As a parent/guardian, you have an opportunity to share your thoughts on the important elements of school effectiveness in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. The Parent Survey is now open and will close on March 28, 2025. Each of our schools needs at least 20% of parents to complete the survey to receive a supplemental report of this valuable feedback. To participate, please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate survey to begin.

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March 12 - IG Construction Information Night @ Euclid School
March 13 - PTC Meeting
March 19 - Miles of Smiles dental clinic @ IG
March 20 - 2nd Grade Music Sharing 6:30p
March 21 - Ruth Spiro author visit (rescheduled)

March 24-28 - Spring Break NO SCHOOL

March 31 - Classes resume

We will be celebrating Read Across America Week March 3-7. Our theme this year is Reading is for Everyone, and our spirit days are:

Not interested in a spirit day theme? No worries! You can still still show your spirit by wearing red or your favorite IG gear!

Please join us at Euclid School on Wednesday, March 12, at 6:00PM to hear about the construction work that will be happening at Indian Grove this coming summer. The event will be held at Euclid School to give attendees a glimpse at what the final project will look like.

If you signed up for the Miles of Smiles visiting dental appointments, dentists will be at Indian Grove on Wednesday, March 19 to complete exams.

If you used the Online Registration and have not yet, please contact Nurse Stephanie (srubinkowski@rtsd26.org) to tell her you signed up online.

Author Ruth Spiro had to reschedule and will now be visiting Indian Grove Elementary School on Friday, March 21st! Ruth Spiro is the author of more than 30 children’s books, with over one million copies in print worldwide. The enthusiastic response to the Baby Loves Science books inspired a new picture book series perfect for early elementary readers, How to Explain Science to a Grown-Up. In addition, Ruth is the author of picture books including Made by Maxine, Maxine and the Greatest Garden Ever, Love Grows, and One Small Spark: A Tikkun Olam Story, which received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus. Ruth graduated with a B.S. in Communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and earned an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago. She speaks regularly at STEM and early-childhood conferences across the country.

Thank you to the PTC for organizing our exciting author visit.

All RTSD26 schools will be closed March 24-28 for Spring Break. School will resume on Monday, March 31.

Order your 2024-2025 yearbook today! Yearbooks are $20 and can only be ordered online using the link below. The deadline to order is April 4, 2025. Yearbooks will be delivered to school and distributed to students in May.

We received word from the village that they have tentatively scheduled the streetlight installation along Burning Bush Lane for March. Please be aware that this could bring added congestion on Burning Bush Lane for drop off and pick up.

The IG Spirit Wear store is still going with new deals each month! Save money on long sleeve shirts as we start the spring!

McTeacher Night is back! Come out to the McDonalds on Rand & Kensington on Thursday, March 6, between 4:30-7:30 to support the PTC and get served by your teachers!