
To celebrate Earth Day (April 22nd), this week 3rd grade is going around town to clean up! Today the 3rd grade classes went over and cleaned up leaves, sticks and garbage at the First Lutheran Church.🌏






Mrs. DeCrane's Science Classes went cloud hunting today. The sky was filled iwth cumulus and stratus clouds. At the end of our cloud hunt we ate our own "clouds". A very big thank you to Sweet Butts Cotton Candy for donating our editable "clouds". It was the cherry on top of a fun experiment.




We truely have the BEST parents in the area! Thank you to all the parents, guardians, and grandparents who showed up for our Parent Appreciation Breakfast!




We would like to THANK everyone that came and enjoyed the Pre-K Spring Program last week. The students did a fantastic job.











Mrs. Abell's AM and PM Preschool will have their program tonight, 4/6/23, at 6:00 PM. The West End front doors will be open at 5:40 pm.

PFS is hosting a Cubs tickets raffle! All information will be sent home with students in their backpacks today.


Due to the impending next round of storms, we will dismiss one hour early today, April 4th.
Due to phone issues at TES, please call 815-438-5010 to reach the TES office.
Thank you for your understanding. Please stay alert and safe this evening.

Due to the current storms and upcoming weather today April 4, 2023:
There will be no afternoon PreK
Morning PreK will be late getting home as we are still sheltered in place
WACC will not be going to Sterling
PreK program today is cancelled

Students and staff are sheltered inside all buildings. Please stay inside and stay safe until the weather passes through.

Reminder : PES will have a 1 hr. early dismissal tomorrow (3/24). K-3 students will be released at 2:20. Pre- K PM students will be released at 2:10. There is NO School 3/27-3/31. Have a great and safe Spring Break and we will see everyone back on Monday, April 3rd.

Students this month were entered into a drawing if they checked out a book when they came to library! Today our winners were drawn! Congratulations to Teegan Hines (Grand Prize Winner), Charlie Boucher, Gigi Ballance, Deegan Jones, and Crosby Taylor.



3rd Grade did a fabulous job at the production of Fairy Tales go to Court this past Friday!










Wrestling Camp has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 14. Check-in is between 6:00pm and 6:15pm. Any questions please contact Coach Buri.

Today was Green Eggs and Ham Day in PM PreK! Students got to vote on whether or not they thought they would like Green Eggs and Ham, and then after trying got to vote again!





Today was Green Eggs and Ham Day in AM PreK! Students got to vote on whether or not they thought they would like Green Eggs and Ham, and then after trying got to vote again.









Kindergarten Spotlight! Today the Kindergarten listened to One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. They completed a fun project that include cutting, coloring, and gluing!






1st Grade Spotlight! Yesterday, was Wacky Wednesday! Students listened to the Dr. Seuss story Wacky Wednesday, and wrote a story and a picture about what they imagined a Wacky Wednesday would look like!











2nd Grade Spotlight! Today for our Dr Seuss Celebration we listened to the Lorax. We learned about how it is important to take care of our environment and how one action can have huge consequences! The project today was to make Truffula Trees!











3rd Grade Spotlight!
PES read "Cat in the Hat" today in honor of our Dr. Seuss Celebration this week! They also made some fun "Cat in the Hat" bookmarks!









2M Spotlight! The students in 2M reached their goal of 60 lessons passed in i-Ready Math! In celebration they had a purple party. They are now working hard for their next goal which is 150 lessons passed! Nice job 2M! Thank you to the parents who brought in everything purple from donuts to juice to purple decorations!






