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We are ready for the 2019-2020 school year! Can’t wait to see our students tomorrow!
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Getting ready for the 2019-2020 school year with Team Building Activities @Strassburg!
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Welcome back to our amazing CCSD 168 staff! Opening Institute Day as we work on becoming Thoughtful Educators prepared to welcome our students back on Monday, August 19th!
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Exciting news! Last school year, CCSD 168 teachers received $5,564 towards their classroom requests on @DonorsChoose. We’re thrilled to see our teachers’ innovation on display, and can’t wait to see what they think up this year!
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CCSD 168 Community Bus Tour with our 2019 New Staff Cohort! The Tradition continues!
Future 6th Graders tour Rickover!
8th Grade Parent Meeting!
Rickover 6th Grade Orientation!
#d168excels The Sauk Village Police Chief getting ready for the dunk tank! Sauk Village Night out!
#d168excels Hanging out with Sauk Village Mayor Burgess at the Sauk Village Night Out! Fun times!
#d168excels CCSD 168 Board President Jones and Sauk Village Clerk/CCSD 168 Board Member Campbell-Pruitt enjoying National Night Out in Sauk Village!
#d168excels Enjoying National Night Out in Sauk Village!
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Over 200 volunteers from Faith Church and our own staff members came out to prepare a surprise for our wonderful students that they will see for the first time on August 19!
#d168excels Strassburg Idol features singers, tap dancers, gymnasts, dancers and more!!
#d168excels Strassburg Idol in full swing on our last day of the school year!
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Jesse White Tumblers perform for Strassburg!
#d168excels Our Annual 2nd Grade Read for Fun in the Sun may have moved inside but was still a warm, sunny feeling with Dr. Leak and Dr. Nepote reading some favorite books!
#d168excels Our PreK Celebrations are always the best! Petting zoo, bouncy houses, ponies, food and fun! Awesome event Blossoms Family!
#d168excels Rickover End of the Year Staff Bash! Thank you Hog Haven of Dyer for coming and grilling on-site!
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Our students and staff also got to enjoy Italian Ice today on our field day!
Celebrating our friendship during Wagoner Field Day 2019.
Wagoner learners having fun during Field Day 2019!
Thank you to our Wonderful Wagoner parents for helping out with Field Day 2019! We appreciate all you do!
#d168excel Rickover host our published student authors book signing. Thank you Señorita Sanabria for your generous donation of books for each author.
#d168excels Rickover continues teacher appreciation! Chrio One does massages for our staff. Thank you PTO President Jones for arranging the event.
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Strassburg Field Day!
Due to the rain we had to improvise!
#d168excels Kindergarten Graduation 2019!
#d168excels Getting ready for Kindergarten Graduation!!!
#d168excels One of my favorite activities at the end of the year! Reading for fun in the sun! Encouraging our children to read over the summer! Thanks for our Read for Fun in the Sun Day Strassburg!
#d168excels Rickover students are preparing to dunk their Administrators! Mrs. Bullock also sings Karaoke!
#d168excels Rickover Specials Educators Rock! Field Day is rocking and rolling...
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Strassburg 2nd Annual Career Day!
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Our Strassburg girls at Girls on the Run 5k
#d168excels Congratulations Rickover Class of 2019! Wonderful graduation tonight!
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Strassburg Principal for the Day-Carter Luster!
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Strassburg Science Fair!
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“Caught Being Good” -Japanese Notan Art
#d168excels Happy Mother’s Day to all of our CCSD 168 Moms!
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Last STEAM Saturday School for the year!
Volcanoes 🌋
#d168excels Rickover at Track Sectionals on this brisk Saturday morning
#d168excels Proud of our 1st-4th grade Math Bowl Participants! Great job!!
#d168excels Congratulations Eboni Little for being CCSD 168’s MVP at the South Cook Math Bowl!
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Thank you CCSD #168 for our Staff Appreciation Gifts!
#d168excels Rickover 8th Graders on Lake Michigan
#d168excels Our Annual 8th Grade Boat Trip! Enjoy the experience!
#d168excels Family Math Night from 5 - 7 pm at Strassburg tonight!
#d168excels So proud of our 2019 Math Bowl Participants!!
#d168excels Congratulations Timothy McElroy named District 168 Math Bowl MVP 2018
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Staff Appreciation Assembly @Strassburg
#d168excels Our Board Members got in on the Celebration for Teacher Appreciation!
#d168excels Every Day is a Day for Teacher Appreciation!
#d168excels Enjoying our Teacher/Staff Appreciation Celebration at Strassburg! Students expressing how much they have learned from their teachers!
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Staff Appreciation Week-Dress Up As Your Favorite Staff Member!
#d168excels Rickover Valedictorian 2019 Samantha Swan!! Congratulations!!
#d168excels Congratulations to 2019 Rickover Salutation Damara Collins and Valedictorian Samantha Swan!
#d168excels Rickover 8th Grade Awards Night is a Red Carpet Affair!
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Celebrating Staff Appreciation Week @Strassburg!!
#d168excels Just finished our Facebook Live Community Chat! Thanks to all who tuned in!
#d168excels Getting ready to celebrate our 2019 retirees - Marcia Ferrara, Katherine Lerner and Sharon Russell!
#d168excels. This week we celebrate our amazing staff! Thank you to each and every one of our team members who give of themselves to uplift our children! Thank you!
#d168excels Rickover 6th Graders Experience the Medieval Period
#d168excels We are off...6th Grade Medieval Times field trip!
#d168excels Cinco de Mayo Commemoration 2019!
#d168excels Getting ready for our Annual Cinco de Mayo Commemoration!
#d168excels Getting ready for our Annual Cinco de Mayo Commemoration!
#d168excels Thank you Board President Jones and Member Brown for supporting our NJHS Induction 2019!
#d168excels Congratulations as we induct our new National Junior Honor Society Members tonight!
#d168excels Newly organized Board - President Tammy Jones, Vice President Mary Howard, Secretary Sene Garrett, Members Branard Barrett, RaDonna Brown, Marva Campbell-Pruitt and Brandie Jackson-Williams. Congratulations!
#d168excels Welcome to new Board Members Radonna Brown and Brandie Jackson-Williams and re-elected Member Tammy Jones as they took the oath of Office Monday, April 29th
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STEAM Saturday @Strassburg!
Building Lemon Volcanoes!
#d168excels Thank you to Sauk Village Clerk and CCSD 168 Board Member, Marva Campbell-Pruitt, and her Committee for an amazing Inaugural Sauk Village 7th and 8th Grade Spring Fling! Job well done! Wonderful exposure for our students!
#d168excels the Inaugural Sauk Village 7th and 8th Grade Spring Fling was a wonderful event! Our students looked amazing and enjoyed an evening with food and dancing!
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Congratulations to our 5th grade teacher, Ms. Ransom! She is the winner of the Michelle Obama Library Grant from the Illinois Reading Council!
#d168excels NJHS students hard at work helping out on Rickover Career Day 2019!
#d168excels Rickover Career Day 2019 was a great success! Thank you to the over 50 presenters for spending the morning with our students sharing stories of success!
#d168excels Congratulations to our Sauk Village Sticker Contest winners and Student Governance Day Participants! Wonderful luncheon to celebrate their hard work!
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Congratulations to our own Kammi Williams for representing Strassburg in the Sauk Village Vehicle Sticker Contest!
#d168excels Away track meet! Go Raiders!
#d168excels Away track meet underway! Go Raiders!
#d168excels Congratulations to Rickover 6th grader, Semaj Jones, winner of the Sauk Village Vehicle Sticker Contest! And a big thank you to our School Board for supporting the work of our children!
#d168excels Thank you to Sauk Village Clerk Marva Campbell-Pruitt for the hard work putting together the Sauk Village Student Governance Day last night!
#d168excels Proud of our students who participated in Sauk Village Student Governance Day last night! A wonderful opportunity to showcase our students and their many talents! Job well done! Thank you Sauk Village!
#d168excels Samantha Swan serving as Sauk Village Student Mayor hard at work at last night’s Student Governance Day! Great job Madame Mayor!
#d168excels Student Robert Brown participating in the swearing in of the new Police Sergeant as the student Village Clerk for the night
#d168excels Sauk Village Student Governance Day going on right now! Proud of our young people!
#d168excels Our state Representative acknowledges our visit to Springfield
Wagoner teachers participating in professional development! Go Wagoner! #d168 excels
Wagoner students practicing math and having fun learning together! #d168 excels
Wagoner students participate in their weekly Spanish class! #d168excels
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Ms Vondrak’s class opens their new computers funded by Donors Choose!
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Ms Avance’s class enjoys this beautiful spring day!
#d168excels Off to Springfield we go! Annual 7th Grade- Grade Level Field Trip!!!
#d168excels Superior and Excellent that’s who we are! Rickover’s choir made history! We received Superior metals and Excellent ribbons in our 1st IESA Solo and Ensemble State Competitions!!!
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We had a wonderful time! Great job Strassburg Stars!
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Q3 Strassburg Rewards Dance!
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Q3 Rewards Assemblies @Strassburg
Strong learning partnerships make learning fun at Wagoner! #d168excels
Wagoner students, parents, guardians, and students celebrated learning during Student-led Conferences! #d168excels
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Our wonderful Strassburg parents at spring conferences!
#d168excels From plan to execution...Rickover’s student led conferences were a success!
#d168excels Rickover student’s 1st breakfast in Washington D.C.
Rickover Jr. High Student Lead Conference
#d168excels Glad to be able to share information about assessments with parents at our 2019 Parent Conference!
#d168excels Our parents enjoying the morning speaker, Al Cleveland, at the Parent Conference
#d168excels Getting ready for the Superintendent Commission Parent Conference 2019! Looking forward to learning with our parents!
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Paraprofessional of the Month for Strassburg!
Thank you for your continued dedication to our staff, parents, and students Mr. Sandoval!
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Creative Book Reports from Ms. Vondrak’s Class!
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Saturday STEAM fun! Making rain models!
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Saturday Morning Basketball Training @Strassburg
#d168excels Love running into our parents and students getting ready for soccer on a Saturday!
#d168excels 2019 Daddy Daughter Masquerade Ball! Love seeing our dads out tonight!
Wagoner is preparing for tonight’s Daddy Daughter Dance! #d168excels
Happy Pi Day!!!
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NED visits Strassburg!
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Strassburg Student Council Sponsors Our Penny Wars!
Wagoner Math Night was exciting and fun! #d168excels
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Winners of the Staff Baby Picture Fundraiser!
You really know our Strassburg Staff!!
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“Read Across America” Week @Strassburg
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Black History Month Door Decoration Winners!
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Strassburg Celebrates Black History Month!
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Strassburg Students Visit our Black History Museum!
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STEAM Saturday-Making Tetrahedral Kites!
#d168excels 6th Grade Students enjoying Saturday at the Museum of Science and Industry.
#d168excels Rickover girls off to Northwestern University Career Day for Girls . . .Learning at Rickover continues even on Saturdays!
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STEAM Saturday School
Making Snowflakes!
#d168excels A few of Rickover students and staff prove learn continues, even on Saturday! We returned to Rickover Empowered.
#d168 Rickover students are dressed for success are ready to attend the 4th Annual Youth Empowerment Conference sponsored by JASSC Empowerment Foundation, INC!
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Strassburg students spreading kindness and love around our school!
Our Girls Volleyball Last Home Game!
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Honoring Mr. Doss today! One of our most dedicated paraprofessionals. Thank you for your work!
Damani Jackson represents our district at the South Cook Spelling Bee
#d168excels CCSD 168 Families- We will be making up the snow days from January on May 28th and 29th. We will be closed on Monday, February 18th, Presidents’ Day as listed on our calendar.
Thank you Prairie State College Trio program for introducing Rickover students to the theatre! We had a wonderful time at GSU.
#d168excels Our Blossoms students performing with the Muntu Dancers!
#d168excels Thank you to our MC, Mel Jackson, and the Muntu Dance Company for being part of our celebration!
##d168excels Black History Moth Program 2019 - Passport to Africa! Looking forward to seeing our students perform!
#d168excels Black History Program - Passport to Africa- in full swing!
#d168excels The Passport to Africa Walking Museum is open!
#d168excels Getting ready for our 2019 Black History Program - Passport to Africa! Hope to see you here at Rickover starting at 5 pm!
#d168excels Love how our staff collaborates on lessons for our children! Great 2nd grade Learning Club Meeting!
Please join us tomorrow, February 7th for the Annual District Black History program Passport to Africa: Celebration of Black History hosted by Rickover Jr. High
See flyer for more information!
#d168excels Thanks to our Sauk Village Public Works Department! The water main break has been repaired and Rickover will be open for school tomorrow! We will see our students in the morning!
#d168excels CCSD 168 Families - Due to a water main break behind Rickover Junior High School, there will be no school for Rickover on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.
#d168excels Preparing our DIVAS for Life
We spent a Saturday morning learning how to be even better young ladies!
#d168excels Blossoms is ready to celebrate Black History Month!
#d168excels CCSD 168 Families - Due to the impending inclement weather, all after school activities will be cancelled for today, January 29. We will also be closed on Wednesday, January 30, and Thursday, January 31. Please stay safe and bundle up!
#d168excels CCSD 168 families - School will be open tomorrow, January 29, however all after school activities will be cancelled. We will notify parents in the morning regarding plans for Wednesday, January 30, and Thursday, January 31. Please stay safe and bundled up!
Celebrating the 100th day of school is fun! #d168excels
#d168excels CCSD 168 families- We are open today, January 28. Please take it slow and bundle up!
Graduation is right around the corner for our 8th Graders! Today they took the Placement Exam for Bloom!
8th Grade Raiders Collaborating on a Game Plan at Regionals
#d168excels It’s a great day to learn something new at Blossoms!
#d168excels Due to the impending weather conditions, all CCSD 168 after school activities are cancelled today, January 22nd.
8th Graders visit the United Airlines Exhibit
Rickover 8th Graders are celebrating MLK at the Museum of Science and Industry!
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CHAMPS classroom winners for Quarter 2 celebrate with a donut party!
Rickover Q2 Awards Assembly
Farewell: 8th Grade Raiders Play and Cheer for Last Game
#d168excels Come out for our D168 Community Chat this evening! We will be at the Ad Center - 21899 S. Torrence - from 5:00 - 6:30 pm. Share your thoughts and ideas with District Administrators! See you there!
#168 1st STEAM Saturday School of the New Year!
NWEA Pep Rally!
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Reggio “The Hoofer” performs for Strassburg for our Q2 celebration!
#d168excels 2019 Donuts for Dad!
#d168excels Our Annual Donuts for Dad is underway at Rickover!
1st Girls Volleyball Game of the Season and We Win!
#d168excels Getting ready to launch the Lady Raiders Volleyball season! Go Raiders!
#d168excels Congratulations Damani Jackson - our Rickover Spelling Bee Champion!!
#d168excels Spelling Bee Finalist ready to compete!
#d168excels Getting ready for the Rickover Spelling Bee Finals!!
Spellers are ready! Let the Spelling Bee Begin
#d168excels Strassburg Musical in full swing! Great performances by our students. And thank you to our Chief for supporting our program!
#d168excels Strassburg Winter Musical in full swing this morning!
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Strassburg students assemble gift bags for needy families!
#d168excels Wagoner’s 1st and 2nd graders put on a great Holiday Concert tonight! Nice job Wagoner students and staff!
#d168excels Thanks to our Sauk Village Police Department sponsoring our children with Shop with a Cop!
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Strassburg students in Ms. Vondrak’s Class receive holiday gifts!
RJHS Winter Musical 2018
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Last STEAM Saturday of 2018!
Making Gingerbread Houses!
Raiders Rocked the Cottage Grove Tourney
We win 35 to 29!
8th Grade’s Final Turkey Tug
#d168excels Thank you to the Tinley Park High School Choir for providing wonderful music for our Blossoms Holiday Festivities!
#d168excels Holiday festivities at Blossoms! Wonderful activities for our great families!
#d168excels Celebrating the holiday season at Blossoms!!
Let the Turkey Tug Begin!
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Teacher Perfect Attendance Award Winner-Mr. Okigawa
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Strassburg Character Winners!
#d168excels Blossoms staff working hard with 5 Essentials Survey Data! #growing #gettingbettereveryday
STEAM Saturday School @Strassburg
Making ice cream!
#d168excels We love our Moms! Muffins with Moms a huge success! Thank you She Fit, Mary Kay, Papparrazi, Franciscan Health and Fitness Center, Parents, and Blossoms Staff! #prekrocks #Blossoms
#d168excels Wagoner staff hard at work analyzing their 2017 5Essentials data for continued school improvement! Nice work Wagoner!
8th Grade Girls Basketball Regional Game has been postponed to Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at Peotone Junior High against Herscher-Limestone Junior High!
Let's Go Raiders!
#d168excels Parents - Busses will be running late as they get through the snow. Please bear with us as we are working to get all of our children to school safely this morning.
#d168excels CCSD 168 family - We are open today. Please make sure to bundle up as you head out today! We will see you at our normal time ready to learn!
Please Note: The Boys Basketball game scheduled for December 13, 2018 has been cancelled.
Lady Raiders Head to Regionals!
#d168excels Come on out to our 8th Annual Community Fest! At Rickover until 7 pm
#d168excels There will be donated clothing available to those in need at this evening's CCSD 168 8th Annual Community Fest! Please stop up anytime from 5 to 7pm TONIGHT at Rickover Jr. High.
#d168excels Join us for the 8th Annual Community Fest TONIGHT from 5 to 7pm at Rickover!!!
#d168excels November Superintendent Parent Coffee Chat.
#d168excels Thanking our Veterans for their service and sacrifice
#d168excels Today we pause to honor those who served to allow us the freedoms we enjoy as a country. Veterans Day 2018
Rickover’s Raiders playing a close game against Cottage Grove.
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Strassburg 3rd grade students visit the Field Museum
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Strassburg 4th grade students visit the Chicago History Museum!
#d168excels Please join us for Literacy Night this Thursday, November 8, 2018, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at Wagoner Elementary.
#d168excels Getting ready for our Community Chat! Come on out and engage with our team!
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Game Day for our “Caught Being Good” Reward!
#d168excels Blossoms Early Childhood Newsletter for the week of November 5-9, 2018.
https://www.smore.com/06u7k
#d168excels The Human Resources Department hosts Traditions' New Teachers Program “Stress Management for Teachers." Thank you Cathy Rook from Sertoma Center, Inc. for presenting.
#d168excels Celebrating our Board Members at the IASB Fall Dinner. Congratulations on having 6 of our Board Members identified as Master Board Members!
#d168excels CCSD 168 attends the 28th Annual Illinois Skyward User Group Conference at the Peoria Civic Center.
#d168excels CCSD 168 administrators & office personnel at the 28th Annual Illinois Skyward User Group Conference at the Peoria Civic Center.
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Strassburg teachers participate in Red Ribbon Week Activities!
#d168excels Vote for Bloom High School for the Friday Flyover 2018! Voting is open until 7:00 tonight!
https://abc7chicago.com/sports/friday-flyover-2018-vote-for-your-favorite-school/4489950/#gallery-19
#d168excels Donuts with Dads/S.T.E.A.M. Workshop. Thank you to the Sauk Village Dunkin Donuts for always being so generous with the donation of donuts for our kids & the dads! #PreKrocks
#d168excels Homewood Home Depot came to Blossoms to lead a project during Donuts with Dad.
#d168excels It’s craft time during Donuts with Dad at Blossoms.
#d168excels Mr. Dennis and Mr. George from the Suburban Aero Club fly drones with Dads during Donuts with Dad at Blossoms.
#d168excels HR Coordinator Mrs. Harris recruits social workers at the National Association of Social Workers Illinois Chapter Convention in Lisle, IL.
#d168excels Community Engagement Board! #Forward #PreKrocks
#d168excels Sauk Village Trunk or Treat this Saturday, October 27th
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Strassburg Q1 Awards Assembly
#d168excels Thank you to our principals, Dr. Sharon Paver-Nepote, Dr. Jennifer Camilleri, and Mrs. Chantel Bullock as we celebrate Principal Appreciation Week! Thanks for all you give to our children every day!
#d168excels Lady Raiders force the overtime!
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Strassburg visits the Universoul Circus!
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First STEAM Saturday School of the year!
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Motivational speaker and XGAMES Champion Matt Wilhelm performs for our Quarter 1 Rewards Assembly!
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Building A Classroom Community
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Strassburg students visit our Hispanic Heritage Museum!
The Teacher Incentive Committee donates backpacks filled with supplies to our lucky students!
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Engaged Learning with Mr. Okigawa’s Class
#d168excels Enjoying Coffee with a Cop with our own Sauk Village Police Chief Kowalski! Thanks to all our officers who serve and protect us everyday!
#d168excels Excited to share my experiences as a woman of color in the superintendency at the Annual CUBE Conference!
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#d168excels Our Board is learning from CNN’s Bakari Sellers at the Annual CUBE conference. Amazing message of how we can systematically support our children!
#d168excels Thank you to our local legislators for sharing information about what we need to be focused on in the coming legislative sessions.
#d168excels Blossoms Grandparents’ Day a huge success!
#d168excels Attending the Fed Ed Meeting working on behalf of CCSD 168 to make our voices heard at the Federal level!
#d168excels Check out our new website and then head to the App Store to download the CCSD168 App! All CCSD168 information at your fingertips!
#d168excels School Board Meeting 7 pm tonight - we will be sharing information on our new App, website and more!
SuptLeak: #d168excels CCSD 168 Parents - Join me today for our first Superintendent Parent Coffee of the year! Wednesday, September 12 at 9 am at the Administration Center. See you there!
SuptLeak: #d168excels CCSD 168 School Board working through the weekend! Retreat 2018!
SuptLeak: #d168excels Thanks to our administrative team as they prepared for our first Community Chat!
SuptLeak: #d168excels CCSD 168 Community - Come join administrators for our Community Chat this evening from 5-6:30 pm. Share ideas, thoughts concerns. We will be at the Administration Center - 21899 S Torrence.
Hope to see you today!
SuptLeak: #d168excels Introducing our Virtual Parent Communities! Reaching out to support our parents as we strive to increase student success!
SuptLeak: #d168excels Join us as we are starting our evening Community Chats in CCSD 168! A great opportunity for our community to share ideas and thoughts! Come out Sept 4 from 5-6:30 pm at the Administration Center. See you there!
SuptLeak: #d168excels Board President Tammy Jones, Board Secretary Sene Garrett and PTO President Serena Jones working the Wagoner Open House
SuptLeak: #d168excels Principals getting ready for Open Houses this week! Meeting about our new virtual Parent Communities we will be rolling out this week! More support for our families and student success!
SuptLeak: #d168excels Congressman Bobby Scott, one of the authors of ESSA, and Rep. Will Davis, Chair of Appropriations for K-12, providing us with valuable information for our schools. Thanks Congresswoman Kelly for organizing this session!
SuptLeak: #d168excels Meeting with Congresswoman Robin Kelly and other superintendents discussing education and the supports we need for our communities!
