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payton community monthly meeting
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The monthly Payton Community Meeting is a brief and informative opportunity to hear what is going on at school directly from our principal. The meetings start at 6:15PM. They are generally held on the first Monday of every month, but always check the monthly calendar (at right) in case the schedule has changed. At press time, this year's meeting schedule is as follows: 9/9, 10/6, 11/3, 12/1, 1/5, 2/2, 3/1, 4/5, 5/3, 6/7
All meetings are held in the Library.
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fop fundraising is
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The Friends of Payton needs your valuable donations to support Payton's educational mission There are three ways to do it:
1. Mail a check payable to FOP at 1034 N. Wells St., Chicago, IL 60610
2. Drop a check into the FOP box in the school office. Make it payable to FOP.
3. Contribute online via credit card by clicking the donate button on Payton's homepage. All contributions are tax deductible and all amounts are equally appreciated.
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lsc meetings are
open, next is 9/16
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Parents, guardians, and the public are welcome at Local School Council (LSC) meetings, which are held monthly in the Payton Library at 6PM.
The LSC is an elected body that has three main responsibilities: School Budget, Continuous Improvement Work Plan (formerly SIPAAA), and Principal Evaluation, Retention and Selection.
All are welcome to attend and to make comments during the "Public Comments" portion of the meeting.
For more on the LSC, including a schedule of upcoming meetings, minutes of previous meetings, and a roster of members, please visit the LSC page of the Payton website.
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two more ways to
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Check the school website periodically (some people set a reminder on their calendars to do this once or twice a week) at www.wpcp.org.
Two other ways to keep up on what's happening at school are to watch the PNN (Payton News Network) OR check Advisory Announcements.
You can also subscribe to receive the announcements via email or RSS.
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check grades & attendance online
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ParentConnection is a secure online portal for sharing classroom attendance and grades between teachers, students, and parents and guardians.
To activate a student on your ParentConnection account you must obtain the student personal identification number (PIN), which you can do on this web page on the Payton sites.
Once you have obtained the PIN you will be able to complete the application process. If you experience any problems while looking up a PIN, please email
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when your student is sick or absent for another reason
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To report your student's absence you must submit a written note, available on the website under the Parents drop down menu. Or you may click here for Reason For Absence Note. Student absences will remain unexcused until a signed Reason For Absence Note is submitted to the Office. |
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gallery 34: payton in pictures
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Find great photos of Payton happenings at Gallery 34. It is continually updated.
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payton alumni
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Please go to
www.wpcp.org/alumni for current news on Payton Alumni Association activities.
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share stories and ideas for this newsletter
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Please send us current Payton news to share with other Payton families. Here are the submission guidelines:
Less is more -- 200 words or less works best in an e-newsletter. If that's not enough room to tell the whole story, include a phone number, email address, or web link to give our readers more details. Send text as a Word attachment or type it into the body of your email.
Include a picture or two if you have them; send pictures as .jpg attachments, do not embed them in your Word document.
All submissions are due the 25th of the preceding month. Send them to: fopnewseditor@gmail.com
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the pptw
newsletter team
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Marla Gross
President, Friends of Payton
Marcia Matalon May
VP, FOP Communications
Deb Hass
Associate Editor
Susan McColgan
Associate Editor
TBA
Sports Editor
Barb McHugh
Susan Pearsall
Erin Schertler
Marion Shuck
Jill Wohl
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newsletter
brought to you by friends of payton
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Friends of Payton (FOP)
is a volunteer-run organization that includes all of the parents and guardians of current Payton students. We raise funds and provide volunteer assistance to support Walter Payton College Prep.
Our mission is to enrich educational and extracurricular activities with outside resources to supplement the limited funding allotted to Payton through the public school system.
President
Marla Gross
Executive Vice President
Andrea Mularczyk
VP, Communications
Marcia Matalon May
VPs, Fundraising
Moira Saliba
Kathy Schutz
Treasurer
Tracey Lowenthal
Assistant Treasurer
Linda Clark
Secretary
Lynn Brahin
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walter payton college prep high school
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1034 North Wells Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
773-534-0034
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CALENDAR
Some details were not available at the time of this issue's publication. Contact the Payton administration with questions: 312-534-0034.
SEPTEMBER
09/07 No School - Labor Day
09/08 First Day of School for Students 09/09 Payton Community Meeting, 6:15-8PM, Library 09/16 LSC Meeting, 6-8PM, Library 09/17 Yale University Session, 6:30-9PM, Recital Hall 09/21 Payton Booster Association Meeting, 6-7PM, Library 09/23 Seminar Day 09/24 Curriculum Night, 6-8PM
09/30 Senior College Planning Night, 6:30PM OCTOBER
10/06 Payton Community Meeting, 6:15-8PM, Library
10/06 Brown University Information Session, 6-9PM, Recital Hall 10/07 Seminar Day 10/12 No School - Columbus Day 10/14 LSC Meeting, 6-8PM, Library 10/19 Payton Booster Association Meeting, 6-7PM, Library 10/21 Seminar Day 10/23 Parents Night Out, 6:30-9PM (see article below) 10/28 College Planners, Inc., 6-7:30PM, Recital Hall
*PLEASE NOTE: Throughout the year, the Payton calendar may differ from the online Chicago Public Schools calendar. For the Payton calendar, please click here.
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 A LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Welcome to Payton!
Dear Grizzlies,
Welcome to the class of 2019 and their families, as they formally join the Payton community, and welcome back to our upperclassmen and families. We are so excited for the return of our compelled and compelling students. To prepare for your return, we have hired some rather remarkable educators to join and enhance our purposes and programs. We received hundreds of applications, conducted many lengthy interviews, spoke to many references, had many internal discussions about the needs of our community, and we are pleased to announce our first-round draft picks:
-Erica Bauer will give life to a newly-created, administration-level, role at Payton...the Director of Student Engagement (she earned her B.A. and M.A. from University of Dayton with major in Communication and minor in English, was a member of the University of Michigan's Consortium for Political and Social Research, earned a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Illinois-Champagne, and she has recently served as Director of Admissions and At-Risk Student Coordinator at Brooks College Prep.). Erica will help students understand and engage with varied matters related to multiculturalism and identity, and she will coordinate the efforts of our faculty to identify struggling students and to implement tailored interventions for those students.
-Marni Lewis will teach Dance and French at Payton (she earned a B.A. from Northwestern with majors in French and Dance).
-Leslie Russell will teach English (she earned a B.A. from Dartmouth with majors in English, African American Studies, and Developmental Biology).
-Devan Picard will teach Visual Arts (she earned her B.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design and her M.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago).
-Kathie Ang will teach AP Biology and Honors Biotechnology (she earned her B.A. from the University of Chicago in Biological Science and Neuroscience, and an M.A. in Education from the University of Chicago).
-Priyank Srivastava will teach Chemistry and Physics (he earned his B.A. in Science from the University of Illinois-Chicago and his M.A in Education from the University of Chicago).
It's the people who matter most, and these wonderful educators, combined with our other exemplary faculty members, will create a wide-range of terrific learning opportunities for students in our varied locales of learning: classrooms, Advisory, Enrichments, and Seminars. It will be an exciting year, mostly for the student growth that will occur, and also for the fact that the construction of the west campus is due to be complete ~February, thus allowing us to broaden learning experiences to more spaces. Amongst all that is to come, we will wrap all that we do in our 4Cs of courage, compassion, character, and curiosity...and we and those around us will be better for it.
Go Grizzlies!
Tim Devine, Principal
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 Payton Community News
PARTICIPATE
Sept. 8: First Day of School
Sept. 9: Payton Community Meeting, 6:15PM, Library
Sept. 16: Local School Council Meeting, 6PM, Library
Sept. 21: Payton Boosters Meeting, 6PM, Library
Sept. 24: Curriculum Night, 6-8PM
Oct. 23: Parents Night Out, 6:30-9PM, home of Jenelle & Dan Sullivan, 2244 W. Wellington
VOLUNTEER
Sept. 24: Curriculum Night: help with Wish Lists, volunteer sign-ups, and refreshments before, and after the class presentations, and during 'lunch period'
Oct. 23: Parents Night Out: help with set up or clean up or by bringing some paper goods, etc. Email Carol Cubia-Siebert to volunteer.
Fundraising! The fundraising team is forming. It needs your help in big and small ways.
DONATE
FOP has launched the Annual Appeal. If you have made a donation, thank you. If you have not done so yet, please consider making a contribution as the Payton community continues its work to restore programs and services lost to the CPS budget cuts.
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 FRIENDS OF PAYTON
A Message From
The President
Happy September and welcome to the new school year! My name is Marla Gross and this is my second year as Friends of Payton (FOP) president. My daughter is a senior, and early in her freshman year I decided to volunteer to learn more about her high school experience. Through FOP I found many opportunities, and I hope you do too.
FOP is our all-volunteer parent organization. By virtue of having a student here, each parent is a member of FOP, and no dues are required. However, to support Payton, you can (and we hope you do!) participate in activities, volunteer at school functions, and donate to our school's needs.
In that vein, while the sun has been shining and the kids have been out of school, FOP has had a very busy and productive summer. Our involvement included supporting our students in the CPS-student led rally (against a later start time) held at Daley Plaza last month; beginning our Annual Appeal early, which due to the generous nature of the Payton community eased the impact of budget cuts; and hosting the freshman Parent Program in late August.
You can start getting involved by attending our FOP monthly community meetings - it's your chance to hear Principal Devine share information about the school and answer your questions. The first meeting of the school year is on Wed. Sept. 9, and thereafter on the first Tues. of every month. The meetings are held in the Library and begin at 6:15PM.
On a social note, please join your fellow Payton parents and guardians in a treasured tradition - Parents Night Out (PNO). These events are held twice during the school year and each one is hosted by a Payton parent. It's a great way to begin the school year, meet new parents, and reconnect with old ones. The fall PNO is Fri. Oct. 23. I will be there as will other members of the FOP Board, and we hope to see you then.
Looking forward to an excellent 2015-2016 school year!
Best,
Marla
FOP President
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 PAYTON ATHLETICS
Help Wanted:
Sports Editor
The newlsetter needs a new Sports Editor for the 2015-2016 school year, as former editor Steve Gallancy has moved on following the graduation of his Grizzly. The Sports Editor job entails editing short updates submitted by coaches, team parents, or student members.
The newsletter staff relies entirely on correspondents "on the ground" to report scores, highlights and other sports news for PPTW. Parents who regularly attend games and like to spread the word - and students who wants to add "sports reporter" to your list of extra curriculars - can volunteer to to write a full section or just text message results and highlights by contacting Jeanne Lamar at jmlamar@aol.com.
This fall, Payton fields teams in Sailing, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Pompon, Boys Soccer, Girls Swimming, Girls Volleyball, Boys 16" Softball, and Girls Tennis.
Check the Payton website frequently for schedule updates.
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 COUNSELING CORNER
Payton Counseling Team
Back in Action
The Payton Counseling team is gearing up for another busy fall. We look forward to welcoming freshmen to campus, assisting our seniors through the college application season, and supporting sophomores/juniors as they transition to a new year. Over 100 college admission representatives will be stopping by to visit with interested juniors and seniors about their respective institutions and we are hosting several evening programs for Payton parents. Please review the counseling assignments below and don't hesitate to contact us regarding any social/emotional, academic, or college/post-secondary planning questions you may have about your child. You can always find important counseling resources and contact information on the counseling webpage. Fall Evening Programs: Sept. 17, 6:30PM : Yale University Information Session (open to public). Click here to RSVP. Sept. 24, 6PM: Curriculum Night. Stop by to say hello or introduce yourself.
Sept. 30, 6:30PM: College Planning Night for Senior Parents. Oct. 6, 7PM: Brown University Information Session (open to public). Click here to RSVP. Oct.15, 6:30PM: High School Planning for Freshmen Parents Oct. 28, 6:00PM: Financial Planning: College Planners, Inc Counseling Assignments (By Advisory)
9th: 906, 907 10th: 806, 807
11th: 706, 707 12th: 606, 607
9th: 908, 909
10th: 808, 809
11th: 708, 709
12th: 608, 609
9th: 904, 905
10th: 804, 805
11th: 703, 704
12th: 604, 605
9th: 902, 903
10th: 802, 803
11th: 701, 702
12th: 602, 603
9th: 901, 910, 911
10th: 801
11th: 705
12th: 601, 610
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 GET TO KNOW THE PAYTON COMMUNITY Fall Parents Night Out:
October 23
Don't miss Payton's Fall Parents Night Out, to be held on Fri. Oct. 23 at the home of Jenelle and Dan Sullivan, 2244 W. Wellington. Parents Nights Out are informal potluck dinners hosted by Payton families. They are for parents and guardians only - no kids! Please bring a dish to share (appetizer, entrée or dessert). BYOB. Everything else is provided. Contact Carol Cubia-Siebert by email or phone (312-493-6341) if you want to volunteer to help with set up or clean up, or if you would like to bring party supplies. Hope to see you there!
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 FINE ARTS
Music News and
Upcoming Events
The upcoming year promises to be an exciting one for the Music Department. Mr. Glenn Rode, Director of Bands, and Ms. Kate Johnston, Director of Choirs, welcome back all new and returning Payton musicians, singers and performers!
Sounds of Sweetness (SOS), Payton's all boys a cappella group, was on their first-ever nationally televised broadcast on ABC for the "We Day" event last month. The group participated in the live event in April for the organization "Free the Children" from Toronto, Canada. In addition to the thrill of singing spontaneously with Martin Sheen backstage, SOS was honored to be a part of such a positive, life and world changing initiative. Sounds of Sweetness will be auditioning for 7 new members the first 2 weeks of school. If you know a young man who loves to sing - send him to Room 214!
Concert Choir goes to Argentina this spring! Be on the lookout for some very special events that will help get them there. The students will "sing their way to South America".... Sponsors and endorsements welcome!
Later this fall, Payton Concert Choir will head to Carl Sandburg High School to audition for the Regional and State Choirs.
Congratulations to Alexa Moster (JR) and Donald Riddle (SR) for being cast in the elite All-State Musical "Rent" to be performed the first weekend of January. In addition, Billy Lynn (SR) has been selected to sing at the opening of the show. Payton had 7 students (the most allowed) audition for this prestigious show and we are so proud that 3 of them will be representing our school and Chicago in January.
Pieces of Perfection (POP), Payton's all girls a cappella ensemble, will be auditioning for new members the second week of school. Watch for announcements! Ms. Kate Johnston was recently named the new Musical Director for POP.
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Fundraising News
Annual Appeal Update
As you know, Payton faced substantial budget cuts for the 2015-2016 school year. Friends of Payton (FOP) chose to begin its Annual Appeal this summer rather than wait until the fall, as is traditionally done. Our community banded together and, with the financial support of families from every grade, grandparents, and friends, we have retained our current teacher staff, along with the robust curriculum and manageable class sizes they bring.
With the potential for additional CPS budget cuts after January 1, FOP will continue to work for the funds to secure Payton educational programs and staffing through the school year. Accordingly, the Appeal will continue throughout the year. You will receive a letter from FOP sometime in October and if you haven't yet donated, please do what you can. We still need to help fund student seminars, Global Connections trips, and professional development for teachers, to name a few areas.
Thank you for supporting Payton education programs and students!
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 GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
Spanish Language
Award Winners
Congratulations to several Payton world language students who attained national recognition for excellent performances on the 2015 National Spanish Examinations.
Payton students earned a total of 5 gold, 11 silver, and 15 bronze medals along with 24 honorable mentions. "Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious," said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, "because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 157,000 students participating in 2015."
Payton students have a long history of high achievement on these exams and were taught by Spanish teachers, Kathleen Gallegos, Alicia Quintero and Colleen Vallin.
This year's Payton Gold Medalists are: Claire Goldman (JR), and seniors Camila Giraldo, Kaylor Weaver, Irie Evans, and Jacob Baskes.
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Welcome Freshmen. Welcome Back, Returning Parents and Guardians.
Payton Initiative for Education (PIE) is a non-profit organization designed to build and manage an endowment fund to ensure the legacy of academic excellence at Payton. Once the endowment reaches its $3 million goal, the income generated will be used to help reduce the annual fundraising burden that falls on the entire Payton community due to the lack of sufficient public funding for school programs and supplies.
PIE is looking for committee volunteers and new board members. Committees include Investment; Development; and Marketing/Communication. It is updating its webpage so anyone with media production, photography, advertising, web experience, etc. would be an exciting addition. If you are interested in board membership, please contact Susan Orloff at president@paytonppie.org. If you are interested in a Committee, please contact Susan Pearsall at swpearsall@gmail.com. See our temporary website www.paytonPPIE.org for more information.
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CLUBS AND TEAMS
Grizzly Chessmen and Women Needed
Come one, come all - the Payton Chess Team welcomes all who are interested in playing chess. All skill levels are welcome. Practices will be held once a week during enrichment and/or after school, likely on Wed. starting in late Sept. or early Oct. and will continue through the winter. We will also provide all team members with a variety of resources for practicing, and improving, their games. We expect to have several matches against other CPS high schools and will participate in several high school tournaments over the course of the winter. Stay tuned for further details, and in the meanwhile please feel free to contact Payton parents Steve May, at steve.may55@gmail.com, or Lauren Tatar, at ldwtatar@gamil.com, with any questions you may have or to find out more about the chess team.
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NEXT MEETING SEPT. 16
Local School Council (LSC)
Update
At the Jun. 18 meeting, LSC parent representatives Gaute Grindheim, Kaarina Salovaara, and Lori Yokoyama resigned their posts following the graduation of their Payton students. Five parents had previously filed candidacy papers to be eligible to fill these posts and three were chosen. The new LSC members are Maura Robbins, Daniel Sullivan, and Lauren Tatar. Each will serve one-year terms.
The LSC held its organizational meeting on Jul. 2. At the meeting, the LSC selected officers for the 2015-2016 school year as follows: Chairperson: Etienne Veber, Vice Chairperson: Jeanne Lamar, Secretary: Aaron Weiss, Freedom of Information Act/Open Meetings Act Officer: Dan Sullivan. The LSC also set the date for each of this year's regular meetings: Sept.16, Oct. 14, Nov. 18, Dec. 9, Jan. 13, Feb.10, Mar. 9, Apr. 13, May 11, and Jun. 7.
The LSC subsequently met several times over the course of the summer to address various issues including the bell schedule, budget concerns, and related planning for the 2015-2016 year. The final budget was delivered and approved at the Aug. 18 meeting.
The next LSC meeting is on Sept. 16 at 6PM in the Payton Library. All meetings are open to the public. Please join us!
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