September 17, 2024: Final Budget Hearing and Regular Meeting
A Public Hearing for the
LaGrange Highlands School District 106
Fiscal Year 2025 Final Budget
and
A Regular Meeting of the
LaGrange Highlands School District 106 Board of Education
will be held on
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
at 7:30 p.m.
in the Middle School Commons
1850 W. Plainfield Road
LaGrange, IL 60525
Agenda and Attachments for the Meeting
will be available on Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 12:01 am
Link to the Meeting Livestream
will be available on the day of the meeting
We are excited to start a new year!
I hope you have had a fun and relaxing summer with your family. We are very excited to welcome our students back for another great year of learning at Highlands on Wednesday, August 21. We remain committed to providing our students with a learning environment that is safe, welcoming, and nurturing; and an education that helps them grow academically, socially, and emotionally.
NEW DISTRICT WEBSITE & COMMUNICATIONS TOOL
Using the feedback we received from a parent survey and our Parent Advisory Group, we have refreshed our website's look, organization, and features. Most changes will be intuitive, but a few are worth highlighting.
QUICKLINKS
Four quicklinks on the district homepage will provide you easy access to the information most frequently sought by parents.
COMMUNICATIONS & UPDATES
The communications and updates quicklink will take you to an archive of updates that have come from the building principals or superintendent. This is intended to help you easily access previous updates and information rather than scrolling through your inbox for past messages.
Weekly updates from principals, bi-weekly updates from teachers, and periodic updates from the superintendent will be stored here. Emails to individual grade levels or classes will not be archived here to keep the quantity of content manageable.
SCHOOL CALENDARS
The calendars quicklink will give you easy access to the school calendar and upcoming events.
HOT LUNCH PORTAL
The hot lunch quicklink will give you easy access to the hot lunch menu where you can add funds and order PTC special lunches.
SCHOOLOGY & SEESAW
The Schoology & Seesaw quicklink at the bottom of the District homepage will give you easy access to the login pages for Schoology and Seesaw and will provide helpful login information.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
The safety of our students and staff is a top priority for us. Using a portion of the contingency money left over from the Middle School building project, all first-story exterior doors and windows have now been treated with an industry-leading safety film that resists shattering and denies entry to anyone trying to forcibly access the school by breaking the glass in a door or window. Additionally, the following security measures are in place:
- All exterior doors are locked and closed at all times.
- All visitors must check in at the main office and are screened using our Safe Visitor management system.
- All classroom doors remain locked throughout the day.
- Lockdown drills are practiced multiple times each year in collaboration with local law enforcement.
It's a pleasure serving the Highlands students, staff, and community. I'm looking forward to a fantastic year!
John Munch
Superintendent
Welcome to our New Staff!
We are so excited to welcome our new staff to District 106! We have a wonderful group of teachers and paraprofessionals joining us for the 2024-25 school year! We can't wait to see our students on August 21 for their first day of school!
5th Grade Step Up Night
It was wonderful having our new 5th Graders and their families in the Middle School last night for Step Up Night! We are so excited to welcome our newest Middle School students on the first day of school on Wednesday, August 21! Go Hornets!
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Regular Meeting
A Regular Meeting of the
LaGrange Highlands School District 106 Board of Education
will be held on
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
at 7:00 p.m.
in the Middle School Commons
1850 W. Plainfield Road
LaGrange, IL 60525
Agenda and Attachments for the Meeting
District 106 Technology Sale
The District Technology Sale will be held on Wednesday, August 7, at the Administrative Entrance, 1750 W. Plainfield Road, La Grange, IL 60525.
Below are the details...
District 106 will sell used iPads, projectors, Apple TVs, and other electronic items on Wednesday, August 7th, 2024.
General Sale Info
- The sale will open to all district residents at 8:00 a.m. (Proof of residency is required.)
- The sale will open to the general public when no residents remain in line to purchase items.
- Either cash or credit card will be accepted as a form of payment. (No checks.)
- There is a limit of one of each type of item (desktop, projector, etc) per household.
- During the public sale, those who wish to purchase more than one item may return to the end of the line to make an additional purchase.
- All equipment will be sold as-is on a first-come, first-served basis. Once equipment leaves our doors, it is non-returnable. No refunds will be given.
- No warranty of any kind for equipment or batteries is offered or implied.
- Once sold out, a notice will be posted on the district website.
Items For Sale:
$75 each - iPad - used by district staff and students for 3 or 4 Years - 128GB Storage
$50 Older iPads as available
$25 each - Apple TV
$75 each - Video projectors - Epson PowerLite, HDMI, Minimum of 1024x768 resolution, 5 years old
Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Regular Meeting
A Regular Meeting of the LaGrange Highlands School District 106 Board of Education will be held on
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
at 7:00 p.m.
in the Middle School Commons
1850 W. Plainfield Road
LaGrange, IL 60525
Agenda and Attachments for the Meeting
Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Regular Meeting
A Regular Meeting of the LaGrange Highlands School District 106 Board of Education will be held on
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
at 7:00 p.m.
in the Middle School Commons
1850 W. Plainfield Road
LaGrange, IL 60525
Agenda and Attachments for the Meeting
7th Graders Blast Off to Summer!
Our 7th graders ended the year by creating water rockets to witness fluid pressure in action!
Great designs and distances and even a cool spray of water to end the year on a hot day!
Have a great summer Hornets!
7th Grade Math: Ending the Year on a Tiny House
What do you do when there are just a few days left in Math Class? Design a tiny house of course! Students in Mrs. Curran's 7th Grade Math Class finish the year strong with creating a blueprint of their unique tiny house, go on a no budget shopping spree, discover the cost of flooring and decking, calculate tax and simple interest, and select a location.
4th Grade Paper Roller Coasters
The fourth graders did an amazing job on their paper roller coasters this year in science. They worked extremely hard building their foundation, tracks and creating an appealing theme. They had to work through fighting gravity and friction. They had to use their problem solving skills to remedy track issues to compete with the other classes for the longest marble ride. All five fourth grade classes knocked their themes out of the ball park. Way to go fourth graders!!
Ending the Year in Song!
Chorus ended the year strong with a wonderful Spring Choral Concert last Thursday and a "Superior" performance-rating at the Music in the Parks Festival on Saturday. Congratulations on a great year of singing!