East Prairie School

Come meet the author of the highly praised book, Other Words for Home. It is a hope-filled story of what it is like to leave behind one’s beloved home and family. Younger readers will laugh with the main character, Jude, a Syrian refugee, feel sad with her, and cheer for her as she and her mother settle in Cincinnati to live with relatives.

East Prairie Preschool Open House Saturday, 2/15/2020 10 am to 11 am or 11 am to 12 pm Come meet our early childhood staff and explore our beautiful new building! Click here to view flyer

Preschool & Kindergarten Registration Come register your child for the 2020-2021 School Year! Where: East Prairie School Main Office When: Thursday, March 12, 2020

East Prairie School is excited to announce the appointment of Sabiha Patel as the new Director of the ELL Parent Center serving parents in Districts 68, 69, 72, 73, 73.5, and 219. Ms. Patel's employment was unanimously approved by the Parent Center Governing Board, and by the Skokie 68 Board of Education at their last meeting of the year on December 20, 2019. Ms. Patel will begin in her new role on January 15, 2020.

We are pleased to share that upon our return from Winter Break (January 6) the front entrance to the school will be open to foot traffic. Please note that cars will not yet have access as construction continues.

We are beyond excited to be in our incredible new space and wanted to reach out with the plans for pick-up and drop-off to begin the school year. Construction remains in full force as crews work to complete the outside areas before the arrival of winter. Please take the time to review the information so that we can assure a safe, orderly, and timely arrival and departure for all of our students. As always, if you have a question, concern, or idea please don’t hesitate to reach out. Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and partnership as we work through these first couple of weeks!

Welcome to the Principal’s blog of East Prairie School! The aim of this digital space is to better connect our students, families, and community members with the exciting and transformative learning occurring at East Prairie. This site will be updated weekly to share our exciting happenings, as children and adults explore together the challenging and rewarding processes of teaching and learning within a nurturing school community.

As we approach our last month of school, I wanted to provide you with a few updates which I hope you will find helpful. Please view all NTDSE Parent Events by clicking here or visiting www.ntdse.org, clicking on the top and then "Click here to sign up for NTDSE Parent Events."

Be sure to check out the EPS Virtual Bulletin Board to look for community information, flyers and other information which the district passes on to you. You can find the link under PARENTS in the main menu, or here.

Many of you might have noticed quite a bit of activity at East Prairie School and the surrounding grounds. As part of our Community Engagement plan, we have established a EPS Construction Blog. Visit this page to keep up to date on what is happening inside the district and the future construction of the new building, the planning and more.