Helen Keller Elementary School serves kindergarten through fifth-grade students in Tinley Park, IL. We are committed to working in partnership with our community to create a safe, respectful, and nurturing environment where students are equipped with the skills for life and learning.

Mascot: Cougars
School Colors: Royal Blue and White
First Opened: 1977

School Hours

School starts at 7:55 a.m. Students should not be dropped off before 7:45 a.m. Students may pick up forgotten items until 3:30 p.m.

Our summer office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. During the summer, we are closed for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Our offices are also closed on all Fridays in July and the first Friday in August.

Lunch Schedule

Before and After School Care

Ivy League provides before and after-school care in all D140 elementary schools. Please visit Ivy League for information regarding pricing, hours, and registration.

Arrival & Dismissal

Adhering to the following rules for arrival and dismissal will help ensure the safety of all students:

Arrival

• Arrival should begin no earlier than 7:40 a.m.
• All students in Kindergarten – 5th grade will enter the building through the front of the school. If students are car riders and being dropped off in front, they will enter through the main doors.
• Parents who drop off students in front of the building will only be allowed to drop off students in the designated “drop zone” area.
• As cars pull into the Keller parking lot, they will need to stay in the left lane. This will allow the buses to get by the cars in the right lane to drop off students.
• The buses will drop off further down the sidewalk in the bus lane, so students will never have to cross in front of them.
• Parents will not be allowed to drop off children unless they are in the “drop zone.”
• Students can only exit from the passenger side of the vehicle, and parents must pull away as soon as the child(ren) exit the vehicle.
• The area north of the “drop zone,” where the handicapped parking is located, will be coned off, to provide a vehicle free walk zone for the children. Staff members will be present to aid in this process and keep the children safe.
• School begins at 7:55 a.m. If students are tardy, parents need to park and walk the students into the building and sign in the child.

Dismissal

• Bus riders will be dismissed first at 2:15 p.m.
• ALL car riders will be dismissed out the front doors.
• Car riders will wait in the school and will be walked out to their cars. Parents need to stay in their vehicles parked with their car tag in the passenger window.
• Cars will leave the parking lot once the all clear has been given.
• The next wave of cars will enter and repeat the process until all car riders are dismissed.
• Walkers will be dismissed at 2:25 p.m.  Walkers need to stay on the sidewalk and cross only by the crossing guard.

The goal is to keep our children safe at all times.

Suggested Walking Routes

Along 76th Ave., all students are to walk to 163rd St. and cross with the crossing guard at 163rd St. and 76th Ave.

All students on Ozark Ave. and East should walk to 163rd and Ozark Ave. and cross with the crossing guard at that intersection.

All students to the North and West of Helen Keller Elementary School should travel to 163rd St. and then to the school, or students may also use the walking path from Everdon Dr. to Helen Keller Elementary School.

All students South and East of Helen Keller Elementary School should travel along Princeton Ave, Paxton Ave, and Parliament Ave. then cross with the crossing guard at 163rd St. and Parliament Ave.
 

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