🚨 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. 🎒📚✨
🎃👻 Halloween Fun Across D102! 🎃👻
Our D102 students brought so much energy, creativity, and festive spirit to our Halloween celebrations!
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Our D102 students brought so much energy, creativity, and festive spirit to our Halloween celebrations!
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Our staff went all out to celebrate Halloween in style! It was a Spooktacular Halloween at D102! 👻🎃
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Happy Monday from your Tripp staff!
Expressing Emotion Music 🎧🎹✨
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 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! 🎼
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
STEM & Storytelling Collide at Meridian Book Club! ✨
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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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.⚡
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
Second Graders Take On Stade’s Farm! 🎃🚜🍂
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 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. 🚜🐐
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
The Power of Words and Toothpaste! 🪥✨
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 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! ✨
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
AJHS scientists put the scientific method into practice during a lab focused on precision, patience, and teamwork! 🔬💡
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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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! 🌈🧪
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
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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Building Literacy & Community at Circle Time! 🪕📚✨
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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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! 🔤🎶
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
Enjoy the extended break, D102 families! Reminder! There will be no school tomorrow for parent/teacher conferences.
🚫 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!
🚫 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!
Warm Colors & Creative Designs in 2nd-Grade Art! 🌻🎨✨
2nd-grade artists explored line design and color theory with art teacher Mrs. Feder! 🖌️
The creative journey began with the inspiring story The Sunflower House. Then, students sketched intricate line designs and brought their artwork to life using vibrant warm colors, painting with shades of orange, red, pink, yellow, brown, and gold. 🖼️🍁
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2nd-grade artists explored line design and color theory with art teacher Mrs. Feder! 🖌️
The creative journey began with the inspiring story The Sunflower House. Then, students sketched intricate line designs and brought their artwork to life using vibrant warm colors, painting with shades of orange, red, pink, yellow, brown, and gold. 🖼️🍁
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
Letter Parade at Pritchett & Tripp! 🔤🎉✨
Early literacy was on full display during the Kindergarten Letter Parade at Pritchett Elementary! 🎒
Our kindergarteners showed off their letter posters during a school-wide march in front of families, staff, and classmates. The parade celebrated a major milestone: learning all 26 letter names and their corresponding sounds, while bringing our entire school community together! 📣
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Families gathered under the stars for the PTO’s Family Movie Night, enjoying the company of a beautiful night of outdoor entertainment and school spirit.
The well-attended event provided a wonderful opportunity for students, parents, and staff to connect outside the classroom. A special thank you goes out to the Movie Night committee for their hard work in planning and organizing such a successful, memorable evening for the school community!
The well-attended event provided a wonderful opportunity for students, parents, and staff to connect outside the classroom. A special thank you goes out to the Movie Night committee for their hard work in planning and organizing such a successful, memorable evening for the school community!
Visualizing Multiplication in 3rd Grade! ✖️🎨✨
Mrs. Fasuna’s 3rd graders brought math to life as they explored foundational multiplication concepts through visual representations! 🧠💡
Working through real-world scenarios, drawings, and diagrams, students created equal groups to model and truly understand how multiplication works beyond the numbers. Following the hands-on lesson, classmates paired up to play math games, building fact fluency and teamwork skills in an interactive environment! 🎲🤝
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Ten Apples Up On Top in Kindergarten! 🍎🍏✨
Mrs. Iacullo’s kindergarteners at Tripp welcomed the autumn season with a craft inspired by the classic book, "Ten Apples Up On Top!" 📚🍂
Later, they practiced one-to-one counting by arranging their apples using an AB color pattern before gluing them in a tall stack right above a photo of themselves—just like the characters in the book!
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
Mrs. Iacullo’s kindergarteners at Tripp welcomed the autumn season with a craft inspired by the classic book, "Ten Apples Up On Top!" 📚🍂
Later, they practiced one-to-one counting by arranging their apples using an AB color pattern before gluing them in a tall stack right above a photo of themselves—just like the characters in the book!
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
8th-Grade Band Rocked Pop Tune Friday! 🎷🥁🎸
Our 8th-grade band at AJHS brought big energy to "Pop Tune Friday" as they geared up for a busy performance season! 🎶✨
Students practiced crowd-pleasing arrangements like "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd and "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne for two upcoming events: playing at a Chicago Wolves game in February and performing at Pritchett Elementary's Veterans Day assembly! 🐺🇺🇸
AJHS musicians are thrilled to visit Pritchett, with one student sharing they are excited "to honor our grandparents," and another adding, "We will inspire the kids at Pritchett to want to play an instrument in the future." 🎺❤️
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Our 8th-grade band at AJHS brought big energy to "Pop Tune Friday" as they geared up for a busy performance season! 🎶✨
Students practiced crowd-pleasing arrangements like "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd and "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne for two upcoming events: playing at a Chicago Wolves game in February and performing at Pritchett Elementary's Veterans Day assembly! 🐺🇺🇸
AJHS musicians are thrilled to visit Pritchett, with one student sharing they are excited "to honor our grandparents," and another adding, "We will inspire the kids at Pritchett to want to play an instrument in the future." 🎺❤️
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102
Mrs. Dion’s kindergarteners have a very special weekend guest traveling from home to home this year—a stuffed Minion! 💛
Each week, a new student gets to take the Minion on an adventure and record their fun on a journal page, which is later shared with the class. Each page is added to a growing memory book that travels back and forth among all the families. So far, the Minion's travels have included scenic neighborhood strolls and the Buffalo Grove parade! 📸 Students return to school proud to share their experience with the class Minion!
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Each week, a new student gets to take the Minion on an adventure and record their fun on a journal page, which is later shared with the class. Each page is added to a growing memory book that travels back and forth among all the families. So far, the Minion's travels have included scenic neighborhood strolls and the Buffalo Grove parade! 📸 Students return to school proud to share their experience with the class Minion!
#EveryDayEveryStudent #D102 #CommittedToD102