Weather

Today, 5/18/2013

High: 80 Low: 59

Mostly cloudy

13% chance of precipitation.

Tomorrow, 5/19/2013

High: 84 Low: 65

Partly sunny

14% chance of precipitation.

Health Information

Please read the important information below regarding required vaccines for all students who are entering, advancing, or transferring in to 6th, 7th. and 8th grades in Fall, 2013.

Tdap IDPH letter 1-3-13.pdf

Flossmoor School District 161 will follow the recommendations of the Cook County Department of Health as it relates to the distribution of store purchased food items for students. At this time, the individual prepackaging of food items is optional. When handling food for students that is not individually pre-packaged, non-latex gloves should be worn. All food brought into school for celebrations and holiday parties MUST be store purchased.

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Worlds of Wisdom & Wonder

Please visit The Center for Gifted website to learn more about Summer,2013 program entitled “Worlds of Wisdom and Wonder.”

Important Announcement

Common Core Standards are benchmarks developed by teachers, administrators and other education experts through a national consortium. These standards aim to bring more consistency and uniformity to what students learn at each grade level from one state to another so that all students in the United States are better prepared to compete and collaborate in the 21st Century global economy. Read more...

February 1, 2013

Dear Parents/Guardians:

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) recently decided to increase the grading scale for the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT). The end result is that the percentage of elementary and middle school students “meeting” or “exceeding” standards is expected to drop substantially when the scores of this year’s test are reported next fall – even though their actual scores may increase.

Community Communication From The Board of Education

April 2013:

The Association has provided the Board of Education with its first proposal. The first of the formal negotiating sessions will begin shortly. Meetings have been scheduled and it is the Board's hope to have an agreement finalized within the next few months.

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In order to continue an honest and transparent dialogue with our community, the Board of Education will be providing periodic updates on the status of contract negotiations with the Flossmoor Education Association. It is our desire to make the collective bargaining process non-contentious, while continuing to provide a high quality, uninterrupted education for our students. As a group, the Board of Education and Administration agree that an early start to the negotiation process with the Association will benefit everyone involved by providing enough time to discuss important issues. Although the current contract does not expire until August, we are ready to begin and have asked the Association team to let us know when they are ready. Read more...

District Update

Please view photographs from the event "Managing Students with Seizures," which was held at Normandy Villa on Saturday, April 27, 2013.

iPad Rollout Assemblies were held at all five District schools on Monday, January 14th. Please enjoy these photographs!

Flossmoor School District 161 is pleased to announce that the District's "Personalized Learning Using Digital Tools" initiative has been selected as an 'Apple Distinguished Program' for the 2012-2013 school year. District 161 joins 103 other national programs that are recognized for exemplary learning environments as well as centers of innovation, leadership, and educational excellence.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, May 21

Summer School and Kindergarten Registration

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

@ Parker

Wednesday, May 22

Recognition Tea

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

@ Flossmoor Country Club

Visual Arts EXPO Student Reception

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

@ District Office

Thursday, May 23

Visual Arts EXPO Exhibits Open

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

@ District Office

Cultural Fair Parent Viewing

6:30 PM

@ Western Avenue

Saturday, May 18, 2013

View Monthly Calendar

Technology Information

Please read this recent information from the September 3, 2012 edition of the HF Patch, written by Ryan Fitzpatrick regarding reduced Comcast internet rates for some families. Read more...

Flossmoor School District 161 is committed to providing our stakeholders timely information and helpful hints as we continue to roll our new District and School websites through eChalk. Read more...

Navigating the New District 161 Website.pdf