Happy Friday everyone.
A little Readers Theater and text comparison to brighten up a rainy Thursday. Way to go fifth grade!
Student Council Ice Cream Social
Learning to fold the flag
Today is a great day to have a great day!
Oh what a beautiful morning at Illini Elementary!
2nd grade PE. Walk and talk questions with a partner.
Kindergarten stations.
More place value coming up.
Place value in 4th grade.
Pre k and Kindergarten hard at work this morning.
Flashlight Friday! Mr. Spradling's class put a twist on silent reading today by reading in the dark with flashlights.
Illini was hopping with action today.
Thank you General Dynamics for your generous donation.
Officer Jim helping first grade to decide when to call 911
Learning continents and oceans with the third grade. Oh and enjoying a little dancing and singing in the process!
Clifford Art in First Grade
Having fun & learning new things at Grant on day 2
Slushees with Mr Stines
It was a magical day in 6th grade!
Illini Principal, Mrs. Lasley...building relationships! Coloring with kids during LatchKey! :)
Back-to-School Breakout Challenge!
Looking forward to a great year!
Preparing for the first day of school.
Open House
GMS Open house 2019-20
Open House
Illini School will be hiring 2 additional Para-Professionals before the start of school. Apply here: https://www.applitrack.com/dist110/onlineapp/JobPostings/view.asp?FromAdmin=true&AppliTrackJobId=187
Back to school St Clair County Administrator meeting!
Registration is in full swing.
https://5il.co/8tus If you had trouble viewing the calendar try this one. All school registration is still July 30th, or register online now with your TeacherEase account.
New School Year Calendar, Notice all school registration is July 30th. https://5il.co/8req
FVH Birthday Celebration - Aug 3
District #110 participates in the National School Lunch Program to provide our meals.
In order to stay in compliance with NSLP rules it is necessary for us to increase our lunch and breakfast prices for the 2019-2020 school year.
Lunch $3.00
Breakfast $1.50
Teachers are training with the new reading series.
Online registration is now open for returning students.. log on to www.teacherease.com to complete registration. If you need help logging in or your password reset contact Grant or Illini for assistance.
Each of my students had a sponsor this year. I was excited that several of them had the opportunity to meet their kiddo and the parents! :)
First grade celebrated "Y" & "Z" Day of the Countdown to Summer on the last day of school....Year-end awards and Zipping their bookbags to Zoom into 2nd Grade!!! What a wonderful year it's been!!! Have a wonderful summer!!
Retirement Luncheon for Sheila Smith, Scott Martin and Joyce Grissom.
Our STEAM class did an awesome job!!
Last day fun.
Celebrating the last day!
eXtra Recess today for "X" Day of our Countdown to Summer!!! Added bonus: Mrs. Menn brought popsicles!!!! 😍❤👍
Final Kindness Challenge for 2018-2019!
Some more 1st Grade field trip pics!! ❤
Some more 1st Grade field trip pics!! ❤
"W" Day in the 1st Grade! Woohoo!!!! We went to the St. Louis Zoo for our field trip!!! What a beautiful, fun-filled day! 🦁🐯🐻🦓🐒🐧🦏🐘🐫🦒🦍🐆
These 4th graders are very proud of their state research projects!
What a fun day!!
Kindness Club!
What a beautiful day for Field Day
Let Field Day Begin
Congratulations on your promotion Officer Belba! We will miss you!
Our 1st Graders Used their Unique abilities at Field Day yesterday for "U" Day!!! What a super fun day....all thanks to our AWESOME PTO!!!! You guys rock!!! 😊👏👍🤘😃
Watch graduation live on facebook. https://www.facebook.com/GrantCcsd110/
Kitchen Manager if the Year. Congratulations Blondell Senter!!
Field Day was a blast! Thank you, PTO! #TeamBlue More pics of Mr. Spradling's class: https://photos.app.goo.gl/CMBzxxVbPV8uPusf9
Kindness club wishing the 8th grade good luck next year! #bekind
Congratulations to Mrs. Hundsdorfer’s students who mastered their multiplication facts! Part of their reward included the game of Spoons!
Yesterday, first graders ate a special Treat from their Teachers for "T" Day of our Countdown to Summer!!! 😍🍦
Graduation practice has begun.
NJHS end of the year make your own ice cream party
"S" Day of our countdown to summer in first grade.....wear your favorite Sports team attire!!! ❤
Tyler Underwood Rotary Student of Month
Team building challenges today
Wow
8th grade dance!!
It’s 8th grade dance time.
8th grade dance!!
"R" Day means to wear Red in 1st Grade!!! ❤❤❤
Learning about Mexico...Guess the holiday???
Congrats to Elks Student of the Month Josie May
Celebrating Officer Belba’s promotion
We love our Girls on the Run!
We wrote our Questions for the 2nd Graders today for "Q" Day of our countdown!!! It is crazy to think that in nine days we'll be official 2nd graders!!!!
Today, 1st graders went by their New Names for "N" Day!!! 🤣😉😜
On Friday, 1st Graders celebrated "M" Day of our ABC Countdown to Summer....which means Movie Day!! 🎬🎥😍
"P" Day in 1st Grade....wear Pink and eat Popcorn!!!! 💗🍿
Grant CCSD #110 is happy The Rec is open! Kids had a great time handing out candy and celebrating the grand opening!
GMS 8th graders wish the city of Fairview Heights a very happy 50th birthday
Yankee Dispatch hard at work this morning
Today was "O" Day....we were able to go Outside for an extra recess!!! Yay!!! 🎉
Kindergarten field trip to Willoughby Farm.
Talent still rolling at Grant.
The talent goes on and on.
Kitchen kicking it off.
Illini cafeteria superheroes!
Mr. Spradling's class has reached it's final day of rehearsing lines for their Greek Mythology Readers' Theater performances!
Lollipops for "L" Day!!!! 😍🍭
First Grade welcomes our Eighth Grade visitors
First grade telling time!
Letter "K" of our ABC Countdown to Summer was Kick'em Off Day in 1st Grade!!!! The kiddos sure loved having their shoes off today! 😂🤭👟
GMS cafeteria workers are Super at feeding middle schoolers and staff.
2019 Illinois Principals Association Student Recognition winners
1st Graders were "stand-up" comedians for "J" Day....telling Jokes was so much fun!!! We also took some time to Jump rope before the rain came!
If your child is at the track meet at Belle Valley.. Pick up is at 3 PM.
The Grant book fair starts on Friday, May 3 and runs through May 10. Students can shop at school or you can visit www.scholastic.com/bf/grant to place an order which will be shipped free to the school at the end of the fair. Thank you for supporting the school library.
Planting our Pollinator Garden with our friends from BTHS East!
On Friday, the 1st graders wore their favorite Hat for "H" Day!!!!
Congratulations to the team who escaped from Emoji Planet! It took a lot of teamwork to solve those ELA puzzles!
Ice pops for "I" Day!!!
"G" Day in 1st Grade....wear Green and chew Gum! 💚💚💚
Groups were challenged to build a basket within given constraints and test by hopping down the hall to see which basket would hold the most eggs.
Today was "F" Day in 1st Grade....Free Time with Friends!!! ❤❤
Ms Zmalia’s character ed class began a Google Curriculum Science Unit today on music and sound with Scratch
We are still having candy withdrawals from Easter, so we built some structures out of toothpicks and jellybeans to practice customary measurement.
We love our kitchen ladies!
Swearing in of our new board members. Mrs. Randolph, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Harvey, and Mr. Casper-Bassler. Thank you for your service.
"E" Day Today!!! That means lots of....ExErcisE!!!! 💪👟🏋️♂️🤸♀️
More Exercising in the 1st Grade!
School Board Meeting tonight - 7 PM at Grant
My class was on “F” Wednesday for our A-Z Countdown. A parent donated these awesome friendship bracelets that zip! :)
On Tuesday, first grade played with Chalk for letter C of our ABC Countdown!!!
Eating DONUTS for letter D of our first grade ABC Countdown...later today, we're going to Do our Easter egg hunt!!!
Easter Egg Hunt in 1st Grade!!!!
GREAT turn out for Kindness Club! If you would like to order a shirt they are $10 and forms are due by May 1. Please order color for the grade currently in. Adults have the option of grey
Friendship ”Rocks” at Illini Elementary School!
Happy Easter
More Beach towel fun for first grade today!!!! ☀️⛱📚
The kiddos brought their Beach towels to school today for "B" Day! They were able to relax in the sun on their towel with a good book!
First Grade's ABC Countdown to the End of the Year began last Friday....starting with "A" for Autograph Day!!!! The first graders had a great time signing one another's Autograph Books!
IMSA students practicing using fixed volume pipettes.
April Showers Bring May Flowers....The showers won’t bother us!!
Congrats Brian Sadler-Dunn Elks Student of the Month!
4th Grade had fun celebrating all the money raised from the penny war. Thanks for the ice cream, PTO!
Starting our Friday morning off with some yoga!
Thank you Barb Shute and the Fairview Heights Beautification Committee. They presented NJHS with a check for first place in the "Keep Fairview Heights Beautiful" contest. Their message.....Be Surpeme, Keep the Earth Clean
Mr. Heins’ class was inspired by Bob Ross and created their own landscape painting!
It is all about team work.
We are bowling this week in PE!
4th graders are experimenting with closed circuits.
Twinning!!
Jerray Jackson Rotary Student of the Month
IMSA students sorting protein without using their hands.
Kindness Challenge!
Illini Beautification Day! We love our school!!
Rhyley too!
Trekking this am to keep Fairview Heights clean
Which brand of toilet paper covers the most area and has the largest perimeter? So far, Scott has five other brands beaten!
We took a break from state testing and had 4 groups escape math class in our very own escape room!
Go Cardinals!
Congrats Dr Higgins. We are so proud.
School Board Vacancy
Grant Community Consolidated School District #110 is seeking to fill a vacant School Board Member position created by a resignation. The appointment to the school board will be for the remainder of a four year term which expires in 2021.
Qualifications for the position include being at least 18 years of age, a registered voter, and you must have lived in the school district boundaries for at least one year. Applications are due no later than April 16, 2019.
Please send a letter of interest along with a resume to the district office, with the attention of Mr. Stines. The application can be mailed or dropped off at 10110 Old Lincoln Trail, Fairview Heights, IL 62208 or can be emailed to Mr. Stines at stines.m@dist110.com. If you have any questions you can call the district office at 398-5577.
In PE at Illini this week, students are learning how to play tennis with special guests from St Clair Tennis Club!
Nice way to give back to the community! Any trekkers interested?
District #110 is currently looking for summer custodians. Start May 27th. If interested please send resume to Mr. Matthew Stines -10110 Old Lincoln Trail
Third and Fourth Graders are working hard on the IAR Tests!!
Kindness Challenge! Week 30
#GrowthMindset #IBelieveInThePowerOfYet
PreK is working hard on hand eye coordination and problem solving skills!
Great turnout for Poetry Slam
Poetry Slam 6:30 tonight.. see you there!
National I'm Not Just a Scribble Day
IAR Practice! The Emoji King kidnapped my class. They had to solve various math challenges to escape!
Today was National I'm Not Just a Scribble Day. Everyone is important and our feelings matter. Students at Illini created their own scribbles. Some even created some outside. The teachers went to different classrooms as guest readers. It was a fun day!
They are so proud of their teamwork!
National I'm Not Just a Scribble Day
Teamwork
Illinois Association of School Boards dinner
Kindness Club t-shirts!
Grant Middle School will be hosting a Poetry Slam this Thursday March 28 at 6:30 pm. If your child is participating, practice will be Wed after school until 3:15
Agriculture Day!
Interactive telling time to 5 minutes game.
Mr. B. was our guest teacher today! He taught us about weather!
Congratulations Josh Mullenschlader Elks Student of the Month
Mr. B. is an awesome reader!
We had a fun time celebrating our top earners for the Kid Heart Challenge, one of their rewards was to TP the Teacher! Our students raised a total of $3671 for the American Heart Association with our top student raising $1070!
We had a fun time celebrating our top earners for the Kid Heart Challenge, one of their rewards was to TP the Teacher! Our students raised a total of $3671 for the American Heart Association with our top student raising $1070!
Citing text evidence scavenger hunt
Citing Evidence Scavenger Hunt
8th grade character ed lesson on perseverance & responsibility.
Workin at the car wash!
Kindness Challenge Week 28!
2nd place and all 4 finished in top 15!! Great season guys!!
Congrats to all 4 Varsity boys who placed individually at State!
Congratulations to the Girls Varsity they took 15th in State
Congratulations to the Varsity Boys they took 2nd in State!!
https://youtu.be/OP9fp3PdBqo
Fourth graders made spinners and put them into motion by using thermal energy!
This week at Illini, students are learning hockey skills and the younger grades are enjoying Parachute activities!
Congrats to this year’s Young Authors winners
Last night, we had a great celebration of the GMS Scholar Bowl team. Parents defeated the students in a head-to-head matchup!
Pre-K Parent Breakfast Videos:
http://bit.ly/PreKPB19
Pre-K Parent Breakfast
5th and 6th grade science collaborating to create books about the planets!
Lucky the leprechaun come to visit
State of the District Presentation. http://bit.ly/stateofthedistrict110
State of the District!
NJHS Service project in action
5th grade working hard!
Transportation unit in PreK!
Luck the leprechaun came to our classroom! Thank you for the gold coins and green necklaces! ☘️
Autumn Carr-Rotary Student of the Month
Lucky the Leprechaun paid our class a visit and left us some treats!
Lucky the Leprechaun visited our classroom over the weekend!!! He left us lots of goodies, but sure made a mess!!! Very mischievous little creature!!! ☘😎🤪💚
Making green slime in OT group. We're getting ready for St. Patrick's day ☘️
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We completed our transportation unit by painting with different types of vehicles. We also practiced our driving skills in PE today. The kids had a blast learning about the different modes of transportation this week.
Dr. Seuss Week in First Grade
Congratulations to both the boys and girls bowling teams, they qualified for the state bowling tournament today. The boys finished 3rd and the girls 12th in their regional. State is 3/16 at St. Clair Bowl.
Varsity Bowling Regionals
Varsity Bowling Regionals
Thank you Mr. Conner for helping with the egg drop project!
Start Times FAQ
Family Math Night at Illini! Family + Math x Great Teachers = Lots of Fun!!
Family Math Night!
Kindergarten has been having fun this week with Dr. Seuss books and activities!
We enjoyed our visit from the secret leprechaun today. Thanks for the treats third grade!
8th Grade Parent Night
8th Grade Parents Night at Grant!
Family Math Night at Illini tonight!! 6-7:30 in the MPR.
Who will win this math filled goodie box? Find out tonight at Family Math Night! 6-7:30 at Illini.
Congratulations to Athena Joyce for her 9th place finish in the JV bowling tournament yesterday.
School Spirit Night at FunSpot!
3/6/2019 - As of today, we have used 4 snow days this year. I hope this is is the end of the bad weather and Spring is on the way. Adjusting the calendar for these days, the current last day of school for students will be on Wednesday, May 22.
Thanks for the shirts, Moby Max! :)
Cast members of the Imaginary Theater performed today for 6th grade.
Some third graders had the opportunity to use a typewriter! Having to push the keys so hard made them appreciate our modern conveniences!
Mr. Stines will be giving the current State of the District report March 13th at Illini Elementary. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend.
Today’s Lesson: equal distribution of pressure
Spirit Week
Volleyball games for tonight have been cancelled.
District 110 will be closed today, February 28, due to weather.
Kindness Challenge Week 25!
Racial Harmony Award winner, Riley Walsh!
Racial Harmony Award Winner: Teniya Morris
Illini’s Stem Class had a great time showing their foosball tables to classrooms around the school.
This week in PE at Illini, students had fun learning jumping patterns with the Chinese Jump Rope.
Black history month door contest
Black History Month door contest
Black History Month door contest
Grant parents- the City has asked that parents do not park, use, or otherwise trespass on the vacant city property across from the school. Thank you
Volleyball tonight at Belle Valley. Let’s go Yankees.
Kindness Challenge for Week 24!
Grant Scholar Bowl took 2nd in the conference tournament! It was a hard fought day and season and it came down to a three-way tie! Congrats, Yanks!
Congrats Elks Student of the Month Isaiah Rakers
The kids had fun making scrapbooks with their Valentine cards!
Valentine Fun!
First Grader, Rylee, reads to Mrs. Jobe’s Kindergarten Class
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Carson Rapp- January Rotary Student of the Month
We are in need of plastic disposable grocery bags for a recycling project. If you have some extras at home, please send them to Mrs Schulte or Mrs Evans at Grant. Questions? Schulte.s@dist110.com. Thanks!
Thank you to everyone who came to Kids Night Out
This week at Illini, we kicked off the Kids Heart Challenge (formerly Jump Rope for Heart) with an all-school assembly!
Friday Feb 8 6-8 is Kids Night Out at Illini. Thank you to everyone who pre-registered. If you haven’t yet, cost is $5 per child. Kiddos K-4 can bring a blanket and pillow for a movie, craft, and snacks. We are going to have so much fun!
All of the 7th graders were very proud of their DNA models. Everyone came up with really unique ways of creating their model and recycling what they had at home.
7th grader present their DNA models.
Thanks for reading to the class today, Dawn, AND, thanks for the saucer chair!!
We made beautiful snowflakes today! ❄️
Fun Friday Centers in First Grade
All games for athletics are cancelled for this evening.
Volleyball games for this evening have been cancelled.
There will be no school today, Thursday January 31st
Making Snowflakes using Pattern Block Shapes!
School will be cancelled on Wednesday, January 30 due to the very cold temperatures
These young ladies had a desire to raise funds to help their peers with the Land for Learning trip. They make and sell stress balls and bracelets before school and during lunch. Thank you girls for your generous spirit.
Happy 100th Day of School!!!! 🎉💯
Celebrating our 100th Day of School with some fun-tastic centers!! 🤩🤩
Congrats, Hailey! You were the lucky winner of our "Motorcycle Man in Motion" balloon! 4th grade is having a blast learning about energy, forces, and motion!
Students at Illini had fun learning about focus, self-control and respect in PE this week taught by instructors from a local martial arts school.
OPAA staff lunch special: baked potato bar!
Regional Champs
This is what we will look like when we are 100 years old. We are celebrating the 100th day of school this week!
Learning about forensics with Officer Belba
Spirit Week at Grant
Congrats to Bryton Conner Elks Student of the Month!
Snowmen in First Grade
Unwinding to prepare for the day!
IMSA Fusion students learning about math and science in the real world. Christina Essington teaching the students about biology and Trevor Becherer teaching about civil engineering. Thank you to our presenters for getting our students excited about math and science careers.
Introducing the first 5th graders to make it out of the Plant Escape Room!
Students Khaliya Griffin and Summer Edwards.
It was a very ‘constructive’ indoor recess!
National Honor Society would like to invite all K-4 Students to a Parents Night Out! Friday Feb. 8 from 6-8 p.m. Cost will be $5.00 per child and include a movie, craft, and snacks. Watch for permission slips to come home this week. If you have any questions, please contact Stacy Schulte at Grant schulte.s@dist110.com
Kindness Challenge for Week 19. Introduce yourself to two people you don’t know at school.
Walk and Talk Friday with Illini students, their families, and staff!
Our Polar Animals theme is in full swing in Pre-K! These girls were measuring and recording the height of different animals!
We LOVE our students! Third Grade Rocks!
Conference Spelling Bee
This week in PE at Illini, students are having fun with a team-building activity building Hula Huts.
Breaking out the watercolor paints for the first time this year!!!! 😊🎨❤
Inside recess artists
Congrats to the 8th grade boys basketball team on their tournament win!
First Scholar Bowl match for the Yankees!
Mixing math with literacy using the characters from The Mitten.
Reviewing expectations after break!
Hope everyone has had a nice winter break. Look forward to seeing everyone on Monday
A nice, warm fire for the first day of winter!
In the holiday spirit
Congrats Jackson Wymer student of the month
Painting ornaments!
Celebrating the end of the quarter with a movie! Rise of the Guardians! Thanks, Mr. Klein!
All aboard! Polar Express day in kindergarten.
We recently learned about the Great Seal. He was so excited to wear this shirt to school! The kids loved it!
Yankee Express
Today in PE at Illini, 3rd graders turned up the creativity during a Build A Snowman relay!
Pre-K/EC went on a gingerbread hunt!
EC and Pre-K went on a hunt for the gingerbread kid. He got loose in the school! 😱
Yankee Express
Yankee Express
Yankee Express
Yankee Express
Yankee Express
Some special friends came to visit today! Thank you, Dawn and Jeannine, for visiting, reading to the class, bringing doughnuts, and for the special gifts. My students have already begun using the class supply of gel pens, and they are excited about the new pencil sharpener for our colored pencils!
Kindness Challenge! Week 17
He’s here! He is really here!
Spirit Week at Grant this week!
Mon: Hats
Tues: Hawaii
Wed: PJs
Thurs: Christmas Sweaters
Fri: Holiday
Grinch Day in Kindergarten! We grew the Grinch’s heart 3 sizes with a science experiment, read the book, watched the original movie, and enjoyed Grinch floats.
Parent breakfast
My 8th grade class is participating in the Pringle’s Challenge. They each designed a package to mail a single chip to various locations.
Library time!
Very proud of our cafeteria staff!! They were awarded today for being the highest performing district in the Illinois region and surpassing their participation goals by 23.6%
Grant is looking for a chess coach. The season begins in early January and ends in March. If you interested, please contact Jim Murphy. murphy.j@dist110.com
We PACKED the gym tonight for the Annual Illini Christmas Program! Thank to all the staff and Mrs. Smith for all your hard work. Great job!
Each student designed a triangle with their family. We put the triangles together to create a class tree.
We love having visitors from our upper grades!
Our students are practicing very hard for the Christmas program tomorrow night!
Week 16 of the annual Kindness Challenge!
Thanks to my class and a special fourth grader for making these snowmen! The residents at Mark Twain Manor will love them!
Illini STEM class working hard to unlock all of their boxes and reveal a special treat!
Triple matching
Learning about the Bald Eagle
Green minds think alike!
The Hour of Code at GMS has begun! 7th and 8th graders will be experimenting with Blocks and JavaScript today to give them a look at how coding is used in games and everyday life!
She was so excited that she wrote the letter Ll! 👏
8th Grade Night
Giving is kind and being kind makes everyone feel good. We are at 640 items for the Fairview Heights Food Pantry! Very proud of our Illini students!
Santa Claus is coming to town! Hope you can join him for breakfast at Illini on December 15th!
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Did you hear about the Can Food Drive at Illini? Don't forget to donate!
IMSA Fusion - making different types of paper
Thanks to Moby Max for our Moby gear!
We made snow in OT group today ❄️⛄
members from GIVE visited and played BINGO with residents at Charles Gardens this past week.
Friends at school but opponents on the court! We love seeing students working hard at what they love!
This week, Illini students learned how to speed stack cups on their own and together as part of a Small group relay!
Learning All About the American Flag
These third graders are so passionate about drawing that they couldn't wait to take a picture with Mr. Dan Killeen.
Finding mechanical advantage.
Third graders proved you’re never too old for play-doh while working on their multiplication.
Reminder tonight is Family Informational Night at Grant from 6 to 7:45. Hope to see everyone there!
The students loved getting to meet author Dan Killeen today! :)
(Photo Credit: Sandy Endsley)
Grant cheerleaders!
Thanks for the awesome drawing Dan Killeen!
Author and illustrator Dan Killeen visited Illini today and read one of his books aloud to the students.
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Obstacle course
Get ready for Parent Involvement Night tomorrow, Nov. 28 at Grant from 6:00-7:15pm! These students are excited because MobyMax rewarded them for getting involved and furthering their education!
First and second graders loved Dan Killeen!
Dan Killeen, STL author and illustrator.
Kindergarten is enjoying our author, Dan Killeen!
Fifth grade had an awesome time at the zoo today!
Constructing shelters in science.
Fifth grade field trip Monday. Please make sure you dress appropriately, it’s going to be cold.
Thanksgiving Parade Balloons!
Creating our own Macy’s Day Parade Balloons.
Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast
Turkey cookies in first grade
Kindergarten Pilgrim and Native American Parade
Thank you PTO for our new wobble chairs!
Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast
This week at Illini, students are having fun practicing their throwing skills while playing the game “Stuff the Turkey.”
Kindergarten is thankful!
Kindergarten Pilgrims and Native Americans!
Congrats to this year’s Dodgeball Winners!
We are on the letter J! Pre-K is working on their writing skills!
Muffins and Mingling: 3rd Grade Breakfast
More 3rd Grade Parent Breakfast Pictures
Third Grade Parent Breakfast—-“Are You Smarter Than A Third Grader?”
Turkey Time in First Grade
Our First Grade “mon-star” of the week
Congratulations to Charlotte Brink for placing 2nd in VFW’s Patriots Pen essay contest! Also, kudos to our two other scholars, Aiden Martinez and Teniya Morris, who also submitted essays! Thank you to VFW Post 1117 for supporting our schools!
Congratulations Dino Masic Student of the Month
Todays basketball games have been canceled and will be made up on Monday.
Getting into the holiday spirit.
Shaving cream spelling words!
School will be cancelled tomorrow, Thursday, November 15th due to weather.
Not surprisingly, Fortnite made the thankful list
Identifying and supporting Theme
Emerson Award Wnner
5th grade can tell you all about chemical changes, conservation of mass, but most importantly how to make slime!
Sharing our group stories in kindergarten.
Junior Achievement Lesson: Playing a game to learn about earning and spending money!
All practices and IMSA for tonight have been canceled.
Due to weather conditions, Family Reading night scheduled for Monday, November twelfth has been cancelled.
Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award Winner: Scott Martin
This week at Ilini in PE, K-2nd grade are learning scooter safety with fun relays!
3rd and 4th graders are playing a fun non-elimination version of dodgeball called Scatterball.
Community Social
8th Grade Community Social
Congratulations Dare Graduates!
Socktober success! Thank you students and staff! 603 pairs of socks!
Congratulations to the newest inductees into the National Junior Honor Society!
Kindergarten made shape people to help us learn about 2D shapes.
Grant kitchen joining in on spirit week fun.
Twin Day
Twins
Spirit king and queen
Sports teams were recognized at the assembly.
Spirit assembly beginning
Lowes Workers!
Career Day in Kindergarten- a scientist, model, forklift operator, doctors, veterinarian, dog sitter, teacher, hair stylist, paleontologist, farmer, football player, and a construction worker.
"Author/illustrator Dan Killeen is coming to Illini Elementary on Monday, November 12th for Family Reading Night. You can order signed copies of Dan’s books through the school (order forms will be sent home). To get a sneak peek of his work and free coloring pages, please visit www.HappyFunBooks.com.”
5th grade boys basketball warming up and getting ready for their first game.
The kids had a blast today doing a witch's brew STEM challenge! We had crushed dragon teeth, juiced eyeballs, monster snot, powdered bones, spider venom, troll saliva, crushed unicorn horn, and vampire toenails! They had to figure out which ingredients caused a bubbling reaction!
Happy Halloween from Mrs. Hauss' Class!!!!
Alvin!
7/8 team
Unicorn buddies
Mrs Evans homeroom
This week in PE at Illini, 3rd and 4th grade are playing soccer and K-2nd grade are practicing their throwing skills with a game of “Ghostbusters “
Chemical Reactions
Your killin’ me Smalls!
7th grade rooting for each other during math.
Pumpkin book reports are so much fun!
Claxton/Spradling Book Buddy Party
GMS Cheerleaders
Let’s go Grant!
Yankee basketball
Thank you Mrs. Turner for doing art with us! We had fun making witches.
Discussing solubility and conservation of mass in science.
7th grade is feeling fancy, stylish, and professional for this day of Spirit Week!
Painting in First Grade
Basketball pictures will be tomorrow morning. Bring uniforms.
School picture retakes are also tomorrow (Tuesday).
Kindness Challenge Week 10! Compliment a classmate...or a colleague.
Kindergarten pumpkin book reports.
EC had a great time carving pumpkins with Ms. Reinacher and Ms. Shana. 🎃
Thank you, Mrs. Fitzgerald, for reading Too Many Pumpkins to our class today! :)
Loved seeing the positive messages left by parents in Ms Zmaila’s room.
Join us for Family Reading Night with special Guest Dan Killeen, St Louis author. Illini Elementary 6:30 Monday November 12
Spirit week at Grant
First grade pumpkin carving
Kindergarten had a great time counting with pumpkins.
We will miss you Ms.. Hicks
Parent Pride!
Which mindset do you have?
Kindness Challenge! Week 9
Strike Club! Good job bowling a strike (or two!) today!!
Learning about integers in the real world of oceans.
PBIS ice cream reward party
Third Grade Bowling Fun
Bowling fun
First Grade Bowling Fun!
Bowling
Teamwork makes the dream work, right?
Second grade field trip to Purina Farms!
Continuing with our soccer unit in PE this week at Ilini
More field trip fun.
Great time at Purina Farms! We had a wonderful day on the second grade field trip.
Be on the lookout for a new edition of the Yankee Dispatch from this fine crew
Teamwork makes that dream work!
Trying to fill up their zoos by correctly adding 4-digit numbers!!
First grade pumpkin patch
First Grade Pumpkin Patch Field Trip!!!!
Had the opportunity to take a tour of the new REC. What a cool building!! This is going to be a fabulous addition to our community!
Adding and subtracting with fractions
Rotary Student of the Month
Evan volunteering at the Fall Festival
IMSA making their own butter
Kindness Challenge Week 8!
Ethan volunteering at the Fall Festival
Congrats to Emma & Jalyn GMS Students if the month
Practicing soccer dribbling with Pre-K in PE today!
Surprising the PE teacher with a song, cards, and a group hug! HaPpY BiRtHdAy, Mrs. Calabrese!
Studying for our science test!
Fire safety assembly for second grade! Thank you Fairview Heights fire department!
Bus evacuation drills at Illini, check 👍
51% of fifth graders got 100% or more on their Autobiography Quiz yesterday! I am one proud language teacher today!
Yankee Dispatch is out on an assignment. Today, students reporters interviewed Mayor of Fairview Heights, Mark Kupsky!
Kindness Challenge Week 6- challenge accepted!
Your winning boat teams...
Boat Testing Day! Stay tuned for winners!
Mrs William’s science class learning the Properties of Matter
7th Grade Moby Max Math Contest WINNERS!
Making oobleck in science!
GMS GIVES is a club for students who enjoy community service and giving back
This week in PE at Illini, students are putting together what they learned with throwing stations!
Some of my Third Grade friends from last year came to visit and eat lunch in their former classroom.
Boys baseball playing in the SIJHSAA state tournament tomorrow, 1:30 at Pinckneyville. GO YANKEES!!!
Reading Buddies
Apple tasting inFirst Grade
Everybody’s working for the weekend!
Tasting different apples today! 🍎🍏
Teamwork and alphabet matching.
U is for underwear! (Insert hysterical laughing here)
Wow these tacos look amazing for lunch today!
So much learning going on.
Classifying in science lab today.
Math time
Lunch fun with 7th grade.
Thank you to all families that made it to the Informational Meeting at Illini this evening!
Kindergarten scientists investigating collisions.
Former students and parents met back at Grant to reminisce and see the facility changes.
Kindness Challenge, Week 5!
Reminder: Parent Informational Meeting hosted by the RTI teachers at Illini School Monday Sept. 24th at 6:30. If interested in attending, please RSVP to Stacy Schulte Schulte.s@dist110.com (618)397-2764.
Congratulations to the students of the month at Illini
We love practicing writing our spelling words in our paint folders! Thank you, Mrs. Koebbe!
Friday afternoon reading with Ms Sobrino
Kindergarten had so much fun apple picking today!
Illini students are learning the Underhand Throw this week in PE!
Celebrating Regional Champs!
The science behind gummy worms
Regional Champions
We are Yankees!!
Beautiful sunny morning.
Mummified hot dogs
6th grade grandparents lunch
Thank you, Eckert’s! The apples were yummy! (Credit goes to Ms. Mancuso for the card idea!)
Thanks for the apples Eckerts! We loved them!
Flahlight Friday! Reading is fun...even in the dark!
Our “Mon-STAR” of the week!
Carnival
Student council carnival
Carnival
Carnival
Carnival
1st Pep Assembly at Grant today
7th grade trying to write general equations about a pattern.
Ms. Turner and her grandson, Ethan, released monarch butterflies with Kindergarten as an audience.
Ending our camping unit with some camp songs and smores. We're some happy campers!
Lots of ways to use one piece of foam! ;)
Meme/Vine Day
My class has been enjoying some flexible seating options and learning how to use Google Slides.
Mr. Krause couldn’t cut it in gym class, but these young men make fine teachers!
Mr. Krause couldn’t cut in gym, but these young men make great teachers!
Sam
Ms Meyenburg teacher/student swap
Sam
Teacher/Student swap
Mr Klein at Grant today
Student Council swap teacher/student day.
Second Grade abstract art!
Found a quiet place to read Harry Potter??!??
First graders are ...
Oh what a beautiful morning.
And a huge bonus at grandparents day is when you get to spend some time with your godmother.
Grandparents lunch today for our kindergarteners. A huge thank you to all of our family who made it today. It is always a pleasure to have our Grandmas, Grandpas, Moms, and Dads join us at school. It was a great day!!
Spirit Week at Grant
Monday PJ day
Tuesday Sports day
Wednesday movie/show character day
Thursday teacher/student swap day
Friday Meme/Vine day
Baseball, softball and soccer games for today have been canceled.
Always have courage and be kind!
Kindness Challenge for Week 3!
Kindergarten made their own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree using the first letter of their names.
Pre-K/EC got their first donation of scholastic books from the Women4given program!
Mr. Krause has that Fri-YAY feeling!
Ms. Williams' character education class tackled the Baby Shark Challenge. Stay tuned for the next class we challenge!
Serious business this morning. 5th grade math test in Ms. Zamaila’s room.
Illini’s Kindergarten Crew!
The writing process has us share work with one another and to get feedback. Some like their feedback more than others.
Spelling with shaving cream!
A great turnout and important information shared at the the PTO meet and greet tonight. Thanks to the PTO for putting the night together.
Mrs Evans class came for a visit. They have been begging to see my new room:)
What we are reading
Partner reading in second grade!
Building bridges in 8th grade
Kindergarten is reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom this week. Today Mr. Chris is cutting open a coconut for us to see.
EC working on writing the letter B on our new ViewSonic Board
We earned extra smelly stickers today...what flavor should we pick??? Cupcake? Stinky Sock? Tootsie Roll?
Afternoon meditation in Pre-K
#kindness challenge for Week 2!
We were treated to a surprise sign language lesson today! Thank you to my awesome student teacher’s awesome mom!! The kids loved it!!
Having fun at the 7th/8th grade dance!
Eating some pizza and cupcakes at the back to school dance!
Look at those Yankees doing the Cupid Shuffle!
GMS Volunteers at Wingfest
Photo Booth at the Back to School Dance!!
Let’s Dance!
Volunteering at Wingfest
Engineering challenge
Reserved seating at lunch today
Our first book study of the year!
Working on our names in Pre-K!
Ms. Zmaila’s math class rocked their lesson about the relationship between place value!
Autumn Carr spotted volunteering at Midwest Salute to the Arts
7th graders sharing their Me Bags in Character Education. Me Bags help classmates learn new things about one another and share life experiences!
Brain breaks are fun!
Best of luck 7th grade on the Moby Max Math Points Challenge! May the odds be ever in your favor
Baseball, softball, and soccer practice for this afternoon, August 29th, has been cancelled due to weather.
We love our Ms. Chris and Ms. Carol!
4th grade and kindergarten reading buddies!
Parachute fun in PE with 1st Grade!
Baseball, softball and soccer practices are cancelled for today, due to weather.
Rainy days and Wednesday’s never get us down.
Rainbow Hair! Kindergarten is learning about color words!
Peacocks and frogs are tied! Who is going to win the vocabulary review?
Working with indirect observation.
It’s lunch time, our favorite part of the day!!
Ms. Williams class working hard on math this morning. No worries on the decimals- you got this!
PE class playing kickball.
Sorting together
We are learning all about our week's Star Student!!!!
Baseball, softball and soccer practices for today have been cancelled due to excessive heat.
Mrs. Domescik’s class working hard on math this morning 👍
Learning place value with Ms Lowe
Mr. Chris opening up a coconut for Pre-K and EC. It's the conclusion of our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom unit.
Graphing
Human graphing
Feature Teacher- Ms Pehle 7th/8th Social Studies
Kindergarten is hard at work practicing writing our new letter, D!
Beautiful night for a little Yankee soccer!
Happy workers!
Mirrors On: “I am somebody. I was somebody when I came. I’ll be a better somebody when I leave...”
EC having fun with Mrs. Calabrese!
Feature Teacher- Mr Henrichs 5-8 Special Education
Teacher Feature- John Henrichs 5-8 Special Education. New to us, but not to the world of education.
The student put up our flag on this glorious Thursday morning.
Study hall is a great time to catch up on homework and stay informed with the news!
Learning to use our new chrome books!
The K kiddos are really getting the hang of the new salad bar. They love it!!
Teacher Feature-Lauren Dean 6th grade. Calm, cool, and collected best describe this awesome new addition.
We love playing Kahoot/learning our vocabulary words.
Cleaning up after another delicious lunch.
Look at the line for 8th grade lunch. Safe to say the new menu is a hit! The chicken nachos do look amazing!
Baseball, softball & soccer games for today (8/21/18) have been cancelled due to weather.
Point of View practice
Point of view practice
Your Kindness Challenge for week 1.
Featured Teacher- Lakisha Burnette 8th grade math. She is new to us, but a seasoned pro in education.
A is for ambulance! Today was the first day of ABC Bootcamp in kindergarten!
Sshhhhh. It’s library time and our favorite librarian is Mrs. Brockmeyer!
Our teams of teachers decorated fifth grade bathroom doors. They were to try and find a way to lift up our young ladies and give them a sense of empowerment. They turned out awesome.
Feature Teacher- Gina Walker 6th grade. Ms Walker had moved away but has returned to the area and we are so thrilled that she is part of our Yankee family again.
