At our May 20 Board of Education Meeting, District 158 made several important announcements. First, we recognized our retiring #158Strong Director of Buildings & Grounds, Mr. Dave Fortin (pictured center left), for his 18 years of service! Mr. Fortin has had a major impact on the renovation and expansion of our of our schools. Second, the Board approved another donation of 500 refurbished laptop computers! Families, please contact the principal of your child's school for an application. Finally, we introduced two new administrative hires: our new Director of Human Resources, Ms. Candace Cavalier (center second-from-right) and our new Director of Buildings & Grounds, Mr. Ryan Fortin (bottom center). Congratulations and welcome aboard!
Social Worker Ms. Toppmeyer taught a zones lesson to Mrs. Fry's and Mrs. Joria's #OakGlenGrizzlies. We talked about how we were feeling about different parts of the stay-at-home. Remember to take care of your emotional health!
During this time of uncertainty, the Coolidge staff wishes our community Happy times. We hope we make you smile! Stand up and dance with us! #CoolidgeCares
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Mrs. Hersom made a guest appearance on Mrs. Stablein’s zoom meeting. #CoolidgeCares
Attention Memorial Parents/Families: you've still got some personal items to pickup! Most of these belong to sixth and seventh graders. If you haven't done so yet, please contact Dr. Ross or your grade-level assistant principal to arrange a pickup by the last day of school on Wednesday, June 3. Thanks for your flexibility and support with this! #MightyMustangs
Reavis students display their #RoadrunnerPride as they complete their Home Learning Activities!
Mr. Faughn hosted his second Virtual Workout this week on Zoom! The first week over 50 students signed on and completed the workout with him. This week over 40 students participated. Thanks for staying active #MightyMustangs!
Our #158Strong families have been dropping by this week to pickup their students' belongings. Please join us today (Wednesday, May 13) at Coolidge, Oak Glen, and Reavis 9:00-11:00 AM or Memorial 9:00 AM-3:00 PM (sixth grade) if you haven't had a chance to do so. Memorial's graduates have also been taking pictures in their caps and gowns, which are being provided free this year because of the pandemic. Look for an announcement soon about our #MightyMustangs Graduation - we are incredibly proud of our eighth graders! This may not be how any of us pictured ending the year but we're having fun, staying safe, and celebrating the end of the year together. Parents, thank you for your partnership during this unprecedented time. #CoolidgeCares #OakGlenGrizzlies #RoadrunnerPride
Attention Elementary Parents: Come to Coolidge, Oak Glen and Reavis before 4:15 today to pick up your child’s materials.
Reading Specialists Mrs. Gaura and Mrs. Balciunas have been doing a weekly reading time with their students. #OakGlenGrizzlies
Author Mary Nhin joined Mrs. Lam’s third grade class for a Zoom call. She read her book, “Positive Ninja” (a mindfulness book about managing negative emotions and feelings), discussed what it takes to become an author, and answered questions. The students really enjoyed learning from her! #CoolidgeCares
Congratulations to #158Strong Oak Glen Principal Mr. Earnshaw for being officially announced as a new author for EduMatch! His book on educational recipes for positive school culture, problem solving, and collaboration will be published in the near future. #OakGlenGrizzlies
April 20th's Virtual Board of Education Meeting was our biggest yet! We were joined by #158Strong music teachers Mr. Becker, Mrs. DiGrispino, Ms. Rumbles, Mrs. Stephens, and Mrs. Yonkers who were recognized for our Best Communities for Music Education award. Congratulations! Board Secretary Mrs. Kelly was also joined by a special guest.
Ms. Dominiak’s kindergarten class had a Zoom meeting and we read the story Grumpy Cat! #OakGlenGrizzlies
Mrs. Belt’s 2nd grade students from Reavis loved coloring their animal fact postcards! #RoadrunnerPride
Mrs. Fry and Ms. Joria have been video conferencing with their kids several times a week to check in, talk to them, let them interact with peers, and offer help on their academics! #OakGlenGrizzlies #158Strong
The students in Mrs. Lam’s third grade Zoom class celebrated Earth Day, as well as studied perimeter and area on Khan Academy! #CoolidgeCares
Happy Administrative Professionals Day! District 158 would like to give a BIG shoutout and thank you to all of our #158Strong secretaries and administrative assistants: Jeanette Austra, Sonia Barbosa, Donna Boylan, Leonette Daisy, Susan Gerstner, Andra Heneghan, Veronica Herrera, Diane Hess, Linda Hess, Celeste Howard, Ana Navarro, Lisa Robinzine, Michelle Snoddy, Nikki Swick, Gail Tengstrand, and Alicia Thiel. All of our offices are better places because of you!
#OakGlenGrizzly Malcom Smith has been reading Charlotte's Web at home. Great job continuing to learn, Malcom - you are #158Strong!
Miss Spangler along with her cat, Mickey, teach her third graders from home using Zoom. #CoolidgeCares
