• Welcome Parents and Families of Century Oaks Elementary School

    Your involvement in your child's education is extremely important, and we hope to see and hear from you often while you're part of the Century Oaks community.

    Options for Involvement:

    Become a Volunteer! Reach out to your child's teacher about ways you can volunteer in your child's classroom or assist the classroom teacher. If you are going to be volunteering in the school, you will need to be fingerprinted, which the district will do at no cost to you. Please complete the attached application to get started! 

    https://district.u-46.org/BackgroundCheckConsent/volunteer.cfm 

    Join the PTO! A PTO is a Parent Teacher Organization. In a PTO, parents and teachers come together to support and enhance the experience children have during their education. The activities the members of a PTO participate in vary and include things like. Create and plan fundraising campaigns for the school. Our PTO meets the last Tuesday of the month, in person or virtually on Zoom to discuss current needs, plan events, and recap our latest events! 

    School Improvement Leadership Team (1-2 Parents) Contribute to the development and implementation of the School Improvement Plan.  With your input we can incorporate parents’ expectations of the school, understand the students’ needs from the parents’ perspective, and solicit parent expertise in problem-solving.  This team meets at 2:20 PM the first Tuesday of each month.

    Universal/ Tier One Team (1-2 Parents) Develop and monitor school-wide core instruction, including climate, culture and school-wide Positive Behavioral Intervention System (PBIS) program. The team plans the implementation of these programs, looks at data, determines required school plans, including celebrations and events to support a positive school climate. Team meets at 2:20 PM on scheduled Wednesday's of the month.

    U-46 Citizen’s Advisory Council (up to 5 parents): The Citizen’s Advisory Council is a district wide group of parents and community members who study and explore topics of interest to the district community and suggest ways to improve the school district.  This group meets at Elgin High School the second Thursday of each month.

    If you’re interested or have questions call the Main Office at 847-888-5181 or email directly one of the following people who are happy to discuss with you:

     
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