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This is an end-of-the-year reminder for families who have not started or completed their child's registration for the 2025-2026 school year. Unfortunately, delays in registration numbers make our back-to-school planning efforts extremely difficult.

Action Needed: If we do not have your registration completed and verified by 10:59 pm on Thursday, May 22, then

• A bus route (if needed) will not be available until after Labor Day, and your child will not be able to ride the bus on the first day of school.
• Your child’s Chromebook will be collected for the summer.

This deadline is to allow our staff the proper amount of time to input information into our systems and create bus routes to start the year, which takes time to do correctly. Also, we now allow students in grades 2-7 who have completed registration to take their Chromebooks home for the summer. You can find more information about the Chromebooks here.

Please register your child and have our staff verify the information before the May 22 deadline. All of the steps are online at d64.org/about/register. If you have any questions about the registration process, please contact the front office of your child’s school.

Thank you for your understanding and support as we plan for the upcoming school year.

We are excited to announce that Washington won 1st PLACE TEAM, amongst all the Non-rated players on May 4th 2025, 157th Kumbaya Chess Tournament at Niles North High School.

This tournament is an officially recognized tournament by the United States Chess Federation, the governing body of chess in the U. S., and you should be so proud of all the students that participated in the event.

Congratulations to the participating players and your entire school chess team!

Participants:

1st Place Team -

Ben and Charlie H.

Both Ben and Charlie took home 1st and 2nd Place (individual) Winner trophies.

In case you are not aware, there are trending videos on TikTok and YouTube showing kids putting graphite pencil lead or paper clips into the USB or USB-C ports on their Chromebooks to burn them out. Unfortunately, this kind of damage can cause cascading shorts throughout the device, possibly damaging other components.

If the District receives a device with clear burn marks around a USB or USB-C port from a student, that repair will be a full device replacement at cost since this is not considered accidental damage. Please remind your child of the importance of respecting and caring for school devices and reach out if you have any questions.

Pizza will be served on the last day of school, Thursday, May 29th! Enjoy one less thing to do as we head into summer break!

Get a head start on your school supplies for next school year. This is your one stop shop for pre-picked supplies determined by each grade level. Order early and check that off your "to-do" list! Order Deadline is July 1st.

Please click this link to order.

We would like to invite your student to join the District 64 Instrumental Music program next year!

Beginning in 4th grade, your child is eligible to join Orchestra and 5th grade students are eligible to join the band or orchestra. To learn more about the program and the string instruments offered, please see the links below:

Read: Important Information About Instrumental Music

Video Presentation: All About Band!

Video Presentation: All About Orchestra!

If you already registered your child for the 2025-2026 school year but did not select instrumental music, log back into your account to add band/orchestra: Click Here to Add Instrumental Music, click "Forms" on the left, then "Enrollment" at the top and scroll down to instrumental music.

Click here for a video tutorial on how to add band/orchestra to your child’s registration!

The instrumental music registration deadline is August 1. Band/Orchestra teachers will communicate more information via email with registered families the second week of school. Lessons will begin the week of September 8.

If you have any questions, please email Erica Faulhaber (efaulhaber@d64.org), Curriculum Specialist for Instrumental Music.

Dates: July 21st-23rd

Times: 4th-6th Grade: 12:30-2pm, 7th-8th Grade: 2-3:30pm

Location: Maine South High School

Registration Link

• PTO Meeting, May 14th
• 5th Grade Celebration, May 22nd
• Field Day, May 23rd
• Last Day of School, May 29th
• PTO End of School Party, May 29th

Inspire all students to discover their strengths, embrace learning, achieve personal excellence, and demonstrate care. Students thrive in a rich, rigorous, and innovative curriculum delivered by highly qualified teachers. Each student learns and grows in a safe, nurturing environment. In collaboration with student, parents, teachers and the community, District 64 provides opportunities for each learner to investigate, be successful, be resilient, and become inspired and empowered as they contribute to our global society.