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Helen Keller Elementary School News

Keller invites students and staff to participate in our Autism Awareness theme days April 23rd through April 27th.

Grissom and Prairie View middle schools will be offering Summer Sports Camps for students in grades 5-8.

Congratulations to our ten top-notch fourth and fifth grade spellers who competed on April 16th in Keller's annual Spelling Bee.

On Thursday, April 12th, combined choirs from Grissom and Prairie View traveled to Fernway and Keller elementary schools and performed ...

Please join us at our KSD 140 Parent Night: Helping Children Learn Over the Summer featuring Dr. Margaret Carroll.

Just a reminder ... Wednesday, April 11th is a START Day. Elementary schools will be dismissed at 12:30 pm and middle schools will be dismissed at 1:20 pm.

We really enjoyed visiting with everyone who stopped by our booth at the Discover Tinley Expo on Saturday, April 7th.  It was wonderful to hear ...

Keller students raised $1,473.00 for the NAWS Humane Society by hosting a Spirit Week just prior to Spring Break.

S.T.E.A.M. Night was a huge success at Keller! On Thursday, March 22nd, over 200 parents, students and community members participated in the evening ...

KSD 140's Spring Break is Monday, March 26th through Monday, April 2nd. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Tuesday, April 3rd. Enjoy!

KSD 140’s middle school musicians were in perfect harmony at the Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA) District Band contest at Manhattan Junior High School on March 17th. The Cadet Band, Concert Band and Symphonic Band each earned Division I “Superior” ratings ...

Led by educators Laura Cler, Kristie Baumgartner, and committee members from each of the District's seven schools, D140’s seventy-nine participants raised more than $27,000 for Special Olympics Illinois athletes.

Kirby School District 140 welcomes families to Kindergarten Registration for the 2018-1...

Please join us for an informative evening featuring nationally renowned speaker, educator and consultant, Robert Jackson.

Five student-athletes from Kirby School District 140 excelled at the Area 7 Special Olympics Gymnastics Competition held at Palatine High School on March 4th.

Show your school spirit! Student Council invites students and staff to show their support for NAWS Humane Society by participating in our theme days March 19th through March 23rd.

Congratulations to all the third and fourth grade students of Keller Elementary who performed in the Spring Sing on Thursday, March 8th.

Music students at Keller participated in a week-long STEAM: Musical Coding workshop with Dr. David Code, a music technology professor from Western Michigan University.

School Superintendents from CHSD 230, District 117, District 118, District 127, District 135, District 140 and District 146 collaborated on a joint letter regarding school safety and student voice.

The testing window for KSD 140’s Spring 2018 administration of the state mandated Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) begins on March 12th and concludes on April 20th. The PARCC test will be ...

Monday, March 5th, originally scheduled as a day off for Casimir Pulaski Day, will serve as the make-up day for the February 9th emergency school closure due to significant snowfall.

Best of luck to the five KSD 140 athletes participating in the Special Olympics’ ...

Wednesday, February 28th is a START Day.  Elementary schools will be dismissed at 12:30 pm and middle schools will be dismissed at 1:20 pm.

KSD 140 is inviting parents/guardians and their Kindergarten students to a fun-filled family musical event featuring award-winning musician and author Jim Gill!

The D140 Board of Education approved the 2018-19 School Year Calendar at their February 15th meeting. Highlights include ...

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