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Join Us for our Fall Festival on Wednesday, November 16th, from 1:30-4:00p! Games and Crafts, Food, and a Magic Show! See you there!
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Today wraps up School Psychology Week! Thank you to our wonderful Distinctive School Psychologists who support our students every day. Mental Health and Wellness is at the core of everything we do and our psychologists are a major part of that mission.
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ATTENTION Parents! Join us TOMORROW for Parent Bingo Night and elections for Prairie Family Connection Group!
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CICS Prairie Community Resource Fair is HAPPENING TOMORROW! Come meet some of our community partners and learn about programs available to you!
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We would like to share this opportunity we found out about from playsmartliteracy with you!
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REMINDER: Fall Conferences are Tuesday November 8th and Wednesday November 9th! Sign up for an appointment through your student's homeroom teacher or by calling the Main Office.
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Our 6th graders explored the Museum of Science and Industry on their field trip this week and learned how science interacts with our world!
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Are you interested in joining our Prairie Family? We're hosting an Open House November 9th at 9:00AM! Come take a tour of the school, meet some of the staff and learn all about our school community!
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Our 6th Graders explored the Crime Lab at MSI today! They used evidence to confirm or eliminate suspects.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Our students showed off their costumes at the parade this afternoon!
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Today CICS Prairie hosted a High School Fair for our 8th Graders. Students had the chance to talk with representatives from high schools around our community. Thank you to everyone who attended!
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Check out the pumpkins our Homerooms decorated! We have some talented and creative students!
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"Fall" in love with these drawings! Our students participating in Young Rembrandts Fall After School Club are creating their own pumpkin patches!
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Our families are AWESOME! Thank you for all your help with our Step It UP! Program! #itspossiblewithpop #beawesome #empowerkids #stepitup #makeadifference
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In Science, our 7th graders are building Arena Models to create well functioning biospheres. Demonstrating how energy flows, plate tectonics and what organisms will survive in their arenas.
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Just a reminder that we have our picture day tomorrow, Wednesday, October 19. Students will be in uniform for this picture day! Please refer to the order form your child brought home for ordering and payment instructions 📸
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Eighth Graders from all Distinctive Schools CICS campuses attended our High School fair today! Students had the chance to talk with representatives from high schools around Chicago, hear from alumni about their high school experience and participate in workshops to prepare them for the application process. Thank you to everyone who attended and made this an amazing day!
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Our Curriculum Night Raffle Winner is all smiles for his Amazon Gift Card! Congratulations!
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Thank you to all who voted in the Fall Bulletin Board Contest! Great job to all the homerooms who participated! Congratulations to Ms Sheridan's class who had received the most votes when the contest closed!
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Have your voice heard! Our goal is to hear from 100% of our families through our YouthTruth Survey, your voice matters. Survey takes less than 20 minutes, check your text for the link!
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