CONGRESS PARK UPDATE James Robinette- Principal Sunny Sue Chang Jonas- Assistant Principal
NEW PRINCIPAL!!! A little bit about me: Degrees from NEIU x2, Concordia and working on Doctorate at NIU ● Former Bilingual Director at Rhodes School in River Grove ● ● Former Principal of Barbour Two-Way Language Immersion in Rockford ● Live in Lombard, Married with 4 kids ● Former School Board Member in Lombard
New Assistant Principal *University of Chicago (BA), Lewis and Clark (MAT), Columbia U (MEd), and working on doctorate at NIU in Bilingual Ed./Ed. Leadership. *Former K-12 refugee bilingual specialist with World Relief *Former Asst. Principal with Chicago Public Schools *Taught K, 2nd, and preK-8 music ● Live in Wheaton, IL, married to Mark 2 kids, Henry (8), and Pearl (6) ● Enjoys reading, cooking, e-scrapbooking, biking ●
What’s New at Congress Park Traffic Safety Outside everyday greeting ● Set the standard at pick up on Madison ● ● Working on traffic safety on Raymond at pick up
What’s New at Congress Park Student Safety Revamped fire drill procedures ● Changed the exit procedures for grades 3 & 4 ● ● Reiterated/Reaffirmed building expectations with teachers
What’s New at Congress Park Focus on SEL: High-Fives ● Morning Announcements Morning Announcements ● ● Students participating in morning announcements ● High energy Growth Mindset ●
What’s New at Congress Park Changing the culture Weekly affirmations ● Daily shout-outs to students and staff ● ● Weekly treats Hero of the Week ●
What’s New at Congress Park Teacher expectations raised In every classroom every day at least once ● Teacher observations- ● ○ 18 formal observations completed with feedback 15 informal observations completed with feedback when necessary ○ ● Teacher accountability to each other raised
What’s Been Happening at Congress Park PTO Boosterthon! Raised $13,700 for flexible seating ● Got slimed ●
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