School District 54

District 54 students are carrying out a variety of projects to spread kindness as part of a student-driven, Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit. The kindness PBL supports the district’s social-emotional learning curriculum, which stems from District 54’s belief that each child deserves to be healthy, safe, engaged, supported and challenged. ...

For the 22nd year in a row, School District 54 has received a Meritorious Budget Award from the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International for its 2019-20 annual budget....

It may be cold outside, but Lakeview second-grade students make it easy to get in a warm-weather frame of mind with their Cardboard Challenge creations: booths to sell items at a farmer’s market!...

Students in Grace Liu's fifth grade class at Nerge have been solving math problems to get out of escape rooms!...

District 54 will host its tenth annual Spanish Language Speech Contest on May 7. District 54 students in third through eighth grade are eligible to participate in this event. Application materials are due April 10....

Nearly three dozen students from District 54 moved on to the state level for Reflections, a PTA writing and fine arts competition!...

District 54 held its Open Enrollment Fair for parents on Jan. 29. The fair provided parents with information on eight schools in our district:  Blackwell, Campanelli, Dooley, Enders-Salk, Hanover Highlands, Lincoln Prairie, Link and MacArthur. Each of these schools houses a unique program and we anticipate a few openings at each site next year. If you missed the fair, or even if you attended, you are invited to visit the schools and view the programs in action. People interested in visiting a school and picking up an application can call each school for more information. The deadline for parents to file applications is March 6 for all schools....

Last April the Hoffman Estates Park District recognized the Environmental Club at MacArthur International Spanish Academy as that month’s Best of Hoffman for spearheading the creation of a monarch butterfly garden at Fabbrini Park adjacent to the school. At the Jan. 28 Park Board meeting, the park district is recognizing the club as Best of the Best of Hoffman for all of 2019!...

Campanelli students, staff and families celebrated Chinese New Year in style Jan. 22 at Addams Junior High!...

Students in Charley Shroyer’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) classes at Frost Junior High are hard at work on their latest challenge: creating toys that could be used during occupational therapy with children who have physical, sensory or cognitive challenges....