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It's hard to believe that the end of the 2024-2025 school year is approaching.

As we prepare for the end of the school year please continue to monitor information from classroom teachers and office to be prepared for end of the year activities.

Summer School information will be shared soon.

As always, please call the office with any questions.

Please see attached Newsletter for important information.

Friday, April 25: School District 104 "Día del niño" & Graves 100 Years

Monday, April 28th: Graves Spirit Day (out of uniform, please wear Graves Spirit Wear and/or Colors)

Monday, May 5: 5 de mayo (No uniform for Kindergarten-5th)

Monday, May 5 - Friday, May 9: Teacher Appreciation Week

Wednesday, May 7: Kindergarten Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo (school uniform required)

Tuesday, May 13 - Friday, May 16: End of year SPRING MAP testing

Friday, May 16: 1st Grade Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo (school uniform required)

Thursday, May 22: 5th Grade Step Up to Middle School

Thursday, May 22: 2nd Grade Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo (school uniform required)

Monday, May 26: Memorial Day (No School)

Tuesday, May 27: 4th Grade Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo (school uniform required)

Friday, May 30: Graves Field Day 2025 (Students wear their Field Day Shirt, if purchased)

Monday, June 2: 3rd Grade Field Trip to Brookfield Zoo (school uniform required)

Monday, June 2: Kindergarten Celebration (Flyer Invitations were sent home)

Tuesday, June 3: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! (Early Dismissal 1:50PM)

Please remember that every Wednesday is a late start 8:50AM-2:50PM

All meetings are scheduled for 7pm on the second Tuesday of the month.

PLEASE JOIN US!

May 13, 2025

June 10, 2025

To celebrate 5 de mayo everyone is invited to wear traditional wear on Monday, May 5th.

If you do not have traditional wear, you may wear colors representative of your culture.

Click on the following link for more information on the history of 5 de mayo.

Kindergarten-5th Grade Field Day 2025 is coming!

Remember that our students can wear this t-shirt during our Field Day and may continue wearing it with Jeans every Friday during their time at our school.

Order forms were sent home with students

Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) Testing for students in grades 1st-5th will be taking place in the next couple of days. Please make sure your child gets a good night's rest and is ready.

Measure of Academic Progress (MAP), is a computerized adaptive test which helps teachers, parents, and administrators improve learning for all students and make informed decisions to promote a child's academic growth.

It is VERY important the students bring their Chromebook, charged and ready to go every day.

Parents, if you have moved out of district during the 2024-2025 school year or plan on moving out, please contact the Graves School Office for official transfer paperwork.

Please take a look at the following age requirements for social media platforms.

Please remember that unless a parent uses parental controls, their child can access images, videos and conversations that are meant for adults.

If you allow your child to have any of these apps or any other social media platforms, please consider putting parental controls in place.

Our Graves Sailors are too young for these types of conversations and images.

See below for more information

• Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced the first confirmed measles case of 2025 in Illinois. So far, it is the only case that the IDPH is aware of, and it is not considered an outbreak. The risk of community transmission for the public in Illinois remains low.

• Illinois requires one dose of MMR for day care students aged ≥12 months and pre-school aged students, and two doses of MMR vaccine for students in grades K through 12, unless they have other presumptive evidence of measles immunity, which includes laboratory evidence of immunity or laboratory confirmation of disease.

• 🩺 Loyola Mobile Van Visit- CANCELLED

  Unfortunately, the Loyola mobile van had to cancel the May 6th visit. Please see the attached information for Alivio and Pillars health centers for school physicals and immunizations. We hope they will be able to come back next year, we are sorry for the inconvenience!

• 🦷 2nd Grade Dental Exam Requirement

  Current 2nd -grade students are required to have a State of IL dental exam on file. Dental forms are due by May 15th.

• 📅 Plan Ahead for Summer Appointments

  This is a great time to schedule summer doctor appointments. School health documents are due August 1st. Please note that action plans and medication authorization forms must be updated and submitted every school year! ✍️

• 🏃‍♂️ IESA Sports Physicals for Student Athletes
  Students participating in IESA sports must have an updated sports physical on file. These are valid for 365 days and should be submitted to the athletic department annually.

Nurse Tina, Nurse Anita & Ms. Oli

Please review this months breakfast & lunch menus with your child.

As a reminder, students have breakfast & lunch options to choose from.

The following Graves students were chosen to be our

STUDENT OF THE MONTH

as they have demonstrated how to be

-RESPECTFUL

-RESPONSIBLE

-SAFE

As a reminder, students may wear their "student of the month" T-Shirts with Blue Jeans on Fridays!

Please remember that the previous information is for students in grades Kindergarten-5th only.

For more information about our PreK program please contact the

Pre-School Director, Kathleen Dunn at 708-546-7151 or at kdunn@sd104.us