Here is the agenda for our SIP work on January 31st.

Don't forget to record the number of events you attended this week on the KJHS Staff Participation Contest Google form! Here are the current averages...

Advisory Team 6-1: 4/person

Advisory Team 6-2: 2.3/person

Advisory Team 7-1: 5/person

Advisory Team 7-2: 3/person

Advisory Team 8-1: 1.8/person

Advisory Team 8-2: 1.6/person

If you are in need of K Cash for the spring semester please complete the Spring 23 K Cash Google form and we will get that ordered for you. In the meantime, our amazing paraprofessionals will be generating K Cash on Tuesday afternoon to supply you with some until the order arrives from Production. K cash orders are due by 1/31/23.

Due to an administrative absence, Mr. Larson will be at Chiddix full time from Monday, February 6th to Friday, February 17th. District administrators will be helping out at Kingsley and the KJHS administrative team may be adjusting some of our scheduled events to accommodate for Mr. Larson's absence. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.

Fundraiser: Social Committee will be running the Super Bowl Squares this year.....thanks Darrin for letting us borrow it from you this year. Once the 2 teams are determined this weekend we will begin and run up until the Friday before the Big Game.

$5 a square (100 squares)

We will have 4 quarter winners at $100/quarter

Should it go into overtime, each quarter winner will win $75 and the final score winner will get $100.

This is a small fundraiser for the social committee ($100). To continue to do all the things we do at KJ we needed a few extra funds to take us through the end of the year. Thanks for understanding and participating!

The KJHS Social Committee

Upcoming Dates:

Jan. 30-Feb. 9: Super Bowl Fundraiser

Jan. 31 Soup and Chili Contest

Feb. 10: Jersey Day

Feb. 14: Parapro Appreciation Day

Feb. 17: National Random Acts of Kindness Day

Due to a change in Elisa's calendar, the Quarter 3 Data Day will be on Thursday, March 9th. We apologize for any inconvenience this change causes.

Band: On Friday, February 17th KJHS Band students will be playing at the IGSMA Organizational Contest. Here is the info for the 7th and 8th grade teachers.

-7th Grade: 7th grade band students report to the band room first thing that morning, and will get on a bus to leave by 9:00. They perform at 10:00 at BJHS. 7th graders will be back at KJHS for 4th Hour.

-8th Grade: 8th grade band students report to the band room first thing that morning, and will get on a bus to leave by 9:00. They perform at 11:45 at BJHS. Since they will miss their lunch hour, we will be getting lunch out and will return to KJHS for 7th Hour.

Thanks to everyone for being so flexible and letting our students attend this contest. I will also need someone to sub for my classes on Friday, February 17th for 1st and 2nd Hour if someone is willing and able! Thanks again!

-Tyler Harr

Orchestra:

KJHS 8th grade orchestra will be playing at the IGSMA Organization Contest on Friday, Feb. 17th at 12:30. Our warmup time starts at noon, so we plan to leave around 11:40. We should be back around 1:30pm, which is in the middle of 6th hour.

We plan to have 8th grade eat during our class time (4th hour) and will notify the lunch supervisors that some students will need to get their lunches during 6th grade lunch. Further details will be provided once we get closer to the 17th.

Thanks so much,

Daria

Please complete this short google form to register for the February 21 Equity Training by Friday, January 27.

The form includes guidance on selecting the training best suited for you and all certified and classified staff should register. Food service, technology, and custodians will be trained at a later date.

If you have questions, please reach out to Dr. Kristal H. Shelvin, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, shelvik@unit5.org.

Staff will be given time during our January 31st SIP to complete the 5 Essentials Survey individually.

Students should be given time during their February 13th Advisory class to complete the survey. Please share the link in your advisory classrooms that day. Please read these Student Survey Instructions prior to Feb. 13th, there are directions that need to be read aloud to students. Students will need their Student ID (they can find this in IC, click on TODAY tab and their ID is under their name). All students must take the survey. Remember we need 95% completion rate.

Families: The following message went out to Unit 5 families on Thursday, January 26th...

5 ESSENTIALS

Teachers, parents, and students across Illinois have an opportunity to participate in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey.

This survey is designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child's school.

Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the environment at your child's school. Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.

The Illinois 5Essentials Survey will be conducted through Friday, March 31, 2023.

To take the survey:

1. Visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/

2. Click on "Start here" under the Parent category

3. You may enter your email address but that is not required. It is completely optional.

4. Enter "McLean" for the County

5. Begin typing your child's school name and you should see it pop up. Click on the appropriate school.

Please take a separate survey for each school where you have a child enrolled.

The survey is also available in Spanish.

The Illinois 5Essentials gathers data related to five indicators that can predict important student outcomes. These five indicators that affect and predict school success are

• Effective Leaders

• Collaborative Teachers

• Involved Families

• Supportive Environments

• Ambitious Instruction

Research in more than 400 schools has shown that schools strong on at least three of these indicators were 10 times more likely to improve student learning gains in math and reading than those that were weak on three or more Essentials.

Unit 5 students in grades 4th-12th will be given the opportunity to take this survey. If you do not want your child to take the survey, please contact your child's principal by Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

Please be aware that under the Protection of Pupil Rights Act. 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(c) (1) (A), you have the right to review a copy of the questions asked of your student(s). Survey questions can be found on the Illinois 5Essentials Support Center ( Illinois 5Essentials Survey Questions).

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874 or impact-surveys@uchicago.edu.

In the next few weeks, Elisa will send out a messaging you can pass on to KJHS families to encourage completion of the 5 Essentials Survey. We appreciate your help in this endeavor!

The City of Bloomington hosts its Annual Black History Month Essay Contest for Bloomington resident youth. Participants are to submit works that honor Black entertainers, artists, writers, justices, activists, leaders and visionaries, etc. Submission Deadline - Feb. 10, 2023.

Enter Contest at www.cityblm.org/essaycontest

Winning essays will go on air with WGLT News

Winners will be notified via email and announced February 24th. Awards and prizes will be distributed the following week. Prizes & Awards presented to 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place winners in Elementary (Grades 4-6); Middle School (Grades 7-8); and High School (Grades 9-12) categories.

Gregory Wilson - Admin

Community Relations Manager

P: (309) 275-3227

E: gwilson@cityblm.org

Per email from Dayna Brown on 12/6/22...

Have you ever considered writing a Beyond the Books Grant??? Now is your chance.

Beyond the Books Educational Foundation is now accepting applications for grants.

Beyond the Books provides funding for innovative academic programs in Unit 5 and District 87.

GRANT TYPES AND FUNDING AMOUNTS …

• BEYOND THE BOX: One grant in an amount between $7500 and $10,000 will be awarded in this category for an exceptional proposal. The $7500 - $10,000 award is given by a private foundation to Beyond the Books Educational Foundation and BTBEF selects the winner.

• STANDARD: Grants awarded in this category are limited to requests for $801 to $5000. • MINI: Grants awarded in this category are limited to $800 or less.

• You may submit applications with the same proposal in both the Standard and Beyond the Box categories. If you choose to do so, you must use the same title for both applications and within the Beyond the Box application, clearly explain how the extra money would be used. Only one of the two applications may receive an award.

Please note, the maximum size for Mini Grants has doubled from $400 to $800. The Beyond the Books bylaws require that approximately 15% of the total annual allocation be used to fund Mini Grants. Historically, this has resulted in a much higher percentage of Mini Grants being funded than Standard Grants.

Please find more information, rubrics, and details on how to apply at CLICK HERE. Here is a link to grant specifics.

The application deadline is 6 pm, March 6. We strongly recommend not waiting until the last minute.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE... THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THIS YEAR

Last year’s rubric had 8 questions. This year there are only 7.

Notable features of the two versions:

• Question 1 is the same.

• Questions 2-3 from last year have been replaced by a new question 2 this year. Also, where questions 2 and 3 were each worth 5 points last year, this year question 2 is worth 10 points. They did collapse the two old ones into the new one because the content is importantly different.

• Because they have one less question, question 4 from last year is question 3 this year. While the questions are the same, the value of this question has been reduced from 5pts to 3pts.

Get in those applications, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Dayna Brown

Students are not allowed to leave the cafeteria during the lunch hour unless they have a pass from a staff member. If you want a student to come to your room during the lunch hour, please give them a pass to show to lunchroom supervisors.

Please complete this form if you are wanting to host a student teacher in the 23-24 school year.

The January Family KJ Connection was sent out to Kingsley families on January 16th.

We have 3 KJHS students represented on the district SEAAT Team (Student Equity Action and Advisory Team); they are Lena Hemp, Madison Baur, and Ja'Nyah Dortch. They will have their next meeting on February 6th from 9:30 - 11 a.m. in The Gathering Place. They have been reminded and will receive passes but we wanted you to have a heads up!

As of January 1, 2023, Unit 5 began offering vision insurance through EyeMed. This is an exciting new benefit and we wanted to share additional information you may find helpful.

Finding Vision Benefit Information

Attached is a summary of the new vision benefits for quick reference. You can also find EyeMed details (and all benefit plan information) on Employee Navigator at any time by following the steps below.

1. Log in to Employee Navigator

2. Click on ‘Resources’ in the top right hand corner

3. Click on ‘All Documents’

4. Click on the document of your choice to review plan details

EyeMed Cards

EyeMed cards were mailed out earlier this month. However, you do not need a physical card to use the benefits. Your eye care provider can retrieve your coverage information from EyeMed without a card. You can also register on the EyeMed mobile app to view benefit information and access your insurance card. Contact Megan Peterson in HR with any questions.

Hello LA teachers,

Now that our writers have built up some stamina after being home for two weeks, it would be a good time to start thinking about the Winter Benchmark. If you have not given students paper/pencil opportunities lately, it may make sense to do so. Bellringers with writing prompts, would you rather questions, or telling a story from a photograph are great ways for students to free write for a few minutes in a notebook or lined paper. This way, when we ask them to write instead of type the benchmark it won't seem so different.

Our Winter Benchmark Assessment deadline is February 17. By this date, you will have administered, scored, and documented in EduClimber your scores. Please communicate with your LBS1s any names of students who scored red in the chart on Google Classroom that you recommend need a diagnostic. All resources can be found in Google Classroom (hv3buze) and on the Shared Drive.

Happy to help score, discuss next steps with this data, or anything else you may find helpful to you and your writers.

Sincerely,

Janel Sebeny

In case you have not done so already, please be sure to do the January PBIS Lesson with your team sometime this month. Reminding students of behavior expectations is a key component of our PBIS Tier 1 framework and instructional practices.

We have two criminal justice interns starting as safety monitors next week. They will be doing things such as walking hallways, checking bathrooms, assisting with breakfast/lunch areas (as available), escorting students, and being a visible adult presence. Here are their names/days/hours:

Sydney Gudino: M-F 8-11

Tyler Whitmire: MWF 12:30-3:30

T-Th 10:30-1:30

The admin team will be following up with core teams on the work started during our institute time on January 3rd. If your team has not yet completed your plans/goals for students on the Spring 23 Academic Needs Analysis sheet or the F22 Behavior Needs Analysis sheet, please do so. Elisa will be examining academic needs with teams during her monthly meetings while Sylvester and Dennis will be examining the behavior needs during their bi-monthly meetings.

Here is the Q3 PBIS Celebrations information that was sent out last week. Sixth grade will have their Q3 PBIS celebration on 3/23 and 7th and 8th grade will have their Q3 PBIS Celebration on 3/24.

The admin team reviewed behavior expectations with students during lunch on Wednesday, 1/4/23, and we wanted to share those slides with you as well. Here are the big things...

1. No winter coats or blankets are to worn to class or in the cafeteria. These items should be left in lockers.

2. Please remind students that any medications need to be on file with the nurse. This includes over the counter meds like Tylenol and Advil.

3. Pepper spray and mace are not only not allowed at school, it is illegal for minors to be in possession of such items.

4. Students are not to bring items such as large bags of chips, coffee/tea/hot drinks, polar pops/large sodas, or outside food orders to school. We are having issues with spillage in the hallway, classrooms, and lockers as well as the "sharing frenzy" with large food bags.

Here are the assessment dates for the Spring 23 semester.

• SAEBRS/mySAEBRS: 2/6-2/10 (mySAEBRS will be completed in advisory on 2/6)

• Winter writing benchmark: needs to be in EduClimber by 2/17

• aReading & aMath: 4/11 - 4/14

• Spring writing benchmarks: 4/11 - 4/14 (needs to be in EduClimber by 4/28)

• IAR: 3/14, 3/16, & 3/17

• ISA: 4/11-4/14

• State testing-whole building will follow same schedule for testing times

• Data Days: Cycle 4 - 3/10/23; Cycle 5 - 5/17/23