In honor of School Custodian Appreciation Day, we want to take a moment to recognize the incredible custodial team that keeps our campuses running smoothly every day. 🧹✨ From early mornings to late nights, their hard work ensures that our schools are clean, safe, and ready for learning. We appreciate all that you do!

Thank you to all of our teaching assistants for everything you do to support our students! Whether you are assisting students in the general education classroom, facilitating groups in one of our specialized programs, providing individual support to a student, or working alongside our EC teachers with our youngest learners, you are an important part of the team and the work you do is vital to our students' success. Your dedication and commitment to our students, and our D102 community, is very much noticed and appreciated. Our work takes many hands. Together, we are D102!

Introducing D102's new app! It's everything D102, in your pocket. With the new app, you can access documents, events, news updates, and even emergency notifications.

“Play is the work of the child” ~ Maria Montessori.

The first day of school for our 1-8 grade students has finally arrived! Don’t forget, today is a half day. Teachers and staff have been busy preparing and are eager to see students walk through the doors. We are ready! Are you? Mark your calendars: The first full day of classes for all students is tomorrow, Thursday, August 22. Special reminder to our Kindergarten and early childhood families! Please remember your first day of school is Wednesday. Have fun at drop in today! We are so excited for a year filled with learning and fun!

The FirstView app will not be running until the first day of school. We are working on sending out more bus information by the end of the week. Thank you for your patience!

We can't believe it's already the last day of July, but we are so excited to start a new school year in a few weeks! The first district newsletter of the 24-25 school year will be sent out on Tuesday, August 6. It will contain important information regarding the beginning of the year. If you don't already receive our newsletter, you can join our mailing list by clicking this link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/MuvDLA1

District 102 alum Paul Juda qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics! Paul secured his spot on Team USA after placing fourth with 168.85 points at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials on Saturday, June 29. "I only had one goal, and it was to hit all my routines and leave here healthy," Juda told NBC following his final event. We're so excited to cheer Paul on while he's in Paris.

Here's a reminder of our calendar changes this week.