A huge thank you to Indiana University Northwest for the invitation and opportunity to send our high school students to the first annual "Explore My Success Project" Day! The day consisted of interacting with professionals in different workshops and a discussion panels in hopes of inspiring our students to continue a path of college and/or career success! The workshops covered marketing and entrepreneurship, criminal justice and law, communications and broadcasting, and health sciences. We LOVE watching our students light up with PASSION and PURPOSE! 🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong
Our Kindergarteners had an incredible time attending the Deeply Rooted Dance Theater performance at the historic Auditorium Theatre, downtown Chicago last Friday 💃🏻 The Auditorium Theatre was built in 1889 and it is the second largest theater in Chicago, with 4,000 seats. The matinee performance was a packed house full of students and schools from all over the region. Our students faces were in awe as they entered the beautiful theater 🥰 Special thank you to Ms. Arthur- our Kindergarten Dance Teacher- who planned this incredible opportunity for our Baby Flames 🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong
Steel City Families and Students: As a reminder, we will be closed on Friday, November 10th in observance of Veteran's Day 🇺🇸 We will return to school on Monday, November 13th! #WeAreSteelCityStrong
Our November Attendance Incentive for grades 6th-12th will be a free field trip to see 🎥 Disney’s newest film "Wish." ⭐️ There's a catch, – in order to qualify for this free field trip, students must maintain 💯 perfect attendance from November 1st to November 20th. #ShowingUpMattersforReal #AttendTodayAchieveTomorrow
At Steel City, we believe deeply in our role and responsibility to provide our students the knowledge, resources and opportunities to pursue college, the military or vocational school after they graduate! 🎓🔥
This week a group of our High School students traveled across state lines to attend a college visit to Michigan State University 💚 Despite the cold, they toured the campus, visited buildings, participated in a tour and even got a sneak peak of the stadiums! #YouCan'tBeWhatYouCan'tSee
Our November Attendance Incentive for our K-5th grade students is a McDonald's gift card 💳 for achieving 💯 perfect attendance from November 1st to November 20th. Students will receive their gift card 💳 on November 30th during lunch. #AttendTodayAchieveTomorrow #ShowingUpMattersforReal
Steel City believes in inspecting what we expect and celebrating what we value! #CorePrinciples
In this spirit, last week our 3rd-5th graders who had perfect attendance in October and attended Parent Teacher Conference had the opportunity to participate in a full day Chuck E. Cheese field trip with their peers and teachers! Keep up the GREAT work!🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong
Steel City believes in inspecting what we expect and celebrating what we value! #CorePrinciples
In this spirit, last week our 6-12th graders who had perfect attendance in October before Fall Break and attended Parent Teacher Conference had the opportunity to participate in a full day Jax Warehouse trip with their peers and teachers! From zip lining to bumper cars to games and more- a fun time was had by all! Keep up the GREAT work!🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong
This past Friday night our High Schoolers ventured out for a night of FUN at Fright Fest 💀 👻 🎃 Check out those smiles! A huge thank you to Ms. Smith- our Director of College & Career Readiness- for her planning and hard work to bring this experience to life for our students! 💙 #WeAreSteelCityStrong #TransformativeExperience
Attendance is one of the most critical factors for your child's success.🎓Students' attendance allows them to build & maintain strong relationships, continue their stability of routines and ensure they are getting all of the academic knowledge and experiences of school.
What do you need to know to support these efforts?
*School officially starts at 7:50 am. Arrival is from 7:50 am - 8:00 am. A student is officially late if they arrive after 8:00 am.
*If a student is absent, it will be marked unexcused unless we get acceptable documentation.
*Acceptable documentation includes a doctors/dentist note, court notice and/or obituary. Hand written notes are not accepted as documentation. *Documentation can be submitted to the front office between 8:00 am - 2:30 pm OR emailed to attendance@steelcityacademy.org. *Quarter 1 documentation must be submitted by Tuesday, November 21st.
*As a reminder and in compliance with state law, students will be referred for truancy after 10 unexcused absences.
*If a student is identified as chronically absent, they are also eligible for retention.
Thank you for all of your hard work and partnership to ensure your child is here every day! #AttendTodayAchieveTomorrow #ShowingUpMattersForREAL
Steel City Families: We hope everyone is enjoying their Fall Break 🍁 We look forward to seeing you Monday from 1:00-4:00 pm for our jam packed Quarter 1 Parent Teacher Conferences - academic updates with teachers, Literacy Sessions, Coat Drives, Trunk or Treats, Raffle Prizes and more! See you there! As a reminder, students return on Tuesday, October 24th 🎓
It's that time of year! 🎄 Angel Tree/Toy Shop is opening ONLINE ONLY on October 23rd! Make sure to have all the following information.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: NOVEMBER 10TH
If you have any questions over the application please call our offices and we will try to assist you the best way possible!
#SalvationArmy #DoingTheMostGood #winteriscoming #ChristmasSeason #angeltree #angeltree2023
We are so excited to be hosting our EPIC Quarter 1 Parent Teacher Conferences on Monday, October 23rd from 1:00-4:00 pm 🔥 In addition to having the opportunity to talk with your child's teachers, you can join us for our annual Coat Drive, Trunk or Treat and Literacy Sessions led by our Literacy Cadre Team! Leave this incredible event with a new coat, new books for your library, information on how to support your child's literacy efforts and a lot of JOY from our Trunk or Treat festivities! 💙 #WeAreSteelCityStrong
At Steel City, we believe in the POWER of transformative experiences both and outside of school! 💙 As a result, we are committed to our students having access to field trips where the JOY and LEARNING can continue.🔥 Yesterday, our Kindergarten, First and Second Grade students made their annual trip to the @countylineorchard where they picked apples, visited pumpkin patches and learned about bees and photosynthesis!🍎🍏 🎃 Thank you to the Steel City team for all of your hard work in planning and to our Steel City parents who joined us as chaperones! #WeAreSteelCityStrong
We're back with another college tour! 🔥 Much gratitude and a huge shout out to our College & Career team for giving our Juniors and Seniors the experience of visiting a range of colleges and universities this semester. This week our students visited Purdue University where students were able to experience a campus tour and learn more about the majors and academic program #SafetyHumanConnectionLearning 📚👣 It was extra special as Ms. Smith - our Director of College and Career Readiness- was able to show off HER college! #purdueuniversity
Today marks the final day of Quarter 1 and last day of school for teachers and students before an extended Fall Break 🍂🍁🍂 Let’s finish strong and enjoy a break full of much deserved rest & rejuvenation! 🍁
Our mission at Steel City is to ensure our students have the knowledge, resources and access to opportunities to pursue college, trade school or the military once they graduate from Steel City! 💙
This year we launched our first ever College Parade - an opportunity for our Middle and High School students to create and show off their College and Career Vision Boards while our Elementary Students were cheered on and showered with candy in our hallway parade! There is SO much JOY in the visioning, work put in and matriculation to COLLEGE! 🎓 💙 🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong
Our mission at Steel City is to ensure our students have the knowledge, resources and access to opportunities to pursue college, trade school or the military once they graduate from Steel City! 💙
This year we launched our first ever College Parade - an opportunity for our Middle and High School students to create and show off their College and Career Vision Boards while our Elementary Students were cheered on and showered with candy in our hallway parade! There is SO much JOY in the visioning, work put in and matriculation to COLLEGE! 🎓 💙 🔥 #WeAreSteelCityStrong
We're excited 😁 to announce 📢 MS/HS October Attendance Incentive field trip for students in grades 6th-12th! If students have perfect attendance during the tracking period of 10/4/23 to 10/12/23 and have their parents or guardians attend Parent-Teacher on Monday, 10/23/23, all eligible participants will be invited to an exciting and free field trip 🚌 to Jak's Warehouse on October 27th. Don't miss this chance to have fun and create lasting memories. We look forward to seeing you there!
We're excited 😁 to announce 📢 our Elementary October Attendance Incentive field trip for students in grades K-5! If students have perfect attendance during the tracking period of 10/4/23 to 10/12/23 and their parents or guardians attend Parent-Teacher Conference on Monday, 10/23/23, all eligible participants will be invited to an exciting and free field 🚌 trip to Chuck E. Cheese on 10/24 (K-2nd) and 10/26 (3rd-5th). Don't miss this chance to have fun and create lasting memories. We look forward to seeing you there!
