Award Results at Elizabeth Ide and Prairieview

We have completed, tallied, and submitted the results of our voting for the Illinois state awards at both Elizabeth Ide and Prairieview.

The students at Elizabeth Ide participated in the Monarch Award with

1st place 2nd place

tied for 3rd place

The third graders at Prairieview selected the following for the Monarch Award.

1st place 2nd place 3rd place

The fourth and fifth graders at Prairieview participated in the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award and selected the following.

1st place 2nd place 3rd place

When the results for the state of Illinois have been published, I will report them.

Family Reading Night, 2010

Due in large part to the efforts of Mrs. Walsh-Rock, the family reading night was a huge success. From the sign-in desk, to the snack table and raffle at the end of the evening, families of all types










moved from one book to another. They read a little bit of 12 different books and it sure seemed like there was something for everyone.

We had students from Elizabeth Ide and Prairieview, along with their parents and grandparents.

Every group that I asked had found at least one book that they really liked.

Excitement at Prairieview

The event of the week for the I.M.C. staff, the specials team, and, very likely, for the students was the spelling bee. I know it was very important for the contestants, at least. After preliminary classroom and grade level bees, we had two participants from each grade at Prairieview and each grade at Lakeview. Along with six best friends from Lakeview and a tremendous number of parents as well as a few aunts, uncles, and grandparents, all of the students and teachers from Prairieview gathered in the gym on Thursday afternoon.
It took over a dozen rounds to determine the winner and runner-up. Per my instructions, the audience stayed quiet except for a round of applause after each round in the bee. It is no small feat for them to sit still and quiet for so long.
In the end, fifth grader Karina Kling won. She will represent us in the regional bee. The runner-up was a third grader named Robert Gasmen. He did a wonderful job.