📨 In this week's Education Partners newsletter 📨
Meet a River View Elementary School fifth grader who created a Field of Flags in front of the school for Veterans Day, find out where you can donate to Bags of Hope this weekend and throughout November, learn how our generous community helped stock the District 202 Care Closet, and find out which middle schoolers are headed to a regional music festival. #202proud
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4th grade students listened to the story Bonaparte Falls Apart, and then explored the concept of symmetry by creating a symmetrical skeleton with clay and Q-tips. So fun!
Congratulations to these mathematicians for winning our Weekly Math Challenge!
Remember to set your clocks back one hour Sunday morning - or Saturday night - when Daylight Savings Time ends.
Ms. Webber's class focused on using sensory details while completing a creative writing assignment.
Part of the fall festivities included Mrs. Zettek, Mr. Cocallas, and Ms. Sharp temporarily being secured to the wall with duct tape as part of an initiative to raise funds for Field Day activities.
Students and staff celebrated fall today. Thank you to the volunteers and staff who helped make our parties so fun!
Students had a great time at our fall parties! They played games, made crafts, carved pumpkins, and paraded around the building.
Thirty-two fifth graders from three District 202 elementary schools participated in the Illinois Music Educators Association District 9 Elementary General Music and Chorus festival on Saturday, October 26, at Yorkville Middle School.
Music teachers nominated the students to attend the festival in either general music or choir. General music included using instruments such as drumming, xylophones, and recorders.
Students worked with teachers and other students during the day and presented a concert for families in the afternoon.
Did you know that you can support the Support the Bags of Hope program right here at Thomas Jefferson? From November 1-November 8 you can by donating non-
perishable items that will be sent home to families in Plainfield, Bolingbrook, Joliet and Lockport.
Congratulations to our Math Challenge winners of the week. Well done!
Second grade students heard the read aloud Gustavo the Shy Ghost, and then created a ghost that is camouflaged based on a photo they had. The back of the ghost stand out from the picture. They did an amazing job!
We are #202proud of our principals. Happy National Principals Month! Illinois State Board of Education Illinois Principals Association Illinois Principals Association Three Rivers Region
After reading the story Crankenstein, 1st graders discussed things that make us cranky, and then they created their own Crankenstein! They did such a great job!
Thank you to the PTO and all our volunteers! Families had a great night. They visited food trucks, danced in the multi-purpose room, and could visit the scary or not-so-scary Haunted Office!
At TJ's Trunk or Treat event, families get into the Halloween spirit by dressing in creative and colorful costumes. Parents, students, and even younger siblings show off their spooky, silly, or superhero-inspired outfits as they go trunk to trunk collecting treats.
TJ families had a blast at Trunk or Treat!
No school on Monday, October 28 for a Student Improvement Day. #202proud
After hearing the read aloud Creepy Carrots, 3rd grade students were challenged to create their own creepy carrot for the patch!
Here are our two lucky winners of last night's book basket raffles! Thank you to all the families that came out to celebrate our newly remodeled media center, it was a blast!
