Dear Parents and Families,
Our Medinah #11 staff members have been enjoying getting to know your child and you, the parent/family. Thank you to all parents/families who attended the curriculum nights to learn more about academic and behavior expectations. We hope that you understand what your child will be learning throughout the school year. This is just one way, together, we work towards meeting one of Medinah’s Core Values of shared responsibility among student, family, school, and community. This is more important now than ever before as schools and communities across the county, state and nation struggle with staff shortages and other issues.
Another way we share responsibility is by reinforcing expectations for academics and behaviors. We start strong by sharing our expectations. Staff are committed to teaching, modeling, practicing, and supporting academic and behavioral expectations in all settings. We value our families for their support in understanding and reinforcing the district’s academic and behavior expectations in every setting from the classroom to extra-curricular/sporting events.
Shared responsibility is also demonstrated by parents and teachers engaging together at parentteacher conferences. Parent-teacher conferences will be held in early October. Our goal is to have 100% of our parents/families attend conferences. Please schedule your conference here.
Volunteering in our schools and within the community is another activity to support our partnership. If you plan to volunteer, please be sure to attend the Parent Volunteer Meeting on Thursday, September 22, 6:00 p.m., at Medinah Middle School. An overview of the volunteer program will be shared, it is mandatory that all parent volunteers complete the Volunteer Information Form and Waiver of Liability. All volunteers will receive a mandated background screening.
Please review these important reminders:
- All visitors must report to the school office, sign-in and present identification;
- The district will continue using Instant Connect as a communication tool and asks
parents to update the information (phone numbers, emails, etc.) as needed with
the school office;
- Be sure to order lunches each week by Wednesday evening by visiting
mymealorders;
- Parents are invited to all three buildings to serve as parent-volunteers. If you
cannot make it during the school day, let us know, we are confident we can find
other avenues for your time and talents.
- Our Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) is a wonderful organization and needs your support. Please contact the PTO [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering.
Medinah #11 takes our shared responsibility seriously. We look forward to seeing you as a PTO school/classroom volunteer, and at parent-teacher conferences so we can work together to meet your child’s own academic and social learning targets!
As a special thank you to honor our shared responsibility, the Medinah Board of Education, staff and Medinah PTO have provided each family with a Medinah #11 blue tote bag, which includes a calendar magnet, important emergency information, and a message from the PTO. Bags will be sent home this week with the oldest student of each family.
Sincerely,
Susan Redell
Superintendent of School
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NEW LUNCH SERVICE - MYMEALS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- All students must be registered for school to create a MyMeals account.
- The MyMeals link will open on August 1st.
- You will need to put in your students ID number (4 digit).
- Please create your account to order milk only or lunches each week.
- Lunch orders for the first two days of school (August 18 and 19) are due on August 10 by midnight.
- Lunch orders for the following week will always be due the Wednesday prior.
- Lunch orders for the week of August 22-26 will be due on Wednesday, August 17 by midnight.
- Lunch orders for the week of August 29-September 1 will be due on Wednesday, August 24.
- PLEASE NOTE: Approved Free and/or reduced lunch participants still need to register and order their meals and/or milk using the MyMeals program. Only those eligible and who have placed an order via MyMeals will receive a free or reduced meal. (SEE BELOW FOR THE FREE/REDUCED APPLICATION).
Please click the links below to learn more about MyMeals registration and ordering.
If you are not interested in ordering lunch and/or milk, students will still have the option to bring their own lunch from home.
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PARENT UNIVERSITY
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FREE & REDUCED-PRICE MEALS
All households are encouraged to apply for meal or milk benefits. Click on this link to apply www.nslpapp.com
The District cannot approve an application that is not complete, so be sure to fill out all required information.
Frequently Asked Questions About Free and
Reduced-Price Meal Applications
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HELP WANTED
Spanish Translator
**Spanish Translators are needed to help with communications, including writing and speaking.
**Must be fluent in Spanish and English languages.
**Rate of Pay is $15.00 per hour.
**Translators will be hired on an "as needed" basis
**If interested, contact the building principal
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MEDINAH PARK DISTRICT
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MEDINAH PTO
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PRESCHOOL SCREENING
If you are interested in Medinah School District 11’s Preschool for All program for the 2022-2023 school year, please call Angela at (630) 529-9788 for a developmental screening packet. All families with children ages 3-5 who are interested in preschool must go through the screening process.