We appreciate everyone’s efforts to avoid taking extra time off during the winter break. As long as your child is healthy, please encourage showing up to class when school is in session.  Calling in to report an absence for a vacation is appreciated and lets us know that your student is safe and that you are aware of the absence. Unfortunately, it still counts towards our Chronic Absenteeism percentage. “Chronic Absence” means absences that total 10% or more of school days with and without valid cause, as defined in Section 26-2a of the School Code. Last year our Chronic Absenteeism percentage was 23%. By working together, we can lower it. 

Please visit http://bit.ly/3g8xyNK for information about how and when we will communicate weather-related updates. There are also details about the Emergency Weather Learning (E-learning) Days we will implement if we need to close our schools.

Have questions about attendance? Need to complete a pre-arranged absence form?

Visit the Hinsdale South Attendance Page.

The phone number for our 24-hour attendance line is 630-468-4555. You may also report absences in the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.

You must report all absences, including late arrivals and early dismissals. Failure to report an absence within 24 hours of its occurrence will result in an unexcused absence. Any student who needs to leave school unexpectedly must be excused from the dean's office before they exit the building.

The Hinsdale South Tech Help Desk can assist students with a variety of technology-related issues and challenges (e.g., resetting passwords, repairing Chromebooks, etc.). Students can reach the Help Desk by calling 630-655-6180 or emailing helpdesk@hinsdale86.org.

People can use the District 86 Tip Line to anonymously report any concerns they have about the well-being of our students, or make us aware of incidents or issues that threaten the safety of our schools or those we serve.

Please visit P3Campus.com or use the free P3 Campus mobile app to submit your tip. Both resources will also allow you to:

Please contact the dean's office if you have questions or need more information about our

Tip Line.

 Department Updates

Please make sure your student has a graphing calculator. These calculators can be used in math class, science class, and on portions of the SAT and ACT. They also have a variety of graphical and statistical features that help students investigate in class.

Students learn how to use graphing calculators through class instruction and continued practice. It is particularly important for them to know the features of their calculator if they plan to utilize it on their standardized tests.

Please visit https://south.hinsdale86.org/academics/mathematics for additional information about graphing calculators, including the models that are recommended by our math department.

Students from Hinsdale South earned the top three scores on the examinations that were administered in conjunction with the American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) for individuals in grades 10 and below and 12 and below. Eli Carder, Adolph Galinski and Rishikesh Joshi took the top spots on the AMC 10 A test, while Anastasia Galinski, Henry Joyce and Eva Maria Louis took the top spots on the AMC 12 A test.

The competitions, which are organized by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), provide an opportunity for high school students to "develop positive attitudes towards analytical thinking and mathematics that can assist in future careers." You can learn more about them by visiting https://www.maa.org/math-competitions/amc-1012.

Congrats Hornet Mathematicians!

Transformative Social and Emotional Learning is alive and well at Hinsdale South. Just a reminder: social and emotional skills are teachable and tangible. Multiple decades of data show that SEL skills can be LEARNED, and that they are truly the X-factor skills that help people to be successful across all areas of their lives. 

Here at South, and in District 86, we use the CASEL framework (CASEL.org), and we teach the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence RULER tools. Ruler stands for Recognize, Understand, Label, Express, and Regulate. We’d like to share a video with a brief description of how to use the MOOD METER at home! We first use the Mood Meter as a self-awareness tool (recognize). Watch this short video and see if you can use the color language (red, yellow, green, or blue) to express your mood, nonjudgmentally, at home with your student. See if they can also use the colors to communicate their mood while at home. 

Remember, emotions are invitations for connection and information to help us be our best selves. Emotions/Feelings are not good or bad. They are just high energy, low energy, high pleasantness, or low pleasantness.

Congratulations to our STEP Team

Congratulations to our Operation Snowball team on hosting a full retreat in Novembler at Camp Manitoqua in Frankfort, Illinois. This is a joint activity between Hinsdale South and Hinsdale Central.

Early Release Wednesday- December 7

We are hoping to make this our biggest toy drive EVER! Last year, we filled four giant bins with toys, which helped Joey’s Toy Drive collect two truckloads of donations! This year, the toys will be donated to the WGN Toy Drive, the Off the Street Program and Help Heroes of Ukraine (Chicago based).

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