Douglas Elementary's Book Blast event starts today!
We're excited to partner with Books Are Fun to build our students' home libraries.
Follow the steps on the Treasure Map to register. The event will occur from March 10th-March 22nd.
https://app.booksarefun.com/DouglasES61356
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Princeton Elementary School District will conduct a Community Wide Preschool Screening on Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21. This screening will be conducted at Douglas Elementary School, 220 East LaSalle Street, Princeton.
Children must be 3 or 4 years old before September 1, 2025 to participate in this screening. Children will be screened in the following areas: Fine and Gross Motor Skills, Learning Skills, Speech/Language, Social Emotional, and Self-Help skills.
There is no charge for this screening, but appointments are required. Please call 815-875-6075 to schedule an appointment. Each appointment lasts approximately 45 minutes. The Bright Beginnings program fills up fast, so please call and schedule an appointment ASAP.
A preschool screening is required for all families who wish to have their child enrolled in the Bright Beginnings Pre-Kindergarten Program, a grant funded program by the Illinois State Board of Education. However, any family may utilize this screening as a developmental check-up. Children currently enrolled in the Bright Beginnings preschool program do not need to be screened again. Children not screened before June 6, will not be able to start on the first day of preschool.
Families who are wanting their child in Bright Beginnings must provide proof of income at the screening (provide one of the following, preferably the first page of 2024 tax return or 2 pay stubs from each parent, 2024 W-2 for both parents, or letter from employer).
All preschool students will be required to have a complete up to date physical and immunization record turned before the first day of school.
Questions may be directed to 815-875-6075.
KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION FOR THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR
If your child will be five years old on or before September 1, 2025, and will
be attending Kindergarten in the Princeton Elementary school system for
the 2025-2026 school year, you may come to Douglas Elementary at 220
East LaSalle Street and register your child. Registration will be held
Thursday, February 27th from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Friday,
February 28th from 8:00 a.m. to noon.
You will need to provide a CERTIFIED COPY of the child’s birth certificate
(the copy issued by the COUNTY) and PROOF OF RESIDENCY, such as a
utility bill, tax bill, etc., when you register.
Book Rental/Technology fees ($40.00 for books/$50.00 for technology) may
be paid at this time, but payment is not required to register your child.
All kindergarten students will have to be up to date with their physical
and immunizations prior to the first day of school. There will be no
exceptions. Vision and dental exams will also be required. Forms will be
distributed at registration time.
Feel free to contact our district office at 815-875-3162 or Douglas School at
815-872-9741 with questions.
Douglas staff members sharing the message of
"Loving the Students First"!!! ❤️🥰🩷
Happy Valentine's Day!❤️
Bright Beginnings' students are bringing home a special package today. Students are receiving a "take and make" spaghetti meal, recipe, and story. We look forward to families sharing pictures of their experience. Happy cooking!
Douglas students were lucky enough to get to play in the snow recently, making Snow Angels and Snowmen!
Thank you for making our Bright Beginnings family night a success! We loved seeing our school community come together for fun, laughter, and memories!!!
Preschool students at Douglas didn't let the colder temperatures stop them from enjoying the playground!!!
📚 Third Grade Reading Buddies!❤️☀️📖 Lincoln Third Graders visited preschoolers at Bright Beginnings today as reading buddies. Bigs were able read with Littles and then enjoy some time learning through play! What a great opportunity to build relationships, promote early literacy, connect our schools, take care of others, and best yet….for kids to be kids! We’re so thankful for this partnership with Bright Beginnings and the incredible pre-k teachers and staff there!☀️❤️ 💡
Douglas hosted a "Camp Out and Read" family reading night on November 14th.🔥📖🪵
Families rotated through a variety of activities, including family reading time with flashlights, a camp craft, story time with Mr. Bob, and S'mores treat. Staff were overwhelmed by all of the families that attended. Thank you for spending your evening with us!
Bright Beginnings still has openings in their afternoon program! (11:45-2:15)
If you have a student turning 3 or 4, please call Mrs. Newberry at 815-875-6075.
Mrs. Grawe's preschool classes are enjoying all of the new playground equipment outside and having fun on the new sensory path inside!
A very exciting day at Douglas yesterday when this special delivery arrived! Our new playground equipment should be installed soon!!
David Hornbaker from Hornbaker Gardens generously donated some time last week to help Douglas Students plant a butterfly garden as part of their landscape enrichment project.
Douglas students raised over $3300 to help beautify the school grounds, and they got their reward last Wednesday when custodian Bob Espel let them all help shave his beard.
Douglas Kindergarten and PreSchool students had beautiful weather for Beach Day this year!
Douglas Pre-School staff and students enjoyed a beautiful day at Zearing Park for the annual family picnic. What a great way to kick off the end of year festivities!
Douglas students have been collecting money for the past several weeks and the grand total is in... $3,332.00 has been raised to help improve the landscaping around the building. Custodian Bob Espel challenged the students to see which class could raise the most money and offered to let the top class shave his beard, and the runner up to help shave his head! While Mrs. Richard's class ended up in first place, Mrs. Pinter's in second, and Mrs. Caldwell's in third, we think every student ended up winning this challenge. All proceeds will go towards new landscaping around the Douglas building, with the first round of plantings to take place with students present this Thursday, May 23rd. The famous beard will be shaved on Wednesday, May 22nd.
On May 6th, my mom's were able to come in and hang out with their child and have donuts for about 30 minutes.
We also showed them a few brain breaks.
On May 14th, it was dads turn!!!!💙🍩🩷
The afternoon Bright Beginning’s classes visited the fire station today⛑🚒❤️
