News from District 153

Parents and guardians, please take a minute or two to complete the Illinois 5 Essentials Parent Survey! The state will not release feedback from the survey to a school unless there is a 20% participation rate, and we are woefully short of that mark at James Hart (5%) and Willow (6%).

Your students would like a word with you (see video below).

Have a student at more than one school? Then fill out a survey for each school!

Churchill School welcomed hundreds of its Bulldogs and their loved ones to the school's annual Black History Event on Feb. 26th.

The school was adorned with posters and other projects created by students to show off the results of their research into Black historical and contemporary figures. The evening also included drum circles, live musical performances, face painting, family art projects and a marketplace with local Black-owned businesses.

...the Willow School classrooms that celebrated the Winter Olympics on Feb. 20th.!

The James Hart Symphonic Band and the James Hart Orchestra BOTH earned the highest marks possible at the Illinois Grade School Music Association competition on March 7th!

The Homewood Children's Choir performed before the start of the Chicago Wolves hockey game on Feb. 14th--no doubt bringing good luck to the Wolves who won in overtime!

Congratulations to the James Hart 7th-Grade Girls Volleyball Team! They finished their undefeated season as regional champs!