South Park Elementary School - District 109

Don't miss our second summer book check-out opportunity on Wednesday, July 16th, from 4:30-5:30! This is especially helpful to Riverwoods families who may not have access to a public library. See you there!

Join us for the Summer Book Check-out on Wednesday, June 11th and Wednesday, July 16th!

Calling all future Bluejays!! Help cheer on our 8th grade Bluejays as they take on Cicero Unity tonight for the title of IESA Regional Champions! 💙💪🏆

🏀🔥🚨CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND🏀🔥🚨
Show up for this ultimate showdown for the IESA Regional Championship title! Come cheer on our basketball team as they take on Cicero Unity TONIGHT!

📆Tonight, Feb. 6th
📍Caruso Gym
💸Admission is $5 (cash only)
🍿Concessions Available (cash only)
🏀Tip-Off: 6:00 p.m.

Let's go Bluejays💙💪🏆

Wahoo!!! Ms. Jahng does amazing work with our students and our library. A very well-deserved award!🥳

We are incredibly proud to share that our South Park Elementary School - District 109 librarian, Ms. Kelly Jahng has been awarded the 2024 Innovative School Library Program Award from AISLE (Association of Illinois School Librarians)! 📚✨

This well-deserved recognition honors her incredible work on the "Bragging on Books" program, which she launched last year to help our 3rd graders make strides in their reading progress. Through book chats, earning fun “brag tags,” and hosting a Parent/Student Book Club (where families read "The Doughnut Fix" together and enjoyed a lunch discussion), this initiative inspired a love for reading across our community. We are thrilled to see how many students and parents joined in, and we’re so proud of the growth in reading scores! 📖👏 A huge congratulations to Ms. Jahng for her dedication and passion. This award reflects her unwavering commitment to our students’ success!

Is it plastic? Is it yarn? It's Plarn!🧐🧶
This Friday was our Bluestem First Friday event in our LMC! 4th graders gathered around to read one of the Illinois Bluestem Award book nominees, "Washed Ashore: Making Art from Ocean Plastic." 4th graders worked with Gratitude Generation to make plarn (plastic yarn) out of grocery bags, which will be crocheted into sleeping mats for those without access to reliable shelter.

📚✨ Our students had an amazing time during yesterday's multicultural read-aloud! They read a book together as a class and discovered how our unique differences bring us closer together🌍💖

So many smiles for such a sunny & fun Field Day😁☀️💛

We will miss you, Mr. Medow! Thank you for everything you have done for our Penguins!

One of the best ways to cap a Friday off…. Ms. Mason’s class was PUMPED to see her name come up on the prize wheel! Thanks to the South Park PTO for all their wonderful prizes for our staff!

Muscles, pirate, hula, GO!

We kicked our Thursday morning off with a class builder, where we tried to read our classmates minds and strike the same pose 💪🏴‍☠️💃