Harvey School District 152

Last month, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity provided turkey dinner boxes for families of Whittier Elementary School. Principal Lisa Manuel enjoyed meeting community members at this special event!

Warm coats for cool kids! Whittier Elementary School hosted a winter coat drive with many members of the community donating coats. Thank you for supporting our students!

We’re proud to share our December community newsletter! You will learn more about our new Strategic Goals, extracurricular activities at each school, our birth-to-three program for families, Foundation grant awardees and more. Harvey School District residents will receive one in their mailboxes soon! View the complete newsletter on our website: https://www.harvey152.org/page/district-newsletters

Brooks Middle School students in the Intro to Culinary class have been cooking up lots of great learning and dishes! They learned about food safety while preparing several meals. Mrs. Morgan partnered with her husband’s catering company to enhance the lessons for students.

Join us next week on Dec. 15 for the Toy Drive Charity Basketball Game! Harvey School District employees will take on Harvey City employees at Brooks Middle School. All proceeds and toys will be donated to the students of our district. Admission is $5 or a new unopened toy. Help us cheer on our staff members!

Bryant Elementary School recently hosted their Family Reading Night. We always love seeing our students enjoying fun activities with their families in our building!

Next week, NFINITE Hands and Alderwoman Colby Chapman will be hosting their annual Joy of Giving Toy Drive! It takes place on Saturday, Dec. 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Brooks Middle School and we hope to see you there!

Introducing Bryant Elementary School’s newly elected Student Council officers! Student Council members are elected by their peers to address school issues as well as organize activities and events. Our council’s platform this year is social and emotional health. Go Tigers!

Harvey Park District is hosting a Lunch-N-Fun with Santa event this Saturday, Dec. 9! Join the fun from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Santa’s Village (14821 Broadway Ave.) Be sure to register in advance by calling 708-331-3857.

Angelou Elementary School students held one of their favorite Thanksgiving traditions before the holiday break: a parade of balloons! Teachers read the book “Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade” and students learned about how the giant balloons were created for the world famous parade. Students designed their own balloon floats and paraded for our families!

Riley Early Childhood Center hosted their Harvest Fest before Thanksgiving break. It was a wonderful gathering of students, families and staff. We are so grateful for you!

Don't miss out on Harvey Park District's Lunch-N-Fun with Santa coming up next Saturday, Dec, 9! Register in advance by calling 708-331-3857.

Recently, Riley Pre-K students had an in-school field trip experience with Sand Ridge Nature Center from Calumet City! The students enjoyed interactive activities with live animals, learning the history of the Sand Ridge Nature Center and checking out different types of animal skin.

Congratulations to the 92 Brooks Middle School students who earned a spot on the A/B honor roll list during the first quarter! Dr. Davis and the Warrior staff sponsored a Warrior Breakfast to celebrate this remarkable achievement with the students’ families.

Congratulations to Holmes Elementary School students in Mrs. Lemon’s 2nd grade class! They completed all of their homework throughout the quarter and were rewarded with a pizza party. Here are our Homework Heroes!

Harvey School District 152 would like to officially welcome Ms. Lisa Manuel as the new principal at Whittier Elementary School! Ms. Manuel’s experience ranges from her time as an elementary school teacher, to an academic advisor and most recently as an Assistant Principal within Joliet Public School District 86. She officially began her new role earlier this month and we are so excited to have her experience and leadership at Whittier! Many thanks to Mrs. Brenda Richardson for filling our principal role this school year! She stepped in and stepped up and set a perfect example in this administrative role.

From our entire team at Harvey School District 152, we wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving! We’re always thankful for all of our students, staff and community members who make this community such a special place. Thank you for your partnership in our students’ education!

Forty-eight Holmes Elementary School students with perfect attendance for the first quarter were treated to a Movie Day! The students got a bag of popcorn, a juice box, and a bag of candy as they spent the afternoon watching Super Mario Brothers in the gym.

Our buildings will be closed for Thanksgiving break from Wednesday, Nov. 22 through Friday, Nov. 24. Enjoy the week ahead with your loved ones!

Thank you to all the families that attended the family night event at Maya Angelou Elementary School earlier this month! Families and students enjoyed learning about Dia De Los Muertos from Ms. Ramirez, who is a Parent Educator in Harvey’s Birth-to-3 program. She shared valuable information about setting up an altar with the photos of the loved ones who have passed on, as well as about the variety of flowers, food and drinks placed on the altar to honor loved ones. Everyone visited various stations which included creating tombstone messages, making papel picado and decorating sugar skulls. The event was a beautiful celebration and wonderful time spent with Angelou families!