Contact Information:
815-623-2837 - main office
Parents, each week on Dojo, I post our daily work slides; they are also posted in the attendance Google Classroom for students to view. Here you will find what we did that day, as well as the current spelling words to study.
If there is an e-learning day (snow day/emergency weather), check the "Attendance Google Classroom"; there will be a choice board for students to complete, and it will count as attendance. All work is due the following Monday.
Don't forget to complete the attendance form, as it will count as attendance for your child.
Hello, and welcome to a new school year! I am so excited to have your child in my class. This year will be full of new, fun, and challenging learning opportunities.
This will be my fourth year teaching and my fourth year teaching 5th grade at Kinnikinnick. I attended Illinois State University, where I earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement. I am currently pursuing my master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction and expect to graduate in February 2027.
2026-2027 School Calendar
August ✏️
17 Teacher Institute (No Students)
18 Teacher Institute (No Students) & KS Parent and Student Orientation 5:30- 6:30 pm
19 Teacher Institute (No Students)
20 First Day of School 7:55 a.m. - 2:20 p.m.
September 🍂
7 Labor Day (Legal School Holiday)
17 School Pictures All Schools
October 🎃
9 School Improvement Day (No Students)
12 Columbus Day (No School)
22 STEAM night 5:30 - 7pm @RMS
23 Boo Bash 5-7pm @RMS
23- End of Quarter 1
30 Quarter 1 Report Cards go home
November 🦃
12 Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:00 pm
13 Veteran's Day Observed (No School)
19 Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:00 pm
20 No School
25 No School
26 Thanksgiving Day (Legal School Holiday)
27 No School
December ❄️
8 RMS/KS Winter Music Concert (RMS Choir, 5-8 Band & Hand Bells) 7:00 pm at RMS
21-31 No School (Winter Break)
January 🎆
1 No School (Winter Break)
4 School Resumes
15 Teacher Institute (No Students)
18 Martin Luther King Jr. (Legal School Holiday)
14- End of Quarter 2
22 Quarter 2 Report Cards go home
February 💕
5 Kinn District Winter Music Program (4-8 Band and Choir) 7:00 pm at Hono PAC
18 Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:00 pm
19 Lincoln's Birthday Observed (No School)
25 Parent-Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:00 pm
26 No School
March 🍀
1 Casimir Pulaski (Legal School Holiday) **Unless Emergency Day is Needed**
19- End of Quarter 3
22-26 No School (Spring Break)
April 🌷
2 Quarter 3 Report Cards go home
23 School Improvement Day (No Students)
May ☀️
6 Kinnikinnick Fine Arts Festival 6:00-8:00 pm at KS
19-21 Camp Timber-lee Field Trip!!!
27 Student Last Day of School and Quarter 4 Report Cards go home
28 Teacher Institute (No Students)