Happy New Year 2025
Jan 03, 2025
Happy New Year! I hope you had a safe and relaxing Winter Break. Spending time with family and friends is always special and I thoroughly enjoyed some quality time away from work to disconnect and prepare for the remainder of the school year. I enter the new year with a grateful heart and appreciate working alongside our dedicated employees to provide the necessary tools to help our students succeed. I wish you many joyful moments and wonderful experiences in 2025.
As we navigate the upcoming winter months, I want to recognize and thank the incredible employees who work tirelessly outside every day in the cold, snow, and rain. Their efforts in ensuring our parking lots and sidewalks are shoveled and safe for students and staff do not go unnoticed. Their dedication to maintaining a safe and accessible environment, no matter the weather conditions, is truly appreciated.
Do not forget that e-Learning will be utilized on days when inclement weather (or other emergencies) prohibit school to be in session. During the winter, all students should bring their District technology device home every day. School start times for an e-Learning Day remain the same. Attendance will be taken.
An e-Learning Day will include synchronous learning (live instruction with teacher). Teachers will share log in instructions through Seesaw (Kindergarten thru second grade) and Google Classroom (third thru eighth grades). E-learning paper packets that were distributed earlier this school year are only to be completed if your children cannot log onto their devices on the e-Learning Day. For more information, visit our e-Learning webpage.
Families will be notified of an e-Learning Day directly by broadcast phone messages. Announcements will also be posted on the District website and District 86 social media accounts (Facebook (Joliet Public Schools District 86, and Joliet Public Schools District 86 Spanish), X (@JolietSD86 and @Joliet86Spanish). We will make every effort to have in-person learning if it is safe. Please make sure our schools have your correct contact information. If you have a new phone number or need to add an emergency contact person, please let us know.
If you ever have a question, comment, concern, or compliment about one of our schools or the District send a Let's Talk message at our District website or click on the Let's Talk logo below.
