PBIS

Irving School, in conjunction with District 97, is using the Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) program to help us achieve our goals. PBIS focuses on improving a school’s ability to teach and support positive behavior of all students. It is a proactive, systematic approach to prevention and response to classroom and school discipline issues. Emphasis is on developing and maintaining safe and respectful environments where teachers can teach and all students can learn.

Here at Irving School we focus on 4 essential principles to ensure that all students are doing their best inside the classroom and school. We refer to those as our Eagle Essentials:

Be Respectful,
Be Responsible,
Be Peaceful,
Be Safe,
…Everywhere.

If you have any questions about the program or would like more information please contact your teacher or Ms. Creehan at 708.524.3090 or ecreehan@op97.org.

Tuesday Packet

The Tuesday Packet, sent home with the youngest student in each family every Tuesday, contains information about PTO, school and community events. It is also found online at http://www.op97.org/irving/dp/

Classroom Communications

Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly newsletters come home to parents from your child’s classroom teacher. Most teachers update a classroom blog (found on the Irving website). Announcements are made over the school public address system in the morning, just before the lunch hour, and at the end of the day to inform students of upcoming events.

Student Council

The Irving Student Council is composed of students from each grade level, kindergarten through five.

The Student Council Creed is:

We the people of the Irving School’s Student Council plan activities to help bring our school closer together. We also raise money or make donations to help our school and community. We are here to have fun! We are all different ages and we will help each other to succeed.

Students have the opportunity to help with a different activity each month. Council events can include hallway decorations, coin drives, writing a Note of Thanks, Writing a Valentine, School Spirit Week, and more. Students are selected to participate in the Irving Student Council by their homeroom teacher. Students serve a four- month term, and each homeroom has a maximum of four participants throughout the year. For more information, contact Susan Tresselt or Lori Pelling at Irving School.

Media Center

The Media Center offers a variety of materials for children to use during school hours. Students may check out books from the media center for one week at a time. They may also check out certain reference books on an overnight basis. There are no fines charged for overdue books; however, a student with an overdue book is not allowed to check out another book until the overdue book is returned. Students who are repeatedly late returning their books may lose the privilege of checking out books.

Lost books must be paid for in full, and damaged books paid for in proportion to the damage as assessed by the librarian. All payments must be made before another book can be checked out. Money will be refunded if a lost book that has been paid for is found. All books must be returned and/or paid for before Winter Break and/or the last week of school so that inventories can be completed. If you are moving, all library books must be returned so the student’s record can be cleared.