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Center for Active Family Engagment Survey

April 26th, 2012

Greetings Yankee Ridge Parents:

During the 2010-2011 school year, Urbana District 116′s school and community created a comprehensive strategic plan that identified Parent Engagement as a key component in the success of our students.  The Center for Active Family Engagement (CAFÉ) is working with Urbana School District #116 to improve family engagement practices. Your involvement is a very important piece in your child’s school success.

Research has found that schools need to be the first to reach out to parents and invite them to participate in their children’s education. We are currently conducting a Family Friendly Assessment and greatly need your help to provide a complete picture of your child’s school environment.

Please take a couple of minutes to complete the survey through the link below.  If the link doesn’t work, please copy and paste the URL into a web browser.

https://www.research.net/s/USD116YankeeParent

Your information remains anonymous, but your contribution helps to make our schools stronger in parent/family practices.  We will also be sending out a paper copy of the survey to a random sample of parents in the district; please only complete the survey once.  If you have students in more than one USD116 school, please do fill out a survey for each school.  That will help us provide the best feedback to the individual buildings.

Thank you for your time and input.


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Local Theatre Group Conducts Student Workshops

April 24th, 2012

On Tuesday, 4 actors from “The Little Theatre on the Square” came and performed for all of the students at Yankee Ridge.  They performed a musical called “Rescuing Rapunzel”.   Read the rest of this entry »


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Yankee Ridge Holds 10th Annual Jr. Scientist Day

April 23rd, 2012

Junior Scientist Day at Yankee Ridge is sponsored by the PTA, and for the past 10 years has been coordinated by Pete Heinricher and Kristin Hedman.  Yankee Ridge invites local scientists into the classroom (or gym… or playground) to share their experience and enthusiasm with students. Read the rest of this entry »


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Yankee Ridge Celebrates National Volunteer Week

April 18th, 2012

Volunteers are an integral part of any school system. Whether it is an extra set of hands for librarians, a chaperone for field trips, a tutor, or just someone to read to students, volunteers help make our schools run. Read the rest of this entry »


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Fourth Graders Create Music Video to Promote Respect

February 28th, 2012

As part of the mid-year expectations assembly, fourth grade students at Yankee Ridge created their own music video — “It’s Called Respect!” Read the rest of this entry »


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