Our Rookie families had fun at Books Alive last night!! We enjoyed activities, story times, character visits, and free books made possible by our partners throughout McLean County!
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We are proud to recognize our February You've Been Caught honoree and MVPs!! First up, is our You've Been Caught award winner, Bill Wetzel! Next in the lineup, are our members of our Raymond Evaluation Team!! This special team works hard to make sure our current and future Rookies are well equipped to learn!! The team includes our Social Worker, Early Childhood Special Education Consultant, Speech and Language Pathologists, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, and our Nurse!! Some members of team pictured below are Chelsie Carnes, Rhonda Toft, Sarah Bertram, Amanda Regez, and Christina Anderson.
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Sarah Raymond School was pleased to host a workshop for families to learn more about sensory needs and to make some tools to take home!! We appreciate our community partners teaming up with us to empower families!!
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Our Rookies had an AWESOME day visiting the Children's Discovery Museum on Friday! We love watching our Rookies learn and grow through the Power of PLAY!!
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Find out how the proposed 1-cent sales tax this April can improve our schools and benefit McLean County students. Watch now for important details!
https://youtu.be/hsQLgQpF9Zk?si=TXQlWoBtJ2bkizBB
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Have you heard? 🌟 On April 1, voters in McLean County will decide on a 1% County Schools Facility Tax, also known as a One-Cent Tax. This small increase will fund significant improvements in school security, health services, and educational facilities. Learn more at www.april1cent.info!
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🎉🖥️ Celebrate 25 Years of Innovation at the SIT Conference! 🚀🎉
We’re excited to invite you to the 25th annual Students Involved in Technology (SIT) Conference! Dive into the world where technology meets creativity, led by students, for students. 🌐✨
📅 Mark Your Calendar!
Date: April 26th
FREE for District 87 students & children of District 87 staff
$15 for students outside District 87
$15 for Presenter Sponsor (adult)
✨ What’s Included? Lunch, a T-shirt, and an unforgettable experience!
Empower your tech skills, meet like-minded peers, and celebrate 25 years of innovation!
👉 Register Now: sitconference.org
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Please join us for a Conscious Discipline seminar for Parents. Sign up through the QR code
Our Rookies kicked off the week celebrating the 100th Day of School!!! 100 days of learning, growing and FUN!!
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Mrs. Walker's Rookies had so much FUN on Fishy Friday!!! They did an awesome job sorting, counting, and snacking on the colorful fishes!!
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Our Rookies and their families want to thank our friends at the University of Illinois Extension Office for putting together such fabulous winter activity kits in December!! The kits have SO many activities, including some of the ones shown here: Frozen Bubbles, Butterfly Life Cycle, Feelings Spinner, and more!!!
📅🎈Can you believe it? This Monday marks our 100th day of school, and our D87 Attendance Challenge is officially ON! 💯✨
Let's make this 100th day of learning extra special by either striving for 100% attendance or showing attendance growth from last year. The challenge is on, here's to reaching our attendance goal because #AttendanceMatters! 🏆🚌
#100%Accountable #100thDayOfSchool #AttendanceChallenge #SchoolSpirit #MilestoneDay #Let’sDoThis 💪🍎
We are happy to announce our first MVPs and You've Been Caught award winners for 2025!!!! Join us in celebrating our January MVPs, including Courtney Castillo, Leathea Speer, Jessica Castillo and Alison Navas!! Our You've Been Caught winner is Mindy Cavaness!!
Our morning Rookies were thrilled to get to visit with our therapy dogs on Friday!! Eva and Toby were greeted with love and excitement!!!
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Join us in giving a round of applause for our December Award winning Coaches!!! Our MVPs are the members of our Physical Therapy team, Kara Thompson and Elaine Wissmiller! Our You've Been Caught award winners are Caitlin Taylor and De'Nysha Anderson!! Our Rookie Coaches are the BEST and we are ready for an awesome 2025!!
We see your heart growing Mr. Grinch!!! #raymondrookies #weareD87
Our Rookie Reindeer have their eyes to the sky today in hopes of a special visitor!!!!🎅🏻
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Our Rookies had so much fun decorating cookies on Friday!! Thank you BHS Café for making yummy cookies for us!!!
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On this Giving Tuesday, we wanted to give a special shout out to our generous friends at Books for Bloomington Normal Kids for helping us put brand new books in the hands of our Rookies! Thank you!
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And the food is off to the Salvation Army! Thank you to all who donated! Our Rookie Families and Staff are so kind!!
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