Principal's Newsletter - December 17, 2021

A SPECIAL HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL BAGDASARIAN

Click HERE to to view a special holiday video message from Dr. Bagdasarian.

On behalf of the entire York Community, I would like to wish our families, students and staff a happy holiday season!

The holidays give us an opportunity to pause our busy lives and reflect on our proud accomplishments. I am grateful to our talented, optimistic, and resilient students. Because of these traits, York students continue to excel academically, athletically and extracurricularly.

The season also offers us a chance to say “thank you” to the entire school community for all of the support that you provide to our students and our staff. Our school is truly a community and it is at this time of year when the closeness of friendship shines in our students` faces.

As we move forward, the new-year will bring new learning experiences, new challenges and new opportunities. I look forward to what lies ahead for us as a school in 2022.

I wish you all peace, joy, hope and happiness during this Holiday season and throughout the New Year.

We look forward to an amazing year ahead!

Happy Holidays!

Dr. Shahe Bagdasarian

Important Dates

December 21: Relearning and Development periods 4, 3, 2, 1

December 22: Relearning and Development periods 5, 7, 8, 6

December 27- December 31: 47th Jack Tosh Basketball Tournament

December 23- January 5: Winter Break

January 6: Classes Resume- 2nd Semester

RELEARNING AND REDEVELOPMENT DAYS

As a reminder, Tuesday 12/21 & Wednesday 12/22 are our Relearning & Redevelopment days. Students with a D or F in class are required to attend. Students with a B or C will have made a plan with their teacher that may involve attendance. Students with an A are not expected to attend. Please note that Monday 12/20 will be a normal day of attendance.

You can find the schedule of classes for 12/21 & 12/22 here.

During periods in which attendance is not expected, students may go to the Learning Commons or Student Commons.

Bus schedule

Buses will run during the normal AM routes on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Buses will leave school in the afternoon after the 12:55pm dismissal. The Commons, Math Lab and Learning Commons will all be open for students throughout the day who need to wait for a PM bus. Students should not leave campus and return to campus in order to ride a bus home.

Food Services

On Tuesday, and Wednesday food will be served in our express lines from 7am -10:30am. There will be breakfast and a grab and go lunch option for the students to take home if needed.

WINTER SUCCESS ACADEMY

If your student has an Incomplete grade going into Winter Break, we will be hosting the York Winter Success Academy. We will have teachers available in the Learning Commons to guide students through their incomplete work. The YWSA will run on 12/23 & 1/5 between 9am-12pm. Please email Dr. Roubitchek (aroubitchek@elmhurst205.org) if your student will be attending or for more information.

Please see this flyer for details.

SEMESTER 1 GRADES

As we approach the end of the semester, we know that families anxiously await their final grades. Teachers will work throughout the last week of school, and into Winter Break to assess all of the student work. Grades will be finalized at the end of the day on Friday January 7th and report cards will be available in Powerschool the next week. In past years, Powerschool access has been disabled during Finals Week. Given the nature of Relearning & Redevelopment, Powerschool access will NOT be shut down. This will allow families to have an accurate picture of where the students are during their demonstrations of relearning. Winter Break is a great time for our whole community to recharge. To that end, some grades may not be updated until we return to school on January 6th.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS

We realize that the stress levels among students tend to increase during the winter months. While our staff continues to work to support the SEL needs of our students, we wanted to provide some additional resources to our families. Click HERE to view our social worker page and learn more about supplemental services that are available to our families.

SPRING 2022 ASSESSMENTS - SAVE THE DATE

Students and families should be sure to save the following Spring 2022 Assessment dates to their calendars. More information about the specific assessments will be shared with students and families closer to the individual test dates -

Thursday, March 9, 2022 - Illinois Science Assessment

All Juniors

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - PSAT 9, 10 & SAT with Essay, 11

All Freshmen, Sophomores & Juniors
Non-Attendance Day for Seniors

ATHLETIC UPDATES

Click HERE to view athletic updates for the month of December.

Go Dukes!!