Abbey Cisneros

Yesterday was truly a special day filled with inclusion, respect, friendship, community and so much fun! Thank you to everyone who plunged, donated, cheered on and supported our first ever Cool School Challenge for Special Olympics! We raised over $16,500!!@PHSD23 @D23MacArthur

Will and Maya are ready to present to over 400 students across the state of Illinois today for the 2023 Youth Activation Summit! Let’s spread some inclusion, respect and have fun! @UCSIllinois @D23MacArthur @PHSD23

Ms. Brennan’s class used their describing words and all of their senses to tell us all about the weather today! The first snow and Halloween?! Best day ever!!!! @PHSD23

We captured a picture of two of our #UnifiedSoccer players and AP @MikeKaper being goofy after the big #StaffVersusStudents soccer game! Great work out on the field today Marauders!! #MAChasPRIDE #PROUD2BD23

The annual staff vs student Unified Soccer Game was amazing! It was an amazing season, thank you to all the athletes, alumni, staff and families!!!!

Fun Fridays include cooking! 🍕🥫🍅We used the tomatoes in our Mac garden to make homemade pizza sauce and cook our pizzas! #funfridays #lifeskills

Mrs. Vasilakos’s class made their own tool boxes of regulation strategies they can use in the classroom while playing a fun spinner game! Awesome job everyone! #Proud2BD23 @D23Ross @PHSD23

2023 Youth Activation BootCAMP (we are in the woods this year) is off to a wonderful start with friendship, s’mores, kickball, tie dye and much much more! Excited for a weekend of inclusion, respect and more! @D23MacArthur @PHSD23

How can you make eggs glow and bounce?? Ask our scientists! Students loved exploring and asking questions about these eggs transformations… EVEN in the summer! @PHSD23

Students were invited to attend the Inclusive Youth Leadership training this weekend!! They learned how to lead with inclusion and respect! So proud of these leaders! @D23MacArthur @PHSD23

D23 did an amazing job at todays Regional Special Olympics Track and Field Event! Though the weather had a mind of its, the pride, passion , love, and joy that the families, staff and athletes had shown so brightly! We ended with three silver medals! @PHSD23 #proud2BD23

Who knew a cup of hot cocoa could make you cry? So proud of one of my friends for taking on the challenge of my dollar bill. She exchanged that dollar and gave me correct change, INDEPENDENTLY. Great things happen everyday thanks to @mslynchmac and her team. #MAChasPRIDE

Fun Friday morning work consisted of writing our vocabulary words in “snow” (shaving cream) and writing sentences with them from Call of the Wild! @BuildingWingsCo @DonJohnstonInc @D23MacArthur

2023 Reading Iditarod was a success! To review chapters 1-4 in @BuildingWingsCo Call of the Wild, students pulled sleds of cargo to each question station and answered a review ?. They could get help from a friend by pulling them to their station! @D23MacArthur @DonJohnstonInc

Unified advisory representing at the regional wrestling tournament!Good luck everyone!!! #unified @D23MacArthur

Loved using our describing words with @mslynchmac to talk about what is falling from the sky!! Some of us were more excited than others 😊

A #SuperBowl fan favorite - football catapult! We used lots of skills to adjust the catapult for force and direction to score a field goal. But the best part is always trying to catch the marshmallow football in our mouth…even @mslynchmac joined in! #Proud2bD23

We love singing and dancing on our breaks! Though we probably need @MsMurrayMac to come help me record the switches for singing (ignore my singing :) )!

We love when we can communicate while being active! Awesome job to our wonderful martial arts student! @Cnolfi29 @D23MacArthur

We had such an amazing trip to Sky Centers Martial Arts! Students worked on self-esteem, confidence, self-defense, being active and most of all, having fun!We will definitely be coming back, Master Sky was incredible and made today truly unforgettable! @Cnolfi29 @D23MacArthur