Early Dismissal Day – September 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 22nd is the first of four early dismissal days that are allowed under the School Code of Illinois for the training and in-service development of teachers and school personnel. On these days classes are dismissed after 3 hours of instruction to provide time for staff development and professional development activities. This year Center Cass SD 66 teachers will be working in three areas; Writing, RtI and PBIS. Teachers will review and refine the existing District writing curriculum and re-align it with State Standards. Staff will also be working to refine the RtI (Response to Instruction) program instituted last year. Trained external coaches will be working with our staff to refine this program in the area of reading, as well as expand it into the area of mathematics. Lakeview and Prairieview will also be developing their PBIS (Positive Based Intervention Systems) that are required by current legislation. This will be a busy year for our staff!

Dismissal schedule on this day will be: Prairieview at 11:00 am, Early Childhood at 11:05 am, Lakeview at 11:30 am and Ide at noon. There will No classes held for afternoon Kindergartners on Tuesday.