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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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  • Mark Your Calendars for the Spring Showcase!

    The Spring Showcase is only weeks away! We hope to see our families on Thursday, May 8th from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.  Throughout the night we will be showcasing a variety of curricular and fine arts works from our students!  This school year we are inviting both our seventh and eighth grade families! Mark…

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    Educational Summer Camps!

    Central 301 is thrilled to announce two brand new summer camp opportunities for students entering grades 6-8 this fall! Registration is now open! Don’t miss out on these exciting opportunities to learn, create, and have fun this summer!

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  • Book Fair

    Book Fair

    BOGO Book Fair is here The Scholastic BOGO Book Fair is here at HBT. Students are shopping the book fair with their classes during their scheduled library times. The book fair will be open to families to shop on Wednesday night from 5pm – 7pm during out Ice Cream Social event. Let’s help build a…

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  • Fox Valley Conference Art Show

    Central High School is extremely proud of the Student & Staff showing at the 2025 FVC Art Show. The show was held April 8th through the 20th at McHenry County College. On Thursday night last week, four students were given their awards for their pieces. Our CHS Fine Arts staff were present and ran the…

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    Friday Focus – April 18, 2025

    šŸŽ‰ FRIDAY FOCUS šŸŽ‰Here’s a look at what’s happening across Central 301 this week: šŸŽØ Art Stars Shine in ChicagoFour CHS art students were selected to exhibit at the Illinois High School Art Exhibition at the Bridgeport Art Center! Ella Habib and Marcin Placzek also competed in a live Art Throwdown event.šŸ‘ Featured artists: Sarah…

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  • STEAM Night + Book Fair Success

    It was a full week of discovery, imagination, and curiosity at Prairie View! šŸ“š The annual Book Fair brought students and families together to explore new stories, grow personal libraries, and build a love of reading. With shelves filled and excitement high, our hallways were buzzing all week with young readers making big choices—thank you…

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  • CT Chooses a New Cougar Reading Madness Book Winner

    CT students voted 36 books down to their favorite CRM book for 2024-25. And the Winner is… And our students were so excited!

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  • Scrabble Meets Spring Fun

    Mr. Roberts’ 1st grade class at Prairie View took part in a creative and engaging egg hunt activity just before spring break—and it was more than just fun! Each egg was filled with Scrabble-style letter tiles, and students were challenged to build a sight word using the letters inside. Once their word was complete, they…

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  • Parent University Intro

    Parent University

    The First HBT Parent University Was A Success On the evening of April 15th, 2025, Principal Lewis hosted her first Virtual Parent University event. The event was focused on athletics and activities available to District 301 elementary students outside of the school day. It was all about sharing opportunities that are not only fun and…

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  • CT completes IAR testing

    CT 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders finished up IAR testing today. It’s nice to take a Brain Break in the library after a morning of testing!

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