East Prairie School

Here is a link to a screencast video that provides an overview of our Remote Learning program for our students. Thank you for sharing this with you child(ren). For families that are waiting on a device and/or internet hotspot from the school, we will be making all of those deliveries on Monday. We are on track to meet the needs of all families that have communicated with us.

At noon tomorrow you will receive an email and phone call with detailed information regarding our eLearning plans. You will be asked to confirm that you received the email so that we can make sure EVERY family is connected and prepared for this new model of education.

As we begin a new week, we wanted to reach out and clarify our communication plan to ensure that every member of our EPS community stays updated and informed. While we regularly strive to make consistent and comprehensive information sharing a part of our school/district practice, our goal throughout the current COVID-19 situation is to provide you daily updates, connecting your family with important resources and information.

In a situation like the one we find ourselves in, there is lots of information communicated with grown-ups, but often not enough directly shared with kids. Here is a link to a video that is intended to change that. Thank you for sharing with your child(ren).

As you are aware, yesterday Governor JB Pritzker announced mandatory stay at home procedures for all of Illinois. Furthermore, the closure of schools throughout the state was extended through at least April 7th. As we move forward, our district will collaborate with the other township districts and those throughout the state to follow the guidance of the CDC, state and local health departments in making a determination about when it is safe to reopen.

We hope that this communication finds you and your family healthy, safe, and in place with what you need. As you well know, we are in uncharted territory as a society and this rapidly evolving situation offers no clear paths forward. Ensuring the health and wellbeing of every member of our East Prairie community remains our unwavering priority. Please know that our team is diligently working to communicate as effectively and transparently as possible, while also planning for all future possibilities. As such we wanted to share the following next steps and information with you.

We wanted to reach out and clarify that the soonest we would be returning to school is Tuesday, March 31st. On that note, we wanted to reach out and provide an update per the CDC’s recent guidance related to mass gatherings. All after school events, programs, and meetings will be cancelled for the next eight weeks. This includes the following:

As we approach the first week of school closures across the state, we wanted to reach out and share some updated information and resources with you.

Based on the rapidly developing spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19, and in order to err on the side of caution in doing everything possible to prevent the spread of the virus, Niles Township school districts have decided that Friday, March 13 will be the last day for students to attend school, at least until the end of spring break, which goes through March 29.

All the public school districts that serve the students of Niles Township, including Niles Township District for Special Education, have been working collaboratively to monitor developments in our community regarding COVID-19 (the coronavirus). We have been in ongoing communication with the Skokie Health Department, which provides us guidance on specific questions we have, and have also been following updates from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Cook County Public Health Department, the Illinois State Board of Education and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).