Edna Keith students helped plant a tree in front of the school during the City of Joliet's Arbor Day Celebration at the school.
Congratulations to the Business Office current and retired staff for receiving an Outstanding Financial Reporting Award for the 40th consecutive year from the Association of School Business Officials International.
Forest Park third grade students celebrated Earth Day by planting seeds in pots that they painted.
Our Bilingual Parent Advisory Council (BPAC) is hosting a Kid's Summer Kickoff event on April 24th at Dirksen Junior High. Please RSVP using the QR code below.
Hufford students had a chance to see the vegetables growing on the garden tower at the school.
Congratulations to the Marshall fifth-grade students who placed second in a statewide Stock Market Game Competition.
The Board of School Inspectors recognized our three teachers who received the Joliet Chamber of Commerce 2025 Great Teacher Awards.
Thank you to the University of St. Francis Dead Poets Society Book Club and Alpha Psi Lambda student groups for donating books to Farragut and Gompers.
Congratulations to Thomas Jefferson Elementary School for winning the first ever Student Attendance Tournament!
Congratulations to the students who received the Superintendent's Award for the Second Trimester at their school.
Online student registration for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year is now open. Visit
https://www.joliet86.org/page/student-registration for details.
Check out our new Joliet Public Schools District 86 app! Download it in the Apple App Store or Google Play store.
Congratulations to all our March Students of the Month including these smiling faces of Sanchez students!
Congratulations to all our junior high school students who won awards at the Joliet West High School Mid High Math Meet.
Congratulations to all our February Students of the Month! Here are some of the Pershing students who were recognized.
We encourage all District 86 parents and guardians to take the Illinois 5Essentials Survey by March 28, 2025. The results will provide us with information to help drive improvement at our schools https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/survey/parent/
Download our new Joliet District 86 app in the App Store or in Google Play.
The Hufford p.rincipal visited Green Associates with District officials to see color and material selections for the new school
The Gompers principal visited Green Associates to see renderings of the new school.
Students are released early today (February 13) for a School Improvement Day.