Message from 04/28/2023

  • Posted May 2, 2023

04/28/23

Students met across grade levels with their Tiger Dens this week, working together across grade levels to create kindness flowers of what kindness means to them. Thank you to our PBIS team for designing such positive experiences for our school culture!

Students doing an activity
 

The 2nd and 3rd graders worked on memorizing a poem of their choosing this month, and this week they traveled to classes to recite their poems during a special Poetry Break!  Kudos to our traveling poets!!

Poetry Break photo 1 Poetry Break photo 2
 

We also enjoyed a performance by Opera for the Young. Thank you to our PTO ad Ms. Duran for bringing this engaging experience to our students!

Opera for the Young photo
 

Student Council: On Thursday, May 4th, we will begin to countdown the days to the end of school! See the Student Council Countdown List for daily happenings. This is an OPTIONAL yet fun way to celebrate the last 26 days of school. Please join in any of the activities that work for you!   There are two options for each day.
 

Second Step: K- Lesson 19, 1st & 2nd Booster Week, 3rd-5th Panorama
Our kindergartners began learning about solving social problems in Second Step this week.  They learned the importance of calming down, saying the problem without blame, and thinking of many possible solutions. Our first and second graders had a booster week where they caught up on social-emotional learning and social justice lessons or were retaught important expectations. Our third, fourth, and fifth graders took the Panorama student climate survey during their SEL time this week. Only Kindergarten has a home link this week!
Kindergarten - Solving Problems
1st - 5th Grade - No Home Link

 

Just a reminder to please pack healthy snacks that do NOT contain nuts and also remind your child that we are NOT allowed to share food at Hatch for safety reasons. Thank you!!

 

5th, 3rd, and 1st-grade families and chorus member families-SAVE, THE DATE! You are invited to attend the Spring Arts Fiesta on Monday, May 8th. Each participating grade will perform four songs from Music and Spanish class as well as have select works from Art class displayed throughout the halls. Families are invited to the Hatch auditorium during your child’s grade level performance, then following the performance, check out their beautiful artwork in the Art hallway. Clay creations will be on display, and families are welcome to take their ceramic pieces home that night. I hope you can make it! Performance times are listed below. Students will meet in the music room 5 minutes before their grade-level performance. There is no dress code. Chorus members will perform during the 5th-grade performance time, and all chorus families are welcome to attend! 
Performance times for Monday, May 8th:
1st Grade: 5 pm
3rd Grade: 5:15 pm
5th Grade + Chorus: 5:30 pm 

 

3rd-5th grade families-2023 Hatch Science Fair information has been updated on our website. Please click this link to learn more!

 

Sarah Mendez
Hatch School Principal 
1000 N Ridgeland Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 524-3095

 

D97 Updates/Reminders:

 

School Text Communication Update

District 97 partners with a company called BrightArrow to deliver important information to families through calls, emails, and text messaging. Next week, the BrightArrow system is adding a new texting phone number to speed up text delivery. Please note that your family may start seeing text messages from our school coming from the short code phone number 79041 in addition to the number 87569.
 
As a reminder, you may opt-in to text messages from our school at any time by sending YES to the shortcodes 87569 and 79041. You must have your phone number on file with the school to receive text messages. Once you opt in, BrightArrow will send you a confirmation that your phone number is opted-in.

 

2023-24 District 97 Blended Preschool Program
On Monday, April 10, District 97 will begin accepting applications for the early childhood blended classrooms at Whittier Elementary School for the 2023-24 school year. There will be a limited number of spaces available. Click here to view the 2023-24 D97 Blended Early Childhood flyer >>
District 97 is seeking students who:
  • Are non-IEP students who will be between the ages of 3 and 4 years by Sept. 1, 2023.
  • Demonstrate age-appropriate language and social skills.
  • Are Oak Park residents!
  • Are not enrolled in a preschool program.

The registration window will be open from April 10, 2023, through May 19, 2023. For more information about the Early Childhood Blended Program or to apply, please visit https://www.op97.org/teach-learn/ecblended.

 

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Process for Reporting Positive COVID-19 Cases to D97 Schools
If a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, they must complete the following steps:

  1. In order to notify the school nurse and receive a return-to-school date, families/staff must complete the confidential COVID-19 Positive Case Notification Form as soon as possible following the positive test. Information provided will also be shared with the Oak Park Department of Public Health. 
  2. Families must continue to report student absences via the school attendance line, and staff must enter their absences in Frontline.

To see the rules for isolation and quarantine, click here. Additional resources are linked below.