Please Register For Next School Year

The registration deadline for the 2024-2025 school year is next week. Registering and paying by the noon, March 22nd deadline helps our planning efforts with staffing, classroom assignments, materials, and transportation!

To take advantage of the early bird fee discount, you must complete and submit the registration forms by Monday, March 18th. This allows our staff time to verify documents and send out invoices so you can pay them by noon on Friday, March 22nd. You can find our fee list for 2024-2025 here.

For any families who do not register by this date, you’ll receive a records release as we’re assuming you’re going to another district. 

View the steps/links on how to enroll.

This is a reminder that there is no school on Tuesday, March 19th, because of Election Day. As always, the School Year Calendar can be found on our website.

The District 64 Board of Education will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, March 21st, in the Hendee Rooms at the Jefferson Early Childhood Center. There will be a closed meeting at 6:00 pm, with the regular meeting starting at 7:00 pm.

Below is a look at the agenda:

• Meeting of the Board Convenes
• Board Recesses & Adjourns to Closed Meeting
• Board Adjourns from Closed Meeting & Resumes Regular Board Meeting
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Opening Remarks from the President of the Board
• Spotlight on Carpenter School 
• Student/Staff Recognition
• Public Comments
• School District Taxing Update
• Superintendent Update
• Approve Chromebook Purchasing Plan
• Approval of PowerSchool Student Analytics & Insights Contract
• Board Authorizes 2024-2025 Staffing Plan
• Approval of Recommended Personnel Report
• Notice of Remedial Warning of a Teacher
• Consent Agenda
• Approval of Minutes
• Comparison Districts Discussion
• New Business
• Adjournment

Upcoming Board Meetings

The following are the next Board meetings:

• March 21, 2024 - 7 p.m. - Hendee Rooms at Jefferson
• April 18, 2024 - 7 p.m. - Hendee Rooms at Jefferson
• May 16, 2024 - 7 p.m. - Hendee Rooms at Jefferson

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.

Washington students had a fun visit from SkyDome, an indoor planetarium that came and set up in their school gym! Students learned about the sun and all the planets, our moon, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Greek constellations.

Students also got to see the stars of the Northern Hemisphere exactly as they appeared on that day! 

Thank you to everyone who was involved in making our D64/Real Estate Agent Town Hall a success! With more than a dozen local real estate agents in attendance, it was great talking about the future of D64 and how we can share information with people looking to buy a house in the area.

Also, we had another awesome Beans, Brew, and Ben event this week. Superintendent Dr. Ben Collins shared where we are at in the Master Facilities Planning process. The next Beans, Brew, and Ben is on April 9th at 9:30 a.m. More information will be shared as we get closer to the date.

On Friday, May 24th, 2024 at 9:00 am, Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 will conduct a Timely and Meaningful Consultation (TMC) meeting. The meeting will be held in the Hendee Room (1) 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 2024-2025 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 Special Olympics Spring Games are upon us! We have athletes from several D64 schools who will be participating in the track and field events on April 13th and 14th at Prospect High School. 

Show your support by purchasing a cool D64 Special Olympics T-shirt. They are on sale until March 23rd!

"We really enjoyed our in-school field trip to help us learn more about space! We did the “Lunar Long Jump”, made a sun dial and more! 🔭🪐🚀☀️🌙 Thank you PTO for making this possible! #CAMagicintheJourney #CAEngaged #CALovetoLearn #engageD64"

~@MrsKomenda

"It’s my favorite PE unit here at 

@WashingtonD64…hockey! #floorhockey #icehockeymom #engaged64 @D64News 🏒"

~@JenAdamsEDU

"5th grade Rock Paper Scissors championship! This was a nice break in our day & a fun way to celebrate our achievements and good behavior! 🪨 📝 ✂️  

#engageD64"

~@MrsDiMaso

"Presentation at the 

@IllinoisASBO Bookkeepers Conference with  @LeeAnnLtaylor!Thankful to my fellow @D64News and @dist57 colleagues for joining us today!"

~@AdamParisi21

"Congratulations to Sarah Kurian, a Field 5th grader, for winning 4th place at the North Cook Regional Spelling Bee!"

~@district64news

"Emerson student artwork is on display at Triple Scoop'd Ice Cream in Park Ridge! Artwork will be displayed until the middle of April. Check out some amazing artwork while enjoying an ice cream cone!"

~@district64news

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.

Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 | 847-318-4300 | news@d64.org

#engageD64