Eisenhower Eagle Express

"Engage ALL students in experiences that inspire

EACH to grow as learners, individuals,

and community members."



November 17th, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are Grateful to have You in

Our D23 Family!

Dear Eisenhower Families, 

We hope that everyone has a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving Break with family and friends. The upcoming holiday season always brings many enjoyable commitments and events that keep us quite busy over the span of the next seven weeks. It's at this time of year that we just want to remind our families to keep up the good nightly reading and review routines you established during our first trimester of learning. As you know, the second trimester of learning is punctuated with multiple holidays and breaks. Continue to check out a weekly set of books from your local library, enjoying stories together, and adding titles to your Century Book Club Reading List. Use holiday and seasonal items and objects to make activities fun and engaging. Have your child help with counting the number of guests or slices of pie you need to serve. Let them add up the number of decorations that are adorning the house. Have them share in reading the ingredient list, while also helping to gather, measure, mix, and prepare the meal with you. Not only will they learn many practical life skills, but they will enjoy the added responsibility of helping you. We hope that the upcoming holiday season brings all of our families many cherished memories.

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving,

Your Eisenhower Family

Accessing Report Cards

Report cards for all students will be available in the PowerSchool Parent Portal (LINK) Friday, November 17. You will notice that we have updated both the look of our report cards and how they are accessed within the Parent Portal. Please follow these directions (LINK) to access your child's report card on Friday, November 17.

Nominate a Staff Member for a Home Run!

If you would like to nominate a staff member who you feel is doing an outstanding job serving the students, families, community, and makes you #PROUD2BD23, we ask that you please click on the following for "Hitting a Home Run": LINK 

PTO Reminder:

Parents! It is not too late to become members of the PTO and gain access to the District-wide directory! Simply visit the PTO website to create an account and sign-up (LINK) to get started! It takes a village to raise healthy and engaged children, and the PTO continues to be such a great partner and asset for us here in D23! Together, we are #PROUD2BD23! Any questions? Contact membershipd23@gmail.com!

School Database Information

In order to keep the most up-to-date communication information in our school database, we ask that families please let us know if your address, phone number, email or emergency contacts change.

Luke Lambatos, Ed.D., Ed.S.

Principal

Please remember, if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact me at

(847) 870-5040 or llambatos@d23.org

Useful Links

Please click the link below to view our school and district calendar(s).

School Calendar Link

Please click the link below to view our school supply lists.

School Supply Lists Link

Please click the link below to view our school bus routes.

Bus Route(s) Link

Please click the link below to view lunch information.

Food Service/Lunch Information

Please click the link below to visit our D23 PTO website.

D23 PTO Link

Please like us on our Facebook page @PHSD23.

Also, if you haven't done so already, please sign up and follow us on Twitter @D23Eisenhower.

The link below will show you how to create your own Twitter account.

Twitter /"X" Account Setup

Important Dates

Friday, November 17th - Report Cards Open Online

Monday, November 20th - Friday 24th - Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday, November 29th - 5:00-7:00 PM Family Fitness Night Kindergarten & First Grade

Thursday, December 7th - 5:30-7:00 PM BPAC La Fiesta de Invierno

Thursday, December 14th - 7:00 PM Board of Education Meeting

Friday, December 15th - Early Childhood Non-Attendance Day

Thursday, December 21st - Early Childhood Winter Concert 5:00-6:00 PM

Friday, December 22nd - 10:00 AM Morning Winter Parties

1:15 PM Afternoon Winter Parties

Monday, December 25th - Friday, January 5th No School Winter Break

Monday, January 8th - No School Teacher Institute Day

Tuesday, January 9th - Classes Resume

#Proud2BD23

Strategic Plan

Family Communication Survey

One of our Strategic Goal areas is Communication, and we want to hear from you! Specifically, we are gathering data on your thoughts and feedback on our building and district communication along with the communication method(s) you find most useful. As we have looked at our data, we see that our principal newsletters are opened by over 90% of our families. That's great! Still, we continue to enhance our communication to make sure important messages about learning and safety make it home to you.

We have a short survey (HERE)

that will be open through the end of November. We will have opportunities to take this short survey at Parent/Teacher Conferences as well. Thanks, as always, for your feedback and active participation. Together, we are #PROUD2BD23! 

D23 Home-School Connections

Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC)

Early Childhood

In Early Childhood, students are learning about their emotions through their Second Step lessons at circle and small group time. To help engage the students, the curriculum presents lessons in the form of puppet shows, picture talks, and games. Students are practicing identifying their emotions throughout the day and utilizing the “feelings buddies'' to talk about their feelings. Teachers are teaching strategies and providing students with tools to help them work through challenging or big feelings. They are using “I feel, I choose” statements to pair their emotions with a choice to alter or maintain their state of mind. It is great to see our students checking in on their classmates offering support.

Kindergarten

During our Kindergarten Second Step lessons we have been focusing on identifying a variety of emotions. The children are working on reading body language, facial expressions and cues from their environment to understand how others are feeling around them.  

First Grade

In first grade we have been working on identifying feelings in ourselves and others by looking at faces, bodies and what is happening around them. Have your child practice sharing how they are feeling and identifying how others in the family might be feeling by using these clues!

Updates to 2023-24 Calendar

At the Board of Education Meeting last night, the following necessary changes to the current 2023-24 School Year calendar were made:

Tuesday, March 19 will now be a Day of Non-attendance for Teacher Institute Day.

Tuesday, April 2 will now be a day of attendance.

CLICK HERE to view the revised "At-A-Glance" Calendar

Information from our Partners

Stay Connected with us!

Eisenhower Office: (847) 870-3875

Eisenhower Attendance: (847) 870-3876



Dr. Lambatos: (847) 870-5040

Eisenhower Principal: Dr. Luke Lambatos

Eisenhower Nurse: Mrs. Lissa Carlson

Eisenhower Administrative Assistant:

Mrs. Faby Mayen

Eisenhower Building Assistants:

Mrs. Jennifer Luke and Mrs. Elizabeth Guza