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  • Friday Focus – September 26, 2025

    🎉 FRIDAY FOCUS 🎉 Here’s a look at what’s happening across Central 301 this week: 🗳️ Final Call: Superintendent SurveyYour last chance to share input in the Board’s superintendent search. The survey closes Sunday night — don’t miss it! 🎤 Voices Heard at CHSCommunity members gathered Tuesday night at Central High School for a forum…

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  • Back-to-Back FVC Champs!

    Boys and Girls Golf Update The Rockets boys golf team clinched their second straight Fox Valley Conference overall title, led by senior Tyler Samaan, who birdied the final hole to win his second consecutive individual FVC championship. Not to be outdone, sophomore Lexi Gibson earned All-Conference honors for girls golf — another big highlight in…

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  • HBT 4th Graders Visit LeRoy Oakes

    This was the best field trip ever!

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  • CT Visits with Elgin Fire Department

    Country Trails Kindergarten, 1st, and 4th graders met with Elgin Fire Department to review fire safety this week.

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  • Kinder student

    HBT Fall Fest

    HBT’s Curriculum Night/Fall Fest Event On Wednesday, September 25th, 2025 the HBT PTO and HBT teaching staff put on a fun family event full of math activities, fall themed games, pumpkins, popcorn, face painting, cotton candy, the book fair, and food trucks! Check out the pictures below:

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  • HBT 1st Grade

    HBT 1st Graders Are Learning Our 1st grade students are hearing from community workers. Not only are they learning about variuos community jobs they are also learning how to sit in a large audience and attend to a presentation. In addition, our 1st graders are engaging in Math differently this year through the i-Ready resource.

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  • Girls reading to a dog

    HBT Reads to Dogs

    HBT Reads to Dogs Monthly Each month students are chosen by their teachers for exhibiting the Care Code. If they are selected, the students have the opportunity to read with some comfort dogs in the library. Here are a few pictures from this month’s visit with the dogs.

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  • PKMS – Pediatric Cancer Awareness

    On Friday, September 19, Prairie Knolls students and staff closed out District 301’s Homecoming Spirit Week by joining together in recognition of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. Students who chose to participate wore gold shirts, creating a powerful “sea of gold” throughout classrooms and hallways. The display served as a meaningful reminder of the strength, courage,…

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  • German Exchange Students Arrive at CHS

    Guten Tag, Central Rockets! For the 28th year, Central High School is proud to welcome students and teachers from our partner school in Großröhrsdorf, Germany, through the German American Partnership Program (GAPP). From September 22 to October 5, 2025, ten German students and two of their teachers will join our school community. During their stay,…

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  • Boys in camo

    HBT Spirit Week #2

    HBT Celebrates Homecoming Week With A Spirit Week HBT continued to celebrate homecoming week with a Camo Day, TURBO-palooza day, and a Blue & White Day! Check out some of the fun we had showing our school spirit.

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