Jessica Chen

Assistant Principal at Deneen School of Excellence - UIC Ed.D Candidate

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

Check out this awesome video our Middle School Teachers created! I love how they fun together! Family Matters--Deneen Style!! #DeneenElementary

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

My school team surprised me today with treats, cards, gifts, and so many kind words. I am overwhelmed with gratitude to work with such an amazing team every day! #AssistantPrincipalWeek #DeneenElementary

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Are you REaDY for Spring Break? Our wonderful clerk prepared this display of treats for our teachers and staff this morning! #DeneenElementary

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Art and Activism Virtual Field Trip from The Art Institute of Chicago! The facilitators provided a powerful, engaging experience for our 7th graders today! #DeneenElementary

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Check out our awesome Dean promoting our last week of our March Madness Attendance Challenge! #DeneenElementary https://t.co/kcy6RmAldc

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Pictures from our first week of reopening! It’s so wonderful to see some of our students in-person, and I was thrilled to welcome the 6-8th grade today! #Deneenelemnetary

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Set up in a festive location in my house to read a holiday book to our third graders and have a fun holiday parent meeting! #Deneenelemnetary

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Dropped off my ballet today. It was easy for me—just walked down to the cafeteria. We are proud to be the early voting site for the 6th Ward. There has been a line of voters every day—rain or shine! #DeneenElementary #vote

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Today I had a meeting with the founder of Pretty Brown Girls. This organization does amazing work. I am super excited to partner with them this school year thanks to an SEL grant! #DeneenElementarySchool

[Pretty Brown Girl @PrettyBrwnGirls]

#PBG #prettybrowngirl #girlpower #bossbabe #personalgrowth #happy #beauty #fearlessmotivation #mindfulness #acceptyourself #beautiful #love #positiveintentions #nevergiveup #selfimprovement #positiveaffirmation #loveyourself #selfmotivation #goodvibes #girlboss #inspiration

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

My family made an ofrenda for the first time this year! It was a wonderful experience to learn more about the tradition.

In addition to remembering our departed loved ones we also included people who died of COVID-19 and Black lives lost to police violence in 2020. #ofrenda

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

My clerk gave me these beautiful flowers for Principal Appreciation Month! They bring a burst of color to grey October days!

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

Just registered!

[American Reading @AmericanReading]

ARC Leadership Webinar Series Presents:

Perspectives on Advancing Literacy Development: Understanding Contexts 👏Challenging Practices 👏 and Changing the Narrative 👏

Join @GholdyM and @AlfredTatum to discuss the structure of literacy education.

https://t.co/01Q0hHgnEd

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

Registered!

[Chicago Beyond @Chicago_Beyond]

Join Chicago Beyond for a conversation with @DrIbram and @docswin to unpack what comes next on the road of being #antiracist. Moderated by @LizDozier on 8/10 at 1pm. CT Register: https://t.co/P2kZMUakec

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

Becoming antiracist requires every individual to choose every day to think, act and advocate for equality, which will require changing systems and policies that may have gone unexamined for a long time. https://t.co/jon14t10bd

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

I am currently reading How to Be Antiracist by Ibram Kendi and ordered Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi for all my teachers, staff and middle school students. I highly recommend it. #HowToBeAnAntiracist

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

I wrote this book for this moment, for this moment to become a movement, for the movement to transform us as we transform this country. Thank you to the folks reading + recommending #HowToBeAnAntiracist. Use it as springboard into antiracist action. Justice needs you, all of you.

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

Deneen Virtual Spirit Day #3: Share a picture of your family. When I am not at Deneen I stay-at-home with my husband, our two sons, my mother-in-law and our two cats. #DeneenElementary

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Day 2 of Deneen’s Virtual Spirit Week: share what are you currently reading. I am reading Dare to Lead for a book club with other school leaders and listening to the crime fiction novel series by J. K. Rowling, published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. #DeneenElementary

[Jessica Chen @JessicaChen100]

Today starts Deneen’s Virtual Spirit Week. Today is Half and Half Day! #DeneenElementary

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My sister-in-law gave me this awesome mask and card for Mother’s Day!