Welcome Back!
Dear Thornton Fractional District 215 Families and Community,
We are back in school! First and foremost, thank you for all of your efforts with the new registration process this year. While there were a few minor hiccups, our families got it done by completing online registrations for 3,237 students! Utilizing the online PowerSchool system will make the process going forward much smoother and faster. We appreciated your patience with the new process and thank you.
A continued focus for this year is safety and security in our schools for all students and staff. New doors, replacing doors from the 1960’s, were placed on 29 classrooms at South which provide enhanced security. Our crisis and safety plans are updated, each school has formed and convened their safety committees, and when you visit our campuses, you will soon find different processes, including background screening of every guest and issuance of a visitor nametag.
Recently I convened a meeting comprising members of our staff, the school resource officers and representatives of the Lansing and Calumet City Police Departments. Our focus was to determine additional strategies to ensure the safety and security of our students, staff and TFD215 community at sponsored district events. This ongoing dialogue will benefit our entire community, and the primary mission is to prevent an incident from occurring. However, everyone plays a role in achieving that goal by utilizing our “See Something Say Something” campaign if you observe or hear of any incident or potential incident administration needs to address. https://www.tfd215.org/contactus/see-something-say-something/ By working together, we can do our part to continue providing a safe and secure environment for our students and staff.
As I visit our schools and classrooms, I am continually in awe of the great things happening on a daily basis. I look forward to spotlighting those for you each month.
Sincerely,
Dr. Sophia Jones-Redmond
Superintendent
Dear Thornton Fractional District 215 Families and Community,
We are back in school! First and foremost, thank you for all of your efforts with the new registration process this year. While there were a few minor hiccups, our families got it done by completing online registrations for 3,237 students! Utilizing the online PowerSchool system will make the process going forward much smoother and faster. We appreciated your patience with the new process and thank you.
A continued focus for this year is safety and security in our schools for all students and staff. New doors, replacing doors from the 1960’s, were placed on 29 classrooms at South which provide enhanced security. Our crisis and safety plans are updated, each school has formed and convened their safety committees, and when you visit our campuses, you will soon find different processes, including background screening of every guest and issuance of a visitor nametag.
Recently I convened a meeting comprising members of our staff, the school resource officers and representatives of the Lansing and Calumet City Police Departments. Our focus was to determine additional strategies to ensure the safety and security of our students, staff and TFD215 community at sponsored district events. This ongoing dialogue will benefit our entire community, and the primary mission is to prevent an incident from occurring. However, everyone plays a role in achieving that goal by utilizing our “See Something Say Something” campaign if you observe or hear of any incident or potential incident administration needs to address. https://www.tfd215.org/contactus/see-something-say-something/ By working together, we can do our part to continue providing a safe and secure environment for our students and staff.
As I visit our schools and classrooms, I am continually in awe of the great things happening on a daily basis. I look forward to spotlighting those for you each month.
Sincerely,
Dr. Sophia Jones-Redmond
Superintendent
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Dear Thornton Fractional High School District 215 Students and Families,
I am excited and honored as we start the 2024-25 school year and my first year as your Superintendent of Schools. My focus as well as our staff is students first to ensure success for all. However, we cannot do this on our own. I encourage all of you to be in control of your academic journey. You decide the path that you want to take but be assured the administration, teachers, and staff of TFD 215 are here to assist you in any way to be successful and achieve all your high school goals. This handbook serves as a guide to ensure that you know your rights, responsibilities, and the expectations of the school district. It is important that you become familiar with the entire handbook and especially the student code of conduct.
Time flies when we are having fun! As we approach the end of a productive 1st semester, I would like to reiterate how District 215 staff and students are moving towards achieving successful outcomes. New and existing programming have paved the way to ensure that students are engaged in career preparation and development, attaining hands-on training in high skilled, high demand areas of our labor market, and obtaining employability in their preferred career pathways.
Dear Thornton Fractional School District 215 Family,
I would like to thank all staff, students, parents, and career representatives for participating in our Infinite Scholars Fair and the IACAC College, Career, and Transitions Fair that was held at TF South. The event provided an opportunity for our senior students to meet with over 100 college representatives from around the country. The Infinite Scholars Fair promoted on-site admissions and scholarship opportunities. At our 3rd Annual District 215 IACAC Fair, students across the district at all grade levels were able to attend the fair. Students had the opportunity to gain new knowledge and an understanding of what is beyond high school by interacting with an additional 130 or more colleges, universities, careers, military branches, and transitions services.
We encourage all parents/guardians to make necessary arrangements to join us on Thursday, October 5, 2023, for Parent/Teacher Conferences that will be held at all campuses. You can decide to meet with teachers virtually or join us in person.
Dear Thornton Fractional School District 215 Family,
It is with great pleasure, honor, and humility to serve you as Interim Superintendent for the 2023-2024 school year. I am excited to work with students, parents/guardians, the leadership teams, and staff in this new role. It is my true desire to accept new challenges, duties, and responsibilities to provide a collegial and productive working environment for all students and staff. I am especially looking forward to establishing and maintaining a school community environment of respect, care, and rapport for all.