No Child Left Behind

We value your role in working to help your child receive high academic standards.  The following is an outline of some of the ways you and school staff can maintain a partnership to share the responsibility for supporting your child’s learning.

 School’s Responsibility

• Provide high quality curriculum and learning materials

• Provide you with assistance in understanding academic achievement standards and assessments and how to monitor your child’s progress

• Provide opportunities for ongoing communication between you and teachers through, at a minimum:

• annual parent-teacher conferences,
• frequent reports regarding your child’s progress, and
• opportunities to talk with staff, volunteer in class, and observe classroom activities.

Parent’s Responsibility

• Encourage your child to attend school regularly
• Encourage your child to show positive behavior
• Review your child’s homework
• Monitor television watching and encourage positive use of your child’s extra-curricular time
• Volunteer in your child’s school and classroom if time or schedule permits
• Attend parent-teacher conferences and participate, when appropriate, in decisions relating to the education of your child.

Please review this School-Parent Compact with your child.  This School-Parent Compact may be discussed with you during a parent-teacher conference as it relates to your child’s progress.
Thank you for your support and involvement in your child’s education.

Annual Parent Notice - Right to Request Teacher Qualifications

Our school receives federal funds for Title I  programs that are part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.  Throughout the school year, we will continue to provide you with important information about this law and your child’s education.

You have the right to request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teacher(s).  If you request this information, the district office will provide you with the following as soon as possible:

1. if the teacher has met state licensing requirements for the grade level and subjects in which the teacher is providing instruction;

2. if the teacher is teaching under an emergency status for which state licensing requirements have been waived;

3. the type of college degree major of  the teacher and the field of discipline for any graduate degree or certificate; and

4. if your child is receiving Title I services from paraprofessionals and, if so, his/her qualifications. 

If you would like to request information, please contact the school district office at 630.636.3080.

Notice of School-wide Title I Program Eligibility

We have been notified that our school qualifies to receive federal funds under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title Part A, for the above indicated school year.

Our school is eligible for the following:

School-wide Title I Program: School may consolidate and use funds under Title I, together with other federal, state, and local funds, in order to upgrade the entire educational program in schools in which not less than 40% of the children are from low-income families.

We look forward to your involvement in school activities and your child’s education.  You will receive notices and information throughout the school year to keep you informed about the progress of your child and the status of the school in making progress toward helping all children meet high academic standards.  We also look forward to your attendance at school meetings when we will discuss the development, revision, and implementation of our School-wide Program Plan.

You are an important partner in our effort to provide the best education possible for your child.  Please call the school if you have any questions or would like additional information.

What is the Overall Purpose of NCLB? 

The overall purpose of the law is to ensure that each child in America is able to meet the high learning standards of the state where he or she lives.  The specific goals of the law, a spelled out in the Federal Register issued on March 6, 2002, are: 

• All students will reach high standards, at a minimum attaining proficiency or better in reading and mathematics by 2013-2014
• All limited English proficient students will become proficient in English
• By 2005-2006 all students will be taught by highly qualified teachers.
• All students will be educated in learning environments that are safe, drug free and conductive to learning.
• All students will graduate from high school.

To help schools and districts meet these goals, the law provides a blend of requirements, incentives and resources.  The requirements include:

• Annual testing of all students against  state standards in reading and mathematics in grades 3-8 and in science at three times in a student’s school career (including once in high school)
• “Verification” of each state’s assessment system via required participation (every other year) by selected districts in the NAEP test.
• Aggregate and disaggregate analysis and reporting of student achievement results.
• A state definition and timeline for determining whether a school, district and the state are making adequate yearly progress. (AYP) toward the goal of 100 percent of students meeting state standards by the 2013-2014 school year.
• Technical assistance and then sanctions for schools, districts and the state for failure to make AYP.
• Highly qualified aides or paraprofessionals.
• Support for students not meeting standards and/or for those who have special needs (e.g. homeless, limited-English-proficiency)
• The use of “scientifically-based” programs and strategies.

More information about the No Child Left Behind Act can be found on ISBE.