Dear Parents and Guardians:

The second semester is well underway.  We have a number of activities planned over the next few months. We are very excited about the future of our district. We are undergoing some very interesting and dynamic changes that will benefit the entire community. We are currently running a credit recovery program at our building for students to make-up missing courses. Our after-school SES program for students in the area of reading and math is going well.  Classes meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday after school. If you are interested in your student attending this program please call, Mr. Shrader at 708-585-1002.

Unfortunately, not all of our students take advantage of the opportunities that we are providing for them, in particular, our freshmen students. As you can see, we have a number of activities designed to support all students. We are making a commitment to the academic success of our school. With that in mind, over the years we have implemented a classification system to identify our students by their class based on their credit attainment. If you have junior or senior students you should be quite aware of this policy since attendance to prom and graduation is based on their credits. This same concept affects our sophomore students. At the end of the first year of high school, each student should have obtained 6 credits. The policy states that any student with 5 or more credits will be recognized as a sophomore. Those students who do not meet the benchmark will not be promoted to sophomore status and must attend our Freshmen Academy Program which will be held at the Center for Academics and Technology their second year. Through the development of the Freshman House structure, we have seen a decrease in the number of students not meeting this requirement. However, there are far too many freshmen students to date that may not reach this threshold based on their current grades. With that in mind, please remind your student that academic success is essential to them being able to accomplish their goals. If your student is in danger, it is not too late to turn things around.

We're also exploring other forms of communication with our parents. I know that you have all heard the voice of Mr. Bryk, our assistant principal, at one time or another over our phone dialer. Currently we have the capabilities to expand the use of the phone dialer to convert our messages to text. In order to receive text messages about various upcoming events and alerts please logon to: https://www.alertnowsms.com/, type in the PIN: north1 and select Opt-In. Enter your name, phone number, and cell phone carrier. When prompted to select your institution, please enter TF North and read the Opt-In Terms and Conditions Exclaimer.

As we close out the school year, I would like to thank all of you for your continued support as we educate your students. We cannot accomplish our goals without the help of supportive parents and community members. The success of this year is greatly attributed to you and your student.

As usual, we are committed to making TF North "the model of educational excellence." We cannot do this alone. Thank you for attending Parent Teacher Conference on February 16th.

Mr. Dwayne Evans, TF North Principal