Gompers Junior High School

Congratulations to students at Cunningham, Hufford, Pershing, Taft, and Woodland Schools for submitting the winning names for three of the City of Joliet's snowplows. The snowplow...

I cannot believe we have already begun the third trimester of the 2025-2026 school year! March is always a busy month for our students and staff. Students in grades 3-8 will be tak...

Congratulations to the student math teams from Dirksen, Gompers, Hufford, and Washington Junior High Schools who joined three other local junior high school teams to compete in the...

We encourage all parents and guardians to take the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. The survey is available through March 13, 2026. The results will provide our schools with important ...

Congratulations to the Dirksen, Gompers, Hufford, and Washington Junior High School students who participated in the Science Fair Competition at the Joliet Public Schools District ...

Joliet Public Schools District 86 Board of School Inspectors voted 7-0 at its February 11, 2026 meeting to close A.O. Marshall Elementary School. The 49,000-square-foot school was ...

District and State Student Assessments The student testing season is upon us. The State and school district require students to take certain standardized tests throughout the ...

Congratulations to the following Joliet Public Schools District 86 students who were named Students of the Month for January. T.E. Culbertson Elementary Adrián Aceves, Jaxon...

Join us on February 11, 2026 from 5:30–6:30 p.m. on Zoom for Parent University! This session will help families understand the purpose of state-mandated assessments and learn prac...

Congratulations to the seven Joliet District 86 teachers who will be recognized on March 9, 2026 as a Joliet Chamber of Commerce Great Teacher. The teachers are: Mariann Homerding...

Congratulations to Forest Park Individual Education (I.E.) fifth-grade student Isaac Padilla who won the Joliet Public Schools District 86 Elementary School Spelling Bee Contest. I...

Dirksen Junior High School will reopen for in-person classes on Wednesday, January 28, following a fire that occurred Friday morning, January 23. At the time of the incident, all J...

Dirksen Junior High School will have an E-Learning Day on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 while we continue to prepare the building for students and staff to return. All Dirksen student...

Due to the continued frigid temperatures forecasted for Monday, all Joliet Public Schools District 86 Schools will have another E-Learning Day on Monday, January 26, 2026. There w...

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING JOLIET PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT 86 The Board of School Inspectors of Joliet Public Schools District 86 is considering closing A.O. Marshall Elementary S...

Dirksen Junior High School will have an E-Learning Day on Monday, January 26, 2026. All Dirksen students and staff should log into their Chromebooks at 8:00 a.m. for E-Learning. ...

Congratulations to Washington Academy eighth-grade student musician Julia Yanchick who is selected to perform in the inaugural Junior High All-State Band at the Illinois Music Edu...

Due to the frigid temperatures forecasted for Friday, all Joliet Public Schools District 86 Schools will have an E-Learning Day on Friday, January 23, 2026. There will be no in-pe...

To accommodate for a larger audience, the Board of School Inspectors meeting on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, will now take place at Lynne Thigpen Elementary School, 207. S. Midlan...

Eisenhower Academy, a 2016 and 2022 National Blue Ribbon School, is now accepting student applications for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year. The application and all required doc...