Teachers, parents and students across Illinois have an opportunity to participate in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey: Organizing Schools for Improvement. This survey was designed to generate a detailed picture of the inner workings of your child’s school. As a parent, this opportunity will allow you to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in a survey about your child’s school.
The Illinois 5Essentials Survey is administered online by UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago, on behalf of the Illinois School Board of Education. This survey identifies five indicators that can lead to important student outcomes, including improved attendance and larger test score gains. The five indicators that effect school success are:
Effective Leaders
Collaborative Teachers
Involved Families
Supportive Environments
Ambitious Instruction
Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.
This survey can help drive decision making within the district that will benefit your child, so please take the time to complete it by March 13th, 2026.
2026 Illinois Supplemental Parent Survey
Link to survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
Opens Feb. 3, 2026 and closes March 13, 2026.
Joel Foster, Principal
We are in need of volunteers for the Girls 8th Grade Volleyball Tournament at Dimmick on January 23–24.
✔️ Great opportunity for students needing service hours
✔️ Must be 16 years old to work the book or clock
✔️ Students may help in the concession stand with one adult present
👉 Please click the link below to sign up.
We truly appreciate any and all help — VOLUNTEERS MAKE THIS POSSIBLE FOR THE KIDS! 💚🏐
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BA5AB23A0FECE9-61631410-8thgrade#/
Orders due by Sunday, January 11th. It will take about a week to receive orders.
https://dimmick-vball-2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/
You and your child will be able to meet our Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Milaicki, pick up registration information, be able to do some fun activities in the classroom and take a tour of the school.
PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO RSVP:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_GmzdhxXeNKJpuSx0C0BxfNkRizbU3QI2otKYadSEwCLCJw/viewform?usp=header
Reminder! This is the final week for donations for 3rd Grades Small Big Hearts Campaign! Check out more information here: https://www.dimmick175.com/article/2561107
Good morning,
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. As we prepare for one of the busiest times of the year, I wanted to make you all aware of a few upcoming events as well as some Calendar changes so you can plan accordingly.
Our annual Winter Program will be held on Tuesday, December 16th beginning at 6:00 PM.
Kindergarten Round-up has been scheduled for Thursday, February 19th beginning at 5:00 PM.
The PTO Spaghetti Dinner will be held on Sunday, March 15th from 11:00 AM- 2:00 PM.
Our annual Family Reading Night and Academic Night will be combined this year and will be held on Monday, March 16th. The time on this night is yet to be determined.
The Dimmick Dash date has been changed and will now be held on Thursday, April 30th beginning at approximately 9:15 AM.
The school play will be held on Thursday, March 19th beginning at 6:00 PM.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Reminder! Firing Up the Grill event is happening tomorrow Tuesday, November 25th!
