2017 2018
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MCDONALD'S FRIES IN AN ART BUFFET
7/3/18 - Summer U creates a space for students to connect through their passions like this class, 'Art Buffet.'
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RACING THEIR WAY THROUGH SUMMER
6/30/18 - Students learn teamwork, math, collaboration, trial and error, and engineering at Summer U's R/C Car Racing class.
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WALKING OUT FOR THE LAST TIME TO A SURPRISE AT DRYDEN
6/26/18 - After 24 years in District 25, the Dryden community thought one Admin Assistant needed a proper send off.
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VIDEO: BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE D25 MUSICALS
6/21/18 - The hours of volunteer work by teachers, staff and parents all comes together for a great production in all of our schools.
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MORE A.I. IN THE CLASSROOM? THIS STUDENT THINKS SO
6/20/18 - A Greenbrier 5th grader presented to D25's Admin team on why Artificial Intelligence should be more prominent in the classroom.
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Worrying about entering middle school? Watch this video.
6/19/18 - Perspective is a wonderful tool to ease worry. Gain some from one District 25 middle schooler, here.
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MINDFULNESS IN THE CLASSROOM AND BEYOND
6/18/18 - Students are learning to recognize their feelings and cope with them in one Summer U class.
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TMS STUDENT FINDS A MEDAL, PICKS IT UP...
6/14/18 - An honest moment turns into a connection that feeds a Thomas student's passion.
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District 25 students had the ear of state legislators in Springfield
6/1/18 - South's Math Club made the trek to and from Springfield in the same day to be heard.
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SHE MET HER BEST FRIEND AT WINDSOR 12 YEARS AGO
6/1/18 - Windsor hosted it's first ever Senior Walk, and it was an emotional morning.
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A HEARTFELT GOODBYE TO WESTGATE
5/24/18 - Fifth graders said goodbye with an emotional video, and then the Principals got "Silly Stringed".
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PATTON'S WALK-A-THON HITS $120,000
5/17/18 - For 11 straight years, the Patton community has come together to donate, raise funds and walk all for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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KINDERGARTEN BRAILERS
5/2/18 - Two students at Westgate do some learning of their own before joining their classmates at Westgate.
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The Rewards of Running
5/2/18 - Westgate 4th & 5th graders trained for the ABC/25 Just Move It! Challenge and had fun doing it!
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POTWP 2018 - What a day!
5/1/18 - Here is all of the amazing content to give you as good a feel as you can from Thomas's Pride of the Wolfpack induction ceremony.
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VIDEO: Chris Nowinski, 2018 POTWP Inductee
4/26/18 - From Ivy to Thomas to Harvard to the WWE to having an impact on the NFL concussion scene, Chris had a great message for the TWolves.
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VIDEO: Mark Woodsum, 2018 POTWP Inductee
4/26/18 - Coach Fitzgerald chimed in on Mark's inductee ceremony!
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VIDEO: Abby Fesl, 2018 POTWP Inductee
4/26/18 - Abby Fesl graduated Thomas in 2009 and returned with a message to the current T-Wolves.
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Famous Illinoisians gather at Olive...as third graders
4/24/18 - Meet Ray Kroc. He turned McDonald's into a global franchise, then bought the San Diego Padres at only 8 years old.
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ONE-HUNDRED SEVENTY STRONG VISIT THOMAS
4/19/18 - Lunch was extra special on this day as BG High School students show what community really is.
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Westgate's drone club sweeps the podium
4/12/18 - The Westgate Flyers drone club finished it's first year as champions at New Trier's drone competition.
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FOLLOW THE COMPLIMENT MOVEMENT
3/9/18: Students at Thomas change the Twitter game with hashtag #TMSCompliments.
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Support cancer research!
4/5/18 - Tuesday, April 10, come to Windsor at 3:45 pm to support St. Baldrick's.
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Scaling "The Seven Summits" at Windsor
4/4/18 - His mission is to climb to the top of every continent. Next up is Mount Everest.
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Hyper local journalism getting a lift at South
4/3/18 - Students at South are filling a need for a quick and easy way to spread news in Arlington Heights.
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Headed to state with a different perspective about Geography
3/14/18 - This Thomas 8th grader qualified for the State Geography Bee in at Illinois State University.
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Taking a closer look using photography
3/8/18 - Student's in South's photography club are learning to see their school in a different light, texture, and color.
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THIRD GRADER FOR A DAY
3/7/18 - Principal FitzPatrick transformed into 'Little Becky' overnight so she could experience what a day in the life of an Owl is really like.
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First time journalists cover OMS's World of Work
3/6/18 - Local Arlington Heights businesses hired some inexperienced but eager workers last week.
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Our explorers, exploring... explorers
2/28/18 - Research is underway in fifth grade for their wold explorer essay due soon.
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AREA STUDENTS GATHER AT WESTGATE FOR STUDENT RUN TECH CONFERENCE
2/26/18 - This area conference was for the students and by the students.
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Leadership Day at Westgate bigger than ever
2/16/18 - The Wolverines of Westgate show how they lead.
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Friday Party Jam on 95.5 FM
2/16/18 - Two Dryden teachers put together a jam to kick off everyone's weekend that ended up inspiring a radio station in Chicago.
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VIDEO: 'MINDFUL MINUTE' AND A WRESTLING LESSON
2/15/18 - Mrs. Palm's classroom experienced their 'Mindful Minute' with their buddy classroom.
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An automated surprise for Ivy!
2/2/18 - Author/Illustrator Peter H. Reynolds visited Ivy Hill and inspired any future artists with a big surprise!
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VIDEO: SOUTH'S APPEARANCE ON WCIU
2/1/18 - South second annual 'dude. be nice.' campaign was recognized across Chicago.
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Video: 'Kindness means to light up the world.'
1/29/18 - It's been a 'One of a KIND year at Patton' and the Panthers are learning a lot.
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Video: Wrestling pioneers at Thomas
1/26/18 - "I liked the idea of wrestling, and I wanted to show that girls can wrestle." - Julianna, TMS Wrestler
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TMS Jazz Jamboree showcases learning for the 21st straight year
1/26/18 - Sixteen bands from 13 schools all over the area filled Thomas Middle School with music for paid spectators
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Video: Filling their 'emotional bank account'
1/17/18 - In Mrs. Arce's second grade class, the Leader of the Day is nominated by his/her classmates. Here's an example of what that looks like.
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VIDEO: I Wonder how Windsor decided to #ChooseKind
1/11/18 - Teachers at Windsor decided to wear Wonder's message.
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Digital Arts and Design gets personal
1/11/18 - These two students used their personal experiences to design a fully functioning sleep-away camp for teenagers.
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South students featured in D214 Art Expo
12/20/17 - The Expo exhibits two and three-dimensional work of outstanding local student artists and a few of our own put their art on display.
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TMS community raises thousands for families in need
12/19/17 - We caught up with the student council presidents at Thomas last week during their wrapping event.
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South captures 3rd in state!
12/18/17 - Congratulations to the SMS 8th Grade Girls Basketball team for placing 3rd in the state tournament!
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A holiday ballet, programmed
12/18/17 - Why pay for pricey tickets for the ballet? Our TMS STEAM students can program one for you.
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Coding their way through Egypt
12/15/17 - The Egyptians used coding as a way to communicate, and our sixth graders at Thomas dove right in.
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Video: A state of the classroom, luncheon
12/8/17 - First graders at Olive wrapped up their unit on U.S. symbols with a very official luncheon.
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VIDEO: WHY OMS RECEIVED A BLUE RIBBON
11/21/17 - Who better to answer that question than the OMS Olive students themselves?
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Video: Inspiration through author and illustration
11/21/17 - Children's Author/Illustrator, Henry Cole, visited all seven of our elementary schools in November.
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Thank you, Veterans.
11/11/17 - Veterans Day was celebrated and Veterans were honored throughout the District, in many ways.
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Video: 'Some of the coolest first graders around,' via Fox 32 News at 9
11/10/17 - Last night, the OMS Olive first graders helped with the local weather!
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Video: All work on a sunny day at Olive
11/8/17 - Students conduct an experiment all day outside of Olive to picture how the sun travels across the sky.
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Video: Augmented reality generates excitement in District 25
10/25/17 - Tornados, tsunamis, planets, moons, dinosaurs and more, without leaving the classroom!
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Video: South & Dryden learn from the Sicilian experts
10/12/17 - South and Dryden had some visitors from Sicily and everyone learned a lot!
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Video: Forging a new frontier
10/6/17 - Our fifth graders had a very real experience of the pre-revolutionary war time as they pushed through the drizzle to walk through a village.
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Impacting history without leaving the classroom
10/4/17 – Students at Patton relived the Boston Tea Party, right from their chairs.
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#Artspiration is a reflection of Arlington Heights
10/4/17 - The first year event, #Artspiration, was a success as it brought District 25, local businesses & local organizations together to inspire creativity and innovation within District 25 students.
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Greenbrier is a Go!
9/28/17 - At the District 25 School Board meeting last Thursday, the construction bids submitted to expand Greenbrier were unanimously approved. What's next?
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Video: Hi, Hobby Elementary. You're not alone.
9/26/17 - Hobby Elementary School is one of the many victim schools from Hurricane Harvey in Houston, and two of our schools wanted to send a message along with the donations they have collected.
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Video: Birthday for Harvey
9/20/17 - District 25 schools are partnering with one another to help hurricane victims in Houston, and one student took it a bit further.
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A 23 year dynasty
9/12/17 - Last week, District 25's Business Department received the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 23rd year in a row.
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VIDEO: Olive-Mary Stitt is a National Blue Ribbon school in 2017!
9/7/17 - The news came in on Tuesday (9/5) night and Principal Fitzpatrick and the D25 Admin team couldn't wait to tell the staff, community and students!
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TMS student featured on Windy City LIVE
8/30/17 - One of our TMS students was named a four star Chicagoan of the week on Windy City LIVE. Check out her segment and two exclusive interviews with her and her brother, here!
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Ribbon cut at Windsor and the new spaces are available
8/25/17 - The kids were cut loose in their new gym space at Windsor!