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    HBT Newsletters 24-25

    HBT Newsletters for the 24-25 School Year Each month HBT posts a newsletter. You can return to this post to find the previous newsletters for the school year. June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024

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  • Country Trails Winter Olympics

    Country Trails recently marked its inaugural Winter Olympics as part of our Cougar Pride program! Each grade level selected representatives to compete in challenges, earning points for their respective house color teams. Enthusiastic students from all grades rallied behind their teams, showcasing exceptional sportsmanship and true Cougar Pride. Congratulations to the Green team for securing…

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  • Windy City Bulls – Central vs Cary Grove 1/14

    Please join us tomorrow night at the Now Arena, home of the Windy City Bulls. Doors will open at 5:15pm and both Girls and Boys Varsity Basketball will be playing on the same court as the Chicago Bulls G-League affiliate. Ticket information is listed below. We look forward to seeing you there.

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  • Order Your Central Middle School Yearbooks Now!

    Yearbooks are a wonderful way to capture the memories of this school year. They’re filled with photos and stories that students will cherish for years to come. To order your yearbook, please click on this link. Don’t forget! We’re also collecting photos from parents to include in the yearbook. Please click on this link to…

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  • Friday Focus – January 10, 2025

    🎉 FRIDAY FOCUS 🎉 Here’s a look at some of this week’s highlights from across Central 301: 🏫 Welcome Back to CMSCentral Middle School students returned to their building this week after the well failure in early December. We’re so glad to have them back in their classrooms, ready to learn and thrive! 💼 Back…

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    HBT Book Club

    HBT Is Hosting A Book Club The HBT Book Club, reading the book The Lemonade War, kicked off on January 9th. Students who signed up and purchased the book had their book delivered to them at school and were invited to a Canvas Course. The first reading assignment is to read chapters 1 – 3…

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  • Central Middle School Students Explore Civil War Trunks

    Central Middle School Students explore life as a soldier during the Civil War with Civil War Trunks provided by the First Division Museum at Cantigny.

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  • Character Assembly

    Prairie View Welcomes Chicago Steel for All School Assembly! Prairie View PTO brought the Chicago Steel to meet our Coyotes on Wednesday, January 8th. The Chicago Steel talked about kindness, respect, responsibility, cooperation, empathy, citizenship, perserverance and fairness all while helping students learn about the game of hockey!

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    In The Loop – January 2025

    Welcome to 2025! In this month’s edition of In the Loop we are celebrating another successful Sleigh Bells Ring event, with an added celebration of Mr. Struyk’s 20 years of service to Central’s music programs. Our “Alumni Spotlight” features 2021 graduate Riyana Soni who credits the support of Central’s community for shaping her career path…

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  • Entryway decorations (snowflakes)

    Thank you PTO

    The HBT PTO does it again! Thank you! Have you ever wondered who is responsible for decorating the front entrance of the building to go along with the season? The HBT PTO maintains the front entrance decorations and they do a great job! On one of the coldest days of winter break a PTO representative…

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  • Twister Times

    January 2025 Newsletter

    HBT’s First Newsletter of the Year The HBT January newsletter is available via ParentSquare and was sent out to all families on January 1st. If you missed it, you can view the newsletter by clicking HERE. Be sure to check out the important dates section and the section where we dive deep into the goals…

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