EPS Foundation Dinner Dance

Be sure to attend the EPS Educational Foundation Dinner Dance. This years theme is "Come Home To The Prairie" Be sure to come for Good Food, Good Conversation, Music and Dancing!

Tickets Ar $50.00 Per Person Adults Only
Please RSVP by Feb 27th

For More information, contact the East Prairie Foundation

Date: March 6th 2010 6:30-11:30 pm

This event will be held in the ... Click for full story

New Cell Phone Texting Advisory

Please be advised of the following:

As of January 1st, 2010

Vehicular Phone Use in School Zones

"A person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway in a school speed zone"
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A Tour Of The ELL Center

If you want to learn more about the Niles Township ELL Center located at 9440 N. Kenton, in Skokie, then watch this small video created by the EPS staff and listen to the director of the ELL Parent Center, Corrie Wallace, explain many of the functions of the center. Click for full story

Emergency Closing

Dear All,

Happy Holidays!! it's that time of year when all of us are anticipating the holidays and the change of the seasons. With that in mind, I wanted to write you a note regarding emergency procedures in the event that we can not have school because of weather.

In most cases, East Prairie School will be open. In years past, we have not used many snow days - last year we used two! Regardless, we must be prepared! In the event that the weather is such that our buses ... Click for full story

District Financial Update

In case you have not had a chance to meet with me regarding the current financial situation of our school district, I have created this podcast file which you should be able to view. In this media file, you will be able to listen to me explain our current financial state and view some of the graphs and charts that illustrate our situation. Also included are our current solutions to help us combat this situation with the least amount of change in the curriculum for the children of East Prairie School.

This movie is about 10 minutes long and if ... Click for full story

Panther Day at Noodles & Company on 1/25

Come one, come all! Help support our PTA at Panther Day at Noodles & Company restaurant in Village Crossing, located next to the north side of Jewel.

Take the family out for dinner or bring it home. Noodles & Company will donate 25% of any purchase made with a Panther Day voucher.
This special is for one day only, so head on in to Noodles & Company this coming MONDAY, JANUARY 25, any time from 4 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.

Vouchers for this event were sent home with a flyer last ... Click for full story

Panther Day at Subway on Oakton

Mark your calendars for Panther Day at Subway of Skokie, located at 4025 Oakton ( just west of Crawford ). This special is for one day only, so head on in to Subway this WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16!

Take the family out for a healthy dinner or splurge on lunch. Subway will donate 10% of any purchase made at their restaurant with a Panther Day voucher.

A flyer with an attached voucher for this event was sent home on Thursday. See link below to print out extra copies of the voucher. Print several copies and ... Click for full story

Welcome back!

It's hard to believe the summer is over. However, the good news is we get to return to East Prairie School to see friends, favorite teachers, AND, visit the newly furnished EPS library. By now, all K-6 classes have visited several times. During this week, every K through 6th grade student will have books checked out. The Reading Season has begun! Click for full story

4th Grade Planet PowerPoints/ Part 3

Part 3--More Planet PowerPoint Presentations
During their weekly library sessions, 4th Grade classes worked on improving their research skills. Students gathered information on planets from encyclopedias and nonfiction books. That information was then used to create PowerPoint presentations. Here are the students' impressive results. Click for full story

Need A Free Word Processor And More?

OpenOffice.org 3 contains all the office software you need, in one single package. You don't have to worry which version to install: one installation program provides everything. The installation also includes features which some expensive rivals do not - for example, the ability to create .pdf files when you want to guarantee what the recipient sees on their computer.

Best of all, OpenOffice.org 3 can be downloaded and used entirely free of any licence fees. ... Click for full story

Subscribe To The EPS E-Mail Service

We are always trying to keep our student, parents and community members updated about the happenings here at East Prairie School. Last year we launched a internet service that would be able to post our newsletters in electronic form, and this year we have modified that so that you can receive all news and information through and electronic email. These emails will contain, the school newsletters, the EPS Gazette, PTA new Items, and other important information sent from the district.

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Varsity Basketball

The boys varsity basketball team won two very exciting basketball games this season. The team holds a record of two wins and two losses. The panthers will play Culver tonight at Culver. Good Luck Panthers!! Click for full story