Congratulations to all our March Students of the Month including these smiling faces of Sanchez students!
Congratulations to all our junior high school students who won awards at the Joliet West High School Mid High Math Meet.
Lynne Thigpen Kindergarten students learned how syrup is made on a field trip to Pilcher Park Nature Center.
Congratulations to our Dirksen students who competed in the Illinois Elementary School Association State Wrestling Tournament.
Congratulations to our Junior High Students who competed in the Illinois Junior Academy of Science Regionals.
Congratulations to our Pershing, Taft, and Marycrest Teachers who received a Joliet Chamber of Commerce 2025 Great Teachers Award.
Dirksen sixth grade students and Joliet Township High School District 204 students are participating in an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID college and career readiness program.
American rapper Twista shared some age appropriate music with our Jefferson students to celebrate Black History Month!
Congratulations to all our February Students of the Month! Here are some of the Pershing students who were recognized.
Thank you parents for getting your children to school each day! Top student attendance schools for February included Eisenhower, Forest Park, Jefferson, Sandburg, and Thigpen.
Thank you Burlington and AdoptAClasroom.org for donating $5,000 to Cunningham School!
Superintendent Dr. Theresa Rouse awards a Superintendent of the Trimester Award to one student at each District 86 school, including this Gompers student.
Congratulations to our Superintendent's Student Award Winner from A.O. Marshall Elementary School. Dr. Rouse surprises one student at each school with the award each trimester.
Congratulations to our Superintendent's Student Award Winner from Eisenhower Academy. Only one student from each District 86 school receives this award each trimester.
We encourage all District 86 parents and guardians to take the Illinois 5Essentials Survey by March 28, 2025. The results will provide us with information to help drive improvement at our schools https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/survey/parent/
Download our new Joliet District 86 app in the App Store or in Google Play.
The Hufford p.rincipal visited Green Associates with District officials to see color and material selections for the new school
The Gompers principal visited Green Associates to see renderings of the new school.
Congratulations to our Dirksen, Gompers, Hufford, and Washington students who competed at our STEM Extravaganza. Two @GompersD86 students received a perfect score and 24 students will advance to Regionals!
Students are released early today (February 13) for a School Improvement Day.