Dear Congress Park Parents,

 Congress Park Elementary School is pleased to announce this month, January 2025, our Rainbows Program will again be offered during the school day during lunchtime.  The Rainbows Program is a support group for children who have experienced a change in their family system by the loss of a significant person in their life through separation, divorce, or death.  Most often that person is a parent, but it can be a sibling, grandparent, or other close relative or friend. If you would like to sign your student(s) up for Rainbows, please view the information below.

What? A peer support program for children who have a significant loss in their lives by either death, divorce or other painful transition.

Why? To provide children with an opportunity to meet new friends who have shared similar      experiences; to have trained caring teachers be present for the children while they sort through and understand their grief; and to help them come to a healthy acceptance of what has happened in their family.

When/Where? During the day at school, once per week during the lunch hour for 12 weeks.

How? If your child would benefit from such a program, please fill out the form below and return to his/her teacher by Thursday, January 23, 2025.

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Please click the link below to register your student(s) for the Rainbows program:

https://forms.gle/2gYuu96eXw4Xg1Zx7

The Yearbook Contest is back!
Yearbook Cover Contest

If your child will be absent from school, please contact cpattendance@dist102.k12.il.us. This is a quick and easy way to communicate with the health office about your child's absence.

Congress Park activities can be found on the District website, or parents can subscribe to our Parent Google Calendar.  Follow the link to subscribe.  Congress Park Parent Google Calendar

As outlined in our Parent Handbook, we kindly ask that commercial lunches, such as McDonald’s, not be brought in during the school day. If a lunch of this type is dropped off, your child will enjoy it in the office. We appreciate your cooperation in helping us maintain a healthy and consistent environment for all our students.

D102’s Mighty Patriots Special Olympic Basketball Team is having their Pack the Place at Park Jr. High on Tuesday, January 14,  at 4:00 in the North Gym.

There will be a half time candy throw and a free raffle for all students in attendance.
We would love to see you there!