First grade just wrapped up our unit on the Human Body. We learned about 5 of our systems including the skeletal system🩻, muscular system💪, circulatory system🩸, digestive system🥗 and nervous system🧠. We ended our unit by having students’ parents who are healthcare workers come in to our classrooms to share how their jobs relate to the systems we learned about!🩺👩⚕️👨⚕️
On Monday, students enjoyed a special visit from our Author-in-Residence, Abby Regan, who shared her book 'Not Your Average Oatmeal'! 📚✨ Students loved listening to the story, seeing the pages come to life on the big screen — and the highlight of the day was a surprise cameo from none other than Oatmeal himself! 🐶💛
Ms. Cohen’s class had a blast bringing math to life today! 🍎🍇🍍 To wrap up their math unit, students designed three unique fruit kabobs — each with 10 pieces of fruit with at least three different types of fruit on each AND no two kabobs could be alike. Then, students chose their favorite kabob and made them in real life! A delicious and fun way to celebrate making 10! 🍎🍇🍍🍓🍉🍌
Students had fun learning about joints, muscles, and tendons this week in science class in Mrs. Lyson's room. They created robot fingers to demonstrate their understanding of the human body.
Happy Custodian Appreciation Day! Thank you to our amazing custodians in District 96 for keeping our schools clean, safe, and shining every day! 4th graders in Mrs. Lyson's class decorating a poster for Custodians Day.
What a week in kindergarten! Mrs. Brady’s class enjoyed guest readers, creative fall crafts, and time outdoors soaking up the season!🍁🎨📖
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Kindergarten reading support is always fun....especially when we WRITE our names!
🍎 Our Kindergarten Roadrunners in Mrs. Brady's class raced into a day of 'All Things Apple' to wrap up our Apple Unit in the sweetest way! From taste-testing red, green, and yellow apples 🍏🍎, to sink-or-float science fun 🌊, to cooking up their very own applesauce — it was a bushel of hands-on learning and smiles! These little Roadrunners sure know how to make learning a-peel-ing! 💨🍂❤️
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Fall is in the air and our kindergarteners in Ms. Sula's class celebrated the season on Friday with apple-themed fun! From counting and sorting to tasting and creating, we’re learning and enjoying all the flavors of the season! 🍏
🍎 APPLE DAY FUN! 🍏 On Friday Mrs. Tinkoff's kindergarten classroom was bursting with apple excitement! They kicked things off by making homemade applesauce. Then they read Ten Apples Up on Top and created their own “ten apples on our head” crafts (balancing skills not required 😉). To wrap up their delicious day, they taste-tested all kinds of apple treats: Apple juice, apple cider donuts , apple pie, applesauce , dried apples, and freeze-dried apples. So much learning, laughter, and yumminess packed into one day!
Second graders in Ms. Neal's class taking a gallery walk around the rug to seethe bar graphs and picture graphs that different groups created.
This week Ms. Determann's 2nd graders completed their math lesson on data and graphing. To wrap up the lesson, the students worked in groups to complete a bar graph or picture graph using different data. Everyone worked together and used teamwork to complete their graphs!
This week Ms. Determann's 2nd graders completed their math lesson on data and graphing. To wrap up the lesson, the students worked in groups to complete a bar graph or picture graph using different data. Everyone worked together and used teamwork to complete their graphs!
Our Best Buddies program kicked off on Wednesday. The students love to come and have a chance to socialize with their peers!
Our students are hard at work preparing for the Veterans Day program! 🇺🇸 See Mr. Elgeness's practicing hard in music class. We can’t wait to honor and celebrate those who have served with music, poetry, and gratitude!
Mr. Elgeness's class was all ears in music class as they practiced for the upcoming Veteran's Day program!
Highlights from all the wonderful things happening in Mrs. Brady's Kindergarten class this week!
We are thrilled to be ranked in the top 50 of best public elementary schools in Cook County by Chicago Magazine! Our students and staff work hard to make the Central community a great place to learn and grow — we appreciate being recognized!
According to Chicago Magazine, performance measures were based on 2023-24 data which included IAR growth, attendance, and the 5Essentials survey. Way to go, Roadrunners!
According to Chicago Magazine, performance measures were based on 2023-24 data which included IAR growth, attendance, and the 5Essentials survey. Way to go, Roadrunners!
It was a great week to be a Roadrunner! We loved seeing everyone get back into the school vibe. Enjoy your weekend and come back ready for the first full week of school!
Elementary students will have slightly adjusted school hours starting with the 2025/26 school year. The elementary school day will begin at 8:10 AM and end at 3:00 PM. Supervised drop off begins at 7:50 am; students should be in their classroom when the bell rings at 8:10 am. Dismissal is promptly at 3:00 pm. If needed, before and after care is available through Riverside Parks and Recreation.
This change allows us more instructional time for reading, writing, and physical education throughout the week, while also improving lunch, recess, and transition times. The updated elementary lunch hour is 11:20 AM–12:20 PM.
Building principals will send a more detailed welcome email the first week of August. Early Learner and Hauser schedules remain the same.
This change allows us more instructional time for reading, writing, and physical education throughout the week, while also improving lunch, recess, and transition times. The updated elementary lunch hour is 11:20 AM–12:20 PM.
Building principals will send a more detailed welcome email the first week of August. Early Learner and Hauser schedules remain the same.
