Walk-in registration for students who will be attending District 15 schools in the 2016-17 school year but are not yet registered will be held on Wednesday, July 13, at all District 15 schools that are open this summer. Hours are 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-7 p.m.
 
NOTE: Due to construction, 11 District 15 schools are closed this summer. Those schools will be accepting walk-in registrations at their temporary host locations. (Click here for more information.)
 
Parents who are not certain which school their child will attend may call the District 15 office at 847-963-3000.

Children must be 5 years of age on or before September 1, 2016, in order to register for the 2016-17 school year.
 
To register a student, parents must bring:

1. A transfer slip from the previous school attended (if applicable);
2. An official birth certificate or other document verifying the date of birth;
3. Physician's telephone number and address, if known;
4. Two local emergency contact phone numbers;
5. Two proofs of residency (copies of drivers license, lease, or utility bills);
6. Any pertinent health information, including health, dental, and eye examinations at required intervals. A physical examination is valid so long as it was conducted on or after August 17, 2015. (For more information, see www.ccsd15.net | Our Services | Health Services.)

Enrollment information will be mailed over the summer to parents of students who attended District 15 schools during the 2015-16 school year. Registration forms should be updated and returned as soon as possible.
 
The first day of the 2016-17 school year will be Wednesday, August 17, for Grades 1-8. Kindergarten and early childhood classes will begin Thursday, August 18.
 
For more information, contact the District 15 office at 847-963-3000 or any District 15 school.

A group of 10 District 15 students received top 20 national rankings in Math Kangaroo, a popular international mathematics competition for students in Grades 1-12.
 
Math Kangaroo competitions take the form of 75-minute multiple-choice tests that build students' confidence in their mathematical abilities by helping them understand how math applies to nature's laws and human activities. The competitions encourage students to expand their knowledge and comprehension of mathematical concepts and master their math skills by developing their abilities to derive pleasure and satisfaction from intellectual pursuits, and by showing them that mathematical education is significant in every part of life.
 
Approximately 21,000 students from across the country participated in Math Kangaroo competitions this year. Each participating student received a T-shirt, certificate of participation, and a gift.
 
District 15 students who received top 20 national rankings and top 3 state rankings in those competitions are as follows: 

Grade 3

• Jason L., Hunting Ridge School, ranked third in the nation and second in the state.
• Joshua L., Frank C. Whiteley School, ranked eighth in the nation.
• Dylan B., Hunting Ridge School, ranked 10th in the nation.

Grade 4

• Edward H., Hunting Ridge School, ranked third in the nation and second in the state.
• Prithika D., Central Road School, ranked fourth in the nation and third in the state.
• Jacob M., Frank C. Whiteley School, ranked fifth in the nation.
• Hamza U., Central Road School, ranked fifth in the nation.
• Nobuaki O., Frank C. Whiteley School, ranked 10th in the nation.
• Gautham V., Hunting Ridge School, ranked 10th in the nation.

Grade 7

• Anish P., Plum Grove Junior High, ranked fourth in nation and first in the state.

Seventeen students are receiving one-on-one reading tutoring at Hunting Ridge School this summer through Northern Illinois University's Jerry L. Johns Literacy Clinic.

The clinic is staffed by 17 certified teachers who are NIU graduate students pursuing master's degrees in literacy education so that they can become reading specialists. The Clinic is the practicum portion of their coursework, and it actually began in February with six weekly 90-minute diagnostic teaching sessions in which they conducted a wide variety of assessments of their respective students' reading abilities and provided their students with instruction based on the results of those assessments.

This summer, the Clinic's focus shifts from assessment to tutoring. The teachers are meeting with their students for 10 more 90-minute sessions between June 20 and July 14, and their aim for this portion of the program is to grow their students' reading skills and achieve certain literacy goals identified during the first half of the program.

District 15 is not affiliated with this program. However, Maria McClurkin, Ed.D., the District's retiring Director of Literacy Programs, earned her master's degrees and her doctorate at NIU, and has served as an adjunct professor in NIU's Department of Literacy Education since 2004, so she administers the program whenever the NIU Literacy Clinic offers it through NIU's Hoffman Estates campus.

In years past, the Clinic has been offered at Thomas Jefferson and Frank C. Whiteley Schools. It is being offered at Hunting Ridge this year because those Hoffman Estates locations are closed this summer for construction.


"The NIU Literacy Clinic only comes to the District every few years," said Dr. McClurkin. "But when it does, it is a wonderful resource for our families."

These breakfasts, which are served Monday through Thursday (except for Monday, July 4), are free to all community members 18 years of age and under, regardless of income. Enrollment in summer school is not required. Meals must be eaten on site -- they cannot be taken home. For more information, contact Bobbie Desprat, School Nutrition Services Director, at 847-963-3929.
 
The USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

The price of a school lunch in District 15 will slightly increase for the 2016-17 school year due to requirements of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The act requires schools to increase pricing annually to minimize the difference between the cost of a paid lunch and the federal reimbursement received for a free lunch for those who qualify.
 
"School meals are a great bargain, serving students healthy whole grains, trans-fat free items, fresh fruits and vegetables, and a selection of entrees daily," said Bobbie Desprat, District 15's School Nutrition Services Director.

The price changes for the 2016-17 school year are as follows: