by Chance Reichert III
Published 3 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
6 min read
Why choose Carlingford West public school?
Carlingford West Public School offers all students the opportunity to achieve their very best in all areas of their education. Students enjoy learning in an engaged, quality learning environment which leads to success in academic subjects, creative and performing arts and sport.
What is the Carlingford public school parents and Citizens Association?
The Carlingford Public School Parents and Citizens Association represents our community and has a close working relationship with the school. It needs your active support to continue its valuable role in the life of the school. Meetings are held at the school library on the third Monday of the month commencing at 7.30pm, unless advised otherwise.
What is the new parent portal for Chicago Public Schools?
Chicago Public Schools is excited to announce that starting April 22nd, 2019, Parent Portal will be replaced with a new system called Aspen. Aspen will provide the same capabilities of the old Parent Portal while adding new features including Graduation Requirements, Student Fees and a new, easy-to-use mobile interface.
What are the system requirements for the parent portal?
The Parent Portal also supports Konqueror on the Linux platform. * Minimum Windows requirements: 486/66-MHx processor; Windows 98; 16 MB RAM; 12 MB of free hard drive space. Mac OS 9 operating system; and Internet Explorer 5.17, Firefox, or Safari; or Mac OS X operating system; and Internet Explorer 5.2 or greater, Firefox, or Safari.
Parent portal
To encourage greater connections between the parents and students of Carlingford, we have established the Parent Portal. It provides parents with insight into their Child's school life.
Student and Family Wellbeing
These are some links that provide support, information and services regarding the wellbeing of our students and their families.
Department of Education
Here are some links to useful information from the Department regarding your child's education.
The New Aspen Parent Portal
Chicago Public Schools is excited to announce that starting April 22nd, 2019, Parent Portal will be replaced with a new system called Aspen. Aspen will provide the same capabilities of the old Parent Portal while adding new features including Graduation Requirements, Student Fees and a new, easy-to-use mobile interface.
Parent Portal Minimum Computer Requirements
Windows operating system*, such as XP or Vista; and Internet Explorer versions 6 or 7 or recent releases of Firefox or Safari.
Video Resources
PLEASE NOTE: The Aspen Parent Portal account creation process has been simplified! The second email has been removed. Once you click "Create my Account," go ahead and log directly on to the Parent Portal.
Parents & Citizens Association
The Carlingford Public School Parents and Citizens Association represents our community and has a close working relationship with the school. It needs your active support to continue its valuable role in the life of the school. Meetings are held at the school library on the third Monday of the month commencing at 7.30pm, unless advised otherwise. All parents and carers are mos…
There are many ways parents can become involved at Carlingford Public School. One of the strengths of the school is the active participation of parents in a variety of activities. We believe that: o parents and teachers are partners in the education of children at Carlingford Public School; o there needs to be close liaison between home and school, which will assist the teacher to buil…
Opportunities are provided for parents to obtain information about new curricula and courses, thus gaining the confidence to participate in their child’s learning in an informed manner. Parent helpers are welcome in our classrooms and it is hoped parents will also be able to give time to assist in learning programs when required. All visitors to ou...
The P&C Association provides financial assistance to the school by requesting from parents a P&C Donation and support for fund raising activities. The money raised from these activities benefit the children by allowing the school to provide many innovative, quality education programs and to purchase additional equipment and resources not provided by government funds. Over re…
The school canteen is operated by the P&C. Parent volunteers are required to assist the Canteen Manager in the preparation and serving of healthy and nutritious food to the students at both recess and lunch times. A volunteer roster is prepared and issued for each term and new helpers are always welcome The canteen is open Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the year; …