Principal's Corner & Newsletter

March 2026

Hi Lenart Families,

February was a full and joyful month of family engagement, and we hope you enjoyed all of the opportunities to connect with our school community. From Book Club and our Black History Month Talent Show to Humanities Night, the LSC Forum, the LLP Winter Fest, and so much more, it was incredible to see our Lions and families learning and celebrating together. Thank you for showing up, volunteering and partnering with us.

March is shaping up to be another exciting month filled with field trips, the Spring Showcase, Parent Teacher Conferences, special events, and Spring Break. We hope you will continue to join us and stay connected to all that is happening at Lenart. Don’t forget to view our February Homeroom Highlights Video to see what is happening in the classrooms. 

As we move into March, we are also preparing for end of year IAR testing, which is our most important assessment of the year. Your partnership and student attendance is essential. Please help ensure your child is prepared by encouraging consistent homework completion, practicing skills at home, and making daily attendance a priority. Every day counts.

We are so excited to announce that Ms. Kiszkan and Ms. Zavala’s 2nd grade class was featured on the CPS Website for Black History Month! Check it out. 

With appreciation, 

Principal Adams 🦁💛

🗓️ Upcoming Dates

March 2nd- Q3 Pep Rally 9:30am-10:30am for Student & Staff

March 3rd- Spring Showcase for Student & Staff 1pm 

March 4th- Spring Showcase Families | 4pm-5pm

March 5th- K-2 Field Trip | Grades Due!

March 6th- NJHS Field Trip | End of Q3

March 7th- Chicago Metro History Fair Citywide

March 10th- 8th Grade Grad Pictures | LSC Meeting 3:30pm Virtual & Library 

March 13th- Pi Day Fundraiser

March 16th- 3-5 MSI Field Trip 

March 16th-20th Guess the weight of the duck fundraiser 

March 17th- Teacher Directed PD Day, No School for Students

March 18th- RCPU Parent Teacher Conferences & LSC Parent Election - No School for Students

March 19th- LSC Student Elections | MS Field Trip to Whitney Young

March 23rd-March 27th Spring Break No School 

IAR- Week of April 6th

ISA- Week of April 20th

 

LSC Elections

LSC Elections will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 from 6:00a - 7:00p. During Parent/Teacher Conferences, feel free to stop into the Lenart Auditorium to vote for your future LSC members.

 

Intervention

We are nearing the end of Cycle 3! As we wrap up the cycle and prepare for end of year IAR testing, please make sure your child is practicing skills and completing homework at home. Make sure your child has enough fuel for breakfast and gets a good night's sleep to be well prepared for IAR.

Spring Showcase- The Spring Music Showcase will take place on March 4th from 4pm-5pm for families. For Lenart students and staff the showcase will be held on March 3rd at 1pm. If you have prep at 1pm, please take your prep as the Specials teachers will be with your class. If your class has Mr. Bravo at this time, please reach out to Principal Adams to secure coverage for your class. 

LSC Election Updates- The LSC Election for parent candidates will be held on Wednesday, March 18th during RCPU. The LSC Election for students will be held on Thursday, March 19th (quick google form). Students candidates will be pulled on March 5th to record a 1 minute campaign video for their peers to view, prior to voting. If you have students in your homerooms running for the LSC election, please help support them with creating a speech or help them create a clever campaign for their posters. Feel free to come watch the parent candidate forum on Tuesday, February 24 at 3:30pm. It will be held virtually and in-person in the Lenart auditorium.

🚨EOY Testing- This spring, your child will take the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR), which measures student mastery of the Illinois Learning Standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics in grades 3–8. Our school will administer the test between: March 9 - April 10, 2026.

Students in 5th and 8th grade will also participate in the Illinois Science Assessment (ISA), which measures student mastery of the Illinois Learning Standards for Science and the Next Generation Science Standards. Our school will administer the test between: April 20 - April 24, 2026. For any additional questions, please contact AP Stewart at [email protected].

 

📚Parent Book Club- Thank you to each and every parent that came to our Parent Book Club Meeting. We had a fruitful conversation around the digital world, how it is impacting our children, and even discussed some commitments that we wanted to make to improve our children’s digital presence. We will only have two parent book club meetings left! Our next meeting will be held virtually on Thursday, April 9th at 5:00 pm. Please read Part 3 of Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (Chapter 5 through Chapter 8). Virtual Link: https://meet.google.com/yeo-okkb-bkb

📋Amazon Wishlists

Want to support our teachers? Here are their Amazon Wishlists. 

♥️OST Programs 

OST is continuing along with Spring Sports

Dates: February 2nd, 2026 - May 1st, 2026

Times: 2:45p-4:00p

Dismissal: Door 1

Mondays- Smart Art led by CPS Vendor, Books and Board Games led by Ms. Martin, Chicago Junior Mathematics League (CJML) led by Ms. C. Smith, Choir led by Mr. Bravo

Tuesdays- Chess Scholars led by Ms. Daley and CPS Vendor, Broadway led by Mr. O'Connor, Let's Code It led by CPS Vendor

Thursdays- Student Voice Committee led by Mr. McCabe (bi-weekly)and Rainbow Club led by Mrs. Daley (bi-weekly)

🏅Sports- 

5th/6th Boys and Girls Basketball- The last practice will be held on Tuesday, March 3rd. The last game will be held on Saturday, March 7th.

5th-8th grade students will be receiving interest packets for Flag Football and Track and Field in the upcoming weeks. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Givens at [email protected].

💙Counselor

Ms. Daley is continuing to push into MS every week and to classrooms on 4-5 week rotations. Ms. Daley also leads social groups to support with peer conflict and other strategies. We are looking for members of our community to volunteer for this year's career week April 6th-April 10th. We have opportunities to visit classrooms throughout the week or participate in our middle school career fair on Friday, April 10th. If you are available and interested, please email our school counselor, Ms. Daley at [email protected]. If you are not able to volunteer, please help us find participants by sharing with your personal networks!