Graham Elementary School

Please join us for our first-ever district-wide Back-to-School event. This event is designed to bring families, educators, and community partners together to celebrate the start of a new school year—and we'd love to have you join us! Event Details: 📅 Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025 🕒 Time: 3:00–7:00 p.m. 📍 Location: Springfield Public Schools Administrative Office – 3063 Fiat Ave., Springfield, IL This family-friendly event will feature: School supply and backpack giveaways Live student performances Food and treats A variety of exhibitors sharing valuable information and resources for families and educators!

Registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open. Please go to: https://www.sps186.org/page/registration

Congratulations to our May Students of the Month! These All Stars enjoyed a Scoop Du Jour donut breakfast with Mrs. B this morning and also received a book to read over the summer! Keep up the great work, All Stars! Hope everyone has a great summer break! https://photos.app.goo.gl/8bf5ibAQ2JkRARLh6

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, community members came to read a book about Asian art to our classrooms today! Enjoy the pictures! https://photos.app.goo.gl/neh7xXrrguFLAVJe8

Thank you to everyone who came out last night to our last FACE meeting of the school year and paint night! We had a great time painting and making fun snacks! Enjoy the photos! https://photos.app.goo.gl/BWAsa9mHBHeHSAS99

The BOGO Book Fair is all set up! Don't forget to set up your e-wallets or send cash with your child tomorrow, Wednesday, or Friday! You may also shop Thursday evening after our Paint Night from 6-6:30pm.

All Star Families! Reminder next week starts our BOGO Book Fair! Monday will be "preview day" . Students can shop on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday during school hours, and Thursday, from 6-6:30pm!

All Star Families! Just a reminder our last FACE meeting and Family Event is coming up next Thursday, May 15th from 5-6:30pm! We are going to do a fun painting activity and have some fun snacks! You can also shop our BOGO book fair afterwards. Please RSVP by sending me a message on here, emailing me at lboualavong@sps186.org or by calling the school at 217-525-3220.

BOGO Book Fair coming up next week 5/12-5/16!! Sign up for E-Wallets by clicking this link: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/grahamelementaryschool13

All Star Families! Our last FACE meeting and family event is coming up next Thursday, May 15th! See attached flyer for more info. We hope to see you there!

Our BOGO Book Fair is coming up next week! Parents, you can set up e-Wallets for the BOGO fair. If you have had eWallets on previous fairs you should be getting emails about signing up and/or transferring your previous amounts over to the eWallet. If this is your first time setting up an e-wallet, you can click on this link: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/grahamelementaryschool12 Here is a link with more information about the eWallets: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/hub/fair-files.html#eWalletPromos

Calling all families with children entering Kindergarten in the 2025–2026 school year! Make sure your student is ready for school this fall by taking them to the Walk-In Clinic for Kindergarten Immunizations at Sangamon County department of Public health! If you can't make this opportunity please make sure to schedule a back to school physical for your student with your primary care physician. 🗓 Monday, May 5th 🕝 2:30 PM – 6:00 PM 📍 Sangamon County Department of Public Health 2833 South Grand Avenue East, Springfield, IL No appointment needed—just walk in! Getting your child’s immunizations done early helps ensure a smooth start to the school year.

March Madness Celebration continued today with a very special guest-Coach Tim Allen from Team Crew came to do some fun basketball drills with our 3rd-5th graders who received zero referrals in the last month! Congratulations to all these All Stars. Enjoy your spring break! https://photos.app.goo.gl/vxc6PMMDrjbSyacA7

March Madness Celebration began today with K-2nd graders who have received zero referrals in the last month! These students enjoyed some fun basketball drills and games with Ms. Herman and Mrs. Boualavong! Enjoy the photos in this Google Photo Album:https://photos.app.goo.gl/vxc6PMMDrjbSyacA7

Congratulations to our March Students of the Month! These students, along with their grownups, enjoyed a donut breakfast with Mrs. Boualavong this morning. Each All Star received a free kid meal coupon to Arby's and a book. Keep up the great work, All Stars! Check out the pictures by clicking on this link :) https://photos.app.goo.gl/UsPXHnCCC4wW97Fm9

Last call for book fair! The book fair will be open from 9-11am tomorrow!

We had a blast at Reading Night last night! Check out these fun photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/7Tp7nCDRR8Suwf1fA

All Star Families! You can still order Graham gear by filling out this form and turning it into our office by April 2nd!

All Star Parents, please take a few moments to complete the 5essentials survey at the following link: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/ Thank you for your time!

All Star Families! Don't forget tonight is our family reading night and a chance for you to shop our book fair! Reading Night is from 5-6pm. Book fair will be open from 6-6:30pm tonight.