HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Forest Glen students enjoying Valentine's Day today.


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Register for the 2018-19 School Year by February 27
Registration for next year is now open. Click Here for information about Pre-K, Kindergarten, and returning student registration. Please register by Tuesday, February 27. Thank you! 


SIP Day this Friday, February 16 - 11:30 a.m. Dismissal
Students in Grades 1-8 will have early dismissal at 11:30 a.m. to allow time for District staff to work on school improvement activities. Please note that half-day students (Early Childhood Special Education, Pre-K, and Kindergarten) do not attend school on SIP days. For the full list of 2017-18 SIP days, Click Here


5essentials Survey - Thank you! 
Thank you to all of the parents who completed the 5Essentials survey.  All schools hit the required 20 percent parent participation mark and will receive results reports. District 41 appreciates your feedback! Thank you. 


6th Graders Learn to Design and Build with Recycled/Repurposed Materials  
Hadley students are designing and building items using recycled or repurposed materials as part of a  cross-curricular Problem-Based Learning unit. The designs will either serve a practical purpose or serve as art with a message about our natural resources. As they create their items in the lab, the students are studying natural and synthetic materials, researching where synthetic materials come from, how they are manufactured, as well as what natural resources are consumed in the process. They will also be looking at the economic and environmental costs and benefits of recycling the materials. Thank you to the educators from Glen Ellyn-based SCARCE for their great presentation which helped students kick off their research on natural and synthetic materials. The students will present both their designs and their research at a 6th grade Design Expo next month that will feature panel experts including SCARCE. Students will receive feedback on their research and final products during this expert panel.


Hadley Students Compete in Two National Bees  
Hadley students have recently participated in the National History Bee and the National Geography Bee. Preliminary rounds took place during social studies classes in the past month. Once students who earned the highest score on the preliminary rounds were determined, they were ready to compete against their peers at Hadley.

The students who moved on to compete in the final round of the National Geography Bee at Hadley, went head to head until the top two contestants, Sam Casas and Jack Hatlestad battled it out in a Championship round where Jack was named school champion. Jack moves on to the state competition in March.
National Geography Bee participants

The students who moved to the next round in the National History Bee completed an online multiple choice test. If their scores were high enough within their grade, they moved on to the Regional Round that will be held in Bensenville. The students going to regionals are Amanda Schlieben, Andrew Estes, Ayda Nouman, Caden Harrod, Cooper Feinberg, David Manske, George Morris, Jacob Lachs, Kevin Ridley, Lucas Martin, Michael McNally, Mihir Sharma, Sean Kern, and TJ Joshi. Congratulations, students!
History Bee participants pictured left to right are: Mihir Sharma, George Morris, David Manske and Caden Harrod
 

Students Celebrate Black History Month  
Hadley students are recognizing and highlighting the contributions made by African Americans throughout history. During Wildcat time, students conducted research about prominent African Americans and then created and decorated a "Who Am I" poster listing important facts about the individual they chose. Selected students have the opportunity to share facts from their posters during morning announcements throughout the month.