Sarah E. Raymond School of Early Education

📣 Attention D87 families!
Do you have a child who will be 3 or 4 years old for the 2026–27 school year? Sarah E. Raymond School of Early Education will be holding FREE developmental screenings on June 4–5, 2026!
These screenings are required for NEW student enrollment and are available by appointment only.
📍 Sarah E. Raymond School of Early Education
📅 June 4–5, 2026
🕒 Appointment required

Families can sign up by visiting the Sarah E. Raymond website and selecting the Screening/Enrollment tab, following this link: https://bit.ly/3R0Moru, or by scanning the QR code on the flyer.

Help us spread the word to families with future little learners! 💜
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We are grateful for our Rookie Grown Ups that came to volunteer on Help a Teacher Day this week!!! They accomplished A TON and helped us to prepare materials for our move to the new building!!! Our Rookies were excited to thank their special grown ups too!!!!
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Happy Bus Driver Appreciation Day to our Rookie Bus Crew!!!! Thank you for keeping our Rookies Safe! We appreciate your kindness and care!!!
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Our Rookies and their families had SO MUCH fun at the Children's Discovery Museum!!! They were particularly excited to check out the new agriculture exhibit, From the Farm to a Healthy Me!!
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Our Raymond Rookies and Staff are showing off their BLUE today in honor of Child Abuse Prevention Month!!!
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We are grateful for our partnership with the Children's Discovery Museum!! Check out some of the fun our Rookies had saving Superheroes during our Museum in Motion lessons brought to us by the incredible museum early childhood educators!!! Learning through play and exploration is a SUPERPOWER!!!
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Happy Paraprofessionals Appreciation Day to our AMAZING Raymond Rookie Crew!! We are so grateful for ALL that they do for our Rookie Family every day!!
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Books Alive was a blast!! Thank you to all of our amazing community partners for providing such a fun night for our families!!! #raymondrookies #weared87

As Spring begins to bloom, our Rookies had some fun "cooking" up some Dirt Pudding to celebrate!!! They even found a worm or two!!!
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Mrs. Anderson brought special guest Mr. Anderson back to Raymond again this year for a special speech and language lesson, incorporating music and instruments!! Thank you both for sharing your love of music with our Rookies!!!
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Books are a powerful way to introduce children to Black history and culture. We were excited to send home the book “Hair Love ABCs”, made possible by our friends at Books for Bloomington Normal Kids! We hope our Rookies are enjoying their new book over the long weekend!! #raymondrookies. #weareD87.

Our Rookies and their teachers had fun celebrating 100 days of learning and growing at school today!!! From canes to curls our Rookies were rocking 100!!!
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Brrr!! It's cold outside! What a perfect day for our Rookies to read their new books!! Thank you Books for Bloomington Normal Kids!! #raymondrookies. #weareD87

In "Rookieville," they say the Grinch's heart grew 3 sizes that day!
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Our Rookies had a special visit from the 5th Grade Washington Wolves on Friday! It was fun to make new friends, and to welcome back some former Rookies!! Thank you Washington Wolves and Staff for your work wrapping presents and spending time with our Rookies!!
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What time is it??!!! It's Tool Time with Mr. Mark!! Our Rookies had fun learning about tools as a part of our buildings unit!!

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Our Rookies had fun celebrating with their school family at our Rookie Feast!!! We are grateful for our friends, families, staff, and volunteers at our Rookie School!! We also appreciate all the generous donations of food for our Salvation Army Food Drive! We wish everyone a safe and healthy Thanksgiving, and we will see you back at school on December 1st!
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Our Rookies are helping us fill Puppy's wagon with food to donate to the Salvation Army Holiday Food Drive!! We will be accepting donations all week!!! Thank you for your kindness!!
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Our Rookies and Teachers are SO thankful for the many Help-a-Teacher Volunteers we had this week!!! Our Rookie grownups are AWESOME!!!
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