Dear Frost Families,
As we prepare for Thanksgiving Break, the Frost Staff and I wanted to extend our gratitude to all of you for your support and the opportunity to work with your child on a daily basis. Your partnership has been essential to ensure student success at Frost and we are extremely proud of our devoted students throughout the year.
As a reminder, Fall Conferences will take place on Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November 26. Although there is no school on these days, students are highly encouraged to attend conferences with their families. Students also completed their Fall Conference reflection slides this week, so please take time to review this information with your student. We look forward to further connecting with many Frost families next week!
November Parent-Teacher Conferences
We look forward to connecting with you at our parent-teacher conferences on Monday, November 25, and Tuesday, November 26. For each conference you have signed up for there is a 15-minute window. The first ten minutes have been allocated for your conference, with the remaining five minutes designated as travel time to attend your next conference. We ask that you please limit your conference to these first ten minutes out of respect for other families that are waiting to conference at their scheduled time. Lastly, students are highly encouraged to attend all conferences! We look forward to seeing many Frost Families next week!
Adopt-A-Family and Giving Tree Programs at Frost
Another long standing Frost tradition will be retuning next week. It is the Interact Club’s Adopt-A-Family and Giving Tree. Since 2000, Frost has been making the Holidays bright for struggling families in the community. Starting Wednesday, November 6th, monetary donations will be taken in Advocacy. Students can bring in their spare change and dollars starting on Wednesday to truly make the Holidays wonderful for all families in the community. All money donated will be used to buy food, gifts, and presents for needy local families. Monetary donations will continue every Wednesday during Advocacy throughout November and the first week of December. We will have four total collection days to support families in need! Giving Tree items can also be selected from the wall in the Main Office to brighten the holiday spirit!
Frost Yearbook – 24-25 School Year
The 24-25 Yearbook is NOW on sale!
One great way to preserve this year’s school memories is with a Robert Frost Junior High School yearbook! You can order your yearbook today at www.jostens.com. You will need to search Robert Frost Junior High to find our school.
If you would like to preserve your memories for many years to come place your order online by February 14, 2025. Be sure to order today- don’t delay!
Frost Book Fair
Frost is having a book fair! The book fair will take place in the Frost Creation Studio. Online ordering begins November 15, 2024 by visiting: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/frostbookfair
The book fair runs from November 18-22 during school hours for students. The book fair is open to parents and the public during conference hours: November 25-26. All proceeds are used to benefit Robert Frost Jr. High.
Frost PTA Information
Hot lunch is up and running and every Monday at 9 am there will be a deadline for hot lunch for the following week. This helps ensure that all vendors can prepare the large orders in a timely manner. The Frost PTA is greatly in need of parents who are interested in distributing the hot lunches each week! Listed below are the PTA Hot Lunch links for reference:
Frost Hot Lunch Volunteers
Frost Hot Lunch Order Site
Whole Child Report Cards available – Nov. 18
The first trimester Whole
Child Report Cards will be available on Monday, Nov. 18 online in the District 54 Parent Portal. You can also quickly access report cards by visiting families.sd54.org and logging in using your portal password. We hope that all families will check the report cards and use the information to celebrate with their children their academic successes. I am very proud of our students. If you don’t remember your password or you have not previously logged on to the portal, please contact [email protected] or (847) 357-5110.
Frost Homework Communication
Frost has implemented a homework spreadsheet, located on the Frost website, to assist students and families with a weekly snapshot of homework assignments. Families will also be notified via email if your student has missing multiple assignments each week. Please reach out to your student’s teachers for any content specific questions.
After School Academic Support
After school content support is available each week at Frost. Students missing classroom assignments are highly encouraged to attend. Please see the following content support schedule for your reference:
- Monday – Language Arts
- Tuesday – Math
- Thursday – Science / Social Studies
Please contact your student’s teachers with any specific questions.
Frost Arrival/Dismissal Locations
Arrival and Dismissal at Frost often is a slow process due to the size of the parking lot, so please continue to display patience and civility when entering the school zone.
When students arrive on campus, they will be directed to enter one of the following doors and proceed to their first period class:
- Inside row of buses: Enter Door 1 / Main Entrance
- Outside row of buses: Enter Door 2 / West Entrance
- Parent Drop Off/Walkers: Enter Door 13 / East Entrance
- Arrival / Drop Off – Please use both lanes of traffic for drop-off to allow additional cars to access our parking lot in an efficient manner
- Dismissal / Pick Up – Please use the right lane of traffic for pick up to allow cars to exit the parking lot upon student pickup during dismissal
- Please avoid making any left hand turns out of the Frost parking lot at Arrival/Dismissal
All entrances to the building will open at 7:30 am and any students arriving after 7:40 am will enter through Door 1 and check in with the main office.
District 54 Severe Weather Response Plan
In order to help parents better prepare for the severe cold weather and snow we often get during winters in our community, please review the District 54 Severe Weather Response Plan. Additional information regarding school cancellations can be found HERE.
District 54 Virtual Backpack
District 54 shares information about community events with our students and families through our Virtual Backpack. We know that parents are interested in extracurricular activities. At the same time, we don’t want the homework, letters from the teachers, school news and other important district information to get lost among the countless other pieces of paper in our students’ backpacks. Please click here for additional information.
No Food Deliveries Allowed
With a focus on student and staff safety, District 54 will not allow food delivery services (including, but not limited to, GrubHub, DoorDash, and local restaurants) to our schools. We will continue to have hot lunch days, which are planned events, organized and supervised by school or PTA volunteers. However, we will no longer accept other outside food deliveries to keep our schools secure.
D211 Class of 2029 Information (Current 8th Grade Students)
District 211 is in the final stages of updating its comprehensive transition guide for the high school graduating Class of 2029. The transition guide highlights important information for families of current 8th grade students, including details about the placement testing. Each District 211 high school has a unique version of the Class of 2029 Transition Guidebook. When available, electronic copies of each high school’s guidebook are on the District 211 webpage devoted to incoming freshman information. The Class of 2029 Transition Guidebook were mailed home to families by October 1.
Frost Junior High