Kaneland Harter Middle School Newsletter

May 2023

From the Principal's Desk

I still can't believe it's May. As our school year winds down, I wanted to thank our amazing learning community for putting education, and Harter Middle School, at the top of your priority list. I am lucky to call myself the principal of such a fine building. The students, staff, and parents are second to none. Thank you for an awesome school year!

If I don't see you around at one of our numerous May events, have a wonderful summer. For those that are moving on to the high school and will no longer have a middle school student, I wish you the best. We will miss you!

Proud to be a Knight!

Brian Faulkner, Principal

Teacher Appreciation Week

May 8-12 is Teacher Appreciation Week. If you have a minute, please send a positive note to your child's teachers. We are lucky to have an awesome staff at Harter and they make our building an amazing place to learn and grow. #ThankaTeacher

KORT Hours

For students completing KORT hours, please know they need to be submitted by May 15th.

Last Day of School & 4th Term Report Cards

The last day of school is Friday, May 26th. Please note that Thursday, May 25th and Friday, May 26th are early release days. School ends an hour earlier on these days (1:40 p.m.)

4th Term Report Cards will be emailed on Friday, May 26th around 4:00 p.m.

Kaneland 302 Administration Communication

Kaneland Connects is wrapping up the second year of implementation. The commitment teams have been meeting to update progress on our yearly goals and project the goals for the next school year. We are pleased with the progress of our commitments over the past two years. The District did cancel the April 17, 2023 Inquiry Circle meeting due to low attendance. The District will build the feedback process through our Commitment Team meetings next year. For next year the District is creating one larger Kaneland Connects Commitment Review Committee. This committee will meet three times per year to review the process of implementation of our plan and yearly goals. If you are interested in serving on the Strategic Plan monitoring committee please contact Dr. Sarah Mumm at 10358@kaneland.org. It has been so exciting to see the progress of the Strategic Plan over the course of this school year.

The Kaneland Administration has been working to conduct a thorough student, staff and family survey audit through our R.E.V. (Respect, Equity, and Value) process. The purpose of this survey is to get a snapshot of our learning community. We conducted the first of two surveys scheduled for this year back in August/September of 2022. Administrators reviewed the results and each building selected two to three goals to focus on for this year and two to three areas to celebrate as successes.

As we close the 2022-2023 school year, we are conducting the second of the two surveys to gather valuable post data to determine how we did on select goals and to determine possible goals and action steps for next year. Please see the link to the R.E.V. Survey.

The R.E.V. Core Team along with the Kaneland Connects Strategic Plan Committee will review the data from staff, students and parents to create potential goals based on our learning community's survey results. Please have the survey completed by May 12, 2023.

Thank you for your ongoing support and we trust your student has a successful conclusion to the school year.

Next year the District is creating one larger Kaneland Connects Commitment Review Committee. This committee will meet 3 times per year to review the process of implementation of our plan and yearly goals. If you are interested in serving on the Strategic Plan monitoring committee please contact Dr. Sarah Mumm at 10358@kaneland.org. It has been so exciting to see the progress of the Strategic Plan over the course of this school year.

Sincerely,

Kaneland District Administration

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