Peotone Junior High School

Your Peotone 207u Admin Team spent the week diving into school improvement planning, aligning goals, collaborating, and preparing for a strong start to the year! Each activity—from planning to building connections—was centered on moving our district ahead!

We wrapped up the week in our favorite sports gear, celebrating the same teamwork and dedication we’ll bring into the school year!

Here’s to a year of growth, goals, and Go Big Blue! 💙

On Wednesday, Mrs. Zurales facilitated a district-wide School Improvement Workshop as part of the Admin Retreat. Building administrators worked side-by-side with their teacher teams to develop School Improvement Plans for the upcoming year. For the first time, this important work is being completed before the school year begins—ensuring that every building starts with clear goals, focused priorities, and aligned action steps. We’re excited to see the impact this will have on student growth throughout the year!

Your Peotone 207U Admin Team kicked off their summer Admin Retreat yesterday!

This dedicated group is spending the week collaborating, aligning, and planning with purpose to ensure a strong start to the school year.

👏 Take a moment to give a shoutout to an admin you recognize in the photo! Please also help us give a warm welcome to Mrs. JIllian Sosnowski, stepping into her new role as PES Principal (familiar face, new title!) and to Mrs. Alicia Jakubek, the newest member of our team as the PHS Assistant Principal.

Stay tuned for more exciting updates from their week and for this upcoming school year!

Reminder to Peotone Families: Any required physical & immunizations for the 2025-2026 school year are due PRIOR to the first day of school. You can find all the appropriate forms needed for your student on the district website under the parent tab in Health Services Department > Health Service Documents. https://www.peotoneschools.org/page/health-services

Our last day of school is this Friday, May 30th. All schools will be implementing a common plan schedule.

We are looking forward to celebrating our 8th grade graduates tonight! The graduation ceremony will start at 7pm. Below is the link to the live stream! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnfKrP2_op0

Last night, we had the privilege of hosting Detective Rich Wistocki, a nationally recognized expert in Child CyberSafety and Cybercrimes. His presentation, “Keeping Our Kids CyberSafe,” was eye-opening, highly informative, and incredibly relevant for today’s digital world. We understand that May is a very busy time for families. To ensure all parents have access to this valuable information, we’re pleased to provide a recording of the presentation. Key topics included: “Not My Kid” – Breaking the myth and recognizing warning signs Online safety on platforms like Roblox and other popular games The “Gold Ticket” for technology Practical tools and strategies for monitoring social media and digital activity We encourage you to take some time to watch the presentation and equip yourself with strategies to help keep your children safe online. Here is the recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/znwPMrUw78A?si=GBtTyK-5n5vP_9iv

Healthy and nutritious summer meals are available for children (18 and under) when school is out. To find a site close to you, call or visit the website below: https://wegotyouillinois.org/

Please see flyer about the Will County Health Department Back to School Immunization Clinics.

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting the first presenter in our Peotone Parent Partnership Series on Thursday, May 15, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. The event will feature Detective Rich Wistocki from the Be Sure Consulting CyberSafe Schools Team. Detective Wistocki is a nationally recognized expert in High Technology Cyber Crimes and will share proactive strategies, expert insights, and invaluable resources for ensuring children's cyber safety. We recognize that May is a busy month, but we believe this presentation is especially important as we head into summer—a time when students’ technology usage tends to increase. Resources will be shared for those who cannot attend, but we hope to see you there! Please see the attached flyer for all the details.

Join us on Friday, April 4, for the PJHS Talent Show, presented by Pals! Doors open at 5:45, and the show starts at 6:00 in the PHS Auditorium. All family and friends are invited to come out and support our performers! All money raised goes to support the Pals program at PJHS.

This is a reminder to participate in the parent survey supplement, part of the Illinois 5Essentials Survey administration. A parent survey report will be generated if at least 20 percent of parents/guardians respond to the survey. While the parent data will not be made public, the parent report will be made available to the building and district administration and will enable them to make considerations based on the responses given by Peotone parents/guardians. Your participation in the parent survey will help us understand the conditions at your child’s school and guide improvement. These research-based reports will be sent to schools and districts in May and will also be included in the State School Report Card, released statewide in the fall. Please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ to take the parent survey.

This Friday (March 14th) marks the end of our 3rd Quarter for Peotone Schools. As a reminder, we will be operating under a Common Plan schedule on Friday.

The 5Essentials Survey is NOW OPEN and will remain open until March 28th. We would appreciate it if you took the time to complete the Parent/Guardian Portion of the 5Essentials Survey. We need your help in getting 20% of our parents to respond to this survey for each school! You can access the survey by clicking on the following link: https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/

Reminder to Families: Peotone CUSD 207U has a School Improvement Day scheduled for tomorrow - Friday, February 14th. Due to the early release, lunch will not be served. Dismissal times are as follows: PES: 11:50 am PIC: 11:00 am PJHS: 12:00 pm PHS: 11:50 am

Due to the anticipated weather and timing of predicted snowfall that has the potential to impact travel and dismissal, Peotone CUSD 207U will be implementing an e-Learning Day for tomorrow - Wednesday, February 12th. All extra-curricular activities are canceled.  Please stay safe and have a great night!

We held our second District SPARK Day today, and staff members were SPARKING warmth and gratitude across Peotone 207u. It is so wonderful to have these days to connect through the entire district and show our appreciation for our staff and each other. Staff wore Spark Shirts or anything orange and visited the lounge to complete the Cups of Gratitude Activity. They enjoyed coffee, cocoa, and cookies. Staff had a chance to earn raffle tickets throughout the day for special raffle prizes. Our SPARK Survey was This or That: Winter Edition. See the Staff SPARK Survey Results below! A huge thank you to the Peotone Education Foundation for donating the raffle prizes and treats for this SPARK Day!

Save the date! PJHS Graduation is Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 7:00pm in the PHS Gym.

The Class of 2029 Orientation is TONIGHT at PHS. To best prepare students and families for the transition to high school, the Peotone High School administration and school counseling department will be hosting an Incoming Freshman Information Night for all eighth-grade parents and students on January 29th, from 5:30-7:00 PM. 5:30 pm to 6:00 pm - Representatives from sports, clubs, and elective course teachers will be available to answer any questions. 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm - Administrative and School Counseling presentation. Scheduling materials will be provided.

Tonight's wrestling meet at Wilmington has been canceled.