Churchill Elementary School

Shout out to Miss Kubick and Mrs. Moneghettie for presenting at our Districts 11th annual symposium!
You both did a fantastic job at informing other educators on how to shift the writing focus in the classroom.

This week we are celebrating our amazing school Social Worker Mrs. Brodie!

Queen to Bishop 6! Our Churchill chess club having a great time perfecting their playing skills.

Churchill Lions are learning coding in LRC. We can’t wait to see Dash going through the course for the Dash Olympics!

This week Churchill is counting down the days until the start of the Winter Olympics with spirit!

This week we celebrated our 100th day of school with our students. This is such an exciting time for our students.

How are Churchill 5th graders positively impacting the world? By keeping our school playground clean! Thank you 5th grade!!

Churchill Lions let’s go into winter break by showing your school spirit! Monday is comfy pajamas and slippers day!

Thank you to the Eisenhower Band for coming over and playing for the 6th grade. Our 6th graders so enjoyed this special concert!

The 2021-22 Churchill Elementary School yearbook is going to be something truly special this year. Be sure to keep a lookout for the flyer with information about how to purchase your yearbook! Thank you to our Yearbook Chair and the Churchill Yearbook Club!

The Churchill Cricket Club is in full swing!

Churchill students are “Growing Green Thumbs” with our Garden Club!

Happy MLK DAY!!

Please enjoy this special message from the Churchill Media Production Studio Club! https://animoto.com/play/VGjZqG6vDTXzfiUXUTnqxQ

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Production Studio Club DECEMBER

Here is a special message from the Churchill Production Studio Club! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1RIkPIKVI

Production Studio Club DECEMBER

Thank you to the amazing Churchill PTA for sponsoring the craft night (grab and go) for our families!

Our very first Spirit Day of the school year was welcomed by all! We 💙 PJ Days!

Today we celebrate our wonderful custodial staff here at Churchill for National Custodial Workers Day! They work tirelessly to keep our school clean and germ free! Thank you for all you do, Mr. Joe, Mr. Ray, and Ms. Jennifer!

Today is World Heart Day! Here at Churchill, we know that taking care of our hearts right now is more important than ever. Leo enjoys playing outside to keep his heart healthy, what do you like to do to help keep your heart healthy?

A huge THANK YOU shout out to Starbucks for donating coffee today for National Coffee Day!

New Staff Shout Out
Meet Mrs. Moneghittie! This is her first year as a full time special education teacher! She’s worked as a counselor for an overnight camp for a few years, as a resident assistant in a nursing home in the memory care unit, full time as a daycare teacher, tutored and worked at the front desk at Northeastern Illinois, and also babysits when she can! Fun fact: her husband is from Australia! And! She also illustrated a children’s book that her uncle published over the summer!

Happy First Day of Fall! What are some of your favorite things about the change of the season from summer to fall?

HUGE shout out to Culver's off Algonquin Rd and our Social Committee for teaming up to surprise our staff with ice cream during lunch for National Ice Cream Cone Day!

Tomorrow is Dot Day! This day began from the book The Dot by well-known author Peter H. Reynolds. His book, The Dot, celebrates creativity, collaboration and bravery and encourages us to “Make our Mark” no matter how small we start! Although this is a student non-attendance day, all families across the district will receive a link to a District 54 with activities and ideas. The website will have a padlet for each school where students can share a picture, post or video of their creation or act. We can’t wait to see all of our in this activity!

A HUGE thank you to Girl Scout Troop 47025 for decorating our sidewalks to brighten our day as we walk into school this week! It was an awesome surprise and we all loved seeing our students’ pictures and handwriting in person!

New Staff Shout Out! Meet Dr. Siddiqui! She is one of our new EL Resource Teachers and will be working with 5th and 6th grade!
She has been an educator for the last 30 years, with teaching experience in Pakistan, Dubai, London, and then here in SD54 for the last 20 years. Welcome!

New Staff Shout Out!
Meet Mrs Williams, she is our new secretary in the office! She has been married for 30 years, has 2 sons (Sean and Nathan), loves working out, being outdoors, crafting, gardening, cross stitching, dark chocolate, movies, playing darts, and time with family.

Our FABULOUS First grade teachers and lions are doing such an amazing job at learning the routine and being so independent with their virtual learning at home! We are proud of you!

New Staff Shout Out!
Meet Mrs. Sosin, our New Assistant Principal!
She’s been in education over 20 years in positions of classroom teacher, building literacy coach, district literacy instructional coach and assistant principal.
She has three children ages 27, 23 and 14. If you count her Cava chon, Bella, that makes 4. Welcome to Churchill!

Come grab a slice and support the District 54 Education Foundation! 🍕🍕🍕

2020 District 54 Virtual Run to Read 📖 🏃🏼‍♀️ 📚 🏃

Date: September 25-27

*** The year 2020 has proven to be quite an unpredictable year for all of us. For the past 16 years, the District 54 Run to Read has been a race dedicated to promoting health and wellness for all ages. With that in mind, our 17th annual Run to Read is going virtual***

Please Register at https://sd54.org/runtoread/

Now that our littlest lions have started, we are feeling as “back to normal” as we can!
Mrs. Santilli, Mrs. Stewart, Ms. Durante, and Miss Kujak are ready for a great year in Kindergarten, they have all reported that this first week so far has been awesome!

Morning Announcements May 8

Today we had a very special visitor join us for our morning announcements! Thank you Amaira for your report on the D54 Virtual Field Day. Have a great weekend Churchill!
https://youtu.be/O6DZ1C-lTAc

Morning Announcements May 8

Churchill has so many amazing teachers! Today we would like to celebrate Mrs. Johnson.

Churchill has so many amazing teachers! Today we would like to celebrate Mrs. Dubinski.