry. The exploration of Poetry is celebrated during our annual, all-time-favorite, “Poetry Café.” June is almost here, and be-fore we know it, our students will be ushered on to the next level in which to shine.

Advanced Math – Mrs.

Ruiz It’s hard to believe that the school year is 75% over al-ready! After starting the year with integers and then contin-uing on to algebra, the ad-vanced math students have been becoming experts in ge-ometry. They can evaluate problems with both 2 and 3 dimensional figures finding their area, surface area, and volume. We will end our year with units on probability and statistics

Math – Mrs. Ruiz As we enter into the last quar-ter of the year, I’m so im-pressed with how much the students have learned in math this year. Algebra was our main focus in 3rd quarter and the students not only demon-strated a strong understand-ing of how to solve for a miss-ing variable but how to be true

6th Grade News

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mathematicians and prove their answers with work. In 4th quarter, we will move onto learning about 2 and 3 dimen-sional shapes as well as how to calculate their area, surface area, and volume. From there we will move onto learning about data and statistics and

a variety of ways to represent data from different situations.

Science – Mr. Stokes This quarter the students will begin an astronomy unit. Stu-dents will examine some of the major constellations. They will also learn the life cycle of a star and create an HR Dia-

gram to demonstrate their un-derstanding. Students will de-sign a “Planet for Sale” project where they will be responsible for researching and presenting facts about a planet. The year will conclude with a paper air-plane project. Students will design, test, and make modifi-cations to their planes.

Congratulations to the following students who were named students of the month for March:

6th Grade Beetal Biju

Sofija Mladjenovic Jesus Bautista

David Nadborski Peter Majerczak

7th Grade Katherine Czajka

Joel Saju

Gerardo Segura

Patryk Szczepaniak Angeliki Vitogiannis

8th Grade Samiha Ashraf Juliana Cortese

Brandon Perkins Aleksandra Lorkiewicz

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General Team News: We have a fieldtrip on April 21st to see Mayhem Poets at the North Shore Performing Arts Center and then to have lunch at the Golf Mill Mall food court. Please remember to send either a lunch or money with your child if they did not request a school lunch on the back of the permission slip! Also, our class picnic at Wood-land Trails park is tentatively scheduled for June 5th!

Science – Mr. Pirtle & Mr. Pedersen

Our students are completing their investigations of motion and force with a summative Jet Car Design project. We will be learning about taxonomy and return to cells as we ex-plore the bacteria, protist, and fungi kingdoms during our microbiology units. Afterwards, we finish up the year with a unit comparing anatomy within the animal kingdom .

Adv. Math – Mrs. Brutt

As the third quarter comes to an end, I am impressed with the growth I see in the ad-vanced math students. Our learning is fast-paced and at times intense, but the seventh grade students have improved their study skills and find that they are better at time man-agement than they were at the beginning of the year. We have entered our Geometry unit and will be studying triangle prop-erties, transformations on the

coordinate plane, and surface area and volume of three di-mensional figures. Hopefully, we will still fit in our final unit, which focuses on data analy-sis. All this, while still having time to research, design, build, and test marble roller coaster tracks that use mathematical properties learned in our ge-ometry unit as well as the mo-mentum concepts learned in science. We will have a busy schedule all the way up until June 8th! Please start collecting materi-als that students may be able to use during our roller coaster build. This includes popsicle sticks/tongue depressors, glue guns, glue sticks, foam pipe insulation, spray paint, foam board for bases, etc. Pic-tures of last year’s project can be found on my website!

Math – Mrs. Brutt & Ms. Murray

When we stop and think back to the Fall, it is easy to see how much progress our sev-enth grade students have made this year. We started our year with a study of integers and promised our students that the negatives are NEVER going away and now they FI-NALLY believe us! Our seventh grade curriculum has spiraled through integers, fractions, decimals, and proportions, consistently building from one skill to another. As we enter fourth quarter, we will turn our attention to geometry - study-ing figures, area, surface area,

and volume. But, we will con-tinue to demonstrate how our equations and algebraic think-ing tie directly into these geo-metric topics. Students are now allowed to use simple, four-function calculators to help with their homework and in-class.

Thank you so much for all your support this year. We know that by working together as a community, your children are growing into tremendous young adults!

ELA – Mr. Harmon & Ms. Minor

Fourth quarter will focus on oral traditions in literature. Students will read a variety of folk tales and myths while ex-amining structure and theme. The end of the year will culmi-nate with Folkapalooza, the 7th grade celebration of oral traditions where students write and perform their own plays and enjoy the art of sto-rytelling. Students will continue to im-prove their writing skills by composing a response to liter-ature essay where they will review one of the short stories they read this year. Vocabulary development will continue through the study of Greek and Latin roots and academic vocabulary. We have seen tremendous growth this year in the stu-dents’ writing abilities. They demonstrate good technique with a creative flair that makes their writing interesting and

7th Grade News

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General Team News: Save the Date: Hero Night is April 16th at 6:30 P.M.

Social Studies – Mr. Mannis & Mr. Detzner

We have just finished compar-ing the boom times of the 20s and the depression of the 30s. Before that we studied WWI. The impact on the United States was emphasized. We also concen-trated on the outcome in east-ern Europe and the Middle East where new countries were creat-ed. We will be revisiting those areas again as we begin our chapter on WWII and its impact on the modern world. Following our Roaring Twenties and Great Depression unit, our students will be participating in a stock market contest, hosted by www.howthemarketworks.com . They will each receive $10,000 to invest in 5 or more stocks/mutual funds through the middle of May. While this is a narrow window to invest, our students will learn the basics about the stock market.

AELA - Mrs. Wolinski We made it to 4th quarter! April will bring a historical fiction nov-el unit as well as Unit 5: Drama in the Pearson Literature book. As we progress through the Dra-ma unit, the students will be reading the play version of “The Diary of Anne Frank”. In addi-tion, the students will also have the opportunity to listen to the personal story of a Holocaust survivor in May. The students will continue to write for a varie-

ty of purposes and audiences. Our next writers’ workshop will be a research report. Students will learn the proper steps of re-search, note taking, and citation to create a well-supported, work-cited report. The 8th graders will continue to improve their stem and vocabulary knowledge through Word Within the Word as well as learn and apply grammati-cal knowledge with the Magic Lens. Please join us for Hero Night on April 16th, where our students will share their poetry about their chosen hero.

ELA – Mrs. Zitis, Mrs. Ritchie, & Mrs. Vanstrom We made it to 4th quarter! We have finished the beginning por-tion of our HERO unit which in-cluding writing poetry. Please join us for Hero Night on April 16th, where our students will share their poetry about their chosen hero. We will now finish Unit 3 and April will bring Unit 5: Drama in the Pearson Literature book. As we progress through the Drama unit, the students will be reading the play version of “The Diary of Anne Frank”. In addition, the students will also have the opportunity to listen to the personal story of a Holocaust survivor in May. The students will continue to write for a variety of purposes and audi-ences. Our next writers’ work-shop will be a research report. Students will learn the proper steps of research, note taking, and citation to create a well-supported, work-cited report.

8th Grade News structurally sound. Ask your son or daughter to share something they have written this year with you. You will be

impressed!

AELA – Ms. Lasoski Fourth quarter we will delve into the world of legend and lore. We will compare several different interpretations through books, short stories, plays, and movies. This will include reading the novel The Squire’s Tale by Gerald Morris. After reading and viewing sev-eral examples, students will be creating their own stories and turning them into plays. In addition, we will have a sec-ond writing portfolio. We will continue to review grammar through the use of our Magic Lens book and grow our vo-cabulary through the use of our Word Within the Word book

Social Studies – Mr. Letzig & Mrs. Steigerwald

We have had a great 3rd quar-ter in 7th grade social studies. We’ve covered important top-ics that include Immigration, The Labor Movement, and The Progressive Era, all of which are directly impacting society today. We will explore America as a world power and cover a variety of topics including World War 1 during 4th quar-ter. As the year progresses the students are showing amazing growth and improvement in with their content area read-ing strategies and note taking skills

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Project Gateway - Mrs.

Wagner During the quarter, 6th grade STEM students will learn to use the professional design software, Autodesk Inventor. The final project is for each student to be able to create their own mallet using this computer automated design software, and then export their mallet design to be printed on our 3D Makerbot printer. Each quarter the students have been able to see how the de-sign and production process is completed, as well as being able to actually complete these steps themselves. It’s amazing!

Information Processing Mr. Detzner Information Processing stu-dents will be guided through a series of typing lessons and activities with the help of a program called Type to Learn 4. These lessons focus on proper keyboarding tech-niques to increase speed and accuracy. Students will also review the basics of cyber se-curity, online etiquette, and issues associated with Inter-net safety, according to the official iSAFE curriculum. Stu-dents will be learning how to use the Google suite, including documents, presentations, spreadsheets/graphs, and drawings. Writing formats and guidelines will be taught in ac-cordance with MLA citation guidelines.

8 th Computers II - Mr. Detzner Computer Graphics students will begin the quarter with a review of cyber security, e-mail etiquette, and issues associat-ed with Internet safety, accord-ing to the official iSAFE curric-ulum. Our projects will take us through a series of software platforms, including Google Sites, Photoshop Elements 9, Google SketchUp, and Echo-graph. We will conclude by learning the basics of pro-gramming code to create a video game and animated mo-tion with the help of the M.I.T. generated “Scratch” and “Alice” programming language software. Scratch, Alice, and SketchUp are very popular pro-grams with middle school stu-dents and are free programs to safely download at home. See http://scratch.mit.edu/ , http://www.alice.org/index.php , and http://www.sketchup.com/ for more details.

Family and Consumer Science - Ms. Schnackenberg

Family and Consumer Science contributes to student success in the Common Core Curricula. Strand 4 in Mathematical Practices from The New Illinois Learning Standards involves “applying mathematics to solve problems arising in eve-ryday life, society and the workplace.” In 8th grade the students use their knowledge

of mathematics to accurately measure ingredients for reci-pes. In 7th grade Textiles stu-dents use geometry to create belts and wristbands (knot ty-ing in sequence). 6th grade students use fractions and rul-ers to determine the length of stitches. Students also apply their knowledge of perpendic-ular, parallel and angles to make their designs.

Encore Grade News

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Connections - Mrs.

Zavilla and Ms. Koelper

For the month of April, stu-dents will participate in Sec-ond Step lessons revolving around Emotion Management skills. 8th grade will specifical-ly discuss Coping with Stress. 7th grade will address Staying in Control. 6th grade will learn Calming Down Strategies. These lessons will give stu-dents positive strategies for dealing with the emotions of adolescence.

Builders Club – Mrs. Jacks & Mrs. Ruiz

Builders Club has been hard at work making blankets to donate to Project Linus. We were able to make 5 blankets with the money we raised from our Valentine’s Day fundraiser. Our next meeting will be April 15th.

National Junior Honor Society - Ms. Lasoski & Mrs. Zitis

Thank you to all parents who supported our Needs Drive for the children at Shelter Inc. We collected over 20 boxes of var-ious needed supplies including clothing. Save the date - NJHS Induction is May 26th at 7:00 P.M.

Science Club– Mr. Pirtle

We were able to get one meet-ing of rocket launching during that 70 degree day in March!

As we look forward into spring we are anxious to continue in the launching of the “fleet” we built this year.

Girls Volleyball 7th Grade – Mrs. Wolinski Congratulations to the 7th grade volleyball team on a fan-tastic season! The team fin-ished in 2nd place after con-ference games and continued on to place 2nd at the confer-ence tournament on March 13th. Great job, girls!

Girls Volleyball 8th Grade – Mr. Keen Contratulations to the 8th Grade Girls Volleyball team for having an undefeated season. They also took first place in three tournaments and the team will be honored at the April 7th School Board Meet-ing. Outstanding job, girls!

Pom News Mrs. Wilk & Mrs. Kwiecinski Attention: all 5th, 6th & 7th grade girls interested in tryout for next year’s teams. There will be a mandatory parent meeting April 29th at RTMS at 6:00 p.m. in the LRC. Contact Mrs. Wilk or Mrs. Kwiecinski with any questions.

7th Grade Boys Volleyball - Ms. Lasoski Congratulations to the 7th grade boys volleyball team! Good luck this season. Campbell Breiler Daniel Clawson Frank DiCicco Daniel Hanounikian Chris Heidrich Jimmy Matanovic Alec Naumowicz Conrad Polakowski Adrian Przadka Gabriel Rusecki Joey Stedman Patryk Szczepaniak Managers: Jacob Wicha Jabin Veliyathumalil

8th Grade Boys Volleyball—

Mr. Pedersen Congratulations to the 8th grade boys volleyball team! Good luck this season. Niko Samariniotis

Paul Kruchten

Cole Hudson Brad Losacco Daniel Kubsik Dylan Riley Nathan Snopko Bob Reitor Matt Hurley Nathan Kim Brent Gurvis Sobin Puthenthara Suresh

Miscellaneous News

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Chief Talk

RTSD26 will offer preschool screenings to all district 3 and 4 year olds suspected of having a developmental delay. We will also be screening students to see if they are eligible for the ECDEC program or our Bilingual Spanish Pre School Program. To be eligible for these programs, your child and your family must meet certain criteria, such as second language in the home (for ECDEC child does NOT need to speak Spanish) income level, and other criteria that can be explained to you at the screening. If you are concerned that your child has a delay in vision, hearing, motor, speech, language, cognition and/or social functioning please call Dianne Bartlett at 224- 612-7308 to set up a screening time. All screenings are done by appointment only and take place at Indian Grove School. Screenings are held on Mondays and are once a month through April. If you are unsure if your child is developing appropriately, please consult with your child's preschool teacher or pediatrician for advice. The Center for Disease Control offers the following information: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html FUTURE PRESCHOOL SCREENING DATES FOR 2014-15(ON MONDAYS)

Apr. 13.

Your child must be 3 years old at the time of screening. Screenings are staffed by educational professionals and therapists who will make recom-mendations for further action to parents. Translation services are availa-ble, but limited. For Spanish speaking, please call Mrs. Mendoza at 224-612-7544

S O C I A L WO R K

Preschool Screening

Mrs. Zavilla and Ms. Koelper

Social Work support is available to all stu-dents throughout the school year. If your student would benefit from support in any of the following areas, please contact Mrs. Zavilla or Ms. Koelper, River Trails Social Workers: peer relationships, problem solv-ing, emotion management, coping with stress, mental health concerns, community resources.

Lear ning Center News

Looking for great books for your child? The Ameri-can Library Association recommends many titles including the most recent Newbery Medal Award winner, honoring the most outstanding contri-bution to children’s litera-ture. Check out these great books. The Crossover, written by Kwame Alexander. (Newbery Medal Award) A novel in verse, this is the story of twin brothers Josh and Jordan, their love of basketball and the challenges that brotherhood and family bring. El Deafo by Cece Bell, illustrated by Cece Bell. A Newbery Honor Book, this graphic novel tells the personal story of au-thor Bell who was left deaf after a bout of men-ingitis at age three.

Brown Girl Dreaming written by Jacqueline Woodson. A Newbery Honor Book, this autobi-ography in verse, details Woodson’s 1960’s child-hood in Jim Crow South Carolina, New York City, and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights Movement.

Happy Reading!

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2015-16 STUDENT RESIDENCY VERIFICATION

Annual Proof of District Residency is REQUIRED for all students.

Parents/Guardians must present documentation at either date below:

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8th or THURSDAY, APRIL 9th

EUCLID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FROM 4:30 P.M. UNTIL 8:00 P.M.

Three documents are required. All documents must be current and show your name and address.

You must provide two (2) documents from Category A and one (1) document from Category B.

Category A – Two (2) documents Category B – One (1) document

Please contact your school office if you are having trouble collecting all three documents. If you have students at multiple schools, you only need to provide your documentation once.

Register Online Using InfoSnap You will receive information in the mail on how to register your student for the 2015-16 school year in late March/early April. NOTE: You will still need to come to Euclid School on one of nights listed above to show proof of residency.

Student fees can be paid online using InfoSnap at the time of registration.

Student Fees By April 30, 2015 May 1, 2015 and after Preschool Tuition (Typical students) $ 2,350.00 $ 2,350.00 Preschool Snack Fee (All Preschool students) $ 50.00 $ 50.00 Kindergarten – 5th Grade Registration Fee $ 110.00 $ 135.00 6th – 8th Grade Registration Fee $ 140.00 $ 165.00 Technology Fee (Kindergarten – 8th Grade) $ 35.00 $ 35.00 Bus Fee

First Student in a Family $ 190.00 $ 240.00 Each Additional Student in a Family $ 150.00 $ 200.00

• Real estate tax bill • Signed lease • Mortgage document or

payment book • Residency Attestation • Military housing letter • Section 8 letter

• Gas bill • Public Aid card • Electric bill • Medicaid card • Water/Sewer bill • Driver’s License/State ID • Phone bill (no Cell) • Credit Card statement • Cable bill • Vehicle registration • Pay Check stub • City Sticker receipt • Bank Statement

SAVE $$$$ BY PAYING YOUR FEES BEFORE MAY 1ST.

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2015-16 VERIFICACION DE RESIDENCIA

Prueba Anual de Residencia al Distrito es REQUERIDO para todos los estudiantes.

Los padres/guardianes deben presentar la documentación durante las fechas y horario siguiente:

MIERCOLES, 08 DE ABRIL Y JUEVES, 09 DE ABRIL 2015 ESCUELA DE EUCLID

DE LAS 4:30 P.M. HASTA LAS 8:00 P.M.

Tres documentos son requeridos para comprobar la residencia legal. Todos los documentos presentados deben ser los más recientes y mostrar su nombre y domicilio.

Usted debe proveer dos (2) documentos de la Categoria A Y un (1) documentos de la Categoria B.

Categoria A – Dos (2) documentos Categoria B – Un (1) documento

Por favor, póngase en contacto con su oficina de la escuela si usted está teniendo problemas obteniendo los tres documentos. Si usted tiene estudiantes de varias escuelas, sólo tiene que proporcionar la documentación de una vez.

Registrase en linea con InfoSnap

Usted recibirá información por correo sobre cómo registrar a su hijo(a) para el año escolar 2015-16 en marzo o abril. NOTA: Usted todavía tiene que venir a la Escuela Euclid en una de las noches indicados anteriormente para proporcionar sus pruebas de residencia. Cuotas de los estudiantes se pueden pagar en línea usando InfoSnap en el momento de la inscripción.

Cuotas Para Estudiantes Por 30 de Abril 2015 1 Mayo 2015 y Después Matrícula Pre-Escolar (estudiantes “típicos”) $ 2,350.00 $ 2,350.00 Cuota para Merienda (todos los Pre-escolares) $ 50.00 $ 50.00 Inscripción Kindergarten – 5to grado $ 110.00 $ 135.00 Inscripción de Grados 6-8 $ 140.00 $ 165.00 Cuota para Tecnología (Kindergarten – 8to Grado) $ 35.00 $ 35.00

Cuotas Para el Autobus

El primer estudiante en una familia $ 190.00 $ 240.00 Cada estudiante adicional en la familia $ 150.00 $ 200.00

• Prueba de pago de impuestos sobre la propiedad

• Contrato de arrendamiento actual firmado

• Documento de la hipoteca o el libro de pagos

• Declaración jurada de prueba de residencia

• Carta de domicilio militar • Carta de sección 8

• Pago de Gas • Tarjeta de ayuda publica • Pago de electricidad • Tarjeta de Medicaid • Pago de Agua o Alcantarillado • Tarjeta de estampillas de alimentos • Pago de teléfono (NO cellular) • Estado de cuenta de crédito • Pago de Cable • Registro de su vehículo • Comprobante de Cheque • Estado de cuenta del Banco • Recibo de pago de la calcomanía • Licencia de manejo/ identificación

vehicular del estado

AHORRE $$$ POR ASISTE ESTAS FECHAS DE INSCRIPCION Y PAGANDO SUS CUOTAS ANTES DEL 1 DE MAYO.

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RIVER TRAILS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL FLOWER/PLANT SALE

2015 ORDER FORM TO ORDER: -Please fill in the number of Flats, 4 ½” & 3 ½” pots and Hanging Baskets you would like to order in the space provided to the left of each item. -Calculate your cost (see form below), write a check for the full amount to River Trails Education Foundation. Send your check and your entire order form to your school OR mail to: DTG UIC43905.

FLATS (contain 48 plants per flat)_______ 4 1/2" POTS______ 10" HANGING BASKETS___AGERATUM ‐ Blue ___LOBELIA ‐Blue GERANIUMS ‐ CUTTING ____FUCHSIA

___Red ___Violet TUBEROUS BEGONIAS

ALYSSUM MARIGOLDS ‐ Short ___Salmon ___White ___Red ___Pink

___Purple ___White ____Yellow ___Orange ___Light Pink ___Yellow ___Orange

____Mix WAVE PETUNIAS VERBENA

BEGONIAS ‐ Red Leaf ___Red ___Blue ___Blue ___Peach

___Mix ___Pink/Rose MARIGOLDS ‐Large Bloom ___Purple ___Pink ___Red ___Purple

___Red ___White ____Yellow _____Mix NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS

NEW GUINEA IMPATIENS ___Red ___Violet

BEGONIAS ‐ Green Leaf PETUNIAS ___Red ___Violet ___Pink ___White

___Mix ___Pink/Rose ___White ____Pink ___White ___Salmon GERANIUM COMBO

___Red ___White ___Red ___Sky Blue FIESTA DOUBLE IMPATIENS ___Pink ___Red

____Yellow ___Mix ___Pink ___Salmon

___COLEUS ‐ Shade ‐ Mix ___White ___Red FIESTA DOUBLE IIMPATIENS

SALVIAS ZINNIA PROFUSION ___Red ___Pink

___DUSTY MILLER ___Red‐ Medium (10") ___Cherry ___White ___Orange ___Burgundy

___Blue‐Victory ___Orange ___White

IMPATIENS ____GERBERA DAISY ____SCAEVOLA

___Red ___Violet SNAPDRAGONS ____SNAPDRAGON

___White ___Salmon ___Short ‐ Mix 3 1/2"POTS________Dark Pink ___Pink Mix ___Medium ‐ Mix ___Asparagus Fern SUPERTUNIA

___Tall‐ Mix ___Spikes ___Purple ___Red

___Vinca Vine ___Pink ___White

Number Cost per Ordering Unit____ Flats ________ x $15.00 = ___________ Name (print)____________________________________________ 4 ½” Pots ________ x $ 3.50 = ___________ Phone(required)_________________________________________ 3 ½” Pots ________ x $ 2.50 = ___________ Address________________________________________________ Baskets ________ x $17.00 = ___________ Cell phone (in case you forget pickup)_______________________ TOTAL $___________ Email (to remind you to pick up)____________________________

Call Nancy Greaves at 847-259-7039 with questions or to special order. (We have available other varieties and colors than are listed)

River Trails Education Foundation – Plant Sale 1900 E. Kensington Road Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

Pick Up Day is Saturday before Mother’s Day

ORDERS ARE DUE BY APRIL 24th

Pick up your plants on Sat. May 9th between 10 a.m. & 12:00 p.m. at River Trails Middle School, 1000 Wolf Road, Mt. Prospect

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La Fundación Educativa River Trails ANNUAL DE FLORES/PLANTAS

FORMULARIO PARA HACER SU PEDIDO 2015 PARA ORDENAR SU COMPRA: -Favor de indicar el número de Cajas, Macetas de 4 ½” y 3 ½”, y Cestas Colgantes que desea comprar en el espacio que se proporciona a la izquierda de cada articulo.. - Debe calcular su costo (véase formulario a continuación) y enviar un cheque por el monto total a: River Trails Education Foundation. - Debe enviar su cheque y el formulario completo a la escuela O por correo a:

CAJAS (contienen 48 plantas per caia MACETAS DE 4 1/2" CESTAS COLGANTES DE 10"

___ALTARREINA ‐ Azules ___LOBELIA ‐Azules GERANIOS DE CORTE ____FUCSIAS

___Rojas ___Violetas BEGONIAS DE BULBO

ALYSSUM MARAVILLAS ‐ Cortas ___Salmón ___Blancas ___Rojas ___Rosadas

___Moradas ___Blancas __Amarillas __Anaranjadas ___Rosadas ___Amarillas _Anaranjadas

____Mezcladas PETUNIAS ONDULADAS VERBENA

BEGONIAS ‐ Hoja Roja ___Rojas ___Azules ___Azules __Melocotón

___Mezcladas ___Rosadas MARAVILLAS‐Pimpollo Grande ___Moradas ___Rosadas ___Rojas ___Moradas

___Rojas ___Blancas __Amarillas _____Mezcladas IMPACIENTES de NUEVA GUINEA

IMPACIENTES de NUEVA GUINEA ___Rojas ___Violetas

BEGONIAS ‐ Hoja Verde PETUNIAS ___Rojas ___Violetas ___Rosadas ___Blancas

___Mezcladas ___Rosadas ___Blancas ____Rosadas ___Blancas ___Salmón GERANIOS COMBO

___Rojas ___Blancas ___Rojas ___Azul Ciielo IMPACIENTES FIESTA DOBLE ___Rosadas ___Rojas

__Amarillas ___Mezclades ___Rosadas ___Salmón

___CORONITAS ‐ Sombra ‐ Mezclades ___Blancas ___Rojas IMPACIENTES FIESTA DOBLE

SALVIAS ZINNIAS PROFUSION ___Rojas ___Rosadas

___DUSTY MILLER ___Rojas ‐ Medianas (10") ___Cereza ___Blancas ___Blancas ___Burdeos

___Azul Victoria ___Anaranjadas ___Anaranjadas

IMPACIENTES ____MARGARITAS GERBERA ____SCAVEVOLA

___Rojas ___Violetas BOCO DE DRAGON ____BOCO DE DRAGON

___Blancas ___Salmón ___Cortas Mezcladas MACETAS DE 3 1/2"___Rosadas ___Mezcla ___Medianas Mezcladas ___Helecho Esparrago SUPER PETUNIAS

Oscuro Ligera ___Altas Mezcladas ___Espiga ___Moradas ___Rogas

___Parra Vinca ___Rosadas ___Blancas

Número Costo Ordenado Por Unidad Cajas ________ x $15.00 = ___________ Nombre (favor de imprimir )_______________________________ Macetas 4 ½” ________ x $ 3.50 = ___________ No. de Teléfono (requerido)_______________________________ Macetas 3 ½” ________ x $ 2.50 = ___________ Dirección______________________________________________ Cestas Colgantes ________ x $17.00 = ___________ Teléfono de celular (______)______________________________ TOTAL $___________ Correo Electrónico___________para recordarie de recoger su pedido

Para más información, o pedidos especiales, favor de ponerse en contacto con Nancy Greaves at teléfono 847-259-7039. (Tenemos disponibles otras variedades y colores que no se encuentran en la lista.

Debe Recoger Su Compra el Sábado antes del Día de la

Madre

River Trails Education Foundation Venta de Plantas 1900 East Kensington Road Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

HAGA SU ORDEN ANTES EL 24 DE ABRIL.

Debe recoger sus flores/plantas el 9 de Mayo, entre las 10:00 am y 12:00 del mediodía en las Escuela River Trails Middle School, 1000 Wolf Road, Mt. Prospect

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The time is soon approaching for ordering plants for the River Trails Education Foundation’s Annual Bedding Plant Sale.. All funds raised by the organization, including the plant sale, are used to provide fine art grants to each grade level. This means that your child has or will before the end of the year, attend a live performance in the area that has been paid for by the Foundation. The following are examples of some these: The 7th graders will go to North Shore Theatre to see “Mayhem Poets”. Indian Grove’s kindergarten classes saw the “Muntu Dance Theatre” at the same location and said it was a wonderful performance. Euclid’s second graders will see The Wizard of Oz”” at the Marriott Lincolnshire.

We hope you will be able to help us by purchasing plants or baskets that are included in our order form. Some reasons to purchase plants from the Foundation are:

The flowers are TOP quality from a Michigan grower. Prices are competitive with local businesses which sell bedding plants. You are going to buy and grow flowers anyway. If you don’t need a whole flat, share with your neighbor. Avoid the lines at the nursery - too crowded. Our flowers will get along fine with your perennials. Your neighbors will be jealous of your beautiful landscaping.

o And again the funds we raise help the Foundation to provide all of the students an enrichment that is not provided by the school district.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

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Wednesday, April 1

6:00pm-8:00pm

Euclid Elementary School

1211 N. Wheeling Rd

Mt Prospect, IL

Come learn something new and help us determine the

future of our Community Garden!

Starting Seedlings — get a head start on growing your summer

veggies

Garden Planning — garden design, pick out your garden plot, talk

about adding raised beds to each garden plot

Everyone is welcome—whether or not you have a plot in the community garden. Bring the whole family!.

Pizza will be served!

***Next event — May 6 - How to Prepare your Plot***

River Trails School and Community Garden

Event

www.rtsd26.org

FREE!

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EL JARDIN DE LOS SUEÑOS

(GARDEN OF DREAMS) RIVER TRAILS SCHOOL DISTRICT 26 AND RIVER TRAILS PARK DISTRICT

COMMUNITY GARDEN

We are offering 10’x 5’ plots on a first

come, first served basis!

Participants must provide their own tools and sign the Garden Agreement

listing site rules and regulations with the District. Composting bins and

water will be provided. Plots will be available for planting in May. To

participate, please come into the River Trails School District office at 1900

E. Kensington Road and request a Garden Agreement. The annual dues

for 1 plot are $20 ($5 if you qualify for free/reduced lunch). You may

reserve up to 2 plots. If you would like more than that, your name will be

put on a waiting list.

Gardening Classes Offered (Euclid Elementary School – 6:00 p.m.)

April 1 – Starting Seedlings

May 6 – Preparing Garden Plot

May 27 – Transplanting Seedlings

June 17 – Thinning & Harvesting

July 15 – Composting/ Watering &

Organic Fertilizer

Aug. 19 – Integrated Pest Mgmt.

Questions? Call 847/297-4120.

Email: [email protected]

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mailto:[email protected]

EL JARDIN DE LOS SUEÑOS

(GARDEN OF DREAMS)

JARDÍN COMUNITARIO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR 26 RIVER TRAILS y DISTRITO

DE PARQUE RIVER TRAILS

Estamos ofreciendo parcelas de jardín que

miden 10 pies por 5 pies a las primeras

personas que las soliciten!

Los participantes deben proporcionar sus propias herramientas y firmar el Acuerdo del

Jardín en donde se especifican las reglas del local y el regalmento del Distrito. Se

proporcionarán recipientes para deshecho orgánico y para agua. Las parcelas estarán

disponible para ser sembradas en Mayo. Para participar, vengan a la oficina del

distrito escolar a 1900 E. Kensington para obtener al Acuerdo del Jardín. La cuota

anual de 1 parcela son $20($5 si califica para lunch gratis/ precio reducido). Usted

puede reservar hasta 2 parcelas. Si desea más que eso, su nombre será puesto en una

lista de espera. Clases Disponibles de Jardinería (ESCUELA DE EUCLID – 6:00 p.m.)

Abril 1 – Cómo empezar Plantas usando Semillas Mayo 6 – Preparación del lote de Jardín Mayo 27 – Cómo transplantar las plantas jóvenes Junio 17 – Separación y Cosecha Julio 15 – Proceso de Abono/ Riego y Fertilizante Orgánico Agosto19 – Control de plagas

¿Preguntas? Llame al 847/297-4120.

Email: [email protected]

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What: Hersey Cross Country and Track Camps (Boys’ and Girls’) Why: The camp is designed to improve aerobic fitness, running economy, strength, mobility, and speed endurance. We emphasize team, goals, and character. The boys’ and girls’ high school teams continually compete for conference championships and are perennial state qualifiers. Within the last two years the boys and girls teams have won the MSL Conference Championship, both the IHSA Regional and Sectional championships, and have qualified teams and individuals who have placed in the top 10 in the entire state of Illinois. Join our camps and run with the best! When: Boys’ Cross Country camp (#15061511) will be Monday-‐Thursday for three weeks from June 15-‐July 2. Girls’ Cross Country camp (#15061611) will be Monday-‐Thursday for four weeks from June 8-‐July 2. Boys’ and Girls’ Track camps with an emphasis placed on distance running will be Monday-‐Thursday for four weeks from July 6-‐July 30. All camps will run from 7:30-‐9:30am. Join just one camp or both – whatever fits your schedule. Where: The Hersey High School Track Who: Anyone can run! Training is progressive and organized by ability. No previous running experience is necessary. This is a great opportunity to run with and meet Hersey High School runners many of which are some of the best distance runners in the state of Illinois. Coaches: Our Head Coaches, Jay Renaud & Jim Miks, have many years of experience between them, and are trained to coach the most gifted runners as well as those just beginning. Their emphasis is on growing the sport of distance running, developing quality individuals, and providing training to allow athletes to get the most from their abilities. How do I sign up? Step 1: Go to jhhs.d214.org Step 2: Click the “Summer Athletic Button on the Hersey homepage Step 3: Find our camps and sign up!

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Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat/Sun

1 9:45am-11:00am 5th Graders

IG/Euclid to see Fine Arts Production

1:35pm-2:55pm RTMS Stu-dents to see Fine Arts Production

3-3:50pm Current Affairs Discussion Group 3-3:50pm Environmental Club 3-3:50pm Advanced Strings

Rehearsal 4:30-6:00pm Yankee Candle

Pick Up 7-8:30pm Fine Arts Produc-

tion

2 EARLY RELEASE DAY 1:00PM DISMISSAL 3RD QUARTER ENDS 7:00-7:40am Newspaper Club 3-5:00pm Jazz Ensemble

Rehearsal

3 NON-ATTENDANCE

DAY

4/5

6 7:10-7:40am Steel Band

Rehearsal 3-3:50pm Science Club 3-3:50pm 7th Grade Bucket

Band Rehearsal 7-8:00pm RTMBA Meeting

7 7-7:40am Advanced Strings

Rehearsal 3-4:00pm Boys VB Team &

Track & Field Team Photo 7-10:00pm School Board

Meeting @ ESC

8 7-7:40am NJHS Officer

Meeting 3-3:50pm Current Affairs

Discussion Group 3-3:50pm Environmental

Club 3-3:50pm Media Club 3-3:50pm Advanced Strings

Rehearsal 3:45-5:45pm Boys VB Match

MacArthur @ RTMS 4:30-8:00pm District 26

Registration & Residency Verification Night @ Euclid School

7-8:00pm PTC Meeting 7:30-9:00pm Hersey Orches-tra Festival

9 7-7:40am Faculty Meeting 3-3:50pm Chess Club 4-6:00pm Boys VB Match

RTMS @ Cooper 4:30-8:00pm District 26

Registration & Residency Verification Night @ Euclid School

10 7:10-7:40am 8th Grade

Bucket Band Rehearsal 3-3:50pm Spanish Club 3:15-5:15pm Jazz Band

Rehearsal 6:30-8:30pm Rec Night

11/12


Rehearsal 3-3:50pm 7th Grade Bucket

Band Rehearsal 3:30-5:30pm Boys VB Match

Holmes Junior High School/Mt. Prospect @ RTMS

14 7-7:40am Advanced Strings

Rehearsal 3-9:30pm Track & Field Meet

@ Buffalo Grove High School (Meet begins at 5:00pm)

15 7:00-7:40am NJHS Meeting 3-3:50pm Current Affairs


Club 3-3:50pm Advanced Strings

Rehearsal 3-3:50pm Builders Club 3-3:50pm Media Club 3:30-5:30pm Boys VB Match

RTMS @ Chippewa

16 3-3:50pm French Club 6:30-8:30pm 8th Grade Hero Night

17 REPORT CARD DAY 7:10-7:40am 8th Grade Bucket Band Rehearsal 3:15-5:15pm Jazz Band

Rehearsal

18/19 Chicagoland Band Festival



Band Rehearsal 3-3:50pm Science Club

21 7-7:40am Adv. Strings Re-

hearsal 3-9:30pm Track & Field Meet

@ John Hersey High School (Meet begins at 5:00pm)

3:30-5:30pm Boys VB Match Algonquin @ RTMS

7-10:00pm School Board Meeting @ IG

6:30-7:00pm Meet & Greet @ IG

22 3-3:50pm Current Affairs


Club 3-3:50pm Media Club 3-3:50pm Advanced Strings

Rehearsal 3:30-5:30pm Boys VB Match

RTMS @ Thomas Middle School

23 8th Grade Washington D.C.

Trip 9:00am-2:00pm 8th Grade

Field Trip to Chicago Historical Society

24 8th Grade Washington

D.C. Trip 7:10-7:40am 8th Grade

Bucket Band Rehearsal 9:00am-2:00pm 8th

Grade Field Trip to Illinois Holocaust Museum

3:15-5:15pm Jazz Band Rehearsal

25/26 8th Grade Washington

D.C. Trip



Band Rehearsal 3:30-5:30pm Boys VB Match

Emerson @ RTMS 7-8:00pm RTMBA Meeting

28 7-7:40am Adv. Strings Re-

hearsal 3-9:30pm Track & Field Meet

@ Buffalo Grove High School (Meet begins @ 5:00pm)

29 3-3:50pm Current Affairs Discussion Group 3-3:50pm Environmental Club 3-3:50pm Builders Club 3-3:50pm Media Club 3-3:50pm Advanced Strings Rehearsal 4-6:00pm Boys VB Match

RTMS @ Holmes/Wheeling 6:00-7:00pm Poms Parent Informational Meeting

30 3:30-5:30pm Boys VB Match South @ RTMS 4-5:30pm Market Day Pick Up

April 2015

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