The following students from District 86 are among the 62,000 individuals from across the country who earned academic honors from the College Board's National Recognition Program. These honors include the National African American Recognition Award (NAARA) and National Hispanic Recognition Award (NHRA).

In order to be eligible for these awards, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. They must also score in the top 10% by state on the PSAT/NMSQT or PSAT 10, or earn a 3 or higher on two or more distinct AP exams. You can access additional information about this program by visiting https://bit.ly/3qpuI8l.

We congratulate our students on this tremendous achievement, and thank our teachers for all they do to support their success.

Kevin Simpson, the district's director of security, was honored during the board of education meeting on Sept. 8. Simpson, who is retiring in October, was recognized with a resolution that highlighted his accomplishments during his time with the district.

We want to thank Kevin for his dedicated service to the community, and wish him the best in his retirement.

Reminder - District 86 is hosting its first Community Conversation on Sept. 13 from 7-8 p.m. in the library at Hinsdale Central. This session, which will be focused on the district’s curriculum alignment work, will feature updates from our special education program team and details about proposed new course offerings for the 2023-24 school year.

If you plan to come to this event or the one about the work of our Secondary Instructional Schedules committee on Oct. 19, we ask that you please use the form found at https://forms.gle/tjDq4BibejZcBNwC8 to RSVP. This will help ensure that we are able to accommodate those who wish to attend. We will also be recording each session for people who are unable to join us. These recordings will be posted on the district’s website and YouTube channel, and shared via email, social media, etc.

If you have questions or need more information about our Community Conversations, please contact Dr. Chris Covino at ccovino@hinsdale86.org.

Below is information about upcoming events at our buildings.

Below are a pair of reminders from the district's technology department.

The district is no longer using PushCoin to process fee payments. All fees, including those for food service, should be paid via Infinite Campus The new system should also be used to view student schedules, attendance and grades.

You can access the student and parent portals for Infinite Campus, as well as directions for how to use the system's different features, by visiting https://www.hinsdale86.org/for-families/infinite-campus.

District 86 is providing a protection plan for students in conjunction with our 1:1 Chromebook program. This plan covers “accidental damage” to the device. It also helps limit a family’s financial responsibilities should the device be stolen or damaged by a fire, electrical surge or natural disaster.

 

The plan includes a small deductible for each claim that is significantly less than the cost to replace a screen ($175), motherboard ($200) or the entire device ($375). Please note that chargers and styli are not covered by the plan. Students will be responsible for replacing these items if they get lost or damaged.

 

Students automatically have access to the plan through payment of the district’s annual technology fee. Coverage will run through graduation day for members of the class of 2023 and July 31, 2023, for everyone else.

You can access additional information about the protection plan by visiting https://bit.ly/3IZ17eg. 

The 2022-23 edition of the student handbook has been added to the district's website. This document features important information about a variety topics that include, but are not limited to:

You can access the student handbook by visiting https://www.hinsdale86.org/for-families/student-handbook.

We have three features on our website that you can use to add our school and/or district calendars to your personal one. The first two features are buttons that will allow you to add the Google or iCal version of our calendars to your own. Below is a photo that shows you what these buttons look like on our site.

The third feature is a button that will allow you to subscribe to the feeds for our calendars. Below are two images that will help you locate and use this feature. The image on the left shows you what the button (located in the upper right corner of each calendar) looks like, while the image on the right shows you the options that are available via this feature.

Please use the links below to access the calendar(s) you want to subscribe to or add to your own.

If you missed the edition of Board Briefs for the board of education meeting on Sept. 8, please visit https://conta.cc/3B1sG3m.

Please visit https://bit.ly/3B4pHHk to access the latest COVID-19 data for our district, community and county. Below are the metrics we plan to update on a weekly basis.

The Illinois State Board of Elections recently hosted a webinar for anyone who is thinking about running for office in 2023.

The recording of that webinar can be accessed by visiting https://youtu.be/m27BJ9B3oUY.

Districts 86 and 181 are teaming up again to present the Community Speaker Series, which provides families with information and advice about a variety of important issues in education, wellness and parenting.

Below is the lineup of experts for this year's series, and the topics they will be discussing.

You can access additional information about these events by visiting https://bit.ly/3wRzi2S.