District Digest

In this issue…

• Calendar Reminders
• 5Essentials Feedback Opportunity
• D41 Educator of the Year
• Forest Glen Visit from K.A.R.E.
• Benjamin Franklin's LEGO Libraryland
• Hadley Theatre Arts Presents The Greatest Show
• BPAC’s 2nd Annual Family Resource Night
• Rock Your Socks

• Glenbard Parent Series

• March 31 - April 4 | Spring Break

• Monday, March 17, 2025 Regular Board of Education Meeting, 6:30 pm
• Monday, April 21, 2025 Regular Board of Education Meeting, 6:30 pm
For full Board Meeting agendas CLICK HERE. For Board Meeting stream archives CLICK HERE.

All parents are encouraged to participate in a brief survey to help District 41 gather valuable data to inform school improvement. The Illinois 5Essentials Parent Survey is administered annually by the Illinois State Board of Education. The survey is open now through March 31, 2025.

Click here to take the survey and choose “Parent Survey.” The deadline is March 31

Each school needs at least 20 percent parent participation for a data report to be provided for the school. Thank you in advance for your participation. Your feedback is very much appreciated!

For questions regarding the survey, please email 5Essentials@isbe.net​.​​​​​​​​​

District 41 is pleased to announce that Churchill Elementary School 2nd grade teacher Ms. Deborah Lazzara has been named the Glen Ellyn Chamber of Commerce District 41 Educator of the Year! Superintendent Dr. Jeff McHugh surprised her with the news at school. Watch below!

Forest Glen’s One Earth Environmental Club welcomed K.A.R.E. (Kane County Animal Rehabilitation and Education) to talk to students about local wildlife. Rehabilitated nine-year-old Charlotte the Barred Owl and her handler came to Forest Glen to share useful information that will help us create a more welcoming, safer environment in our yards for both wildlife and our own pets.

Benjamin Franklin's LEGO Libraryland has been built! Students recorded their reading minutes and completed reading bonus brick challenges to receive LEGO bricks. Classes completed 10,000 total reading minutes and displayed their final build in the library Makerspace. Mrs. Johnson, Ben Franklin's Digital Literacy Specialist and Library Aide Mrs. Harman want to thank Ben Franklin PTA for their support of this program!

This is where you wanna be! The Greatest Show is coming to Hadley March 7-9! Come see over 100 talented Hadley Theatre Arts students in cast and crew perform this incredible musical.

Friday, March 7 at 7pm & Saturday, March 8 at 3pm and Saturday, March 8 at 7pm & Sunday, March 9 at 2pm (SOLD OUT)!

Tickets available for $10 here.

Email HadleyMusicalTickets@gmail.com with questions.

The Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) presents a family resource night for all District 41 families. Refreshments will be served. See below for details.

District 41 is participating in Rock Your Socks for World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), March 21. On March 21st every year, District 41 staff rock funky or mismatched socks to celebrate everyone’s differences that make all who we are. Thank you to parent and Board member Jason Loebach for coordinating and donating socks to staff!

As part of Rock Your Socks, sock collection bins have been placed at all of our schools. We are collecting new, unused socks that will then be donated to the People's Resource Center.

District 41 is a proud partner of the Glenbard Parent Series. Check out the many programs offered to support parents with children of all ages! Check out their full updated list of upcoming events HERE and their 2024-25 brochure HERE.

THURSDAY, MARCH 6 @ NOON and 7pm

Sarah Vinson MD

Better Days: Supporting Kids' Mental Wellness When Things Aren’t OK

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Website: www.d41.org
Location: 793 North Main Street, Glen Ellyn, IL, USA
Phone: 630.790.6400
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