Week at a Glance
Monday, May 13
Kindergarten field trip to Phillips Park Zoo, 11:00 AM-1:45 PM
First Grade field trip to Brookfield Zoo
Tuesday, May 14
Kindergarten Programs, 5:30-7:00 PM (see details below)
Fourth Grade field trip to Chicago boat tour
Wednesday, May 15
Kindergarten and 2nd Grade Dental Forms Due
(see "News From the Health Office below for details)
Thursday, May 16
Prairie Day (rain date is Friday, May 17)(sign up here)
Friday, May 17
Wednesday, May 22: 5th Grade Pool Party, 4:30-6:30 PM (rain date is May 23)
Thursday, May 23: 5th Grade Clapout, 2:15 PM
Thursday, May 23: Last Day of School!
Thursday, May 23: Deadline to complete Annual Online Update
Monday, May 27: Memorial Day
Thursday, May 30: Report Cards posted on Campus Parent website
Sunday, June 16: Last day to purchase School Supply Kits
Please click on the link(s) below for the meeting schedule of your Prairie Club. Please email prairieschoolvp@gmail.com to report any errors.
- BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
- CHESS CLUB
- GARDEN CLUB
- RIPPLE EFFECT
- RUNNING CLUB
- SPANISH LADDER
- STICKY FINGERS
- STUDENT COUNCIL
- YOUNG REMBRANDTS (Note: K-1 in Art Room; 2-5 in Rm. 107)
Update is required for ALL returning students
Naperville 203 has opened its Online Annual Update for the 2024-2025 school year for all returning students entering preschool or Grades 1-13. ALL families are required to update information about their student(s) through their Campus Parent Account.
The Online Annual Update for returning families must be completed by May 23, 2024 (please note that the deadline was previously given as May 23, 2025 in error). Until your Online Annual Update is complete, you will not be able to register at the high school level, access your student(s) schedule at the junior high level or view teacher assignment(s) at the elementary level.
The following information will assist you in completing each of your student’s Online Annual Update for the 2024-2025 school year:
- To access the Online Annual Update, you will need your Campus Parent username and password to login here - Campus Parent Account. Once in your Campus Parent Account, click on “More” on the lower left, and then click on “Online Annual Update.” If you do not have a Campus Parent Account, contact Parent Support at parentsupport@naperville203.org.
- Click the following link for Step-by-Step Instructions on how to access the Online Annual Update.
- If your Online Annual Update reflects a change of address, proof of residency at your new address must be provided. Change of address guidelines can be found on our website at Enrollment/Current Student Change of Address.
- If there is a change in the family structure (i.e. divorce), a Parenting/Custody Agreement must be provided for these changes/updates to take effect.
- Please Make An Appointment to bring the documents to our Centralized Enrollment Office at the District 203 Administration Center, 203 W. Hillside Road, Naperville.
If you have any questions regarding your, Online Annual Update application, please email Maureen Dvorak, School Services Manager, at mdvorak@naperville203.org. If you know that your student(s) will not be returning in August, please let your student(s) school know as soon as possible.
We need just a few more volunteers!
Thanks to everyone who has already volunteered to help make Prairie Day the best day of the year! We still need a little help, so please SIGN UP HERE for any of the following:
Early morning set-up (7:00-8:30 AM)
Lawn Games – Can you let us borrow a lawn game? (bags, badminton, giant Jenga, etc.)
Shade Tents – We could use 2 more to borrow.
Rain Date volunteers
Please email our Prairie Day Co-Chairs Brittany Piszynski, Julie Belloli and Blaine Kosek if you have any questions.
Wait, what?! It was last week?
Last Wednesday, May 8 was National School Nurse Day!
Nurses are modern superheroes. They put others before themselves and act selflessly to help others every day. Whether you are sick at school or a patient in a hospital, nurses look after us and help us feel better so we can get well!
Home & School loves our Prairie School Nurse, Ms. Accardo, and Health Technician, Ms. Wood,
and will be thanking them with a gift. Please encourage your child to say thank you to them in their own special way (a kind word, a card, a craft, or any way they want!). We are so thankful for both Ms. Accardo & Ms. Wood for supporting our students and staff.
If you would like to contact our school nurse and health tech to let them know how much you appreciate them, their emails are jaccardo@naperville203.org and AWood@Naperville203.org.
💖Thank you from Kindergarten!💖
Kindergarten would like to thank the Prairie School Community for helping us help others. We learned that all people need food but not all people have food. We used writing to tell people about our Food Drive, the more people we told, the more food we collected and the more people we helped. On Tuesday, May 7, Kindergarten families delivered 1,070 pounds of food to the West Suburban Food Pantry! Thank you, Prairie School!
Sign up to keep our garden thriving!
What is Adopt-the-Garden?
This is how we make sure the Prairie Garden doesn’t shrivel up during the summer break! Families from the Prairie community can sign up to take care of the Garden for one week and in return take home the fresh vegetables and herbs they harvested. Everything growing in the Garden was planted by Garden Club students.
How does it work?
Participants choose a week in June, July or August where they commit to visiting the garden at least three times to water, weed and harvest the garden beds. We have a super cool irrigation system that makes watering easy!!! We need three families per week. No experience necessary! All instructions, tools and equipment are provided.
Why participate?
The Prairie Garden provides garden-based learning opportunities to Prairie students during the Spring and Fall. When you adopt the Garden for a week you’re making sure the vegetables and herbs planted by the Garden Club thrive during the growing season. And you get to take home the fresh produce you harvested!
How will I know what to do?
Easy-to-follow instructions will be posted in the garden shed and made available electronically. Families who have signed up will be required to attend one Garden orientation to learn how to use the watering equipment and to become familiar with basic garden maintenance. Orientation takes place in the Garden on Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 AM or Monday, May 20 at 7:00 PM.
How do I sign up?
Signups are on a first-come, first-served basis. A Sign Up Genius link will be sent out via Talk 203 on Monday, May 13 at 9:00 AM.
If you have questions about the Adopt-the-Garden Program or anything related to the Prairie Garden please email Sarah Sommer or Jenny Bouchier-Hayes.
Thank you and Happy Gardening!!!
Sarah and Jenny :)
5TH GRADE CLAP OUT - THURSDAY, MAY 23 at 2:15 PM
On Thursday, May 23, we will celebrate the transition of our 5th graders to middle school with a whole building clap out. Families are invited to greet their 5th grader on the South blacktop outside Door 14 to celebrate this milestone. We have invited former Prairie students that graduated from high school this year to lead the 5th graders in the clap out. We will be starting the clap out at around 2:15 PM.
Please reach out to Beth Grubich with any questions.
Return by Monday, May 13
Hello Prairie Families!
We have loved seeing your kids in the library this school year and helping them find books to enjoy. Now that the school year is coming to a close, we need to gather up all of the library materials. Please help your Prairie Dogs locate and return all of their library books.
We are asking that ALL books be returned by Monday, May 13. We hope you have a wonderful summer relaxing together!
Thanks so much!
Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Atkins
Return Your Wishtree Book for Future Use
This year, SFCP was proud to introduce the book Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate, to the Prairie Community for our All-School Read. SFCP is grateful to Home & School and to Prairie Elementary for providing the funds to purchase close to 400 Wishtree books!
In an effort to spread the joyful experience of reading this wonderful book, we are asking families to return their book to SFCP. We will then give the returned books to another Naperville 203 elementary school to use for their All-School Read. Our hope is to create a tradition of passing books from school to school in order to facilitate community reading and to drastically reduce the cost of these events. Please note that you are free to keep the book. Return of the book is completely voluntary.
Simply have your child bring the book back to school and give to his/her teacher. We will collect the books for future use at another school. Thank you so much for all of your support this year! We look forward to more fun and enriching events in the next school year!
To purchase your kit
- Visit the School Tool Box site
- Select the zip code and then select our school - ‘Prairie Elementary.'
- Orders will be accepted until Sunday, June 16, 2024.
- If you do not see email confirmation of your order, please check your spam folder.
School supply kits will be ready for pickup before the start of the school year, so once you purchase online, your student(s) are covered! Please remember to order the supply kit for the grade your child will be entering for the 2024-2025 school year.
If you have any questions, please contact Carolyn Buckingham (cforgue@gmail.com) or Anne Walker (annewalker011@gmail.com).
Deadline to register is May 15, 2024
The deadline to registration for the first semester of summer school (June 3-21) is May 15, 2024. Registration will continue to remain open for the second semester of summer school (June 24-July 12) through June 12, 2024.
Please CLICK HERE for more detailed information, dates, and locations.
ONE COMMITTEE CHAIR POSITION STILL NEEDED!
Only the CO-VENTURES committee still needs a Chair (actually two) for next school year (2024-2025).
This committee coordinates monthly fundraising partnerships with various community businesses throughout the school year. Fundraisers can include Shop-n-Share at local businesses and designated “Eat Out” days at local restaurants with proceeds benefiting Prairie H&S. The commitment level for this committee is medium and usually once a month throughout the school year.
If you are considering being a chair of Co-Ventures, please contact Stuart S. Hong, H&S Vice President.
Kindergarten and 2nd Grade Dental Forms Due May 15
This is a reminder that all Kindergarten and 2nd grade dental forms are due to the health office on Wednesday, May 15. Dental Exams must be on the Illinois form and the exam needs to have taken place between November 15, 2022 and May 15, 2024.
Absences
A friendly reminder that all student absences need to be reported to the health office/attendance line at (630) 420-6350, or through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. Messages may be left at any time or day of the week. When leaving a message, please leave your student’s name, grade, teacher, and reason for your child’s absence. If we do not receive a message or notification from you when your child is absent, we are required by Illinois law to call you and inquire about their absence for safety reasons. While it is certainly permissible to email your child’s teacher of their absence, reliance on emails for attendance become problematic when staff are absent.
Donations Welcome
We are in need of donations of sweatpants and leggings for both boys and girls that need to change their clothes due to a variety of reasons. If you have any of these items in any size, your donations to the health office would be much appreciated!
Jill Accardo, RN, PEL-CSN, NCSN, School Nurse
Amanda Wood, Health Technician