Supporting One of Our Own:  The Ortega Family Meal Train

A mother in our school community has been going through a difficult time with an on-going battle of cancer. This has taken a tremendous toll on the family. Support with meals would be extremely helpful during this challenging time. If you would like to sign up to bring a meal or send a gift card, you can do so here:

 https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/oeo581

 We appreciate all of your support! 

As we approach the end of another school year, we want to share some important dates regarding our Learning Resource Center (LRC) collections.

Important LRC Dates

Today, Friday, May 15, is the final day for students to check out library books for the school year. Following this date, we ask that families begin checking at home for any library materials that need to be returned.

Event

Date

Last Day for Student Checkout

All Library Books Due

Overdue Notices Sent via Email

Friday, May 15

Friday, May 22

Tuesday, May 26

Keep Reading All Summer!

While school checkout is ending, reading doesn't have to! Students can continue to access our district's SORA collection for eBooks and audiobooks all summer long. Additionally, be sure to check out the summer reading programs at our local public libraries. Detailed information and links to summer promos will be available at kamispatzek.com under Family Links.

If you have questions about your child's library account, please contact:
Kami Spatzek
LRC Director

Dear District 102 Families,

We hope you’re doing well.

We’re always looking for ways to improve how we connect with and support our families, and your perspective is incredibly important to us. We’d love for you to take a few minutes to share your thoughts through a short survey.

This survey asks about:

How you prefer to receive information from the school and district

Whether you feel informed about opportunities available to your child

How comfortable you feel reaching out with questions or support

Click Here for Survey

Click here for Survey in Spanish

The survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

Your responses will help us better understand what’s working well and where we can grow. Some optional questions ask about family demographics so we can continue working toward supporting all students and families in meaningful ways. All responses will remain confidential.

Thank you for taking the time to share your voice with us, it truly makes a difference.

Warmly,

Afina Lockhart, Director of Equity and Student Services

Catherine Rodriguez, Principal

Catie Leon, Assistant Principal
Congress Park Elementary School

Student Climate Survey Administration - Spring 2026

In D102, we know that a strong school climate has positive impacts on student achievement, attendance rates, and school safety, as well as creating conditions for developing healthy social and emotional skills.  We also feel it is critical to hear the voices of our students. To 

help facilitate that communication we provide a Student Climate Survey twice annually, once in September/October and again in May.  The survey may be administered in one sitting or may be split into several sections, depending on the classroom schedule. 

D102 will gather 3rd-8th grade students’ perceptions of their school climate via an online survey in Google Forms. 

Results of the survey are confidential and will not be used to identify individual students.  Rather, the data will be used to gather an overarching sense of students’ perceptions.  Each building’s leadership team will use the survey results to inform school-wide planning while grade level teachers will use the data to help plan proactive classroom-based morning circles.  

For more information see:

Student Survey questions - grades 3-5

Student Survey questions - grades 6-8 

Survey FAQ

Families that wish to opt out of the survey should either contact their elementary child’s classroom teacher or their junior high child’s advisory teacher. 

If you would like to volunteer or contribute to the CP Field Day, please use this sign-up genius link and deliver to the main office on June 1st or buy from this amazon wishlist and get it shipped directly to us. If you would like to coordinate drop off before June 1st, please text Miory at (773) 414-4095.  Thank you for your support! 

Park Junior High Summer Wrestling Camp

Boys and Girls

Entering Grades 4-8

June 8 - June 25

Location:  Ogden Avenue School