Divine Infant School

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SCHOOL OFFICE HOURS

7:30 am to 3:00 pm ... Daily

To contact us:

School Phone: 708-865-0122
School Fax: 708-865-9495
E-mail: divineinfant@comcast.net

Office of Religious Education:   708-865-8086
Rectory Phone:    708-865-8071
Rectory Fax:       708-865-8032

 

School News
(revised 1/25/12)

  • Father/Daughter Valentine's Day Dance will be held on Saturday, February 11, 6:30 - 9:30 pm, in Langan Hall. Dads, grandfathers, uncles, brothers - bring your favorite girl and spend a special evening together. For more information, contact Barb Brandt.
  • Kick off Catholic Schools Week with a pancake breakfast on Sunday, January 29, 7:30 am - 1:30 pm. in Langan Hall. Bake sale, carryouts, and a senior discount!
  • School Uniforms may be purchased from Dennis Uniforms. Gym uniforms are to be purchased through the school office.
  • You can make tuition payments, update demographic information or view and print a student statement by going to Tuition Management Systems at www.afford.com. If you have not received your August billing from TMS, you may pay your August installment by sending the payment to school with a check made payable to Divine Infant Jesus School. Your account will be credited with TMS. All August payments must be made by August 30th.
  • Please save us your empty inkjet, laser printer cartridges and old cell phones .  Our school receives money for recycling them which goes toward purchasing educational materials.  Recycling bins are located in the office.  
  • Box Tops for Education has helped schools earn over $375 million. What if we did a little bit more? What if we ourselves just clipped 10 more Box Tops this year? What if we all shopped online as we normally shop, bought the stuff we normally buy, where we normally buy it, but with one small difference? What if we did it through the BOX TOPS MARKETPLACE? We would earn up to 15 percent on our online purchases. THIS IS CASH THT WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO OUR SCHOOL! Every little bit adds up. Sign up at www.boxtops4education.com

 

Athletic Board News
(Updated as information is made available to the school)
(revised 12/15/11)

2012 Girls Volleyball open registration for all 5th -8th grade girls. If you have any questions regarding the season, call Amy Salata or Bob Grimes.

Divine Infant Miracles Athletics is on Facebook. Check for updates.

 

Office for the Protection of Children and Youth
Compliance Expectations

School Volunteers Who Work With Children
as Mandated by the Archdiocese of Chicago

Background Check

Complete an eApps online criminal background check application before being assigned as a volunteer. 

Applicant cannot begin service until the background check approval has been received.

Online at www.archchicago.org. Scroll to the Protecting Children button and select Background Screening.  If you volunteer at more than 1 school, and DI is not your primary school, be sure we are included in the application as a secondary school

See instructions in packet.

 

Virtus/Protecting God’s Children

Attend within 3 months of beginning service.

Certificate of attendance kept at school in personnel file

Online at www.archchicago.org.
Scroll to the Protecting Children button and select Virtus

All participants must pre-register online.

 

Code of Conduct

Read and sign prior to beginning service.

Signed acknowledgement form kept at school in personnel file

Read the Code of Conduct.  Fill out completely and sign the Code of Conduct Acknowledgement Form.  Send the signed form to the school office.  Attn:  Cathy Neiheisel    

 

Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System Form - CANTS

Complete form and submit to school prior to beginning service.

Copy of completed form kept at school in personnel file.  Original mailed to DCFS by the school.

Fill the form out completely, sign and date.   Send the signed form to the school office.  Attn:  Cathy Neiheisel    

DO NOT MAIL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.

 

 

Emergency closings:

1.

call 312-222-SNOW (touch-tone phone needed)

2.

www.EmergencyClosings.com  (search for DI by name & city or by phone number)

3.

sign up for personalized e-mail notification at www.EmergencyClosings.com n

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Market Day

Once a month, our school sponsors a Market Day sale.  A minimum of 10% of your Market Day purchase is provided back to our school, and Market Day offers an assortment of convenient, high quality foods for your family.  Try it!  Complete information can be found at www.marketday.com, and order forms are sent home each month with your child. Contact Rose Gutierrez for a user ID and password.

Trip Program

The TRIP Program offered at DI gives everyone the opportunity to reduce their tuition amount by purchasing certificates from vendors involved in the program.  Orders will now be accepted online.  The website for Divine Infant is http://divineinfant.triporder.com  TRIP orders may be placed anytime during the week prior to the due date. Contact Rose Gutierrez for a user ID and password to order online.

"Wall of Memories" Commemorative Plaques

The legacy of Divine Infant has always been about the people and their commitment to establishing, developing and continually supporting Catholic Education in the parish. This legacy has enabled Divine Infant School to fulfill its mission of providing its students with an excellent Catholic Education for over fifty years. The Divine Infant spirit has touched the lives of thousands of children and adults throughout the years. Each individual has memories of our school, classmates, teachers, priests, nuns and volunteers who have helped shape their lives.

With an eye on the future and memories of the past, help keep this legacy alive by purchasing a commemorative plaque that will be affixed to the wall of the main entrance to Langan Hall. The "Wall of Memories" will be adjoining a display of some of the memorabilia of Divine Infant School.

Each plaque is $150 and all proceeds go directly to Divine Infant School. As a contributor to the "Wall of Memories", you will have your commemorative plaque affixed to the "Wall of Memories" and you will receive a certificate of recognition for your continued support of Catholic Education in our parish

If you have any questions or need an order form, please call the school at 708-865-0122 or fax the school at 708-865-9495.


DAILY SCHEDULE

Full Day Schedule:

7:50 First Bell - staff to designated areas and students line up with their classmates.
8:00 Second Bell - Tardy Bell - Homeroom (Attendance/Prayers/Announcements)
8:05 First Period begins
11:25 Lunch begins for full-day PS/PK and Kindergarten
11:35 PS/PK dismissal for 1/2 day students
11:35 - 12:15 Students in 1st-3rd grade eat lunch from 11:35 to 11:55.
  Students in PS-3rd have recess from 11:55 to 12:15.
  Students in 4th-8th grade have recess from 11:35 to 11:55. 
  Students in 4th-8th eat lunch from 11:55 until 12:15.
12:15 Afternoon classes resume.
2:40 General dismissal                                  Designated students go to Discovery Club

Shortened Day Schedule: 11:35 Dismissal

7:50 First Bell - Teachers Bell
8:00 Second Bell – Tardy Bell – Homeroom (Attendance/Prayers/Announcements)
8:05 First Period begins
11:35 General Dismissal                                 Designated students go to Discovery Club

HOT LUNCH PROGRAM

Our school takes part in an optional “Hot Lunch Program” offered through the Archdiocese of Chicago. Monthly menus are sent home to parents.  Parents who elect to participate in this program pay for the service by ordering from the monthly menu. Students who do not use the “Hot Lunch Program” bring bag lunches from home.

SCHOOL BUS SCHEDULE

Bus service will begin on Friday, August 26, 2011
Students will not be allowed to ride the bus until a permission form is filled out and received in the Divine Infant School Office.

BRITTEN AREA Divine Infant    
Bus Driver: Carol Twomey Bus #16    
Bus Driver: Ronald Lee Bus #20    
Bus Driver: Don Hane Bus #23    
 
Pick-Up   Drop Off Bus #23
Leave Garage 7:37 Leave Divine Infant  
Gladstone & Suffolk 7:45 - Bus 16 Kitchener & Westchester Blvd  
Gladstone & Norfolk 7:46 - Bus 16 Gladstone & Cromwell  
Gladstone & Manchester 7:47 - Bus 16 Gladstone & Westchester Blvd.  
Gladstone & Bristol 7:48 - Bus 16 Gladstone & Hull  
Gladstone & Portsmouth 7:45 - Bus 20 Gladstone & Newcastle 2:47
Gladstone & Newcastle 7:46 - Bus 20 Gladstone & Portsmouth 2:48
Gladstone & Hull 7:47 - Bus 20 Gladstone & Suffolk 2:49
Gladstone & Westchester Blvd. 7:48 - Bus 20 Gladstone & Norfolk 2:51
Kitchener & Westchester Blvd 7:49 - Bus 20 Gladstone & Manchester 2:52
Gladstone & Cromwell 7:50 - Bus 20 Gladstone & Bristol 2:53
Arrive Westchester Middle School 7:55 Arrive Westchester Intermediate School 3:07
Arrive Divine Infant 8:00    

Please remember to be at your bus stop 5 minutes before your scheduled pick-up time.

HIGHRIDGE AREA

 

Divine Infant & Divine Providence 

 

Bus Driver:    Helen Tillotson    

 

 Bus #26

 

       

 Pick-Up

 

 Drop-Off

 
Leave Garage 7:31 Leave Divine Infant 2:40
Boeger & Shelley 7:39 Oxford & Belleview 2:44
Boeger & Shaw 7:40 Oxford & Hawthorne 2:45
Boeger & Mandel 7:41 Oxford & Sunnyside 2:46
Boeger & Charles 7:41 Oxford & Downing 2:47
Boeger & Canterbury 7:42 Oxford & Kensington 2:48
Dickens & Boeger 7:43 Dickens & Evers 2:49
Dickens & Highridge 7:44 Arrive Divine Providence 2:53
Dickens & Evers 7:45 Leave Divine Providence 2:55
Oxford & Kensington 7:47 Boeger & Shelley 3:00
Oxford & Downing 7:48 Boeger & Shaw 3:01
Oxford & Sunnyside 7:49 Boeger & Mandel 3:02
Oxford & Hawthorne 7:50 Boeger & Charles 3:02
Oxford & Belleview 7:51 Boeger & Canterbury 3:03
Arrive Divine Infant 7:55 Oxford & Kensington 3:06

Arrive Divine Providence  

8:05 

Oxford & Sunnyside

3:07

 

 

Arrive Westchester Primary School

3:11

 

 

 

 

 

Please remember to be at your bus stop 5 minutes before your scheduled pick-up time.

SUPPLY LISTS

Pre-School - Gr. 2

Gr. 3 - Gr. 6

Gr. 7 - Gr. 8

   

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