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Happy National Assistant Principals Week to our AMAZING Assistant Principal Ms. Glenn! The way you show up every day for our students with dedication, leadership and love is truly incredible. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!
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Check out the @United Voices Chicago video of the Black History Month Concert. It features our After School Choir while they are singing onstage and dancing in their seats! https://youtu.be/GJQMvjbzBi0
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Reminder Prairie Families! Spring Picture Day is Thursday, April 13th! Students can wear any school appropriate outfit.
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Happy Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! We are so grateful for the hard work and care our Distinctive paraprofessionals bring to our campuses every day. They provide incredible support to our students and we couldn't do this work without them. Thank you, paraprofessionals!
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Wishing our students and staff a wonderful Spring Break! We are so proud of how hard everyone has been working all school year and we hope you are able to take some time to relax and enjoy time with friends and family. We can't wait to see you all again on April 10th!
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RIP the SPRING BREAK RUNWAY was a great way to kick off our last day before Spring Break! The performers and fashionistas did an AMAZING job! Way to go Eagles!
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Our students are getting their creative juices flowing by painting masks with Ms Pittman.
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We were seeing double on Twin Day!
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We had some "refreshing" ideas for our Crazy Hair Day for Day 1 of Spirit Week!
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Some of our 8th graders are creating vision boards and creating goals for their future.
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Last week our kindergartners had a bubble party for Fun Friday. They had so much fun!
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Spirit Week begins on Monday! Students can participate in the themed Spirit Days as we count down to Spring Break!
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Morning SEL Circle with 5th grade. Students focused on happy and sad memories and embracing their emotions.
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Interested in joining the CICS Prairie family? The application deadline for the 2023-2024 School Year Lottery is this Friday March 24, 2023! The lottery will be held on April 5, 2023. Applications can be found at https://www.cicsprairie.org/o/cics-prairie/page/applications or in the Main Office.
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Thank you to @KWOE Group, LLC for coming to speak with our students and to share your message!
Know your genius
Work to be unstoppable
Own your actions
Explore the world
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Join us for an open house from 9am-10am in person and 6pm-7pm virtually! Visit cicsprairie.org to learn more about the Prairie experience and for the Virtual Open House zoom link!
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Check out the CICS Prairie March Community Newsletter on our website! https://www.cicsprairie.org/o/cics-prairie/article/1040107
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Celebrate St. Patrick's Day tomorrow, March 16th, 2023, with a FREE dress down! Wear green! (Those not participating must be in uniform.)
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Thank you to our parents and supporters who came to cheer on our scholars during the Math Masters Tournament yesterday! We appreciate you!
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Along with 700+ students, our Prairie scholars started in the qualifying round. Congratulations to our 8th grader who qualified to the next round and placed 39th overall!
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