Attention parents of current 7th grade students. Yesterday, in first period, elective selection sheets for next school year (2019-2020) were passed out. Please review these with your student and submit them by Friday. If you have any questions, please contact our Front Office at 847-357-6800.

At Frost, our simple and focused mission goals have always been High Achievement and Positive Culture.  Over the past two weeks, our focus on ensuring High Achievement for our students and creating a Positive Culture at Frost were on full display.  This past week, our students completed their winter MAP tests in reading and mathematics allowing the teachers and your child see the progress they have made this school year.  We will use each student’s results to plan for specific and individualized instruction for your child the latter half of the school year.  During our Advocacy lessons, our students and staff continue to take valuable time away from typical daily instruction to learn about being Frost Strong.  Every Wednesday, our students connect with engaging social-emotional learning lessons/experiences around fairness and honesty, goal-setting, building relationships, personal emotions, culture and perspectives, empathy and bullying, and personal responsibility.  We encourage you to discuss with your child their take-aways from what they learn during Advocacy.  This month, our students are focusing on the importance of kindness by quantifying the number of “mini-miracles” our students and staff can give.  A “mini-miracle” is any conscious act of kindness—our hope to is to spread the positivity that comes from helping others.  Finally, our Interact Club has completed our annual Adopt-a-Family fundraiser to benefit Frost families-in-need this holiday season.  Our Adopt-a-Family is the ultimate project of kindness!  These events are powerful reminders to all of us what it means to be “Frost Strong”.

High Achievement

5Essentials Survey:  We value your feedback!  Please consider taking the 5Essentials Parent Survey available online through Feb. 15 2019, at https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois.  We will be administering the 5Essentials Student Survey on Wednesday, December 19.

District 211 information for our eighth grade parents: Students’ PSAT 8/9 test results will be distributed to parents at Incoming Freshmen Student and Parent Night which will be held at each high school this week.  Parents should have received an invitation to the event.  As a reminder, the dates and times are below:

• Schaumburg High School: Monday, December 10 at 6:00 pm
• Conant High School:  Tuesday, December 11 at 6:00 pm
• Hoffman Estates High School:  Tuesday, December 11 at 6:00 pm

Please contact your child’s respective high school for more information.

Positive Culture

PTA: Please click on the following link Frost PTA MemberHub to join our MemberHub site.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lisa Reck, Frost PTA President at lisa.reck@nullyahoo.com.  Please join us for our next PTA meeting on January 15 at 7:00 PM in the Frost Lounge.  Please visit our Frost PTA website for other important PTA information Frost PTA.

Social Emotional Learning:  At school, we have been talking about Responsibility and would like to share ways you can continue the learning at home.  The following questions/scenarios can be completed any time.  Talking with your children will reinforce the social emotional life skills needed. We hope you enjoy the valuable discussions with your children!

• How do you demonstrate Ownership by taking responsibility for your words and actions?
• How do you Balance your activities to nurture your mind, body, and emotions?
• You are at home studying for a test you want to do well on.  Your friends call and say meet me at the park. You would rather stay home.   How can you prioritize what is important to you over what is important to your friends?

Yearbook:  One great way to preserve this year’s school memories is with a 2018-19 Robert Frost Junior High School yearbook! You can order your yearbook today at ybpay.lifetouch.com using our school yearbook ID code 13216219.

District 54 Cold Weather Response Plan:  In order to help you better prepare for the severe cold weather and snow we often get during winters in our community, I wanted to share with you the District 54 Severe Cold Weather Response Plan. Though District 54 makes every effort to keep our schools open and operational, circumstances beyond our control oftentimes dictate school closings.

Boys Basketball and Cheer finish their seasons @ D54 Conference Tournament finals this week—good luck, Spartans!

Please encourage your child to get involved in these upcoming Frost Club offerings: Art Club, Game Club, Frost TV, Interact Club, Theater Club, Geography Bee, History Bee, and Rube Goldberg.  Please visit our Frost Clubs and Activities page for more information about these clubs Frost Clubs .

Important upcoming dates:

• Wednesday, 12/12:  Sixth grade parent and student night
• Tuesday, 12/18-19:  Winter music concerts
• Friday, 12/21:  Winter Pep Rally
• Friday, 12/21:  Winter break begins at the end of the school day
• Monday, 1/7:  School resumes
• Monday, 1/21:  No school
• Wednesday, 1/30:  Half day of school
• Thursday, 2/14-Friday 2/15:  Winter conferences

Please visit our Frost JHS website for the building calendar para información de la escuela en español, favor de precionar bajo Hispanoparlantes .  Finally, don’t forget to “Like” us on Facebook at Facebook and follow us on Twitter at Twitter to stay updated with the latest news and information about the great things happening at Frost.  In addition, several of our teachers and staff members have Twitter and/or Instagram accounts that share our “Strong” at Frost every day—please follow our accounts to see what your children are up to at Frost by clicking on this link to find embedded links to specific staff members’ accounts! As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Thank you for your continued support and commitment to ensuring your child’s educational success.

The Frost Interact Club is hosting it’s annual holiday goodwill Adopt-A-Family event. During lunch periods, donations are being collected to provide food, clothing and presents for some of our very own Frost families-in-need. Donations are being collected each day through December 3rd. Encourage your Spartan to donate today!

As we pause to give thanks this week, I want to say thanks to all of you on behalf of the Frost staff.  We are fortunate to have such a supportive parent community; you are critical to the continued success of our Spartans.  Please read below for more information about our goals to raise student achievement and create a positive culture at Frost.

High Achievement

Report Cards Online:  Parents/guardians are able to view report cards online this semester on Nov. 21. I want to ensure that all of our parents have access to this early viewing of the report card, so I highly encourage you to sign up for the District 54 Infinite Campus Parent/Student Portal. The portal is a website and app where parents and guardians can view their children’s grades, assignments, immunizations, test scores, demographic information and report cards. If you have not previously logged on to the portal, contact our front office for instructions on how to obtain a secure Campus Portal Activation Key.

Winter MAP tests begin on November 26, 2018.  The students will be taking their tests in their mathematics and language arts classrooms.  Please see the testing schedule below.  We are excited to monitor the progress of the goals our students set for themselves at the beginning of the school year.  During our February student goal-setting conferences, we will share the results with you.

• Reading: All students will test in their language arts class Monday, 11/26 and Tuesday, 11/27.
• Mathematics: All students will test in their mathematics class Monday, 12/3 through Wednesday, 12/5.
• All students in instructional classes will take their reading and mathematics tests Thursday, 11/29 and Friday, 12/7.

5Essentials Survey Update:  In last week’s email, I included a letter asking you to take the Illinois State Board of Education’s 5Essentials Survey for parents and sharing with you our plans to administer the student survey at school. Please note that since that time, Illinois has changed the date for the student survey, which will not be available until Dec. 11. It is still our plan to complete the survey at school prior to winter break. If you do not want your child to participate, please contact me ASAP. The parent survey will be available online through Feb. 15 2019, at https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois.

Positive Culture

PTA: Please click on the following link Frost PTA MemberHub to join our MemberHub site.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lisa Reck, Frost PTA President at lisa.reck@nullyahoo.com.  Please join us for our next PTA meeting on January 15 at 7:00 PM in the Frost Lounge.  Please visit our Frost PTA website for other important PTA information Frost PTA.

Social Emotional Learning:  At school, we have been talking about Empathy and Bullying and would like to share ways you can continue the learning at home.  The following questions/scenarios can be completed any time.  Talking with your children will reinforce the social emotional life skills needed. We hope you enjoy the valuable discussions with your children!

• An upstander is someone who recognizes when something is wrong and acts to make it right even when the easiest or most acceptable choice is to do nothing. Can you think of a time when you were an upstander and how it affected the situation? If not, can you think of a time where you could have been an upstander and how it would have affected the situation?

• What does it mean to be show empathy?

• Performing acts of kindness not only makes others happy but also increases our own happiness. As a family, generate a list of Conscious Acts of Kindness to complete.

Schaumburg Parent University (SPU) is designed to involve more parents in the life of the school, to strengthen family relationships, and to improve parenting skills that will ultimately result in improved student success academically, socially and emotionally. There is one evening program scheduled for December. Please note that childcare is always available.

• Get Your Game On – December 4:  Monopoly your game choice? Maybe Pictionary? They got nothing on this night! Come to our Family Game Night and not only will you learn new games, you are will make them from scratch! In this session, families will create and play their own game and have an hour of uninterrupted, no electronic, family together time. The best part is you get to take your game home with you so that the fun can continue! Parents and students in kindergarten and older are welcome. This event will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on December 4, 2018, at the District 54 Professional Learning Center, 522 E. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg. Get You Game On Flyer

To register or for more information, contact Meg Kwak at 847-357-6586 or spu@nullsd54.org. Leave your name, contact information, the number of children needing childcare (free) and your child’s school.

Yearbook:  One great way to preserve this year’s school memories is with a 2018-19 Robert Frost Junior High School yearbook! You can order your yearbook today at ybpay.lifetouch.com using our school yearbook ID code 13216219.

District 54 Cold Weather Response Plan:  In order to help you better prepare for the severe cold weather and snow we often get during winters in our community, I wanted to share with you the District 54 Severe Cold Weather Response Plan. Though District 54 makes every effort to keep our schools open and operational, circumstances beyond our control oftentimes dictate school closings.

Adopt-a-Family:  Frost continues an annual tradition of holiday goodwill as our Interact Club hosts a fundraising drive for Frost families-in-need.  Please encourage your child to donate to this worthy cause during their lunch periods.

Boys Basketball, Cheer, and Poms play/perform on 11/26, 11/27, 11/29, 12/4, and 12/6, 10, and 11 @ D54 Conference Tournament.  Good luck, Spartans.

Please encourage your child to get involved in these upcoming Frost Club offerings: Spartan CrossFit, Art Club, Game Club, Frost TV, Interact Club, Theater Club, Pep Club, Geography Bee, History Bee, Rube Goldberg, and Club Unify.  Please visit our Frost Clubs and Activities page for more information about these clubs Frost Clubs .

Important upcoming dates:

• Monday, 11/26:  Winter MAP begins
• Wednesday, 12/12:  Parents and Pastries (more information to come!)
• Wednesday, 12/12:  Sixth grade parent night
• Tuesday, 12/18-19:  Winter music concerts
• Friday, 12/21:  Winter Pep Rally
• Friday, 12/21:  Winter break begins at the end of the school day
• Monday, 1/7:  School resumes
• Monday, 1/21:  No school
• Wednesday, 1/30:  Half day of school
• Thursday, 2/14-Friday 2/15:  Winter conferences

Please visit our Frost JHS website for the building calendar para información de la escuela en español, favor de precionar bajo Hispanoparlantes .  Finally, don’t forget to “Like” us on Facebook at Facebook and follow us on Twitter at Twitter to stay updated with the latest news and information about the great things happening at Frost.  In addition, several of our teachers and staff members have Twitter and/or Instagram accounts that share our “Strong” at Frost every day—please follow our accounts to see what your children are up to at Frost by clicking on this link to find embedded links to specific staff members’ accounts! As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Thank you for your continued support and commitment to ensuring your child’s educational success.

At Frost, we talk a lot about being “Frost Strong”.  “Frost Strong” simply means being your best self in everything that you do.  This past week, being “Frost Strong” was on full display at Robert Frost Junior High School.

On Thursday, we held our annual “Thank a Veteran” night.  During the “Thank a Veteran” night, our students interacted with true American heroes who embody what it means when we say, “Frost Strong”.  To honor their strength, the Veterans were recognized between the boys basketball games.  After their name was announced, they were presented with a certificate, pin, U.S. Flag, gift bag, Frost Veteran’s Day t-shirt, and patriotic flowers and then were escorted to the cafeteria by one of our boys basketball players.  During their walk to the gym, the Veterans were further honored as they walked past displayed notes written by our students that were hung in our main hallway thanking them for their service.  While in the cafeteria, the Veterans enjoyed a complimentary dinner with musical accompaniment.  The event was powerful and reminded all of us what it means to be “Frost Strong”.

On Friday, our students and staff ended a highly successful first trimester.  Back in August, we asked our Spartans to display their “best self” in three critical areas this school year: academics, character, and behavior.  As a staff, we are proud of how your children have answered the call and have exceeded expectations in these areas.  We have a fantastic group of students this school year who make it an absolute joy to educate on a daily basis. Thank you to our parents for working as partners with us to ensure your child’s success at Frost.  Together as students, staff, and parents, we can continue this “Frost Strong” momentum moving forward for the rest of the year!

Please read below for more information about our goals to raise student achievement and create a positive culture at Frost.

High Achievement

Report cards:  Our first trimester ended on Friday, November 9.  District 54 launched an online report card last school year.  Everyone who has a parent portal account will be able to see their children’s report cards online.  All parents and guardians who have not previously created a portal account, then please contact our front office who can assist you with sign up. If you are unable to access the parent portal and require a paper copy of your student’s report card, please contact our office.

Winter MAP test begins on November 26, 2018.  The students will be taking their tests in their mathematics and language arts classrooms.  Please see the testing schedule below.  We are excited to monitor the progress of the goals our students set for themselves at the beginning of the school year.  During our February student goal-setting conferences, we will share the results with you.

• Reading: All students will test in their language arts class Monday, 11/26 and Tuesday, 11/27.
• Mathematics: All students will test in their mathematics class Monday, 12/3 through Wednesday, 12/5.
• All students in instructional classes will take their reading and mathematics tests Thursday, 11/29 and Friday, 12/7.

5Essentials Survey:  once again, we are reaching out to our families and asking you to participate in the annual Illinois 5Essentials Survey to provide us with your perspective and help guide our school improvement efforts. The parent survey will be available online through Jan. 18, 2019, at https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois.  The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete and is available in English and Spanish. Note: the survey will time out and you will need to start over if you do not finish in one sitting.  If you have more than one child, you may complete the survey for each child. You will be asked to select your county and then your child’s school. Be aware that there are often schools with the same or similar names in the state of Illinois.  The state is not providing hard copies of this survey. If you do not have access to a computer, you can visit the Schaumburg Township District Library or call your child’s school and we will let you use a computer at the school to take the survey.  The survey is administered by UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago on behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education. If at least 20 percent of parents at a school complete the survey, a supplemental parent report will be generated and shared with schools. We are hoping to meet the target this year in our schools.  A similar survey will also be administered to our teachers and students.  District 54 students will take the survey at school during the week of Nov. 27. You can review the questions asked of students by visiting http://Illinois.5-essentials.org. If you do not want your child to participate, please contact me by Nov. 19. If you have children at more than one school, you must contact the principal at each school.  Students will log in to the survey with their student ID and birth date. Student identities will be confidential. Teachers or administrators will never see individual responses to survey questions and will only receive aggregated information, such as the total percentage of students who agree homework assignments help them learn the course material.  If you have any questions about the survey, please contact 5Essentials Client Services at (866) 440-1874 or 5essentials@nulluchicago.edu.

Positive Culture

PTA: Please click on the following link Frost PTA MemberHub to join our MemberHub site.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lisa Reck, Frost PTA President at lisa.reck@nullyahoo.com.  Please join us for our next PTA meeting on November 13 at 7:00 PM in the Frost Lounge.  Please visit our Frost PTA website for other important PTA information Frost PTA.

Social Emotional Learning:  At school, we have been talking about Culture and Perspectives and would like to share ways you can continue the learning at home.  The following questions/scenarios can be completed any time.  Talking with your children will reinforce the social emotional life skills needed. We hope you enjoy the valuable discussions with your children!

• Have a family discussion: What if everyone in the world looked the same and shared the same beliefs? Would you want to live in this world? Why or why not?
• Discuss stereotyping and its negative effects for both the victim and perpetrator. How can you overcome your bias?
• Think of a time that someone upset you (hurt your feelings, made you angry, or disappointed you). How can viewing the same situation from a different perspective help?
• Tim Burton said, “One person’s craziness is another person’s reality.”  How does this quote support understanding perspective?

Yearbook:  One great way to preserve this year’s school memories is with a 2018-19 Robert Frost Junior High School yearbook! You can order your yearbook today at ybpay.lifetouch.com using our school yearbook ID code 13216219.

District 54 Cold Weather Response Plan:  In order to help you better prepare for the severe cold weather and snow we often get during winters in our community, I wanted to share with you the District 54 Severe Cold Weather Response Plan. Though District 54 makes every effort to keep our schools open and operational, circumstances beyond our control oftentimes dictate school closings.

Boys Basketball, Cheer, and Poms play/perform on 11/12, 11/13, 11/15, 11/19, 11/26, 11/27, 11/29, 12/4, and 12/6, 10, and 11 @ D54 Conference Tournament.  Good luck, Spartans.

Attention Aldrin Alumni:  Come have fun, catch up on what your prior classmates are doing, and help support the monthly PTA Fundraiser at the Buzz Aldrin Family Fun Night.  It will be an enjoyable evening for the entire family and what a great place for Buzz Aldrin Alumni to meet with other classmates and members of the school community.  Come in to the Chipotle at 2558 W. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, IL on Tuesday, November 13 between 4:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Bring in this flyer , show the flyer on your cell phone, or tell the casher you’re supporting the fundraiser event. By purchasing food or drink at CHIPOTLE, the Buzz Aldrin PTA will make money.

All you have to do is eat, and the restaurant will automatically donate a percentage of what you spend to the school. Family Fun Night helps raise money for Buzz Aldrin PTA.

Please encourage your child to get involved in these upcoming Frost Club offerings: Spartan CrossFit, Art Club, Game Club, Frost TV, Interact Club, Theater Club, Pep Club, Geography Bee, History Bee, Rube Goldberg, and Club Unify.  Please visit our Frost Clubs and Activities page for more information about these clubs Frost Clubs .

Important upcoming dates:

• Tuesday, 11/13:  PTA meeting @ 7:00 pm
• Wednesday, 11/21-23:  Thanksgiving break
• Monday, 11/26:  Winter MAP begins
• Wednesday, 12/12:  Sixth grade parent night
• Tuesday, 12/18-19:  Winter music concerts
• Friday, 12/21:  Winter Pep Rally
• Friday, 12/21:  Winter break begins at the end of the school day
• Monday, 1/7:  School resumes
• Monday, 1/21:  No school
• Wednesday, 1/30:  Half day of school
• Thursday, 2/14-Friday 2/15:  Winter conferences

Please visit our Frost JHS website for the building calendar para información de la escuela en español, favor de precionar bajo Hispanoparlantes .  Finally, don’t forget to “Like” us on Facebook at Facebook and follow us on Twitter at Twitter to stay updated with the latest news and information about the great things happening at Frost.  In addition, several of our teachers and staff members have Twitter and/or Instagram accounts that share our “Strong” at Frost every day—please follow our accounts to see what your children are up to at Frost by clicking on this link to find embedded links to specific staff members’ accounts! As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Thank you for your continued support and commitment to ensuring your child’s educational success.

The Frost Interact Club has had a very philanthropic fall!  We are proud of all your efforts to make our community a better place! Thank you!

The Frost Interact Club visits the Brookdale senior citizen center to spend time with it’s residents.

Interact students collect over 18,000 pieces of candy to send to soldiers overseas.

Interact hosts a successful Pack the Gym, Fill the Pantry!

On November 8, Frost Junior High will be hosting our Fourth Annual Invite a Veteran to Dinner event. Each year, we invite military veterans and their families from the Schaumburg area and from our elementary and junior high schools to come to Frost to be recognized for their service at the boys basketball game.  At the conclusion of the game, we will announce and present each veteran with flowers, a flag, a pin, a certificate, and a t-shirt to thank them for their service.  Each veteran will be escorted to the café for dinner and enjoy awesome company with some of our Frost students. We ask our students to talk and ask questions about the veteran’s service including memories from their time in service.  A highlight is the “Hero Wall” our Frost students create to display the veterans pictures with decorated thank you notes.  In addition, the café is decorated in red, white, and blue with a very large thank you banner signed by all of our Frost students accompanied by a photo slide show during dinner.  If you would like to recognize a special veteran, please email Joan Czarnecki at joanczarnecki@nullsd54.org or Rob Ferguson at robertferguson@nullsd54.org .

The past two weeks, we were proudly able to show our “Frost Strong” commitment to High Achievement and Positive Culture!  Our cross country and girls basketball teams capped off successful seasons with individual conference medalist in cross country and a co-championship for our eighth grade girls basketball team—their second conference championship in as many years!  Two weeks ago, the Frost PTA was recognized with an honor award for donating money to our LRC for the purchase of books.  I had the privilege last week to present the 2018-19 Frost School Improvement Plan (SIP) to Superintendent DuRoss, Associate Superintendent Dr. Myers, and the Cabinet.  Our SIP is written in the areas of reading/mathematics, whole child success, and culture and is the driving plan for our instruction, assessment, intervention, and enrichment at Frost this school year.  In eighth grade science, Ms. Nash took home the coveted “egg drop trophy” with her classes coming out victorious!  On Friday, we held our first Pep Rally of the school year where we awarded several students with a Key of Excellence award!  To top off a wonderful two weeks, our school-wide “Lip Dub” was finally released on our Frost Spartans  YouTube Channel.  The Frost Lip Dub was a great way to spread happiness and create a “peak moment” for the entire school—you can view it by clicking on this link: Frost Lip Dub 2018.  The Lip Dub was a fun way to bring the whole school community together to continue to Find Our Strong!  All of these activities are steps to ensure we continue to focus on raising student achievement and creating a positive culture at Frost.

High Achievement

Report cards:  Our first trimester ends on Friday, November 9.  District 54 launched an online report card last school year.  Everyone who has a parent portal account will be able to see their children’s report cards online.  All parents and guardians who have not previously created a portal account, then please contact our front office who can assist you with sign up. If you are unable to access the parent portal and require a paper copy of your student’s report card, please contact our office.

Positive Culture

PTA: A BIG thank you to our PTA volunteers who gave up their lunch hour to come and serve our students hot lunches the past few weeks: Dawn Dobner, Theresa Banks, Pilar Vences, Pat Foley, Pauline Ramos, Marisela Mancena, Tracy Olender , Colleen Carlo, Lili Jimenez, Maureen Brennan, Nicole Garza, and Debbie Navarrete.  Please click on the following link Frost PTA MemberHub to join our MemberHub site.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lisa Reck, Frost PTA President at lisa.reck@nullyahoo.com.  Please join us for our next PTA meeting on November 13 at 7:00 PM in the Frost Lounge.  Please visit our Frost PTA website for other important PTA information Frost PTA.

Frost Spirit Week:  To celebrate the end of a successful first trimester, we will be hosting our first school spirit week of the year with themed dress on the following days:

• Monday 10/29: PAJAMA DAY
• Tuesday 10/30: HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE DAY
• Wednesday 10/31: HALLOWEEN COLOR DAY
• Thursday 11/1: HAT DAY
• Friday 11/2: BLUE & GOLD DAY

Frost Interact Club:  Our Interact Club will be hosting two philanthropic events this week!  Starting today Monday, 10/29 and running all week, the Interact Club sponsoring a candy drive fundraiser for our soldiers overseas.  To honor the protection our U.S. soldiers provide us here at home, we will be collecting your extra Halloween candy to box and send to our brave soldiers.  This Friday, November 2, the Interact Club and boys basketball team will be hosting our annual Pack the Gym/Fill the Pantry event to benefit the District 54 Food Pantry and Community Closet.  The Frost vs. Sundling game starts at 6:00 pm in the Frost gymnasium and the entrance fee is one donated toiletry item.  The game will feature several groups of talented Spartans performing including our Cheer and Poms teams and the Frost Pep Band!

Social Emotional Learning:  At school, we have been talking about Personal Emotions and would like to share ways you can continue the learning at home.  Please click on this link to find questions/scenarios that can be completed any time.  Talking with your children will reinforce the social emotional life skills needed. We hope you enjoy the valuable discussions with your children!

District 54 Education Foundation:  The Windy City Bulls will host a District 54 takeover night on Friday, December 14 at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, and a portion of the proceeds from each ticket purchased will be donated back to the District 54 Education Foundation: Click here for more information or to purchase tickets!  The District 54 take-over night will feature District 54 students participating in performances and other on-court experiences before and throughout the game, and a District 54 Special Olympics basketball match at halftime. The Windy City Bulls will host an assembly at the school that sells the most tickets

Yearbook:  One great way to preserve this year’s school memories is with a 2018-19 Robert Frost Junior High School yearbook! You can order your yearbook today at ybpay.lifetouch.com using our school yearbook ID code 13216219.

Veteran’s Day Invite a Veteran Event:  On November 8, Frost Junior High will be hosting our Fourth Annual Invite a Veteran to Dinner event. Each year, we invite military veterans and their families from the Schaumburg area and from our elementary and junior high schools to come to Frost to be recognized for their service at the boys basketball game.  At the conclusion of the game, we will announce and present each veteran with flowers, a flag, a pin, a certificate, and a t-shirt to thank them for their service.  Each veteran will be escorted to the café for dinner and enjoy awesome company with some of our Frost students. We ask our students to talk and ask questions about the veteran’s service including memories from their time in service.  A highlight is the “Hero Wall” our Frost students create to display the veterans pictures with decorated thank you notes.  In addition, the café is decorated in red, white, and blue with a very large thank you banner signed by all of our Frost students accompanied by a photo slide show during dinner.  If you would like to recognize a special veteran, please email Joan Czarnecki at joanczarnecki@nullsd54.org or Rob Ferguson at robertferguson@nullsd54.org .

Boys Basketball, Cheer, and Poms are starting their seasons this week!  Boys basketball plays on 11/2, 11/5, 11/8, 11/12, 11/13, 11/15, 11/19, 11/26, 11/27, 11/29, 12/4, and 12/6, 10, and 11 @ D54 Conference Tournament.  Good luck, Spartans.

Please encourage your child to get involved in these upcoming Frost Club offerings: Spartan CrossFit, Art Club, Fuse, Coding Club, Game Club, Frost TV, Interact Club, Theater Club, Pep Club, Geography Bee, and Club Unify.  Please visit our Frost Clubs and Activities page for more information about these clubs Frost Clubs .

Important upcoming dates:

• Tuesday, 10/30:  Fall Orchestra concert @ 7:00 pm
• Tuesday, 11/6:  No school
• Friday, 11/9: First trimester ends
• Tuesday, 11/13:  PTA meeting @ 7:00 pm
• Wednesday, 11/21-23:  Thanksgiving break
• Monday, 11/26:  Winter MAP begins
• Wednesday, 12/12:  Sixth grade parent night
• Tuesday, 12/18-19:  Winter music concerts
• Friday, 12/21:  Winter break begins at the end of the school day

Please visit our Frost JHS website for the building calendar para información de la escuela en español, favor de precionar bajo Hispanoparlantes .  Finally, don’t forget to “Like” us on Facebook at Facebook and follow us on Twitter at Twitter to stay updated with the latest news and information about the great things happening at Frost.  In addition, several of our teachers and staff members have Twitter and/or Instagram accounts that share our “Strong” at Frost every day—please follow our accounts to see what your children are up to at Frost by clicking on this link to find embedded links to specific staff members’ accounts! As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Thank you for your continued support and commitment to ensuring your child’s educational success.

Next week, we will have a spirit week, we can’t wait to see everyone participating!

Monday 10/29/18 is Pajama Day

Tuesday 10/30/18 is High School/ College Day

Wednesday 10/31/18 is Halloween Color Day (orange and black)

Thursday 11/1/18 is Hat Day

Friday 11/2/18 is Blue & Gold Day