2025 is off to a fantastic start at Dooley School! Our students continued to focus on setting goals and reflecting on how they can continue to make it a great year.
As a reminder, there will be no school on Monday, January 20th in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We hope you stay warm and enjoy the long weekend!
District 54 is committed to ensuring not only the academic success of each child, but also their social-emotional wellbeing. Your insight as a parent/guardian is essential in creating the most well rounded picture of your student’s strengths and opportunities for growth. To gather your perspective, District 54 will send families of students in grades 3-8 an email link for each child to the District 54 Personal Assessment of Core Competency Survey on Monday, January 6th. The window will close on Friday, January 24th. Thank you in advance for participating in this survey, as we believe the home-school collaboration is critical to best support your child’s overall well-being.
Do you have a child who will be starting kindergarten in August 2025? We are excited to share that kindergarten registration will begin on Jan. 22. We encourage you to visit our Welcome to Kindergarten website now, to familiarize yourself with the process and begin gathering needed documentation. Current District 54 families will complete the online application starting Jan. 22 through their Infinite Campus Parent Portal account. If you do not have your login, please contact [email protected].
We also ask for your help in spreading the word about kindergarten registration. If you know of a child who will be 5 years old by September 1, 2025, please encourage the family to save the date and check out the Welcome to Kindergarten. The sooner students enroll, the sooner District 54 will know how many kindergarten teachers we need to best serve our kindergarten class of 2025-26.
District 54 is excited to announce its 13th annual Spanish Speech Contest on May 2, 2025. Students in 3rd through 8th grade who are interested in participating should prepare a written speech, a video of themselves delivering the speech and submit both along with the application by March 7th. Finalists will be notified via Parent Square on April 11th. For more information or to submit an application, visit the District 54 Spanish Speech Contest website.
Now that winter has arrived, we wanted to remind you about District 54’s eLearning plan. Should an emergency day be needed, the first two closures will be traditional school cancellations. On these first two days, we will not have e-learning. Should additional cancellations be necessary, District 54 will have up to three eLearning days, ensuring the last day of school occurs no later than Friday, May 30, 2025.
Should a school cancellation occur, families will be notified as usual and the notification will indicate whether it is a traditional closing or eLearning day.
During an eLearning day, students in grades K-8 will utilize their District 54 devices to access activities aligned with their grade level curriculum. These activities will be asynchronous, meaning students are not live on Zoom with their teachers. Students will have five days to complete these activities.Please reach out if you have any questions!
January 20: No School Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 22: D54 Open Enrollment Fair
February 14th: Valentine’s Party and Half Day dismissal @ 11:40 AM
February 17: No School Presidents Day
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