All Flossmoor District 161 buildings will be closed on Friday, January 12th due to inclement weather.
Students will participate in their learning activities from home. The school day will begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude at 1:30 p.m. Teachers will share coursework and Zoom meeting links through the Canvas Learning Management System. Students in early childhood and kindergarten previously brought home packets and materials to complete.
If you have any questions regarding the schedule for the day, please contact your child’s teacher or building principal.
As a reminder, there is no school on Monday, January 15th. We are also anticipating dangerously cold temperatures on Tuesday, January 16th, so please be on the lookout for additional information that will be emailed to all District 161 families and posted on all school websites as needed.
District 161 is hosting several Parent University Sessions over the next few weeks. Paula Davis, founder of the Stress and Resilience Institute, will present information for parents/guardians on topics such as building stress awareness and understanding burnout, maintaining strong connections, leveraging mental strength in parenting, and building parental efficacy and hope. The first session is Thursday, January 18 from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Normandy Villa. We hope that you will be able to attend. Follow the link below to register. https://forms.gle/QWhG6zK8m8uPfiSz8
Join Principal McNeil as she lights the third candle of Kwanzaa tonight at 5 pm in Flossmoor Park. The kinara is located at 2523 Flossmoor Road. See you there!
Thank you to Ms. Mie Golden, our lunch and recess supervisor for bringing in her handmade ornaments to share with the FH staff! These ornaments look so life like and adorable. Thank you Ms. Golden for bringing some extra cheer to us!
Thank you to my 2nd grade friends for helping me with morning announcements today!
Congratulations to all of our spelling bee participants! We are so proud of you! Congratulations to Nyla and Aiden who will be moving on to participate in the district level spelling bee! Thank you to our ACE teacher Mrs. Thompson for all your hard work preparing our students.
The winter concert series continues! Kudos to the 5th grade band students for a stellar performance last night! Thank you Mr. Lopez for doing amazing work with our kiddos.
Super proud of the 4th and 5th grade students for an amazing orchestra performance last night! Thank you Mr. Calhoon for showcasing our talented students!
There's no Monday Morning Blues at FH! Check out these students in 3rd and 4th grades learning about units of measurement and fractions!
Flossmoor Hills celebrated National Grinch Day today! Our students and teachers were unified today as they wore green and grinch shirts to welcome in the month of December!
Flossmoor Hills has a fantastic PTO! Thank you to our volunteers for helping us every month with the PBIS Eagle Cart. After demonstrating the PBIS expectations every month, students look forward to cashing in their bucks and seeing the cart roll around to their classrooms.
Happy Thanksgiving Flossmoor Hills! I hope you enjoy good food, fun and quality time with your families and friends! I am thankful to all of you for your support and dedication to our school. In case you missed it, here is the latest newsletter. Check out all the amazing things happening in our school.
https://www.smore.com/e3sdp
What an amazing day at Flossmoor Hills! Our students got a chance to interact with many community leaders for our annual Community Readers Day! Thank you to all of our readers for sharing with us.
Happy Veterans Day to all our Flossmoor Hills Veterans! Our students had a chance to interact with real life hero's today during our Veterans Day Assembly! Thank you for sharing your stories and experiences with us. Thank you for your bravery and for keeping us safe!
Flossmoor Hills had an exciting day with our fall parade and parties! Thank you to the all of the parents that packed our gym today to support our students and the PTO for providing our students with fun parties and treats! Check out some of our neat costumes!
Congratulations to our Cherrydale Fundraiser Winners! They won the opportunity to serve as Principal and Assistant Principal for the day! We had fun visiting classrooms, supervising lunch and meeting with Dr. Smith, our superintendent!
Check out these 4th graders working on the element of value in art class! They are learning all about light source, shadows and highlights.
Flossmoor Hills had a great time with the NED show for our school wide PBIS celebration! We learned all about what it means to have a growth mindset and the power of YET!
Homewood-Flossmoor High School Your VOICE Matters Survey: As Homewood-Flossmoor High School charts a course for the future through a strategic planning process, it is asking the community to share their thoughts on what is going well and what areas the school may want to rethink. The entire HF community is invited to take the Your VOICE Matters Survey. Results will be analyzed by the Strategic Planning Team.
The survey closes on Friday, October 20, so please respond today!
Click the link below to take the survey: https://www.hfhighschool.org/district_info/strategic_plan
It's National Custodian Appreciation Day! Thank you to our head custodian, Mr. Bragg for keeping our school clean so that we can learn! Thank you to Mr. Bentley, Ms. Cobb and Ms. Wilson also! We appreciate all that you do!
