Dear Parents,

Do you have ideas for building on Thorp’s strengths to make it an even better school? Do you have points of concern that you would like to discuss? Would you like to work with a group of engaged parents to assess and guide the growth of the school? Come to the CIWP Parents’ Focus Group on Monday, January 30th at 6:00 pm and help develop Thorp’s Continuous Improvement Work Plan. Every two years, each school in CPS must identify 4-6 areas for improvement. These areas are built into the Continuous Improvement Work Plan (CIWP) for the school community to address. The CIWP is a great way to engage the whole Thorp community in making our school the best school it can be. Interested? Contact Amy Ellison at stillellison@mac.com for more information or attend the meeting at the school on the 30th (if you’d like to join the meeting remotely, join us in meeting code: thorpciwp). 

Please do not worry if your child forgets their lunch at home. Your child will never be hungry, and we will always provide a school lunch at no cost to you!

Virtual 5th/6th Grade Meeting Re: Thorp and Academic Center Option is Thursday, February 2nd from 6:00 – 7:00pm Meeting Code: thorpacmeeting. Please reach out to thorpadmin@cps.edu for more information.

Our after-school programming starts next Monday, January 23rd. Confirmation emails were sent out by Ms. Sanabria. If you did not receive a confirmation email - your child was not selected for the program this time. We are looking to add additional programs in the upcoming weeks and will reach out to families who were wait-listed first.

The Seal of BiLiteracy Exam will be given March 1 - 15. This exam is given to students that speak another language at home. Please see The Pathways to the Seal of Biliteracy Brochure in English and Spanish for quick information about the award.  *The Deadline to return this form is January 23, 2023.*

7th and 8th Grade News:

7/8 Worlds Finest Chocolate Sale is closed 

8th Grade Class of 2023 t-shirts have been distributed  

Student News:

5th grader Katherine Barajas won a prize for her award winning infographic!!!! She was one of four 3-5th students nationwide who won a competition from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education!

Thank you to our PTA parents and staff who helped us with our Winter Wiggle!  Enjoy the weekend.

Efren Toledo
Principal

Parents,

Each week, we will be highlighting different teachers. This week we would like to showcase Ms. Carlos our 2nd grade Reading teacher.


 
I am Marisol Carlos. I teach 2nd grade reading and writing. I love my job! I have known I would be a teacher from the time I was in first grade. I went to Kindergarten not being able to speak or understand a word of English and thanks to my teachers and Sesame Street, I conquered the language. I want to make students feel that same way, like anything is possible because it is!

 

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