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District 105 Announcements
Students Recognized for Academic Excellence
Eight students from District 105 were honored recently by the West Suburban Consortium for Academic Excellence, a group of high-performing school districts. Each year, qualifying students can participate in the program that offers above grade level testing for academically talented students. Click HERE to read The Doings article.
Notice to Parents and Guardians of Private/Home-Schooled Students
Notice is hereby given that a meeting of parents of students with disabilities who attend private school within LaGrange School District 105 or are home-schooled will take place on:

THURSDAY, May 30, 2013
3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
GURRIE MIDDLE SCHOOL
LIBRARY LEARNING CENTER
1001 S. SPRING AVENUE
LA GRANGE, IL 60525

The purpose of this meeting is to discuss how these students will receive services during the 2013-2014 school year.  For additional information, call Ms. Deborah Tyrrell, Director of Student Services, 708-482-2700.
Kane County Cougars - District 105 Foundation Benefit Game
Thanks to all who joined us at the Kane County Cougars baseball game to benefit the District 105 Foundation.  Below are some slides taken at the game.

Gurrie Student Success
Our Gurrie Middle School eighth grade students have completed the course scheduling process at Lyons Township High School for the 2013-2014 school year. 47% of our eighth grade students are scheduled for Honors/Accelerated courses in both Math and English which continues the recent trend of more District 105 students entering advanced freshman courses than in previous years. When we began tracking course enrollment data seven years ago, 30% of our students entered Honors/Accelerated Mathematics and English courses. 
 
This trend reflects the significant improvement our eighth grade students have made on the Explore Test, an instrument Lyons Township High School uses for course placement and a precursor to the ACT. It also reflects strengthened partnerships among our students, parents, staff, and the Lyons Township High School staff throughout the scheduling process. 
Summer Connect Program
We are pleased to offer The Summer CONNECT Learning Program again in 2013!  The program will last from June 10th – August 8th.  New to the programming this summer, families will be able to select from three different options based on what will work best for their family schedules.  The options are FREE to all interested students and are highlighted below:

1. Structured CONNECT Learning program – Families that prefer to have a Teacher Coach work with their child over the summer to support maintenance of skills in math and reading can select this option.  Upon selecting this option, a District 105 certified staff member will be paired up with your child to practice reading and mathematics over the summer.  The CONNECT Coach and your child will meet face-to-face a minimum of seven (7) times.  Occasional connections via e-mail, phone, or post will occur over the summer as well. 

2. Flexible CONNECT Learning program – Families that prefer to parent/student-guide learning over the summer can select this option.  Upon selecting this option, families will receive a Common Core aligned workbook and additional support activities.  There will be NO Teacher Coach associated with this option.

3. Independent CONNECT Learning program – Families that prefer to parent/student-guide the learning over the summer can select this option.  Upon selecting this option, families will use their own resources along with the Summer Learning For All website.  There will be no workbook provided for this option.  Furthermore, there will be NO coach associated with this option.

Online enrollment is now closed for 2013 Summer CONNECT Learning Program.  If you are still interested in enrolling in the program, please contact Kathryn Heeke at the district office (708) 482-2700. 

District 105 Summer School
Location:  Seventh Avenue School and Gurrie Middle School
Dates: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 through Thursday, August 8, 2013
 
Students are recommended by teachers.
Registration information will be sent home in early April.
Comcast Internet Access for Your Student at $9.95 per Month

If your child receives a free or reduced lunch at school, you may qualify for a reduced price on basic internet access from Comcast at the low rate of $9.95 per month including free installation, free internet training and an optional low cost computer at $149.99 plus tax.

For more information on Comcast's offer, click HERE or call 1-855-846-8376.

See below for a Comcast video on the importance of internet access for your student.

Acceso al Internet por medio de Comcast por solo $ 9.95 al mes

Si su hijo recibe almuerzo gratis o precio reducido en la escuela, usted puede calificar para un precio reducido en el acceso básico de Internet de Comcast, por solo $ 9.95 por mes, incluyendo instalación gratis, entrenamiento del internet gratis y una computadora opcional  por solo $ 149.99 más impuestos.

Para obtener más información en español sobre la oferta de Comcast haga clic AQUÍ o llame al 1-855-765-6995.

Vea abajo para un video de Comcast sobre la importancia del acceso a Internet para sus estudiantes.


 
PowerSchool Parent Portal
Are you using the PowerSchool Parent Portal to monitor your student's progress?  Click HERE to see a short video on how parents in another district are using it.

Parents can view student attendance records, lunch balances and at Gurrie, student grades.

If you have not created a logon account, contact your student's school office to obtain the activation information.

Parents can also access the same information via a PowerSchool Parent Portal App optimized for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. Click HERE for more information.
District 105 Recognized by State of Illinois
Over the past six years, all five District 105 schools have been recognized as Honor Roll Schools by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). The awards recognize excellence in academics as measured by the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT).

Based on 2011-12 ISAT results,  Seventh Avenue Elementary School and Spring Avenue Elementary School received the Illinois "Academic Excellence Award". 

More information on the awards and the selection criteria can be found HERE.

Language Diversity
District 105 is a diverse community of families with 22 different languages spoken by our students: Albanian (2), Arabic (1), Bosnian (1), Croatian (2), English (1030), Farsi/Persian (1), French (2), German (6), Greek (2), Gujarati (2), Italian (1), Japanese (1), Lithuanian (2), Macedonian (9), Pilipino/Tagalog (3), Polish (15), Portuguese (3), Serbian (29), Slovak (2), Spanish (334), Ukrainian (1), and Vietnamese (1).

The official language used for the content of the District website is English. To help address our diversity, readers of our website can use the "Google Translate" tool below to translate the website content to many of the above languages. The tool generates a computerized translation. The translation should not be considered exact and in some cases may include incorrect language. While not a perfect translation, it should assist many non-English website readers.

Click on the TRANSLATE button at the upper left of the web page to initiate a translation.