👩💻 Kicking off the holidays with some serious upskilling! District 83 staff are diving into the Google Educator Level 1 workshop today with Mark Okigawa @ltcillinois. 🚀
We appreciate all of our administrators, school board members, and teachers that were guest readers in our Kindergarten through 3rd grade classes. So many Monarch books were read aloud!

A 1st grade tradition during the week before Winter Break...building gingerbread houses with families! So much candy and sugar and FUN!
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A 1st grade tradition during the week before Winter Break...building gingerbread houses with families! So much candy and sugar and FUN!
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Check out our weekly "Spartan Ticket" winners from last week! We LOVE catching our kiddos doing great things!
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Tapestry Family Night 2025 was joyful! Families & staff connecting shows our deep commitment to growing together. We are building community! 🤝✨ #D83Shines

Check out some Spartans in Mrs. Stephenson's 2nd grade classroom, using VR goggles to take a trip to see Santa's workshop at the North Pole! #ShiningSpartans





Co-Teaching with CEC, Dr. Jeff Zwiers on Improving Quality of Classroom Conversations Across Grade Levels and Disciplines, and Enger's history chain! D83 is all-in on supporting staff & students building our future together. Great work! 🚀 #D83Shines

Check out our SPARTAN TICKET WINNERS from last week! These are kids who were caught doing something "good", earned a Spartan Ticket, and then their ticket got picked on Friday to win a prize! We LOVE our kiddos! #ShiningSpartans






We had a GREAT Bingo Night at Scott this week...one of the BEST prizes was a coupon to sit in the Principal's chair for the day...check out Jer'Rice, a 2nd grader who collected on his prize today!
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The Life Skills & Well-Being S.A.C. is making great progress on curriculum! Building capacity to fulfill our shared goals. 🚀 #D83Shines
Incredible day at #D83shines #EDCamp2025! 💡 We tackled everything from Behavior Management and SEL with yoga/mindfulness, to essential Literacy strategies like AAC support & graphic novels. Big takeaways on using tech for Multilingual Learners (Medley App) and creating Assessments for Student Success (Google Forms). So much peer-to-peer learning! #EdChat #Unconference

The annual 3rd grade Thanksgiving Balloon Parade! Macy's ain't got nothin' on our creative Spartans!
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The annual 3rd grade Thanksgiving Balloon Parade! Macy's ain't got nothin' on our creative Spartans!
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#ShiningSpartans










Our Kindergartners having some THANKSGIVING FUN before the break!
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Our Kindergartners having some THANKSGIVING FUN before the break!
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Our Scott teachers love the book fair ALMOST as much as our kiddos do! Throw in some coffee and treats, and it's a GREAT morning for a book fair preview, and to complete wish lists!
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Book Unboxing Excitement!
We got a box of new books delivered when a class was in the library. The kids were super excited to do an unboxing of the books to see what new books will be coming to the library. Our Spartans are devouring books this year!
We got a box of new books delivered when a class was in the library. The kids were super excited to do an unboxing of the books to see what new books will be coming to the library. Our Spartans are devouring books this year!


3rd graders in Ms. Jimenez's class learning how to sequence events in a story. Love the collaboration!
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Is there anything better than Holiday decorations in the hallways of an elementary school to put you in a good mood? We think not!
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