We invite all District 64 staff & families to join us as we march in the Park Ridge Memorial Day Parade.

The parade, hosted by the Park Ridge American Legion Post 247, will step off from South Park at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 26th. We ask that if you would like to march you assemble by 9:45 a.m. and showing your school pride!

If you would like, you may bring candy for your family to distribute along the parade route.

Parents must accompany any children participating.

Please fill out the below form if you'd like to join, we'll send out more details later on based on the information collected in the form.

District 64, Emerson/Lincoln, and their PTOs have partnered to find two 8th graders at each school who have had a positive impact on the school to be awarded the Judith Snow Ethical Leadership Award. 

Do you know an 8th-grade student who has demonstrated ethical leadership? If so, visit d64.org/judith-snow-awards. The application and recommendations are due by Friday, May 2nd.

Learn more about the Judith Snow Award and view the student application.

We will have a special guest at the next Beans, Brew, and Ben!

Alison Dauernheim, the District’s Student Learning Coordinator, will join us to talk about our recent student behavior initiatives and to get feedback from the community.

Join us for coffee at 9:30 am, Thursday, April 17,at South Park Rec Center, 833 W Talcott Rd.

We are excited to kick off Healthy Living Month on Tuesday, April 7, 2025—a district-wide initiative dedicated to promoting wellness and healthy habits for our students and community! Our goal is to encourage healthy bodies and healthy minds through engaging activities, resources, and weekly challenges centered around the themes below:

Weekly Themes

📅 Week 1 (April 7-13): Health & Nutrition Week

🚶 Week 2 (April 14-20): Neat to Use Your Feet

🌱 Week 3 (April 21-27): Go Green

📵 Week 4 (April 28-May 4): Screen-Free Week

How It Works

Each student will receive a Healthy Living Month Bingo card, featuring a variety of health-related challenges. As students complete each weekly challenge, they will initial the corresponding box. At the end of the month, students who have completed all challenges will have their card signed by a parent and submit it to their classroom teacher.

All completed cards will be entered into a schoolwide raffle, where winners will have a unique opportunity to co-teach a P.E. class alongside their teacher! Winners will also receive a swag bag from Advocate Children's Hospital.

Please check out this link for more information on Healthy Living Month and the weekly challenges!

Upcoming Board Meetings

The following are the next Board meetings:

• April 17, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. - Hendee Rooms at the Jefferson Early Childhood Center

Looking to catch up on past meeting highlights? A summary of each meeting is available on our Current Board News webpage.

Please confirm meeting dates and times on the Board meetings webpage.

On Friday, May 23, at 9:00 am, D64 will conduct a Timely and Meaningful Consultation (TMC) meeting. The meeting will be held in the Hendee Rooms at the Jefferson Early Childhood Center at 8182 Greendale Ave., Niles.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the District’s plan for providing special education services to students with disabilities who will attend private and home schools within District 64’s boundaries for the 2025/26 school year. 

If you are the parent of a privately placed or home-schooled student who has been or may be identified with a disability, and you reside or have a child that attends school within the District 64 boundaries. 

If you have questions, please contact Alicia Schmeisser, Director of Student Services, at 847-318-4332 or at aschmeisser@d64.org.

The Park Ridge Youth Services Commission is now accepting applications for the Golden Community Impact Award🌟. 

The Golden Award recognizes Park Ridge youth who demonstrate outstanding community impact and leadership. This award acknowledges students with strong character who give back to the community. Nominees must reside in the City of Park Ridge and be enrolled in school (public, private or homeschooled). 

Nominations are due by Friday, April 18 at 5:00pm. and the Golden Award winner will receive a $500 prize and be acknowledged at a City Council meeting.

Here is the nomination form.

Maine East Fine Arts Resource Drive

As our instrumental music and visual arts programs continue to grow, we are excited to welcome many new students who are passionate about the arts.

To support them, we are collecting donations of musical instruments—both working and non-working—that we can refurbish or recycle for student use. We are also seeking 35mm film and digital cameras to enhance opportunities for students in our expanding photography program.

Comments and questions may always be directed to the Superintendent or Board members through these links:

Email Dr. Ben Collins, Superintendent or contact members of the Board of Education via email links.

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