Our @ccsd59 annual Fall Fest is underway with another great turnout. A special thanks to all the staff here today supporting the event & especially to our Community Outreach Team for planning and organizing today!

Kicking off our Superintendent’s Leadership Team visits at the @D59ELC this year. The energy and joy of learning of preschool students is wonderful to experience in person! #D59Learns

A big day today @D59Ridge with the annual tie-dye shirt making day. Love the excitement the kids having making their own shirts! #D59Learns

6th Grade Orientation @D59Friendship & @D59Holmes this morning. It is so great to give these new to JH kids a chance to build community, get important info from student leaders & Staff, get to know the school, & most importantly (ha ha), practice opening their locker. #D59Learns

Just about to kickoff our Northside back to school event at our host @D59JohnJay. As usual we have a ton of community agencies, police, fire, and of course, all of our schools.

Great performances by our Summer Instrumental Music groups this morning. #D59Learns

We had a great night celebrating our staff last night! Always one of the best nights of the year. Congrats to all and especially our retirees!

Enjoying this morning’s @D59Holmes Band, Orchestra, & Choir Concert. I so appreciate the commitment to the Performing Arts we have in D59 and the great teachers we have leading this work with our kids.

All set for our annual Retirement & Years of Service Recognition Celebration. We will be recognizing over 40 staff tonight for their service to @ccsd59 students, staff, & families. Congratulations to all!

Having a great SLT visit to @D59Friendship this afternoon. We were able to visit ELA, Math, Science, and Music classes. #D59Learns

SLT had a great visit this morning @D59Byrd. We enjoyed visiting many classrooms, connecting with students & staff, and seeing many of the great things in place at Byrd. #D59Learns

Incredible turnout for today’s @CCSD59 BPAC event! Just another great opportunity for our families organized by the Multilingual Department. Well done and thank you to all the staff volunteering their time today! #D59Learns

We wrapped up distribution of @berniesbookbank books today to our 7 eligible schools. With 2700 kids getting 8 books each, we sent home over 21,000 books over the last 2 days. We so appreciate this partnership and the efforts of our school staff to make it happen! #D59Learns

How awesome is this! I stopped by @D59JulietteLow today where Admin brought in Hugs & Mugs from @GigisPlayhouseX to serve gelato to the staff. While a gelato treat is great, having the service staff include 3 former @CCSD59 students whose teachers work at JLow, was even better!

The Griffin’s Tale group from Northwestern performing @D59JohnJay today. Super cool as they perform skits based on stories written by John Jay students!! #D59Learns

The SLT had a great visit to @D59Holmes today. We visited math classes, connected with staff, met with the Admin Team, and even had lunch in cafe. It was a great morning all around! #D59Learns

A packed house for our Behavior Intervention Committee tonight. Great to see a good number of parents in the group!! Also, thank you to all the staff and admin present! #D59Learns

Really enjoying the chance to attend the IPA Student Recognition breakfast this morning with principals, students, and families from @D59Friendship, @D59Grove, & @D59Holmes! #D59Learns

I was grateful to be @D59JohnJay this morning where students were welcomed to school by the world famous Elephant & Piggie. What a great way to start the school day! #D59Learns

Congratulations to @D59Devonshire very own Ms. Semke on her upcoming retirement as today is her last day after 18 years in D59. Thank you for your service to students, staff, & families at Devonshire! Well Done! #D59Learns