ArlingtonHeightsSchoolDistrict25
400S.HighlandAve.,ArlingtonHeights,IL60005•(847)398-4250•Fax(847)394-6260
Ms.PiperBoston,Principal,Mrs.EllieChin,AssociatePrincipal,Mr.StevePerkins,AssociatePrincipal
Dear South Middle School Parents/or Guardians,
Friday, November 4th marks the end of first quarter, and we are looking ahead to parent-teacher conferences. Similar to
last school year, parents will have an opportunity to schedule individual times with teachers as they see or feel a need for
a conference. Students are strongly encouraged to attend these conferences, but it will not be a student-led conference.
We will hold these individual parent-teacher conferences on Monday, November 21st from 8:15 AM to 7:45 PM. As
in previous years, the half-day on Tuesday, November 22nd will be for recommended team conferences only.
Online conference scheduling will begin on Wednesday, November 2nd at 7:00 AM and will remain open through
Monday, November 14th at 10:00 PM. With this letter you are reeceiving a handout with directions for how to access this
online program. Once users visit the online scheduling program, they can access all SMS teachers’ conference schedules
during the scheduling window. Each teacher will have six-minute conference time slots available to meet with individual
families. Parents will have the opportunity to use the online program to schedule the conferences they would like to have
on Monday, November 21st. (This includes scheduling conferences for multiple children, across multiple grade levels and
teams.) Again, the online scheduler will not be open until Wednesday, November 2nd. If you do not have internet
access at home, we will have computers available in the front office for parents who want to come in to schedule
conferences. The Arlington Heights Memorial Library also offers internet access. Please contact us if you feel additional
accommodations or assistance is needed in order to schedule your child’s conferences.
Through Edline, progress reports, email, phone, etc., feedback and communication about your child’s progress is
ongoing. Some families may not feel it necessary to speak or meet with their child’s teachers at this time. We are offering
this conference format so that any parents who would like to touch base in person with some or all of their child’s
teachers will have that opportunity. This letter is not an indication that your child’s teachers feel a conference is
necessary at this time. (Teams or teachers will contact parents prior to the conference sign-up window if they feel
a conference would be beneficial.) If you choose not to sign up for any conferences or choose to only sign up for
conferences with certain teachers, you do not need to let your child’s team or teachers know of your plans, as they will
understand. We understand that some families may be leaving for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please contact your child’s
teacher(s) if you would like to schedule a phone conference.
Reminders and additional information will go out as we approach the start of online conference scheduling and
conferences. Time slots of six minutes may seem short but the majority of parents and teachers have found that it is
enough time to have a quality interchange. We want to offer as many conference opportunities as possible per teacher.
Unfortunately, with approximately 900 students there is literally only so much time in the day!
Keeping schedules on time will require the effort and cooperation of teachers and families alike, so we thank you in
advance for your support and understanding. Your feedback following conferences will be welcomed once again, as
South Middle School is always striving to best meet the needs of our students, families and teachers.
Sincerely,
Ms. Piper Boston, Principal
Mrs. Ellie Chin, Associate Principal
Mr. Steve Perkins, Associate Principal
South Middle School – Parent Teacher Conferences - November 21, 2016
Directions to Schedule Conference Times for your Child(ren)
Prior to beginning the registration process, please make sure you know all
of your child(ren)’s teachers and consider which teachers you want to
schedule a conference with. Please reference the chart on the next page to
see teacher locations and plan your schedule accordingly. Parents will
rotate from teacher to teacher every 6 minutes.
1. Open a web browser and go to www.sd25.org/south
2. Click on the link to schedule Parent Teacher Conferences (The system will not go
live until Wednesday, November 2nd at 7:00 AM.)
www.myconferencetime.com/southmiddle
3. Click on Register for Multiple Conferences.
4. Select the number of children you are scheduling for conferences (1 or more).
5. Enter student and parent information. Click Continue.
6. Select all the teachers you want to schedule conferences with for all of your children.
7. Click on the black box that says Find Schedule with Common Dates
8. Click on the black box that says View Conferences for Monday, November 21st
9. Available times should be listed for each teacher you selected.
10. Select the times you want for each teacher. If you have multiple children, indicate
which child the conference is for. (Please note, the system will not allow you to schedule
two conferences at the same time. Parents should only schedule one time with each
teacher, unless you have multiple children with the same teacher i.e. world language,
P.E., twins, etc.) Click Sign Up for Selected Conferences when finished.
11. The next screen will show confirmation for the conferences you scheduled. You will
receive an email with this information. Please save/print this email for your reference.
12. If you need to make a change to your conference schedule, please view the email
you received from My Conference Time. Follow the directions to cancel your registration
and sign up for a different time.
13. If you have any questions, please email Kathy at [email protected] with your
specific question.
14. If you cannot find the email with your conference schedule, please visit the website
(www.myconferencetime.com/southmiddle). At the bottom of the page, click on the link
that says, Help me find conferences that I already scheduled. Enter your email address
and you will receive an email that will take you to your conference schedule.
SouthMiddleSchoolParentTeacherConferences–Monday,November21,2016
TeacherCategoriesandTeacherConferenceLocations
GradeLevelTeams Locations
Departments
Locations SupportStaff Locations
6East
Ms.Bielawa–Resource
Mrs.Branson–LA
Mrs.Calderone–Science
Mrs.Fontanetta–LA
Mrs.Palmer-ALA
Mr.Schultz-Math
Ms.Weiss–SocialStudies
Mrs.Zimmanck–Math
6West
Mrs.Cronin–SocialStudies
Mr.Fischer–Science
Mrs.Kopecky–LA
Mrs.Meehan–LA
Mrs.Nabar–Resource
Mrs.Palmer-ALA
Mr.Schultz-Math
Mrs.Thompson–Math
7East
Mr.Bingaman–Science
Mrs.Heston–LA
Ms.Martin–SocialStudies
Mrs.Myers–LA
Ms.Preissing–Resource
Ms.Shahinian–Math
7West
Mrs.Dials–LA
Mr.Frintner–Social
Studies
Mrs.Marston/Ms.Yaeger–
Math
Mrs.Ostrowski–Science
Mrs.Pizzolato–Resource
Ms.Porto–LA
8East
Mrs.Benton-ALA
Ms.Iacovelli–LA
Mrs.Marusek–Science
Mrs.Phelan–LA
Ms.Radzak–Resource
Mrs.Ruggles–Social
Studies
Mr.Zimmerman–Math
8West
Mrs.Akins–LA
Mrs.Barbaric–LA
Mrs.Benton-ALA
Mrs.Daniel–Resource
Mrs.Dyer-Science
Ms.Hajduk-Math
Mr.Lendy–SocialStudies
1stFloor
CreativeArts
Multipurpose Mr.Davis–Band
Mrs.Garibaldi–Music
Room
Mr.Gnutek–Art
Mr.Holmen–STEM
Mrs.Lange–Drama
Mrs.Lukaszewskyj–Band
Mrs.McNaught–CMA
Mrs.Rosin–DAD
1stFloor
Multipurpose
Room
Room258–
MusicRoom
Room269–
BandRoom
1stFloor
LargeGym
1stFloor
LargeGym
WorldLanguages
Mr.Forde–Spanish
Ms.Hacker–Spanish
Mrs.Hackett-Spanish
Mr.Heston-Spanish
Mrs.Sasso–Italian
Mr.Slavicek–French
*Mrs.Hsu–Chinese
*Availablefrom:8:159:00amorbyphone
PEandHealth
Mr.Alper–PE/Health
Mr.Conway–PE/Health
Mrs.Drevline–PE
Mr.McTague–PE/Health
Mr.O’Grady–PE
Ms.Vassos–PE/Health
Mrs.Baughcum–
1stFloor
Multipurpose ExtendedResource
Mrs.Benton-7th/8th
Room
ALA
2ndFloor
LMC
1stFloor
SmallGym
Room215
LargeGym
Mr.Busse–
SocialWorker
SchoolOffice
Mrs.Delaney–
Communications
Room264
Ms.DiMaggio-Tech
Instructional
Specialist
Mrs.Dolinsky–
Reading
Intervention
Mrs.Gipson–
SchoolPsychologist
Edline/
SchoologyHelp
-MainHallway
Mrs.Holbrook–
AdaptivePE
Emailto
schedule
Room219
Mrs.Lashuk–
IndividualLearning
Program
Mrs.Maddalozzo–
EL
Mrs.Meier–School
Nurse
Mrs.Miller–
Occupational
Therapist
LargeGym
SchoolOffice
Room119
PhoneOnly
Ms.Moser-Speech
Emailto
schedule
Room123
Mrs.McMains–
SocialWorker
Room262
Mrs.Ostergaard–
PhysicalTherapist
Mrs.Palmer–6th
GradeALA
Emailto
schedule
MPRoom
Mr.Schultz–
MathIntervention
MPRoom
Mrs.Smith–Tech
Instructional
Specialist
Mrs.Walker–
Speech
Edline/
SchoologyHelp
-MainHallway
EllenWano
AdvancedLearning
Facilitator
Mrs.Woldman–
SocialWorker
LargeGym
Room261
SchoolOffice
SouthMiddleSchoolParentTeacherConferenceInformation-Monday,Nov.21,2016
ConferenceSchedulingNotesforParents:
SMSParent/TeacherConferenceSchedule
8:15
8:21
8:27
8:33
8:39
8:45
9:03
9:09
8:51
8:57
9:15
9:27
9:21
9:33
9:39
9:45
9:51
9:57
10:03
10:09
10:15
10:21
10:27
10:33
10:39
10:45
10:51
10:57
12:21
12:27
12:33
12:39
12:45
12:51
12:57
1:03
1:09
1:15
1:21
1:27
1:33
1:39
1:45
1:51
1:57
2:03
2:09
2:15
2:21
2:27
2:33
2:39
2:45
2:51
2:57
3:03
3:09
3:15
3:21
3:27
3:33
3:39
3:45
3:51
3:57
4:03
4:09
4:15
5:33
5:39
5:45
5:51
5:57
6:03
6:09
6:15
6:21
6:27
6:33
6:39
6:45
6:51
6:57
7:03
7:09
7:15
7:21
7:27
7:33
7:39
11:03-12:15pmLUNCH
4:15-5:27pmDINNER
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EachSouthteacherandstaffmemberwillstartwiththeabovetimeslots.
Timeslotsthataregrayedareunavailable.
FamiliescanonlybookONE6-minutetimeslotperteacher,perchild.Thesystemwillnotallow
doublebookings.
Refertotheteachercategoriesandlocationswhencreatingyourconferencescheduleand
considerthefollowingasyoumakereservations:
o Teamsofteacherswillbeincommonlocations,whereconferenceappointmentscan
easilyrunbacktoback.
IfyouareschedulingvariousSouthsupportstafforteacherswhoteachstudentsonmultiple
teams,itwillbeimportanttoreferencetheirlocationsandincludeabreaktimetotraveltothe
conferencelocation.Thesebreaksonlyneedtobe6minutesinlength.
Ifyouarecreatingaconferencescheduleformorethanonechild,definitelymakereservations
byteams/locationsinordertominimizeyour“travel”timeasmuchaspossible.