WEEKLY PREVIEW
February 8, 2025
Volunteer opportunities available for all! Support is needed for
-sharing activity ideas
-donating supplies or snack
-supporting in classrooms
Sign up here to share how you'd like to help! > https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094BAFAD29A2F4C52-54821599-longwood#/
Multicultural Night is on Wednesday, April 23rd from 6:00-8:00 PM. Join us for a fun evening!
There are many ways to be involved:
- Passport to the World: Visitors will be provided a passport to capture their multicultural journey.
- Host a Table: Share your culture and ethnicity through food, music, dance, clothing, artifacts, and other visuals you wish to share.
- Multicultural Fashion Show: Show off your cultural attire in our fashion show.
- Demonstrate or Perform: Play an instrument or perform a dance
- Volunteer or Donate Supplies: We need help with set up, clean up, and purchase paper products.
Sign Up Here to share how you would like to be involved!
A Walking Bus is a group of students walking with a Longwood Teacher to and from school! Students are picked up and dropped off at designated stops in the Longwood Neighborhood.
Three Walking Bus routes are currently running in our neighborhood and we're thrilled to add new students each day!
Join the fun! Complete the form to Register for the Walking Bus! You will receive an email with your student(s) bus stop location and pick-up/drop off times. π¦π
Please call the office 630-428-6789 with questions.
IPSD 204's safety contest titled "Safe Schools Start with Us" is now open. Students are invited to create posters, digital designs, or PSAs to raise awareness about the importance of alleviating school threatsβwhether real, hoaxes, or made in jestβreporting any threats to law enforcement or a trusted adult and recognizing the vital role everyone plays in keeping our schools safe. Submissions are due by Friday, February 14.
The top six finalists at each level will be contacted by Friday, February 21 and invited to attend the February 24 Board of Education meeting where winners will be announced. Students with winning entries will receive prizes and their contest submission will be featured on the district's social media and website, helping to spread awareness around this important topic. The top prize at each level is a $500 Amazon gift card!
Contest entries can be submitted in one of two ways:
- Online through the Safety Contest Submission Form
- Entries, along with the Entry Submission Form, may be dropped off at:
Crouse Education Center
Attn: Safety Contest
780 Shoreline Drive
Aurora, IL 60504
Learn more about the safety contest at ipsd.org/safetycontest or view the βSafe Schools Start with Usβ Flyer.
To improve our communication with district families, IPSD 204 is conducting a communications survey to better understand how district stakeholders currently receive information from their childβs school and the district, and to understand their preferences on receiving information going forward. Please take a moment to share your perspective on communications you receive from your child's school and the district by completing this survey. The survey will be open through Friday, February 28.
District 204, in collaboration with five neighboring school districts, will hold the 3rd Annual Mental Health and Wellness Symposium on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Metea Valley High School from 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM. The keynote will be presented by Doug Bolton, author, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and Director of School Consultation for Formative Psychological Services. The symposium will include breakout sessions for students and adults, a community resource fair, a book fair, and childcare for ages 3-10. The first 500 adult attendees will receive a free copy of Doug Bolton's book - Untethered: Creating Connected Families, Schools, and Communities to Raise a Resilient Generation. The first 200 student attendees will receive a free t-shirt. New this year - experience sessions for adults and students and a complimentary boxed lunch for all attendees. For more information, visit ipsd.org/symposium or register here.
Our next meeting will be on February 11th at Longwood in the LMC. Please come! Items on the agenda:
Career Day
Multicultural Night
Recruitment - please consider joining the PTA exec board next year!
Itβs almost time for the Run with the Lions! We need you to help us make this event great. Please join us at 6:30pm in the LMC before the meeting to start planning and share ideas. Canβt make it? Email runwiththelions5k@gmail.com to be included in future meetings.
Our next restaurant night will be at Chipotle on Wednesday, February 19th from 5pm-9pm. Flyers will be going home in backpack mail this week!
Welcome future Kindergarten families!
General Information:
- You must be a legal district resident to enroll in IPSD
- Your child should be five years old on or before September 1, 2025
- The school day is from 9:05 β 3:35, 9:15 β 3:35 on Wednesday
Health Examination and Immunization Requirements:
- Proof of the required state of Illinois physical examination and immunizations needs to be submitted by October 15, 2025
- Oral health examination needs to be submitted by May 15, 2026
- Vision examination needs to be submitted by October 15, 2025
- Health Forms may be found on our district website
We will have additional kindergarten information posted to our school website on March 12, 2025. Indian Prairie School Districtβs online registration will open May 1, 2025.
Have a child who will be 3 or 4 by September 1, 2025? Apply for Indian Prairie School District's Pre-school Program! Additional support services such as Speech or Occupational Therapy may be available, too, for students eligible after screening. Fee waivers and financial assistance options are available. Pre-school Application for the 2025-26 school year can be found: Here Additional Frequently Asked Questions about the pre-school program can be found Here
