Peotone Elementary School

We had a great first day of school at PES for our first, second and third graders! A huge THANK YOU to Happy Lawn Signs for the extra special setup to welcome our students back! Thanks again everyone for voting so we get these special signs throughout our year! If you are looking for a yard sign, please support this local business who loves to support our schools!

We had a great first day of school at PES for our first, second and third graders! A huge THANK YOU to Happy Lawn Signs for the extra special setup to welcome our students back! Thanks again everyone for voting so we get these special signs throughout our year! If you are looking for a yard sign, please support this local business who loves to support our schools!

August 23, 2023 Peotone Parents & Families, We are very excited to be welcoming a guest speaker, Dr. Don Parker, to present to our 3rd-12th grade students and staff on Monday, August 28th. Dr. Parker is a former administrator who has focused his career on creating positive school climates, building relationships, and increasing resiliency to support student achievement. We are looking forward to his message on Monday. Dr. Parker will be meeting with our students in three separate groups: 3rd-5th Grade – 8:45-9:45 9th-12th Grade – 10:00-11:00 6th-8th Grade – 1:15-2:15 All presentations will be held in the Peotone High School gymnasium. 3rd-8th grade students will be transferred to and from the high school for the presentation.

Let's Get the Ball Rollin' on This School Year! Meet our PES Team! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IbZm6XN14JALGuo7jWaWt4_bk0b90hr4/view?usp=sharing

Due to the excessive heat and humidity this week, the dismissal times for all Peotone Schools have been changed from a Common Plan release to a SIP Day dismissal. SIP Day dismissals will be in place this Wednesday (8/23), Thursday (8/24), and Friday (8/25).

Due to an AT&T outage, all Peotone Schools are without internet and are unable to receive phone calls at this time (8/18). AT&T is aware of the issue and is looking to have it fixed as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Due to an AT&T outage, all Peotone Schools are without internet and are unable to receive phone calls at this time (8/18). AT&T is aware of the issue and is looking to have it fixed as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

From Transportation Department: Bus Schedules were mailed out yesterday. If you do not receive anything by Monday please feel free to call us- 708-258-9605

Loved getting to spend the morning with our new teaching staff for "Coffee with Carole" chatting about building routines and procedures!

Teacher assignments are live!  Parents will need to go online to https://powerschool.peotoneschools.org/public/. Once you are logged in under your child, look for “Grades and Attendance” to find your child’s Teacher’s Name.  If you are a new student to the district or you do not have a previous account, you should have received a PowerSchool Account login information sheet from the district with your login credentials.  If you do not have your login information, please contact the district registrar at 708-258-0991 x3112.  Kindergarten families will be able to sign up for Meet and Greet appointments when they go live at 2:30pm today. You can access them on the home page (news) section of the Peotone Elementary School webpage (pes.peotoneschools.org) or an email with links will be sent as well at 2:30pm. You can sign up once you know teacher assignment found in Powerschool or included in the mailed home packets for kindergarten students. Packets should be arriving over the next few days. Thank you!

📣 Calling all PES families and fans of our school community! Please help me welcome our PES Rookies of the Year! We're excited to introduce a dynamic roster of new teaching staff who are ready to join our educational dream team!

The random rain couldn’t ruin our special afternoon! Thank you to all the students and families that came out to Popsicles with the Principal! We had fun listening to two new stories in the library then enjoyed a Popsicle Picnic in the hallways! The rain cleared up and students had fun on the playground! I loved getting to see so many students and meeting some of our new kindergarten friends! It’s going to be a great school year!!

Here comes the rain and THUNDER! We will move inside to the library because the gym is being used right now. Please enter door 15 and then we will picnic with popsicles in the hallways :)

Hope to see all our incoming K-3 students and families at Popsicles with the Principal on Tuesday 8/8 from 4:00-5:00pm at Peotone Elementary School.

I just had a surprise visitor at PES! Ms. Bev from Helping Hands had to share the exciting news in person! PES raised over $4,000 in the beginning of April to Pack the Pantry with Produce all spring and summer long. Thanks to the generosity of our school community and families, Helping Hands has been able to provide fresh produce every other Wednesday on their distribution days since April until TODAY! How incredible! A HUGE thank you to Berkots for partnering with PES and Helping Hands to make this money go even farther for the families they serve. Also, for the month of August 2023, Berkot’s in Peotone will be offering the opportunity for customers to “Round Up” their total bill for a donation to the Helping Hands food pantry!

MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCREENING LANDSCAPE SCAN LISTENING SESSIONS: Please join the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the seven Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Hubs, and the Children’s Behavioral Health Transformation Initiative for virtual listening meetings about mental and behavioral health screening of students in schools. ISBE is collaborating with the seven Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Hubs across the state to host these virtual listening sessions. A total of nine listening meetings are taking place across the state to provide an opportunity for districts and community members, including students, to offer input about mental and behavioral health screening in schools. Please email mentalhealth@isbe.net with any questions. Parent/Caregiver/Community Member VIRTUAL listening session held August 8 from 6:30pm-8pm. Register here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=hv5kA8ZJ9Eq1LDNameV30U7s8uMnwHJFufaWfLTkx01UOVozRzBOMVpJQTlBRFE0OFVGTVFaME9XTi4u

Peotone CUSD 207U is seeking interest to becoming a member of our newly-created Advisory Committee on District Climate & Culture. Please review the attached image. If you would like to express interest in becoming a member, please complete the following Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzg-NqRWJK8OQSYbaSt7jPwXVIwT-PpZwouje7GUrcChZEfw/viewform

Peotone CUSD 207U is seeking interest to becoming a member of our newly-created Advisory Committee on District Climate & Culture. Please review the attached image. If you would like to express interest in becoming a member, please complete the following Interest Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfzg-NqRWJK8OQSYbaSt7jPwXVIwT-PpZwouje7GUrcChZEfw/viewform

It has been brought to my attention that teacher assignments were available for a short window of time this morning while tech was working in Powerschool. Please note that these were not the official teacher assignments and may not be accurate. Teachers assignments will be available on Friday, August 11 at noon. Thank you!

Check out our new POPticket for the 23-24 School year! Get Excited! What are all my future Allstar Popstars up to this week?!?! Drop a picture or comment below! Four weeks from today is our first day of school for our first, second, and third graders (August 23). Kindergarten students will have individual Meet and Greet appointments on August 23 and 24. Kindergarten students first day of school is August 25.