Prairie Families:
Welcome to Summer Break!
Today is our last edition of Prairie's Message for this school year.
On behalf of Prairie School and the District, a big "thank you" to our teachers for all their hard work in helping all of our learners grow this school year and an equally big "thank you" to our support staff for their flexibility in supporting students each day.
Additionally, "thank you" to our wonderful and hardworking PTO for organizing memorable and appreciated events and experiences for our students.
Finally, "thank you" to all of our Prairie families for your support of the staff and school this school year. As a school, we wish our 5th graders the best as they leave Prairie ready for the new experiences and environments that middle school will bring them.
You should expect to receive the next Prairie’s Message at the end of the first week of August.
Enjoy your break ...
~ Prairie School Staff
*NEW* Our Last WOW Video
Enjoy our last WOW video of the year.
NEW *Lake County ROE Free Virtual Summer Offering for K-5 Students*
The Lake County ROE is providing free virtual summer program to any interested K-5 students in Lake County. 
Students can be signed up until June 12, and the program will run June 19 through July 28. There will be live instruction, and students will also be able to work asynchronously.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit https://www.lake.k12.il.us/about-1.
*REPEAT* Beginning Band Registration Open for Incoming 5th Graders
Registration for the 5th grade beginning band program continues through to September.
Families can register an incoming fifth-grader for the band program now to secure an instrument and the necessary materials to support that student’s success.
Follow this link to the Ivy Hall and Prairie Band sign-up link ~ 5th Grade Band Registration Flyer at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qOsnugcgq3F2agbjGEKMs-2mGC5OmRkh-hYnLx4IlWM/edit ~ to sign up for the band, rent an instrument and get the needed materials.
The goal is to have an instrument and the needed supplies by August 17.
Band lessons start in August at Prairie.
REPEAT *Report Cards and 6th Grade Placement*
Trimester 3 report cards will be available on TeacherEase (School Insight) at 3 p.m. on Monday, June 5.
Note: 5th to 6th grade placement results will be emailed to parents shortly after report cards are available on Monday, June 5.
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.