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Disability awareness days start tomorrow!

Students in all grades and St. Patrick’s Day fun last week in the media center! They created catapults, engineered strong rainbows, and coded robot “leprechauns” to complete mazes they built to get to a pot of gold.

Congratulations to our CAPE winners! Sarah Webber, Tina Tupper, and Natalie Parkhurst! We appreciate all you do for our learning community!

We loved welcoming families into our school for our Snuggle Up & Read + STEM morning! Families spent time reading together, exploring STEM activities, and enjoying a few tasty snacks. Thank you to everyone who joined us to make this such a cozy and meaningful start to the day!

With the excitement of the Olympics in the air, our P.E. classes have also been celebrating with Winter Olympic inspired games this week! From teamwork challenges to winter-themed events, students showed determination, sportsmanship, and lots of school spirit.

Students and families enjoyed a night of dancing and desserts at our Sweetheart Dance!

Over the last two weeks, 5th grade students have been tracking the 2026 Olympics. Yesterday, they completed a set of STEM challenges and a virtual escape room. They built a bobsled, a magnetic ice skating rink, and tried their hand at curling!

💗 Empathy Week Spirit Days start TODAY! 💗 Join us in spreading kindness all week with daily spirit day. Wear red, cozy PJs, tie-dye, and TJ spirit wear! Let’s celebrate empathy, kindness, and community together! 💕

Lifetouch statement on student data privacy psd202.org/o/tjes/article…

Community day to showcase Indoor Percussion, Winter Guard student groups psd202.org/o/tjes/article…

Our PTO has some great events coming up! Heart Grams can be purchased all month, our Sweetheart dance is February 20, and the Chicago Wolves game is March 21.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary PE staff hosted a "kick off" assembly with Zach from the American Heart Association. Students and Staff learn how important it is to have a healthy heart & how we can help support heart disease.

Battle of the Books was huge success! Over 50,000 pages read by 164 participants answering 1,213 questions in 63 battles! The teamwork and friendly competition was inspiring. Way to go 4th and 5th grade!

🎉 Awesome job, TJ 4th and 5th Grade Mathletes! 🎉 Congratulations to our amazing students who made our TJ Math Bowl teams and will be representing TJ in the Blue House Math Bowl competition! We are so proud of your hard work, teamwork, and love of math.

Parents encouraged to take state's 5 Essentials Survey psd202.org/o/tjes/article…

Way to go, students! 🎉 You did an amazing job in the Battle of the Books. Congratulations to our 4th and 5th-grade winning teams—fantastic work! Thank you to Ms. Bruno and all of our volunteers who helped make this event possible for our students.

Battle of the Books is underway! Students did a great job yesterday, and continue to battle today as we narrow the field for our finals that will take place tomorrow afternoon. Also big thanks to all of our parent helpers, we could not have done it without you!

TJ PE teachers hosted a presentation and collaborated with PE district staff on our School Improvement Day.

Mrs. Delaney, Mr. Cocallas, and Ms. Zettek kicked off our Friday with a rousing rendition of "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" during our live morning announcements!

Families snuggled up in the media center on Tuesday for a cozy morning of reading, complete with snacks, hot cocoa, and a fun scavenger hunt. A perfect reminder that reading together is the best kind of together time!