We hope Spring Break was a restful week for all our families, staff and students — enjoy our March highlights as a warm welcome back! #d181proud
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Elementary School Highlights
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Monroe Fourth-Grader Named GeoBee State Semifinalist
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Elliot Nystedt, a fourth-grader at Monroe School, advanced as a regional semifinalist in the National Geographic GeoBee Competition! The competition is open to fourth through eighth graders across the country, and Elliot is one of only three fourth-graders in Illinois who qualified for state.
The state competition was held Friday, March 29, at Heartland Community College in Normal, where Elliot placed
in the top 25!
Congrats Elliot!
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Madison Nominated to Apply For Blue Ribbon Schools Award
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District 181 is excited to announce that Madison School has been nominated by the Illinois State Board of Education to apply for the esteemed 2019 U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Award!
Madison previously received the Blue Ribbon designation in 2009.
Madison is one of only 16 schools nominated in Illinois. There are nearly 4,000 public and private schools in Illinois, so only a very small percentage of our state’s schools received this nomination.
We celebrate and share this nomination as a school community. Madison would not be the special place that it is without our engaged families, hard-working staff, and multi-talented students. The U.S. Department of Education will notify us of the Blue Ribbon Schools Award selections in Fall 2019.
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Families Immerse in Cultural Experiences at The Lane
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The Lane's English Language Learner's Cultural Event took students and families on a journey around the world — complete with "passports!" After enjoying dinner together, students traveled to different stations to experience a cultural activity. Once complete, their D181 passports were stamped! Activities included Japanese calligraphy, a study of Frida Kahlo, painting rocks to mimic the flags of students' home countries, a study in Romanian culture, Papel Picado, and more!
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Elm Hosts Living Wax Museum
What’s a Living Wax Museum? Elm third-graders are frozen in history — until you ask them to come to life!
Parents were invited to stop by classrooms and see students dressed in costume, and hear them share facts about inspirational figures in history.
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Prospect Makes Global Impact with 'Wish for a Well'
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Last year, Prospect fifth graders read the book “A Long Walk to Water,” and with encouragement from their teachers and the Koziel family, raised enough money for a well in South Sudan.
The well is now in use - and Prospect received this picture from South Sudan! The sign reads: "In honour of Prospect Elementary School: 'A Wish for a Well' Clarendon Hills, IL 2019."
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Act On Bullying Visits Walker
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Walker fifth graders heard an inspiring presentation from Safe Schools 4 All led by 20-year-veteran Police Officer Jeff Bean. Students learned about cyber bullying and safe social media use.
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Oak Celebrates St. Patrick's Day
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Oak students celebrated Irish culture and St. Patrick's Day through music and dance performances - and a visit from Hootie!
Thank you to Denys Kang and
Steph Klein Konieczka
for organizing!
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HMS Student Vying for World Championship in Rhythmic Gymnastics
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HMS student Jenna Zhao began participating in rhythmic gymnastics when she was 6 years old. Eight years later, she is now part of the U.S. National Junior Team and got 4th place in the Individual All-Around at the U.S. National Rhythmic Gymnastics competition this summer.
The World Championships will be held in Russia this July. Only four gymnasts from each country qualify. Jenna is currently ranked No. 1 out of her six junior team members. Good luck this summer, Jenna!
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HMS 'Battle of Books' Team Defends Title for 3rd Year
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The HMS Battle of the Books team of Lily Song, Cayleigh O'Hare, Jenna Zhou and Vinni Guo won the 2019 championship title for the third consecutive year.
They beat out 18 other teams and won the championship by a single question. Congrats to all!
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HMS Students Excel in Chemistry
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Kudos to all the HMS 8th graders who competed in the "You Be the Chemist" Regional Competition March 7: Alex Burt, Andrew Gilbert, Jeffrey Liu, Brady O'Rourke, William Otten and Kevin Zhang. Kevin Zhang (pictured on right) placed second and Alex Burt (pictured on left) placed third, qualifying them to advance to state on April 13. Best of luck!
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CHMS Serves Up Slices of Fun (and Fundraising) at Annual Pizza Wars
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The 6
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annual CHMS Pizza Wars invited families to sample pizza from five local pizzerias and vote for their favorite. This year's winning pizza was Brama La Pizza!
Attendees also enjoyed sampling cookies from Sue’s Cakery, a pizza photo booth, a raffle to win Apple AirPods, and a hula-hooping contest! Proceeds from the ticket sales (tickets were $10 in advance or $15 at the door) benefit the CHMS PTO efforts.
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Brama La Pizza was this year's Pizza Wars champion. Thank you to all our participating pizzerias: Giordano's, Salerno's, Zazzo's, and Sarpino's.
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CHMS Assistant Principal Erick Jones and CHMS Principal Levi Brown pose in the Pizza Wars photo booth.
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CHMS Students Take Field Trip to see 'Macbeth'
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The 7th grade students at CHMS took a field trip to the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and got a front row seat to see Macbeth performed live.
Students had previously read and acted out this classic tragedy in their language arts classes.
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The CHMS Community Service Club and Peer Leadership Clubs each visited the Ronald McDonald House near Loyola Hospital. The students planned menus and cooked meals for the families staying at the house. CHMS has been organizing trips to the House since 2015.
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Music Students Travel to Disney World - Update
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The CHMS Soaring Strings perform at Disney.
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The CHMS Premier and Noteables Show Choir students engage in a workshop at Disney.
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In last month's newsletter, we shared a few photos of our middle school ensembles performing at Disney World over President's Day weekend - here are a few more! We wanted to clarify that
eight
D181 ensembles were selected to attend: four from CHMS and four from HMS. In total, about 250 D181 students sang and played their hearts out during the performances and amazing Disney clinics.
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All District 181 schools are collecting food and supplies for those in need in partnership with the Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, and Burr Ridge Police Departments to benefit those who access HCS Family Services.
On each school’s specified pickup date (between April 29 and May 9), students are asked to bring donations with them to school and local police officers will collect the donations and "stuff the squad" car as students enter the building. The officers will then drop the donations off at HCS.
Community members are also welcome to drop off donations directly following student dropoff.
The goal is to collect 5,000 pounds of food and supplies for HCS Family Services. For drop-off times, dates, and suggested donation items, visit
www.d181.org/stuffthesquad
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More than 130 pieces of student artwork from District 181 Elementary and Middle School students will be on display for public viewing from noon on Monday, April 29, to noon on Friday, May 3, at The Community House, 415 W. 8th St., in Hinsdale. The community can stop by during Community House business hours to see the free exhibition.
This is the fourth year for the D181 Student Art Show which is made possible through a partnership with the District 181 Foundation and Ly Hotchkin Arts Program at The Community House.
The exhibit features students’ painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media, ceramics, 3D sculpting, and digital animation pieces. Students create the artwork in their art class each week leading up to the event and then D181 art teachers choose the artwork selected for the show.
PHOTO: Artwork on display at the 2017 D181 Art Show.
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APRIL 13
Narcan Training
- 10 a.m. April 13, Hinsdale Middle School. The Hinsdale Fire Department and DuPage County Health Department are hosting an Opioid Crisis/NARCAN training session. To register for this free event, click
here
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APRIL 17
Community Speaker Series, "Angst"
- 9:30-11:30 a.m. at The Community House; 7-9 p.m. at Hinsdale South Auditorium. Both sessions on April 17. A documentary film and discussion with Dr. John Duffy on “Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety.” To register,
click here
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The series is presented by District 181 and District 86 in conjunction with the D181 Foundation and The Community House and is designed to inform and inspire families about issues in education and parenting.
APRIL 28
Walk the Walk
- 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 28. Bring your friends, neighbors, and pets to walk and help raise over $100,000 for The Counseling Center at The Community House. For more info and to register, visit
www.thecommunityhouse.org
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COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 181
115 West 55th St. Clarendon Hills, IL 60514
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PH:
630.861.4900
FAX:
630.887.1079
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