Um, so Highel meets weekly and then at the middle school we have hope in the middle and that also meets weekly at both Riverview and Crest View. And so we have students six through eight that are coming together. What do we want to do to spread kindness and spread positivity and um make sure that students know where they go um for resources? So that's something that is tier one and that happens um in all three secondary schools. Um this year we also applied for um and were accepted into um a research study plus grant um where we have access to something called hope squad. Um want to check out that curriculum. Um we've been given free access to that curriculum um in partnership with Hope Squad. And so we sent out a survey to families this past um spring and really just to ask kids what makes you feel hope and so we did that hope survey and so we're going to get those results back in the middle of the summer.
Should I start now? Um I have two documents, so one document with um some information on there. We have I read results, which is at the bottom. Um if you take a look, we we did pretty well. Our current third grade um has done very well over the last 2 years. They were one of the first classes to take it in second grade. And uh then so we didn't have as many to test this year because we had a good number in the past last year. We have a a few students who still need to pass that. They would qualify for what's called a good cause exemption based on their IEPs and things like that. Uh for grade two we did excellent. If you look um Demont 103 out of 125 and Weikfield did great 71 out of 66 which it should actually be 78.
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Neighboring districts such as St. Charles 303 implemented these policies this past school year and in talking with my nephews who attend middle school there, it was an easy transition. The second is to teach digital citizenship and literacy skills. In practice, this means prioritizing pen and paper curricula, hands-on activities, and social activities for all grade levels. A friend of mine who teaches sixth grade in Geneva shared that she rarely uses Chromebooks. And when she offers the choice between digital and paper assignment, roughly 80% of her students choose the pen and paper. They actively crave time away from screens. The third is to create opportunities to display screen time. This involves offering games and activities to encourage physical movement and social interaction during class free time, lunch, or recess. We hinder our children's ability to learn how to engage and socialize with one another when we allow Chromebooks and other devices to be used during free time at school.
I'm on Gemini. Okay, so Gemini, give me a powerful graduation theme. that I can use with these students. The future is a blank canvas and you are the paintbrush. Is that good? >> Inspirational. >> No. All right, let's try this. Let me get a little more specific. All right, Gemini. I'm a school superintendent at Big Hollow School 38. I'm currently doing graduation speech for almost 200 amazing eighth grade students who are looking forward to beginning high school next year. Please give me two important tips, just two. Please read Grant Community High School in Fox Lake. And please make this good because I don't want to get off the stage. All right, here we go. Congratulations to you and the entire Big Hollow District 38 community. Transitioning 200 students from the Big Hollow Hollow Way roots to the Grant Community High School Bulldog Pride is a significant milestone.
and then Michelle Peltton who is a long-term teacher here at the junior high uh a math teacher. So all four of these educators are excellent teachers who make a positive impact on their students and we want to recognize them. Um just a few dates uh to let people know June 1st uh as was mentioned is the eighth grade graduation at 6 p.m. right out here on the football field. And right now the weather is looking good so we're keeping our fingers crossed. And then June 2nd, next Tuesday is our last day of school. It's a half day morning only. students will be released at 11:00 at the junior high and 12:00 at the elementaryaries. And then in June, we have our committee of the whole meeting on the 22nd and the board meeting on the 29th. Um, and I also want to wish all of our students, their families, and our staff a happy and safe summer break.
Um, but we have full access to the curriculum, which I think is going to take all of our hope groups up a notch to be able to have access to new information and different things that we can do throughout the school. So, that's exciting. I also um speak in all of our PE classes um throughout the middle schools. So, I do a presentation on um substance abuse. And so we talk about um uh vaping in sixth grade. We talk about um different kinds of drugs in um seventh grade. And then we talk about opioids um and other drugs in eighth grade. So it's three different presentations, but the kids are getting um solid information about substance abuse and substance abuse prevention in all three grades. And then I do the same kind of thing but with mental health. So they're getting that same curricular support um with mental health in all three grades.
I wouldn't checked it so 66 is 78. Which is still an excellent number. And that's going to be great for next year because that's just less kids that have to test in third grade. So they they did really well. When we look at this year's graduating class again they did really well. We have 236 graduates. Uh as long as um everybody passed their finals and everything but this was just put in this morning by Melissa Richie. You can see the breakdown of academic honors, technical honors, people who got it both of them. That's just outstanding with all of those. The number of core 40s that we have and the alternative and certificate of completion would be our special and skills. Um The the nice thing is 44% of our kids earned some sort of an honors diploma. Uh again I'll go back to a few years ago we started really pushing the dual credits.
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I urge you to read the study by the surgeon general. And furthermore, if you have not yet read Jonathan hates the anxious generation, I highly encourage you to do so. The research is clear. We cannot afford to wait to act. Our students deserve BPS 101 to be a leader and not a follower in adopting these vital policies. Thank you. >> That concludes our public comment. >> All right. Appreciate everyone coming today. All right. Jumping right into reports. Item 4.1, school improvement plan presentations. I need bullet point. Lots of talking. >> Car, you're up. [clears throat] >> Run, run. I'm so excited to talk tonight. Right. So, um, I'm Tara Pekch. I'm the principal over at Routollo. And then I have Ryan Sullivan with me. He is a PE, first aid, foods, um, anything else that we put on his plate teacher at our school. He's on our SLT.
Here are two tailored tips for your eighth grade students as they prepare prepare to head down Fish Lake Road to Grant Community High School. Number one, two tips. Find your pack in the Bulldog community. Grant is a much larger environment. The big hall, which can feel overwhelming at first. The best way to make a big school feel small is to get involved immediately. Grant is known for his extensive extracurricular list. From the marching band, the choir to unique clubs like the fishing team and esports team. It's got it right. I know that's all there. Don't wait until your sophomore to join a club or try out a sport. Whether it's joining the Red Raid student section at a football game or finding your addition club or finding your pack in finding your pack early creates a vital support system. All right, tip number one is not bad.
>> Um, teaching and learning update. Miss Reer, >> I'm going to follow suit with the thank yous. Uh first of all, Melissa did a wonderful job listing everybody uh to thank regarding the speech tournament and she's absolutely correct with all of them. I'd also want to thank her because she is the person who helps organize and orchestrate everything from the beginning. Um in addition to that, I want to thank Deb. Every little piece of paper or award or uh prize, all of that goes through Deb. She organizes it. She is very meticulous with it. Probably has a lot of paper cuts from it. Um so I just want to make sure that we thank both Deb and Melissa as well in addition to everybody else, volunteers, staff, parents, students. Um I also want to thank our parents. We wrapped up our book study. Um our first one with the anxious generation.
Uh then at the high school we do um these tier one talks. So we have a lot of books that students read that have um a lot of like really heavy topics. So Romeo and Julia, the awakenings, um these are books that have like components of suicide in them. And so instead of just reading something and kind of brushing over this really heavy topic, I'll come in and talks to students and we'll have real conversations about what this means to have literature that has these real life components of suicide in the literature and we'll have those conversations. So those are all things that I do that I would consider tier one interventions within the school system. And then tier 2 interventions, so this is when I'm working with a smaller group of students. Um, so we have Cougar Success at Crest View and so I will make relationships with students that have been um, recommended into Cougar Success.
And um it it's been a great thing for kids because they're going to college. For my own son's graduation we had a KB student that uh graduated the same time he did from high school and because of her dual credits walked out with an MBA because she was starting that far ahead of everybody else. Um So, that we've had lots of cases like that where kids are graduating early. Maddie Myers has graduated early because of dual credits. Saves parents a lot of money. Oh, yeah. Good. Thank you. Chris? Yep, two items here. I met up with Boyer this morning regarding the new uh plan document. They plan to have it to us before the end of the week. Uh and we're we'll be seeking approval that in June. We'll send it out as soon as we are able to. Um the other thing, we have multiple projects that we've talked about before uh happening within the district.
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He's also finishing BPSU and we have this awesome opportunity for him to showcase all of his learned skills tonight. >> Hey, Erin, do you mind uh muting? >> Eron, could you mute at our school? That doesn't count towards my minute. >> All right, go ahead. >> Dave, could you drive to wherever he's at and take care of that for him? [laughter] >> All right, so we're going to start with our goal updates. So, our first goal was to increase student learning through implementation of impactful tier one strategies. And then we were hoping to create equitable learning environments uh through implementing proactive strategies that foster engagement, belonging, and academic success. So our metrics that we used to measure that were growth on the map and then our panorama data as well as our champs walkthrough observations. So if you look at the data that's up there, the fall of 2025, we have map math growth data that was 65.34 and reading was 50.
Number two, write your own headline. At Grant, the students don't just attend school. They actively shape the culture which is regularly captured by the student news site the bark. I don't know anything about the bark. Is it a real thing? Real thing. Okay, good. Your freshman year high school is like starting off with a fresh slate. High school is a rare set is a rare reset button where no one is locked into who they were in middle school. That's good. Think about what your headline will be over the next four years. Will you excel in career techn career tech education or will you earn a state seal by literacy? Will you be the fine students cheering loudest at the fieldhouse? Take the pen, write a story, you'll be proud of, and when you walk across stage high school, you will graduate and be happy. Not terrible, but let me try one more thing.