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Elmhurst Academy is a private, independent Reggio Emilia-inspired school, educating students from birth through Kindergarten since 1981.

11/15/2021

As part of Elmhurst Academy's Special Rights Learning Series, the students had an opportunity to participate in a zoom visit with Special Olympians Erin Compton and Becky Cavanagh. Erin and Becky introduced themselves and told the students they are both Sophomores in High School and compete in gymnastics routines at the Special Olympics and have won medals for their competitions. The students were able to see what an Olympic Medal looks like. Erin and Becky lead the students in ribbon style gymnastic routines and danced where they learned how to do the
snakes, spirals, figure 8's. The Lakeview students had the opportunity to use the same ribbons as Erin and Becky.

11/11/2021

In honor of Veteran's Day, Elmhurst Academy teachers and students honored those who have served in the military. The students viewed a slideshow presentation with photographs of their families who are veterans. Students in the Lakeview Classroom also earned about the words: brave, courageous, and patriotic. The students reflected on community helpers that are brave and courageous and discussed the different branches of the military and what it means to be a veteran. We are beyond grateful to all our veterans and their families!

10/26/2021

October is Meet the Blind Month and as part of the Special Rights Learning Series, Elmhurst Academy students were honored to have Gillian Ward and Coach Mike Svac from the Chicago Blackhawks Blind Hockey. Gillian is a college student at Loyola University, studying Communications / Marketing and Public Relations and a hockey player. Gillian talked about her vision loss and introduced the students to her dog, Song. Gillian and Coach Mike talked with the students about blind hockey and the students were able to experiment with a blind hockey puck that is bigger, hollow and contains ball bearings that rattles and makes sound so the players rely on their hearing when they are playing. Prior to their visit, Elmhurst Academy's Foreign Language Teacher, Mrs. Lardin introduced the students to the Braille Alphabet and worked with the students on writing their names in Braille. A special thank you to Gillian, Coach Mike and Mrs. Lardin for this wonderful experience.

10/22/2021

As we have encountered much learning through investigations into different cultures throughout the school year, Elmhurst Academy continues to embark on our Special Rights Learning Series to create an understanding of similarities and differences to people with special rights. Students in the Prairie, Woodlands and Lakeview Classrooms will have special guests visiting their classrooms to learn about people with varying abilities. October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month and we were honored to have a zoom visit with Karen and Kelly Neville. Kelly has Down Syndrome and her own jewelry line that she creates and sells. Mrs. Neville and Kelly talked with the students about how alike and different we all are. We learned that Halloween is Kelly's favorite holiday and that she likes mushrooms on her pizza. Thank you to Mrs. Neville and Kelly for a wonderful virtual visit!

10/08/2021

This week the students at Elmhurst Academy celebrated Fire Prevention Week! We got a special visit from some awesome firefighters from the Elmhurst Fire Department! Students were shown some of the tools that are carried on the firetruck and got to meet some of our local firefighter heroes! Thank you Elmhurst Fire Department for visiting our students this week!

09/24/2021

Elmhurst Academy faculty and students celebrated their annual 10 days of Peace that began on Saturday, September 11th, and concluded on Tuesday, September 21st, the International Day of Peace.
During these days of Peace, students participated in various peace activities and acts of kindness. Students learned about the meaning of Peace Cranes and participated in the peace crane exchange to spread the message of peace throughout their community. Students discussed in their classrooms what peace means to them and read various peace stories. As students are learning to work together, they also work with teachers to create social stories and tools for peaceful conflict resolutions. Breathing exercises, yoga, and brain education were taught to the students to promote peaceful bodies. Together, classrooms and families wove kindness into the wings of a collaborative art sculpture. Each classroom then participated in a peace exchange with an act of kindness and peace representation to help bridge cultural boundaries and inspire kindness. On Tuesday, September 21th Elmhurst Academy concluded by gathering at the community peace garden and reciting a peace pledge.
Elmhurst Academy chooses to start each new school year off with 10 days of peace to help foster kindness in our school community throughout the year.

09/17/2021

On Wednesday, Sep 15th Elmhurst Academy celebrated International Dot Day! This is a global celebration of creativity, courage, and collaboration inspired by Peter H. Reynolds' book The Dot. Each classroom read the book and took part in various dot-themed creative activities!

08/20/2021

The Elmhurst Academy explorers have spent the month of August engaged in various projects connecting them with nature and art! "Art is as natural as sunshine and as vital as nourishment.” -MaryAnn Kohl

08/03/2021

We have some updates to our sphinx moths from the Prairie and Woodlands Classrooms. The Prairie Classroom's moth (Garlic Bread) hatched late on Friday and was released. Today, the Woodlands Classroom's moth hatched (it was a male, and he was named Chrysalis Cat) and was also released.

07/30/2021

Over the last few weeks, Elmhurst Academy explorers have been experimenting with STEAM through airplane challenges, coding, Lego marble mazes and rocket ship building. They have also been learning about colors through the walking rainbow experiment and observing what happens when you combine vinegar and baking soda. On a global spectrum, they have been celebrating the opening of the Summer Olympics. Some exciting news to share: some of the sphinx moth's hatched and the students released them on the East Discovery Play Garden and Cotile! The River Classroom released their sphinx moth (named Butterfly) and the Senior Explorers released their sphinx moth (named Mystery). We anticipate the hatching of the Prairie Classroom's (named Garlic Bread) and the Woodland's Classroom (name to be determined if it's a boy or a girl). Stay tuned!

07/16/2021

The Elmhurst Academy explorers are diving into a STEAM-Tastic July and experimenting with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. In addition, they are excited to learn about the White Lined Sphinx Moth SUMMER PUPAE in each of the classrooms. Throughout the summer, they will be learning and observing the metamorphosis of the white-lined sphinx moth summer pupae. This process can take anywhere from 5-25 days.

07/01/2021

The students celebrated Eric Carle's Birthday by exploring some of his most beloved books and were inspired to create their very own artistic displays in classroom windows to celebrate the beloved, late author. During the week of June 29, each classroom celebrated International Mud Day. On this day, children and early childhood professionals all over the world celebrate nature, outdoors, and mess by getting muddy! We ended our week by celebrating America's birthday with our annual "Red, White and Blue" Bike Parade.

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212 W Lake Street
Elmhurst, IL
60126

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+16302792494

Website

http://www.elmhurstacademy.com/

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