September 2012 Edition of the HILA school newsletter.

1. PRIDE party Parent Workshop
Did your child earn 20 points? Training on Pearson Success Net
September 28, 2012 October 13, 2012
The Hope Institute Learning Academy
Hawk News
September 21, 2012 Volume 2012/Number 1
A Word from
Mr. Jakubowski
Dear Parents and Friends:
There are many exciting events going on at HILA this month.
Please make sure you communicate often with your child’s
teacher to ensure your child is making both academic and
social/emotional growth.
•Wednesday, September 26th – Parent Social in the Sensory
Garden – 6PM-7PM. FREE food and drinks will be provided.
Families of HILA meeting in the auditorium from 5PM-6PM
•Friday, September 28th – HILA’s first PRIDE Incentive Party
for students who have earned twenty signatures (twenty points) Students arrived with smiling faces for the first day of school!
HILA Students to
on their HILA PRIDE cards.
•Thursday, October 4th – Pearson’s Read for the Record – K-2
Students only – School auditorium.
•Saturday, October 13th – Parent Workshop (9AM – 11AM)
– Training on Pearson Success Net.
“Read for the Record”
Kindergarten through second grade students at HILA will be part
•October 22nd-29th – HILA School Scholastic Book Fair in of an international attempt to set a world record on Thursday,
the school library. October 4. Our students will join with kids around the world to
set a Guinness World Record for the largest number of persons
Please make sure your children enter the building before 8AM
reading the same book at the same time. The event – Read for the
each day. If a student comes in after 8AM, they are marked tardy
Record – is co-sponsored by our friends at Pearson and Jumpstart
for the day. If your child is absent, please make sure the office
to stress the importance of reading and to raise money for early
receives documentation (doctor’s note, etc.) in regards to your
education programs.
child’s absence. Unexcused absences and tardies negatively
affect our Chicago Public School Performance Policy. We have More than 2.2 million people read together during the 2011 edition
the opportunity to earn 3 points if our student’s attendance and of this annual event.
tardy rate is above 95%. The more points we earn, the greater This year’s Read for the Record book – Ladybug Girl and the Bug
HILA’s chances are for renewing our school contract. Please Squad by David Soman and Jackie Davis is about a young girl who,
prepare for inclement weather to ensure your children arrive to with her friends Bumblebee Boy, Dragonfly Girl and Butterfly Girl,
school on time each day! learn important life lessons of friendship, feelings and courage.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call or email Each participating student will receive a copy of this year’s book.
me directly. Your support is essential, and I look forward Since the beginning of the program, Read for the Record has
to seeing many families next Wednesday night at the Parent engaged more than 7,000,000 children, raised more than $7
Social. million for early education programs and distributed millions of
Michael Jakubowski, M.Ed. free books.
Principal Immediately following the October 4 event, HILA will dedicate its
mjakubowski@thehopeinstitute.us Sensory Garden. Parents are welcome to attend the reading at 9:30,
and the dedication at 10:15 a.m.

2. September 21,2012 Hawk News Volume 2012/ Number1
Families of HILA Seeks
Participants
The Families of HILA group (formerly the Parent Advisory
Council) will meet Wednesday, September 26 at 5 p.m. in the
Volunteers Needed for
auditorium. The meeting will be followed by a Family Social
Event from 6 until 7 p.m. in the Sensory Garden. All families are
welcome, and food and soft drinks will be provided.
This can be the best school year in HILA’s history, but only with the
help and involvement of all HILA families. Many great activities
are planned, but our teachers, staff and administration can’t do
October Book Fair
everything on their own. Parent involvement is key to making this The Scholastic Book Fair will be at the Hope Institute Learning
year a success! Academy Monday October 22, 2012, through Monday October 29,
2012.
Families of HILA meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday
of the month in the auditorium. Please mark this date on your The exciting theme for our fall 2012 book fair is All-Star Book Fair:
calendar and plan to join us every month! Every Reader is a Star! We need volunteers to help put on a one-
of-a-kind book fair. We hope parents and other famiy members
HILA to Host Monthly
will share their talents and join us as we bring this memorable
reading celebration to our school.
If you have some time to help us plan or conduct the book fair,
Parent Workshops please contact Ms. Katherine Thurston in the library, or fill out a
Book Fair Volunteer Form available at the school office.
About The Hope Institute
Parents are invited to join HILA faculty and guest speakers for
monthly parent workshops. The workshops will be held on the
second Saturday of each month, beginning at 9 a.m.
Parent workshops provide a great opportunity to keep up with the for Children & Families
latest events at the school, and to learn new skills that can help
your student. The October 13 workshop will provide training From its beginnings in a small Springfield home, The Hope Institute has
on Pearson’s Success Net, an online portal that can help parents grown to annually impact more than 23,000 children in every part of
monitor their child’s progress and follow the subjects being taught Illinois. In addition to The Hope Institute Learning Academy, Hope’s
in the classroom. programs include:
• The Hope School Learning Center - a state-of-the-art Springfield
Online Resources facility dedicated to serving children with developmental
disabilities and autism.
• The Hope Center for Residential Services - providing home-
We want to help parents stay connected online! Here like residential services 24/7/365 on Hope’s 26 acre campus in
are some important links that may help parents and Springfield and in group homes throughout the community.
students: • The Hope Health and Wellness Center - providing a full range of
health care services for children who live and learn at Hope.
HILA Website:
• Noll Medical Pavilion - a 53,000 square-foot facility bringing
www.hopeinstitutelearningacademy.org together a variety of outpatient health care services for Central
HILA Facebook Page: Illinois children with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
www.facebook.com/pages/Hope-Institute-Learning- • Noll Dental Clinic - providing compassionate care for all patients,
with a special focus on those with developmental disabilities.
Academy/73261023779
• The Autism Program of Illinois - the nation’s largest statewide
CPS School Lunch Menus network for autism resources and services.
www.cpsmeals.org • Illinois Crisis Prevention Network - in partnership with Trinity
(Use the pull-down menu to find “Hope Academy” Services, Inc., working to preserve residential placements for
persons with disabilities experiencing a crisis.
The Hope Institute Website At Hope, we support children and families to reach optimum growth,
www.thehopeinstitute.us independence and joy.