Student Senate wants to add to the Hands for Hope Drive with a Money Wars competition next week so we are still accepting Gift Card donations if you still wanted to participate in helping some of our families!

The Chamber Orchestra and Dickens Carolers from Hersey High School came by this week as a part of their winter road show as they prepare for their upcoming concert on December 15th. It was great to connect with our former Marauders as they talked to our current VIM students about the importance of being connected in school through clubs, organizations, and teams! I can't wait for Wheeling's Orchesis performance on the 12th! It will be great to connect with some of our Wheeling students then!

We are wrapping up our unit on Human Impact on Natural Resources and Global Climate Change. Students researched various factors causing global warming and analyzed opposing perspectives for the main cause of Climate Change - human activities or natural cycles. We have our final assessment over this unit on Thursday, December 8th.

One of the activities today was to look at mitigation solutions to an environmental issue through the lens of a mock city council meeting with various stakeholders.

The students are excited to wrap up this unit so that we can begin our next unit on Chemistry. Our Chemistry unit is very hands-on, so students should be prepared to be in the lab often. Please look for a safety contract which will be sent home on Friday, December 9th. This contract will describe the expectations for following lab safety procedures.

7th-grade math has been working through Unit 2 and Unit 3 where they were introduced to adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers and rational numbers. Students explored adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers on the number line and through modeling using integer chips. Students have had much success with this unit and have had fun ways to incorporate integer operations through games such as Integer Wars. We are also learning about how rational numbers could be written in different forms such as decimals and fractions. 7th-graders are introduced to rational numbers in decimals forms that either terminate or repeat and how to convert a fraction to a decimal through division. 

We have seen an increase in the amount of absences this week due to illness. Some of the symptoms have included but are not limited to stomachache, headache, vomiting, and fever. Please be sure to monitor your child’s health over the next few days.

If your child is sick, please be sure to follow these guidelines:

• If sick, children should remain at home until symptoms subside.
• Children who develop a fever must remain home until fever-free for 24-hours.
• Children who vomit must remain home for a 24-hour period following vomiting.

 We are taking the following additional steps that ensure our school is a healthy and safe place for students with the following precautions:

• Washing hands and using hand sanitizer as often as possible to minimize the spread of germs
• Increased cleaning and disinfecting classrooms and bathrooms
• Disinfecting high-touch point areas to minimize the spread of germs
• Maximizing outside airflow through the HVAC system to ensure fresh air is filtered through our spaces
• Masking continues to be optional. Masks are available in all school offices upon request.

The well-being of our school community will always be our number one priority. Thank you for doing your part to help keep our school community safe and healthy. We hope to keep this winter season as healthy as possible!

Your high school will be sending information out to you soon about 8th Grade Night! Both WHS and JHHS have them scheduled on December 21st this year, so save the date!

For more information, click on the button!

FLU and COVID Vaccination Event - December 3 @ Eisenhower 8:30-11:30

District 23 is partnering with the Cook County Department of Public Health to provide Flu and COVID vaccines to our community on Saturday, December 3 from 8:30-11:30am at Eisenhower School. Please complete this form to sign-up for this event and indicate which vaccine you would prefer. We will share the information with CIMPAR, the agency providing the vaccinations, so they can bring the appropriate doses.

Staff members will ask for insurance information, but nobody will be turned away, we still will be providing the COVID vaccine for those without insurance. The FLU VACCINES will be provided to those individuals with insurance only. No, exceptions. 

District 23 Equity Audit

District 23 is conducting an Equity Audit this year to identify strengths and needs as we develop our next Strategic Plan. We invite you to share your thoughts and perspective be completing the following brief needs assessment. All responses are confidential and surveys are due by January 20, 2023.

Dear Eisenhower Families, 

We are trying to identify children who will be attending kindergarten in the fall of 2023.

All children who will be five (5) years old on or before September 1, 2023 are eligible.

Parents who will be enrolling their child for kindergarten in District 23 will be required to provide a certified copy of the student’s birth certificate. 

In addition, three (3) current proofs of residency, a current physical with immunizations, and a vision and dental exam are also required. Birth certificate and proofs of residency are required when registering. 

Health requirements should be met prior to the first day of School.

Parents of eligible children will need to contact our school office at 847-870-3875

prior to the registration dates. At that time, we will collect information from you

regarding your child.

More detailed information/forms will then be mailed to those families who have contacted us.

Kindergarten registration will take place at Eisenhower School, 1 N. Schoenbeck Rd., Prospect Heights, IL 60070 (at the corner of Camp McDonald and Schoenbeck Rds.) from 8:30AM - 4:00PM Wednesday, February 1st through Friday, February 24th.

We look forward to seeing you and your child!

-Institute Days: 1/9, 4/10

-School Improvement Days: 5/12

-Holidays: No School

  -Winter Break:12/23-1/6

  -Martin Luther King Day: 1/16

  -Presidents' Day: 2/20

  -Spring Break: 3/27-3/31

  -Memorial Day: 5/29

-Additional Non-Attendance Days: 2/17, 4/7

-8th Grade Promotion (tentative): 5/31

-Last Day of Student Attendance (if no emergency days used): 6/2