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If you were unable to make our May 22nd Parent Night regarding Mental Health Awareness and School Safety, please click here to view ...
Kirby School District 140 brought home ten awards from the annual South Cook Math Bowl held at Prairie State College on May 10th and May 11th. Quite a feat when you consider more than 200 contestants from almost 30 school districts competed each day in this year's event.
Please join us for an informative parent evening discussing three very important issues affecting our community’s youth Vaping, Underage Drinking and Synthetic Marijuana Usage.
Show your school spirit as we count down the days until Summer Break!
Fourth and fifth grade D140 athletes gathered for an afternoon of friendly competition at the District's annual track meet held on Wednesday, May 16th at Andrew High School.
Please join us as we discuss the effects of mental health and what we can do to as a community to maintain a positive and safe learning environment for our children and students.
Our Bobcats of the Week celebrated the end of the year with a picnic on Tuesday, May 15th.
As the school year draws to a close, we bid farewell to an outstanding group of fifth grade students.
Congratulations to our Bannes Bobcats of the Week! These students were chosen by their teachers for their outstanding character and leadership qualities.
Six teams of third, fourth and fifth grade students recently faced off in the annual Bannes Bluestem Battle of the Books, a quiz show type of competition meant to test literary knowledge.
Congratulations to our Bannes Bobcats of the Week! These students were chosen by their teachers for their outstanding character and leadership qualities.
Grissom Middle School seventh grader Serena Naji won the District 140 Spelling Bee on May 2nd. Naji clinched the victory by correctly spelling “dialect”.
Bannes fourth grade students performed fairy tale plays for their families and friends on April 23rd and 24th.
In order to qualify for a discount on registration fees, you must return your student's packet to your home school by Friday, May 4th.
Congratulations to our Bannes Bobcats of the Week! These students were chosen by their teachers for their outstanding character and leadership qualities.
Best of luck to the sixteen KSD 140 athletes participating in the Special Olympics Track & Field Spring Games at Thornwood High School on May 5th!
Summer Academy classes will be available to incoming kindergarten through sixth grade KSD 140 students during the month of August. For a detailed description of our course offerings ...
Sixty-nine Bannes fifth graders celebrated their completion of the D.A.R.E. program wit...
Friday, May 4th is a START Day. Elementary schools will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. and middle schools will be dismissed at 1:20 p.m
Thanks to the more than 35 local and federal law enforcement officers and firemen who celebrated First Responder Day ...
Congratulations to our Bannes Bobcats of the Week! These students were chosen by their teachers for ...
Want to encourage physical activity AND get the whole family involved? Then come on out for the Bannes Family Fun Run/Walk.
Grissom and Prairie View middle schools will be offering Summer Sports Camps for students in grades 5-8.
Congratulations to our Bannes Bobcats of the Week! These students were chosen by their teachers for their outstanding character and leadership qualities
Observed annually on author Beverly Cleary’s birthday, April 12th’s National Drop Everything and Read day is designed to celebrate and promote reading.
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