
At the November 9 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent McIntyre recognized our District 102 Board members for School Board Appreciation Day on Sunday, November 15! 🌟
Our Board members dedicate countless volunteer hours to leading our district, supporting our staff, and ensuring our schools remain exceptional places for every student to learn and grow. 🎒💡
Please join all of D102 in thanking our Board members for their incredible service and commitment to our entire community! 🙌🎉
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Today, students and staff across District 102 dressed in yellow for the third year in a row as a symbol of being nice, being kind, and being the yellow!
Inspired by author, educator, and presenter Mr. Adam Peterson’s powerful mantra, our K–8 students had the honor of hearing him speak during special whole-school assemblies! He left everyone with an inspiring reminder that "kindness isn't a thing you do, it's who you are." 🌟
Thank you to our students and staff for filling our hallways with warmth, empathy, and bright yellow spirit today! 👏
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7th- and 8th-grade AJHS Eagles wrapped up a great fall basketball season full of grit, teamwork, and impressive tournament finishes! 👏✨
7th-Grade Highlights:
🥇 7A Team: Completed an extraordinary, undefeated 11-0 season and captured the Conference Championship title!
🥈 7B Team: Finished with an impressive 6-4 overall record and earned 2nd Place in the conference after a thrilling one-point final match against Fremont!
8th-Grade Highlights:
🏀 8A Team: Displayed relentless hard work and teamwork all season long to earn a strong 4th-Place conference finish!
🥈 8B Team: Closed out the season strong, capturing 2nd Place in the conference tournament!
Congratulations to all of our student-athletes and coaches on an incredible season! Way to represent D102! 🎉🦅
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Students met with local professionals, learned about different industries, and discovered the skills and education needed to succeed in various fields. This hands-on experience helped our 8th graders connect their passions with high school opportunities and beyond! 💡🗺️✨
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Thanks to all of our Pritchett families who donated to this drive!
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Students and staff across District 102 came together to honor the service, bravery, and sacrifice of our veterans!
Across all our schools, students wrote letters of appreciation for veterans. 📝 At Pritchett, students and staff had the honor of hosting 11 local veterans for a special breakfast, followed by a whole-school assembly. Student speakers shared their letters of gratitude, and the AJHS Band traveled over to deliver patriotic musical performances throughout the assembly! 🎺🎷🥁
Thank you to all the veterans who joined us and to everyone who has served our nation!
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Our students brought their favorite books to life during the annual Tissue Box Decorating Contest! From beloved classics to incredible character designs, our young artists showed amazing creativity and a love of literacy! 📖💡
Congratulations to our student winners:
👑 Kindergarten: This Book is a Mistake
👑 1st Grade: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
👑 2nd Grade: Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator
👑 3rd Grade: Warriors series
Thank you to every student who participated and shared their love of reading with our school community! 👏🎉
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🚨 NO SCHOOL REMINDER 🚨
There will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, November 3! 🗓️
We look forward to welcoming all of our students back to class on Wednesday morning. 🎒📚✨
Our D102 students brought so much energy, creativity, and festive spirit to our Halloween celebrations!
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Meridian students in Mrs. Pacanowski’s music class explored the app, GarageBand! 🎶 They created original eight-measure tracks designed to convey a specific mood or feeling. Classmates put their critical listening skills to work, listening carefully to match each track to its intended emotion given a set of three emojis! 🎼
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Meridian families gathered to discuss Bluestem nominee "The Girl and the Robot" by Oz Rodriguez and Claribel Ortega! 📖💡
Six AJHS FIRST LEGO League (FLL)students joined to share FLL core values, present their robot project, and demonstrate their coding skills in action. 💻⚙️ Families finished the night with an author interview and a fun trivia game.⚡
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Students at Pritchett recently enjoyed a visit to an annual field 2nd-grade trip to Stade’s Farm and Market! 🌾✨
They picked their very own pumpkins straight from the vine and enjoyed the petting zoo, corn maze, giant slide, and a classic hayride together. 🚜🐐
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Students in Mrs. Petrich and Ms. Kim’s class at Meridian took part in a powerful social-emotional lesson! 💡💙
In small groups, students squeezed toothpaste out of a tube in seconds, but quickly learned how hard it is to put it back in. The activity visually showed that while words can come out quickly during emotional moments, they can't be taken back once spoken. 🗣️
What a great lesson to remember all year to practice thinking before speaking and choosing words with care! ✨
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Students honed their measurement skills using graduated cylinders—learning how careful technique leads to accurate results. Then, they applied those skills to construct density columns, creating vibrant, layered liquid rainbows! 🌈🧪
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Our 8th-grade orchestra students in Mrs. Vettraino Stott’s class enjoyed a virtual masterclass with a special guest: renowned composer Kirt Mosier! 💻🎶
Mosier, the composer behind the orchestra’s current concert piece, Waltz of the Wicked, joined the class via Zoom. Our student musicians performed excerpts from his piece for him and received real-time feedback from the mind behind the music! He shared powerful words of wisdom, encouraging our 8th graders to commit fully to their passions and reminding them that dedication and hard work always pay off.
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Each morning, early childhood students in Mrs. Wyer’s class begin their school day gathered together on the carpet for a morning circle filled with joy, connection, and learning! 🎒🌅
Mrs. Wyer guides her class through a morning hello song, light stretches, an interactive read-aloud, and a preview of their daily schedule.
Students engage with phonics fun, too! Through catchy letter songs paired with fun hand motions, rhyming games, and exercises blending small words together, our EC students build essential reading foundations! 🔤🎶
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🚫 No School: Tomorrow (All Day), Friday, October 16
🏫 School Resumes: Monday, October 19, 2026
Thank you for your partnership during conferences as we work together to support every student’s success!
Reminder: Tomorrow is a half-day for Parent-Teacher Conferences! 🗓️
⏰ Students will attend school for a half day in the morning.
🗣️ Parent-teacher conferences will take place in the afternoon.
Conferences are a wonderful opportunity to connect with your child’s teachers, celebrate their progress, and partner together to support their learning!