Dear Parents,
What a wonderful week we have had at Prairie School! Our future 1st graders from Willow Grove visited our school and had an excellent visit and tour! Our 1st and 2nd graders participated in field trips. Our 3rd graders hosted a Wax Museum. On Friday, students and staff were treated to an awesome performance by Korean drummers and dancers from the Korean Performance Arts Institute of Chicago. (Check here for the Photo Gallery, tinyurl.com/KoreanDrumming2023.)
Please note the upcoming schedule for our final week of school.
Have a terrific long weekend,
Prairie School
Upcoming Dates
- May 29 - No School
- June 2 - Last Day of School & Half Day
PPLC Spirit Week
PPLC Spirit Week continues next week, our final week of school.
- Tuesday, May 30th - Decade Day
- 1st grade: 90s style
- 2nd grade: 80s style
- 3rd grade: 70s style
- 4th grade: 60s style
- 5th grade: 50s style
- Wednesday, May 31st - Patriotic Day: Wear Red, White and Blue Colors!
- Thursday, June 1st - Color Day
- 1st grade: Neon
- 2nd grade: Purple
- 3rd grade: Red
- 4th grade: Blue5th grade: Pink
- Friday, June 2nd - Spirit Day: Sport Day
New *Report Cards and 6th Grade Placement*
Trimester 3 report cards will be available on TeacherEase (School Insight) at 3:00 pm on Monday, June 5th.
5th to 6th grade placement results will be emailed to parents shortly after report cards are available on Monday, June 5th.
REPEAT *Summer Reading*
This summer, we want students to experience the pure joy of reading. Since the purpose of summer reading is to help foster a love of reading, we strongly feel that students should read a book that is of high interest to them and close to the difficulty level of text they would encounter during the school year.
To support our elementary students in continuing to read over the summer, each grade level has a recommended reading list, as well as optional reading lessons that can be completed independently by students. Both the lists and the summer reading lessons can be found on our district website.
REPEAT *Band Information*
Attention 4th grade parents…
The chance to sign up for 5th grade band is happening now! Your child has already taken home information about band and play tested several band instruments.
There is a band information meeting for all interested 4th grade parents on Monday, May 22nd at 7:00 p.m. in the Woodlawn Middle School band room (students are also allowed to attend). At that meeting the band teacher Mr. Craw will explain the band program, the instruments, the schedule, the costs, and how to get an instrument and supplies. If you can't attend the meeting be sure to look over the information on the band website here.
Band sign up and instrument rental is from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, in the Woodlawn cafeteria. Online sign up will also be available on the band website starting on that date.
REPEAT *Technology Update*
Aside from a few exceptions (defined below) all students will KEEP their District 96 technology (iPad, iPad Case, Charging Cable, Charging Brick, and Logitech Crayon) over the summer and will be expected to return with it at the beginning of the 23-24 school year. It will be the student’s responsibility to come to school next year with all of their technology items. Should parents have technology-related questions over the summer, they can get a hold of us at [email protected].
Exceptions:
- All EC student iPads at Willow Grove will be collected at the end of the school year. We will redeploy class sets at the start of the 2023-24 school year.
- All 8th-grade student iPads will be collected on the morning of Wednesday, May 24, at both middle schools.