IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

March 14-21 - International Celebrations

March 17 - Choir Concert 7 PM

March 21 - Creative Self-Expression Art Show at The Great Frame Up 6:30

(see information below)

March 22 - Easy Street Pizza Dine & Share for East Pals 4 PM-10 PM

March 23 - Dance Showcase 7 PM in the Actors Studio

(see information below)

March 24 - Panera Dine & Share for Maine East Cares 4 PM-8 PM

March 27-31 - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL

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April 6 - Non-Attendance Day - NO SCHOOL

April 12 & 13 - State Testing Dates

April 18 - College Planning Seminar 5:30 - 6:30

(Financial Aid)

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Hello Maine East Community, 

The holy month of Ramadan is fast approaching. Information about how to best support our students who are observing Ramadan was shared with our staff earlier this week.  That message included this rich resource from Dr. Sawsan Jaber: An Open Letter to Educators about Ramadan

The Illinois School Code passed a bill that allows Muslim students who are fasting to be exempted from physical education if their parents communicate that desire in writing to the principal. In an effort to streamline the process, we have created a short form for parents of Muslim students that will participate in Ramadan to complete if interested. If parents opt their students completely out of PE during Ramadan, they are expected to still go to class and will be expected to work on COPE (cognitive only PE) work sheets.

Ramadan Fasting HW Exemption form

Here is the link to the bill:  https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=010500050K27-6

We look forward to supporting our Muslim students during this very important time.

STUDENT ADVISORY

This week in Advisory: 

In place of Advisory, we had a school-wide assembly with Ernest Crim III, former educator and best selling author who spoke about addressing racism and not being a bystander. 

Next week in Advisory:

We are doing a team building activity with Maine East's R-CODE leaders and additional follow-up from our assembly the previous week.