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Dear Eisenhower Families,
Our Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences are our first true opportunity to sit down and reflect upon each individual child’s growth. Just as important as earning grades, we are able to discuss their social-emotional progress as well as their classroom participation, focus, and level of enthusiasm. Even though assessment data, homework, and in-class assignments play crucial roles in understanding each and every child’s learning development, we always want to make sure that our conversations focus around several fundamental questions that you might want to consider asking:
1) How is my child having positive interactions with classmates and
developing friendships?
2) Does my child like to participate in whole class discussions and share ideas
in small group settings?
3) What are some additional strategies that we can reinforce at home to help
our child attain specific concept(s) and skill(s) development?
As we foster these conversations, you will find your relationship with your own child’s learning growing. Equally as valuable is the insight it gives our dedicated staff in continuing to nurture your child’s path of lifelong learning.
Also, please remember to read with your child for at least 20-minutes each night. While reading or even sharing conversations, remember to introduce or substitute unfamiliar vocabulary words for everyday common words. Enhance your conversations by speaking to your child with robust, enriching words. Not only will you find them developing more expressive language in the process, which will help to facilitate greater understanding of their social-emotional well-being, but you will unknowingly be doing yourself a far greater favor for your relationship with them when their later adolescent years are upon you.
Report Card Information
The end of the first Trimester is next Friday, which means we are one third of the way through the year. Teachers are busy finalizing grades and comments for this learning and grading period. As we have shared here, all report cards will be made available through the PowerSchool Parent Portal. We are expecting this access for Trimester 1 grades to open on Thursday, November 17th, after grades have closed and have been finalized. Here is what that access will look like! Do note, report cards are only viewable when accessing the Parent Portal on a desktop or laptop computer, not on the mobile app.
If you don't have a PowerSchool Parent Portal account or have forgotten your password, please do reach out to us in the office so we can get you up and running before report cards go live on Thursday the 17th.
Have a Wonderful Weekend,
Your Eisenhower Family
Luke Lambatos, Ed.D., Ed.S.
Principal
Please remember, if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact me at
(847) 870-5040 or llambatos@d23.org
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