LEAD: The first annual Spring Vendor Fair will take place tomorrow, April 19, 2025, in the Palombi Middle School gym from 10am to 3pm. There will be a variety of vendors that include hand-made items such as crocheted plushies, items for dogs, jewelry, ceramics, artwork, and so much more! Entrance for adults and kids over 10 is $2 and kids under 10 are free! Each paying entrant will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of our many prizes! #elevateLV41 #collaboration
SERVED!:Thank you to Raul Marin for fixing the garden beds and adding some support in a few places! Do you want to help our community garden? Please reach out to Mrs. Brown at rbrown@district41.com !!
The Palombi Community Garden is in need of someone to reattach and reinforce some of our garden beds! If this is a job you're interested in volunteering for, please reach out to Mrs. Brown directly at rbrown@district41.org #elevateLV41
LEAD: Our students had a great time exploring a variety of careers and sharing their future goals with community leaders during another Leaders Who Brunch event!! #elevateLV41 #inspiration
LEARN: The 8th graders had the opportunity for the second year in a row to experience Holocaust survivors through virtual reality. We appreciate being able to rent this technology from the Illinois Holocaust Museum to create an unforgettable learning experience! #critical thinking #compassion #elevateLV41
SERVE: A huge thank you to the NJHS group for making paper flowers as a group service project and an even larger thank you to 8th grader Addison Fitzpatrick for volunteering to hand them out at a nursing home! #elevateLV41 #compassion #integrity
SERVE: Happy Paraprofessional Day to our amazing paraprofessionals! A huge thank you to our para's for all the incredible support that they provided to our students and staff everyday. You are amazing! #elevateLV41 #compassion
LEAD: The Student Lighthouse team is hosting another Vendor Fair on Saturday, April 19th! Please see the flyer attached for more information! #elevateLV41 #collaboration
LEAD: Congratulations to both our 6th/7th AND 8th grade boy volleyball teams as they took home first place in conferences! Great job! #elevateLV41
LEARN: Mrs. Allen's ELA classes are practicing identifying theme and how it is like a cupcake. They are doing a craftivity called "theme filled cupcakes" to show their understanding! #elevateLV41 #critical thinking
LEAD: Thank you Mystery Readers for visiting our classes on Friday! #elevateLV41 #collaboration
LEAD: Palombi's Garden Club enjoyed the thinned sprouts from the kale, cabbage, and lettuce seedlings! #elevateLV41 #initiative
LEAD: The Dance Coordinators Student Action Team has been hard at working planning the second dance of the school year for March 14th! Tickets are being sold this week in preparation for the event on Friday! Please see the attachment below for more information. #elevateLV41 #collaboration
LEAD: Congratulations to the 8th grade girls volleyball team on a great finish to their regular season. They finished with a record of 10-2 and head into the conference tournament as the second seed. Congratulations and good luck! #elevateLV41 #inspiration #perseverance
LEAD: The Dance Coordinators Student Action Team has been hard at working planning the second dance of the school year for March 14th! The team decided the theme is Fairy Tale Forest! Please see the attachment below for more information. #elevateLV41 #collaboration
LEARN: The Leadership Development class was challenged to create a vehicle using specific materials. The challenge was to create a vehicle that could move a foot using only the supplies provided. These students showed creativity and great teamwork! #elevateLV41 #collaboration #innovation
LEAD: Thank you to the Mystery Readers today! The students enjoyed having you here! #elevateLV41 #collaborate
LEAD: The Bulletin Board Student Action Team has been synthesizing! We have a sports theme and attendance theme board completed! We will be finishing a butterfly board soon! Great job! #elevateLV41 #inspiration
LEAD: Congratulations to Daniel Kumpula on representing Palombi at the spelling bee sectionals! Way to go! #elevateLV41 #growth
LEARN: 6th grade math participated in Building Thinking Classrooms to learn about precents! #elevateLV41 #critical thinking # collaboration
LEARN: Mrs. Allen's 6th grade ELA has been very busy! They are celebrating all of the holidays in February and wrapping up a unit. Students wrote Tanka poems of what they love most and President's Day limericks, and completed choice-based projects for our novel - A Long Walk to Water. #elevateLV41 #growth #critical thinking
