Upcoming Events at O'Neill
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Mon, Mar 26 - Fri, Mar 30
**Quarter 2 Report Cards** 01/27/2012 10:15 am
O'Neill Middle School mails report cards to parents only after the first and fourth quarter. Second quarter report cards are complete and are now available for viewing and printing. You can access your child’s grades through our parent portal. The parent portal can be accessed by clicking on the link on the left side of the O’Neill homepage at www.dg58.org/on. If you have trouble accessing your child’s report card, please contact our main office at 630-719-5815.
**8th Grade Dance Class RESCHEDULED** 01/23/2012 11:15 am
The O'Neill PTA dance and etiquette classes for 8th grade students scheduled for January 20th was canceled due to inclement weather. This session has been RESCHEDULED for Friday, February 24th. This make-up session and all remaining sessions of the dance and etiquette classes will be held at O'Neill.
**School Newsletter**
The most recent edition of our school newsletter, The Senators’ Speaker, is now available. Our newsletter is published monthly and is available by accessing the Newsletter tab on the left side of the O’Neill homepage. The Speaker contains information on the happenings at O’Neill including PTA, sports, and cluster activities. You can also access our student publication, The Senator Shout, and a publication for parents called The Middle Years via the newsletter link. I hope that you will take the time to review these fine works.
**PTA Notice**
Beginning September 2011, the PTA will send out periodic Email announcements containing information regarding upcoming events for your student. Sign up to receive the latest PTA news. Your Email address will not be used for any other purpose than for PTA E-nnouncements.
To sign up for the PTA's E-nnouncement service, send an email request to: OMSPTA@yahoo.com
**PTA Forms**
Please return completed PTA membership, directory, and volunteer forms to the O'Neill office.
2011-2012 PTA membership form
PTA volunteer form
**Miscellaneous**
From The Principal:
Thank you for visiting the O’Neill Middle School webpage. I am proud to share information about the Home of the Senators with you.
O’Neill is one of two District #58 middle schools that focuses on academic education as well as social and emotional development for students. O’Neill serves grades seven and eight and has an enrollment of approximately 550 students. Downers Grove Grade School District #58 embraces the neighborhood school concept and students at O’Neill come from five feeder elementary schools: El Sierra, Fairmount, Hillcrest, Indian Trail, and Kingsley. Students from O’Neill attend Downers Grove South High School in High School District #99.
The teachers at O’Neill are highly qualified, dedicated professionals. They work hard to ensure a very positive and supportive educational environment for our children. We have an excellent curriculum for reading, math, writing, science, and social studies. In addition to our core classes we offer physical education, music, an exploratory program with eleven different offerings, English as a Second Language, social work and special education services. We also offer intramural and interscholastic sports and a number of enrichment opportunities are available to round out the overall experience available to our students.
Another incredibly important part of our school is the O’Neill PTA. These adult volunteers spend countless hours working on behalf of and along with our students. From activities like Grandparents’ Day to lobbying legislators on behalf of children, our PTA has been an integral part of developing our youth. Please consider joining our PTA and getting involved with this very special group.
Feel free to browse through our web site to find informative and interesting information about O’Neill Middle School. Please be sure to check our web site during the school year for current events, student activities, and other exciting educational experiences. If you have any questions, please call us at (630) 719-5815, or via e-mail at mdurbala@dg58.org
Sincerely,
Matt Durbala
Principal
