Disney Day at Illini
Gingerbread themed centers in Kindergarten!
Dare graduation at GMS
There was some blue in a sea of red today! Thank you Fredbird and Friends for allowing us to "Be Ourselves!"
Third Grade won the Christmas Tree decorating contest. Thank you to the FH police officers who came by and voted.
Kids Night Out at Illini this Friday Dec 6, 6-8 p.m. $5.00 per child. A second set of permission slips will be sent home this week. Hope you will join us for Grinch games, crafts, snacks, and a movie. PJs, blankets, and pillows allowed. Let’s have a Grinchy great time! Questions? Schulte.s@dist110.com
Santa's Kottage will be at Illini on December second and third and at Grant on December fifth.
Congratulations Kendall Sharos-November Elk’s Student of the Month
Illini Elk’s Student of the Month
Illini Student of the Month
Taco Tuesday.
Fredbird visits Illini ❤️
There was some blue in a sea of red today! Thank you Fredbird and Friends for allowing us to "Be Ourselves!"
Illini families mark your calendars for Friday Dec. 6. NJHS will be hosting a Kids Night Out featuring The Grinch! Snacks, games, crafts and a movie from 6-8 pm. Cost is $5 per child. Watch for permission slips to come home soon, we hope to see you there!
Thank you to Alderman Anthony LeFlore and Ms Wondez Allen for the generous Thanksgiving Baskets they donated.
Cardinal Kindness
Thank you St Louis Cardinals, Brad Thompson, and Fredbird for bringing Fredbird and Friends Be a Good Teammate Program to Illini School.
Bring on the Cardinals. We love the Stl Cardinals.
Illini Eagles don’t forget that Cardinal Red today. This does include you Mr. “All Things Chicago Cubs” Spradling.
Congratulations 2019 National Junior Honor Society Inductees!
Mr. Spradling's class had the chance to answer questions with a Qball (aka: a throwable microphone!) during class today. Check out the video here https://youtu.be/gpznscT2GrU
LOTS of after school activities at Grant today including tutoring, math club, art club, scholar bowl, and basketball!
National Junior Honor Society is hosting a Dodgeball Tournament! Students may sign up at lunch until Thursday November 21! Cost is $4.00
Doing a little Thanksgiving turkey painting in the first grade!!! 🦃🖌😍
Ready for 5th grade basketball!
Hanging with first grade. Having a great Monday.
Kindness
Congratulations Mrs. Karen Reinacher. Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award Winner 2019.
Kindergarten’s Turkey. Each feather was made by a student and their family.
Kindness spread by amazing Illini Eagles!
More kindness Illini style.
Illini kindness club puts the “I” in kind. Celebrating World Kindness Day!
Tomorrow will still be really chilly. Please help your kiddos remember their coats, hats, and gloves. See you tomorrow Illini family. It will be a great day to learn.
Grant District 110 is cancelling school tomorrow Tuesday, November 12th due to weather.
Great time meeting up with former students at the 8th grade community social.
Love having friends visit and read! 📚
First Grade learns about our Veterans
Huge thank you to the Fairview Heights Community. The 8th Grade Community Social was a great success.
Thank you for your service Mr. Horrighs, Ms. Lawrence, Ms. Stephany, and Mr. Henrichs
Congratulations Elks Student of the Month Raymond Jones.
Socktober success! Thank you Yankees for donating over 1,000 pairs of new socks. Thank you to Illini for donating 1,800 pairs of new socks. District 110 will keep lots of toes warm this winter. Thank you!!
Experimenting with thermometers.
7th grade wins the Spirit stick!
We loved Pajama Day in Mrs. Hauss' Class!!!! 😴👏😍
Spooky stories were shared around the classroom campfire in Mrs. Thompson's class.
Congrats to Yankee Candle top sellers Baley Maxwell & Alayna Lange! They have the honor of going out to lunch with a teacher of their choice.
Halloween in First Grade
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween! Fun was had by all!
Teacher/ student matching.
Happy Halloween Eagles. It was a great day.
Happy Halloween from First Grade
First Grade Halloween Fun
We had the most "spook-tacular" Halloween Party!!!! Thanks to all the parents/family members who joined in on the fun!!!! You're the best!!! 🎃🧡🎃
Happy Halloween from 1st Grade!!!! 🎃🎃🎃
Happy Halloween from the Kindergarten Ice Cream Shoppe!
Halloween Spirit Day
Halloween fun at Grant
Twin day
Last week of October tradition: tent camping w/ flashlights, spooky stories, & marshmallows
It’s a cold one today. Please remember to send the kids with their coats, hats, and gloves.
First graders LOVE writing, especially with their fourth grade writing buddies!!!! 😍✏🗒
A little rain never stopped us from seeing the brightness in our day! Happy Wednesday, Illini.
Dress for Success Day in 1st Grade!!! 🤩🏆🌠
Blue & Yellow School Colors Day in 1st grade!!!! 💙💛💙💛
Blue and Yellow! Go Illini Eagles! 💙💛💙💛
Crazy Socks and Hat Day in Mrs. Hauss' class!!!! 😜🧦🤪🧢
Halloween centers in Kindergarten!
Thrill Share sign-up reward
Good Morning Illini Elementary. It’s a great day to learn.
Parent/Teacher conferences were a success! Have a great extended weekend! ...Did we mention we have some stellar bowlers at Illini? https://youtu.be/msbO08M9UOw
We had a special visitor, Illinois Senator Chris Belt, to our 7th and 8th grade social studies classes today!
Thank you Officer Hinson and Mrs Boever for arranging the Red Rubin Assembly
Week of 10/28-11/1 at Grant
Our Fearless Leader Mr. Horrighs!
Socktober has 7 days left within it. Illini Eagles you are soaring high, but it’s not over yet. Bring in those socks Eagles. Let’s make a difference this year in a big way.
Thermometers are here! You have until October 31 to get your FREE thermometer by texting FLUENCY to 555888
We are wrapping up our bowling unit this week in PE, it’s been a lot of fun!
Thank you Mrs Wagner from Providence Bank in Fairview Heights for your 7th & 8th grade Financial Literacy lesson!
Illini had fun bowling today!
The fun continues.
Third Grade Bowling
First Grade Bowling
First Grade Bowling
Bowling fun!
Illini Bowling Trip
A big thanks goes to Mr.Carthy for carving our classroom pumpkin!
Mr. Spradling's class had a fun competition reviewing factors and multiples for math. Find out which team made an incredible comeback by watching the video...humans or zombies?! https://youtu.be/MHpqFoOhOSE
Student of the Month Assembly
Illini Student of the Month Assembly.
Ms. Chilton taught all of the fourth graders how to use oil pastels to blend warm colors together to create a 3 D effect. How awesome!
Happy Boss’s Day Carla!
Surprise! Mickey isn’t Ms. Lowe
Please remember to check the weather each day and help your child dress appropriately. This time of year, it can be rather chilly during morning recess. Thank you.
Mickey made a surprise appearance today.
First Grade Field Trip
A huge thanks to Dicks Sporting Goods for their generous donation! The Grant basketball team will look sharp in their new uniforms.
1st Grade Relleke Pumpkin Patch field trip!!! 🎃🎃🎃
Shaving cream and spelling=messy fun!!!!!!!!
Studying for the preamble with school house rock
Congratulations Elks Student of the Month Ryleigh Walsh
One student thinks the Cards will take the series. Mr. Spradling disagrees. Who do you have winning tonight's game?
Mrs. Thompson's class conducts panel discussions.
Fun day at the Pumpkin Patch
First grade Field Trip
First Grade Field Trip
First grade Field Trip
Thank you to the Fairview Heights Fire Dept. for reminding us about fire safety!
Officer Hinson visits First Grade
Relief Painting in 6th grade Art
7th grade microscope lab
Be the "I" in KIND #2
Watercolor in First Grade
Superintendent Matt Stines is honored at the Fairview Heights 50th Anniversary Ball.
Socktober is in full swing at Illini Elementary. Please consider donating new socks. The need is great and together we can make a huge difference. Thank you.
What an awesome week we had in PE working on hockey skills with the STL Blues Street Team!
Happy Fall! 🍁 🍂
Kindergarten and 4th Grade Book Buddies
Using our hand eye coordination to create a marble painting of our favorite apple to eat!
Practicing colors, shapes, and listening skills with color and shape BINGO!
Mr. Spradling's class was greeted by an extraterrestrial lifeform to help them with their schoolwork! One lucky student got to take him home.
Third grade Students of the Month
On the playground is where I spend most of my days
Be the "I" in KIND
Congrats to these “Fall in Love with Reading” Moby Max winners!
Pre K library time.
Recently, 8th Grade learned about the justice system with a mock trial and a visit from SRO Hinson!
First Grade Students if the Month
Fourth Grade Students of the Month!
First grade loved drinking apple juice and apple cider!!! We also made apple dip during our Apple Unit!!! 🍎🍏👍😍
Aren’t these the most beautiful bananas you’ve ever seen?! Way to go, Kitchen Staff! #SpreadKindness
Elk’s Student of the Month Assembly today.
A good old fashioned game of ‘ring around the rosie’ on this beautiful morning!
Start with Hello Week at Grant
Ms. Zmaila’s class read a story about double Dutch and then got to try it
5-8 Challenge classes began the year practicing problem solving with the Engineering Design Process
Center time!
First Grade Center fun
Dress/Talk Like a Pirate Day!!!!!!
Talk Like a Pirate Day! The kids enjoyed their new pirate names, but some had to walk the plank! 🏴☠️
Lots of smiles at Grant’s Book Fair
Arrrgghh we had a great day of pirating.
Pirate Day!
Kindergarten field trip to the apple orchard!
More kindergarten
Field trip today.
Kindergarten today, oh those precious beautiful smiles.
Apple picking with kindergarten.
District #110 Getting CPR cerified
4th grade math brought about this beautiful smile.
Illini parents please be aware that Bus 2 will be running a bit behind this morning due to delay from the Grant run. Once again Bus 2 will be running a bit behind this morning. Thank you for your patience.
Apple themed kindergarten centers
Painting with apples in Kindergarten!
Time capsule event
Time capsule event
Time capsule event
Illini Elementary could use donated clothes for the nurses offices. Let’s face it, accidents happen. We are in real need of pants. Particularly sizes 5-10/12. It’s that time of year we begin to transition to warmer clothes, so as you are going through your children’s closets, if you need to find a new home for the clothes they have out grown, we would love to take them. Just send them to the office in a bag marked donated items for the nurses office. Thank you in advance.
Crazy Hair Day
Congrats to Elks Student of the Month Alaina Hunt
Crazy Hair Day at Grant
1st Graders wearing their Red, White, and Blue on Patriot Day!!!
We ❤ the 🇺🇸!!!
GMS kitchen participating in crazy hair day.
Title 1/RTI informational meeting.
Week of Sept 9-13 at Grant
Comparing & Contrasting
Teacher/Student Swap Day
Graffiti Art
5th grade Literature Circles!
Super Hero Day
Reciting the Pledge
of Allegiance
Sweet thoughts from a young one learning about Patriot Day for the first time. 🇺🇸
EC was full of red, white, and blue today!
Student-Teacher Swap Day! Which one is Mr. Spradling again?!
Students have been creatively working in all grade levels.
Happy Teddy Bear Day! 🧸
Teddy Bear Day!
Happy Teddy Bear Day!!! 🐻❤🐻❤
We loved Teddy Bear Day in First Grade!
Celebrating Teddy Bear day with yummy snacks!
Kindergarten Grandparents Day
Teddy Bear Day.
Kindergarten Grand Parents Day. We are getting so excited.
Stone soup was a hit with the first graders!
Thanks to Mrs. Lasley for cracking our coconut! The students loved our coconut science lesson that was based off the book, ‘Chicka Chicka Boom Boom’.
Smelling that stone soup.
A little Stone Soup for your beautiful Friday.
Comparing drafts of the Declaration of Independence in Ms Pehle’s class.
First graders love exercising our spelling words!
Happy Birthday Ms Stephanie. You rock.
Alphabet Swat is a fun way to practice our letters!
M&M color sorting and counting with the book, ‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear’.
NJHS recycling project
Natalie Lowe IPA award winner. Well deserved
Kindergarten had fun learning colors this week! Check out our rainbow hair!
Getting ready for an intense Monopoly match!
Woot woot! Enjoy your 4 day weekend!
Lunch and a movie.
Intense math game in Mr Spradling’s room.
Dear Parents,
St. Clair County is currently under a boil order tonight and into tomorrow. If you have bottled water to send with you child tomorrow, please do. We do have water here for students but in a limited supply.
Mr. Stines
Studying continents and oceans by playing “Roll-a-Map”. Who will fill in the map of the world first? 🗺
"It's Okay to be Different!" ❤💛💜💚💙
We had fun creating our unique construction paper faces!
The National Junior Honor Society is looking for plastic grocery bags for a recycling project. If you have any you are willing to donate, please gave your child bring them to Mrs. Evan's or Mrs. Schulte. Thank you!!
Reading in their forts.
Third grade learning conjunctions.
Oh the joy.
Just a spinning.
Each day is a good day to have a great day.
Hooping it up in PE today.
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!
