And last, but certainly not least, let's give a round of applause for our May award winners!!! Our marvelous MVPs for the month are Principal Jeff Dobbs and our English Learner Itinerant Anne Taylor!!! Our You've Been Caught award goes to one of our awesome Special Education Itinerants, Michelle Stalter!! We are grateful for their excellent coaching skills and leadership this school year!!
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Our Last Day of School was full of fun and celebration!! From dancing to running the bases to hugs and tears, we experienced it all!! We are grateful for another awesome school year and looking forward to the next!!! We wish our Kindergarteners well, as well as our beloved Rookie Retiree, Ms. Laesch!!
Always remember...
Once a Rookie, Always a Rookie!!!
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We had a beautiful day for our Spring Fling on Friday!!! Our Rookies had a blast! Thank you to the Rookie Grownups who were able to volunteer!!!
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That's a wrap on the Alphabet Countdown!! To celebrate our last day of school tomorrow, May 28th, we will wear our Rookie Shirts to show our Rookie pride!!!
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Say hello to even more messaging and announcements in the Bloomington District 87 app! Parents/guardians check your email/text for instructions to sign up and access new features.

Next up in our Alphabet countdown fun is Q through U!!!!
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Our Rookies were excited to hear about the summer reading program coming soon to the Bloomington Public Library!!! Check your Rookies' backpacks for their summer reading log... SO MANY fun programs and prizes available at the Library!!!
Grownups are included too!!!!
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The Alphabet Count Down is marching on!!!
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Our Rookies have found great joy in learning about and experiencing the life cycle of butterflies!! This week, several of our classrooms watched as their butterflies were released into our beautiful spring weather!! Fly butterfly fly!!!
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Hope everyone is enjoying the Alphabet Countdown!!!! Check out our F through J fun!!!!
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We are so appreciative of our School Nurse Jenny Strange!

Rain or Shine our Celebrate Success Night is always a hit!! Our Rookie School was beaming with pride as we celebrated another awesome year with our Rookie Families and Coaches!
More pics to come!!
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National Principal's Day

Join us in showering our April You've Been Caught and MVPs with some Rookie Appreciation!! Our You've Been Caught Award goes to Ms. Laesch! She will be retiring her Coach's hat this Spring, but we look forward to her continuing to cheer on and support our Rookie Team next year!!! Our MVPs are members of our incredible Early Childhood Education Teams!!! Team Walker and Team Cavaness are helping our Rookies be All Stars every day!!!
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The Scholastic Book Fair is here and OPEN for business!!! We kicked off our week by giving away FREE books to Rookies who brought there reading tickets to school!! We will give books away all week due to kind donations from our community!!! Stop by a donation box at GO! Calendars, Toys & Games, Normal Gadgets, Four Seasons I & II, and the West Olive Faith UMC!!! Online donations may be made here: https://shop.scholastic.com/stf/fund?orgUCN=600049490
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The Alphabet Countdown is in full swing at our Rookie School!!! Can't wait to see what next week's FUN looks like... We will start with the letter F on Monday!! :)
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We are so grateful for our amazing Administrative Assistants, Mrs. Castillo and Mrs. Speer!! These special ladies keep our Rookie School running smooth, and they do it with kindness and love!! MVPs EVERY DAY!!!
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Our Rookies love their Bus Drivers!! We had fun showing our appreciation to the important people who keep our Rookies safe on the bus to and from school!!
Happy Bus Driver Appreciation Day!!!
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Mondays are Marvelous when our therapy dog Lucy comes to visit!!!
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Mrs. Anderson, with special guest Mr. Anderson, brought music to our Rookies' ears this morning!!! How fun to explore instruments and learn through music!!! Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Anderson for making learning fun!!!
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