Good afternoon Graham Families! Our first Family and Community Engagement Meeting and Family Cookout will be August 15th starting at 6pm. Please join us for the meeting in the cafeteria, followed by food and games outside! During the Family and Community Engagement Meeting, there will be adult supervision available for children on the blacktop.
Please RSVP by August 12th. Attached is the flyer with the QR code. Here is the link in case you are having trouble accessing it. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUC4h2H25SAZ9HeOtYJ0z0fCrvT8u1qBrR0kS8vNzzu8x9vw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Good morning and Happy Monday, All Stars! Check out these upcoming Back To School events!
Upcoming Community Healing event this Wednesday!
Good morning Graham Families!
Just a reminder, if you are new to Illinois, have a child attending preschool, kindergarten, 6th, or 9th grade, they are required to have a physical and updated immunizations. The deadline to have them completed is September 1, 2024. Please see attached flyer for places you can take them to get these completed.
Hello All Star Families,
One of my roles as the Family And Community Engagement Liaison here at Graham is to help help you connect to resources to help your student succeed at school. If you are in need of assistance with dental, medical, housing, utilities, food, or other resources, please contact me at 217-525-3220 or email me at lboualavong@sps186.org
You can also check out this page for a list of community resources: https://www.sps186.org/page/communications
Happy Friday All Stars! Just a friendly reminder that ATTENDANCE MATTERS! When kids are absent for an average of just two days of school per month, even when the absences are excused, it can negatively impact them. These absences can affect kids as early as kindergarten. Students who are chronically absent in kindergarten have difficulty keeping up with their peers academically and tend to fall behind in reading. This is critical because research shows that when students can read on grade level by the end of third grade, the transition period where students go from learning to read to reading to learn, they are three to four times more likely to graduate high school and attend college, post-graduate, or professional development classes than their peers who struggle with reading. Some tips for helping your student get to school on time every day: • Set a regular bedtime and morning routine. • Lay out clothes and pack backpacks the night before • Share ideas with other parents for getting to school on time. If you need assistance with attendance issues, please reach out to me at 217-525-3220 or lboualavong@sps186.org.
I will be happy to help you come up with ideas on how to improve your child’s attendance!
School starts Wednesday, July 17th! We can't wait to see our All Stars to start off the 2024-2025 school year! All students must be registered. Meet the teacher night is Tuesday the 16th from 5:00-6:00.
We are open today, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00-3:30 for in-person registration. School starts Wednesday, July 17th and students must be registered to start on time. All registration is done online at: https://www.sps186.org/page/registration
This year's school supply list can be found at the following link: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2556/Graham/4452952/2024-25_School_supply_list.pdf
Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is open. Please go to: https://www.sps186.org/page/registration
Happy last day of school Graham All Stars! Good luck to our 5th graders as they make their way to middle school. We look forward to seeing everyone else on July 16th for meet the teacher night from 5:00-6:00. The first day of school for the 2024-2025 school year is July 17th!
Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now open. Click on the link to complete your child(ren)'s required registration. https://www.sps186.org/page/registration
Kindergarten through 2nd grade Spring Concert is today at 1:30, doors open at 1:00! Hope to see you there!
Special thanks goes out to Damian T. and John B! Their fund raising efforts have guaranteed books for all students at Graham! True All Stars!
The book fair is open and ready to serve you! Buy 1 get 1 free! Take advantage of this great offer before it's too late...
Flowers with families is scheduled for Friday (May 10th) morning from 7:45 - 8:30! We look forward to seeing our Graham All Star families for breakfast and a small science project that you get to take home. Please RSVP with Ms. Elshref (217)525-3220.
We look forward to seeing our future All Stars on Thursday night (4/25) from 6:00-7:00 for Kindergarten preview night!
All Stars! Spring Break Ends today and we can't wait to see you at Graham tomorrow morning! Don't forget, doors open at 8:05 and school starts at 8:30!
Spring Break starts today at 2:00! We look forward to our Spring Break, but we look forward to seeing you even more on April 15th when we resume. Enjoy your break All Stars!
Family reading night is this evening from 6:00-7:30. A FACE team meeting will kick off the event. We hope to see you there. Also! Please join us tomorrow for a celebration open house in the gym from 1:00-2:00.