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Our winter Kinder Family Playgroup today was so much fun! We warmed up with a hot chocolate bar, shared our holiday family traditions and made snowman picture frames! Thanks to all of our families who showed up🙂☕️💝⛄️
¡Nuestro grupo de juego familiar de invierno de Kinder hoy fue muy divertido! ¡Calentamos con una barra de chocolate caliente, compartimos nuestras tradiciones familiares navideñas e hicimos marcos de muñecos de nieve! Gracias a todas nuestras familias que se presentaron🙂☕️💝⛄️
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Mrs. Watkins' 4th graders did an interactive (and messy!) lesson on the importance of our words!
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Our partners, Move This World has featured students and staff from CICS Prairie campuses! Our teams shared what they love about Move This World and our priority on mental health & social emotional learning! Thank you for joining us, Move This World! We’re so excited to see the final product!
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Prairie brought it with their costume game this year! #Halloween2021
¡Prairie lo trajo con su juego de disfraces este año! # Halloween2021
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Ms. Cutler's 3rd graders are learning the keyboard and doing amazing!
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Kinder Family Playgroup was a success! A big THANK YOU to all of the amazing parents/families who came to hang out with us to eat, learn and do some fun holiday crafts! #TeamPrairie
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Join us for our very first Bilingual Advisory Committee meeting of the 21-22 school year. We can't wait to see everyone tomorrow morning at 8:15AM!
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WE. ARE. READY. #WeGotThis #SouthSidePride
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CICS Prairie is a tuition-free, K-8 school known for its caring community, dedicated staff, strong family partnerships, and innovative personalized learning program. CICS Prairie has limited seats available for the 2021-22 school year. Please share this post with friends and neighbors, and encourage them to join our unique school community.
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Since it's July 1st, we're throwin' it back on this Thursday to when we had our very own ice cream truck deliver treats for everyone! #TBT #StayCool 🍦🍧🍨
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What an amazing end to our summer programs! Our K-2 Crush Your Content students got a pizza/cupcake party, and our Chicago Run kiddos ended with some fun games! Cheers to a great summer of fun!
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