Dear Marlowe Families,
It is with great pleasure that I write this letter to officially welcome everyone back for the 2022 – 2023 school year. We are excited to work with your child and look forward to helping them grow socially, emotionally, and academically. I look forward to working collaboratively with you to make middle school a meaningful experience for all. Important information for the beginning of the year is as follows:
First Day of School:
- The first day of school is August 17th.
- Our bell times are 7:30 a.m. – 2:25 p.m.
- The school opens for student supervision at 6:45 a.m.
School Supplies
School supply lists can be found here.
Material Pick Up
Material pickup days allow students to get their schedule and locker information, self-tour the building, locate their classes, and purchase PE uniforms. These sessions are also used to put school supplies in student’s lockers. If you are unable to attend material pick up, we will ensure your student gets all of their required materials on the first day of school. Material pick up dates and times are as follows:
August 11, 2022
- 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
August 12, 2022
- 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Open House
During open house, you will have a chance to meet all of your student’s teachers and learn more about how we can best collaborate to support your student’s unique needs. Open house dates and times are as follows:
6th grade: August 15, 2022
- Session 1 (A-L): 5:00 – 6:0
- Session 2 (M-Z): 6:00 – 7:00
7th/8th grade: August 25, 2022
- Session 1 (A-L): 5:00 – 6:00
- Session 2 (M-Z): 6:00 – 7:00
Sessions are split by alphabet as a general way to manage group sizes. We fully understand that you may have multiple children and/or have a scheduling conflict which necessitates you attending the session that does not coincide with your last name.
Transportation Information
Bus route information will be available via Powerschool. Access information for PowerSchool can be found here. Please check your child’s route information between August 2nd – August 11th. No changes to routes will be made from August 11th through September 1st; however if you have a concern please contact transportation and requests/changes will be evaluated on an individual basis. Contact information for transportation: (847) 659-3000 or [email protected].
Breakfast and Lunch
Food service will continue to serve breakfast and lunch to secondary students. Information on food service is as follows:
All students will purchase their meals based on the student’s fee status (full, reduced, or free).
Meal prices are as follows:
- Breakfast
- Full price: $1.75
- Reduced price: $0.30
- Lunch
- Full price: $3.10
- Reduced price: $0.40
An application to receive free and reduced meals can be found here.
The District will continue to utilize MySchoolBucks. Families can set up an account, which allows you to make food service payments, set up automatic payments, replenish your student’s account, see account balances, and student purchases. This is recommended if your child plans on purchasing ala carte items.
Teacher Assignments & Checking Student Grades
Finalized teacher assignments will be available via PowerSchool prior to the first day of school. Access information to PowerSchool can be found here. You can check to see who your child’s teacher will be by logging into PowerSchool. If you are in Powerschool prior to August 12th and see a teacher name, please know that our counselors are currently working on class assignments and these are not necessarily final.
We receive numerous requests for certain teams or teachers. While we would love to honor all requests, we simply cannot. Scheduling is a complicated process with numerous variables. Students can sometimes feel anxiety over their schedule (not knowing anyone on the team, not having a certain friend on their team, etc.), but the beauty of middle school is making new friends and learning how to navigate the ups and downs of adolescence. We also have times for students to be together when they are not on the same team (i.e., lunch, PE, exploratory classes, music). Our staff does a fabulous job of helping students get to know one-another through team building activities.
Health Requirements
All health forms can be turned in at the main office or emailed to [email protected].
All incoming sixth-grade students must complete the following by 8/17/2021:
- Have a completed physical form turned in prior to the first day of school
- Turn in documentation that they have received their tdap & meningitis vaccines prior to the first day of school
- Have a completed dental exam form turned in prior to the first day of school
Additional health requirements:
- Any student who plans on participating in athletics needs to complete an athletic physical
- Any student who is new to the district must have a completed vision exam form prior to the first day of school
- Any student who needs medication during the school day must have a completed medication administration form prior to the first day of school
- Any student who has an allergy must have a completed allergy action plan prior to the first day of school
- Any student who has asthma must have a completed asthma action plan prior to the first day of school
- Any student who will carry an inhaler with them throughout the school day must have a completed self carry inhaler plan prior to the first day of school
- Any student who has seizures must have a completed seizure action plan prior to the first day of school
- Any student who has diabetes must have a completed diabetes action plan prior to the first day of school
Yearbooks
If you would like to order a yearbook, please find ordering information here.
Administrative Changes
We are excited to introduce Ms. Gabi Clark as the new assistant principal of Marlowe Middle School. Ms. Clark will be replacing our current assistant principal, Ms. Rita Castans, who is transitioning to her new role as the physical education department chair of Huntley District 158. We are thrilled that Ms. Castans will remain an integral part of our school community and we are excited to welcome Ms. Clark to the MMS and Huntley 158 community!
Jump Start
All sixth grade students who have registered for “Jump Start” will receive a separate email with details regarding the event.
Thank you and we are extremely proud and excited to work with you over the next three years.
Go Mustangs!
Sincerely,
William Johnson
Principal
