On Thursday, Sept. 24th all elementary students will be dismissed at 1:00. All students will have lunch at school before 1:00.

Students already enrolled in the afterschool YMCA Safe and Sound program will be able to attend as part of their program fees. Families who are interested in a one-time attendance just for early dismissal can register. See the flyer below for more information.

Students who took the IAR (Illinois Assessment of Readiness) last spring as 3rd and 4th graders will now have IAR reports in the "Documents" section of Parent Vue. Please see the link below for more information.

https://app.smore.com/n/rph7b

Beginning this school year, we are streamlining the assessment information used to support student recommendations for district programming. As part of this work, the Cognitive Abilities Assessment will no longer be administered universally to 5th grade students across the district. This does not impact CogAT testing in 2nd grade, where it will continue to be administered to all students.

This change reflects our ongoing effort to limit the collection of redundant information when meaningful data is already available through classroom assessments and i-Ready. Additionally, reducing unnecessary testing minimizes classroom disruptions and preserves valuable instructional time. Our philosophy and criteria for identifying and supporting students in district programs, like Project Arrow and Accelerated Math, have not changed. School teams will continue to use multiple sources of student data to make thoughtful placement and programming recommendations for students.

This week all 2nd grade students will take the CogAT assessment in their classrooms. For more information about the assessment, please click the link below:

https://app.smore.com/n/9yh85

Fry School’s Library is looking for new volunteers to add to our schedule! If you can work with us two hours each week, please complete the form linked below and we will contact you. Thanks so much for considering volunteering and we hope you can join us in the LMC!

Thank you! Michelle Loughran, LMC Director

https://forms.gle/xYdZUjxjiQFEW7ub6

Are you looking for a great way to honor your child’s birthday at school? Fry’s Library Media Center (LMC) has an idea for you! Donate a book in honor of your child’s birthday to Fry’s LMC. It helps build our library collection and also makes your child feel special!!

Here’s how it works: All you need to do to sign your child up for the FRY LMC Birthday Book Program is go to the Fry School Webstore in PushCoin and pay $15.00 for a hardcover book that your child will choose in the LMC during their birthday month. By doing this now, it helps us know how many children will be participating this year, so we can have enough fresh titles on our Birthday Book Cart that the children will select from. You will need your email address and password for PushCoin to complete the purchase.

Here is the link: https://store.ipsd.org/#!/products/Y355DABZSP Or search for Fry, LMC Birthday Books through the Pushcoin website at https://www.pushcoin.com/.

If you have more than one child at Fry, you will need to do this process more than once. The webstore for the Fry LMC Birthday Book program is only open through September for you to sign up.

At some time during the month of your child’s birthday, we will have him/her choose a book and we will take their picture with the book. A bookplate sticker with your child’s name and picture will be placed inside the front of the book. If your child’s birthday falls during June-October, we’ll have them choose on their half birthday month. Then your child will be the first one to check out his/her birthday book from the LMC, and once they return it, other children can check it out and enjoy it too!

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Loughran, Fry’s LMC Director (michelle_loughran@ipsd.org or 630-428-7400.) Thank you for considering this way to honor your child’s birthday and help the Fry LMC!

Upcoming Dates:

9/24 Elementary EARLY RELEASE DAY 1:00

10/2 Fry-Day (Fry Spirit Day)

10/6 Parent/Teacher Conference Sign up opens in Parent Vue (directions will be shared)

10/12 NO SCHOOL - Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day