Hinckley-Big Rock Elementary School

Tomorrow we celebrate 101 days of school! In the spirit of the movie 101 Dalmatians, everyone is invited to dress like a Dalmatian or wear black & white. We will have a fun filled day of learning! 🖤🤍💙🐾

It’s the 100th day of school! We found some amazing 100 year old looking 1st graders and teachers. Lots of 100 activities today! 👵🏼👴🏼💯

Our students are enjoying the snow at recess time! ❄️☃️

Tonight's Royal Shout Out was presented to the Early Childhood team. Ms. Tamara provided an overview of all of the great learning that happens through play! Thank you for your commitment to setting a strong foundation for our littlest Royals! #HBRThankful

Do you want to learn more about English Language services and who qualifies? Join the Illinois Resource Center via Zoom on February 2 or 9.

It’s a cold day- warm up inside! Our PTO, with the Hinckley Lions Club, is hosting candy Bingo! Bring your family TODAY from 1:00-3:00 at the HBRES cafeteria for a fun filled time of Bingo, candy and laughter. We hope to see you there!

It’s a great day to be a Royal! 💙🤍👑

We would like to invite ALL of you to join us tomorrow, Tuesday, for our 1st PTO meeting of 2023. We will meet at the ES library at 7:00 pm. We have tons of info to discuss and plans to share. Bring a friend and come on out! We also hope that your entire family will join us for Family Candy Bingo on Saturday (1/21), from 1:00-3:00, here in our cafeteria. It's sure to be a great time! There are a few other events to share with you- so please see below and check out the included links for all details. Mother/Son Bowling is back! Sunday, February 26, 11:00 am- 1:00 pm. To register, fill out this Google form: https://forms.gle/DsJwwrEH7tkWuuAK8 Sign up for the PTO's first BUNCO NIGHT, and have some quality time with fellow school moms! NO prior Bunco experience is necessary! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CADA922ABFBC16-moms

Our PTO, with the Hinckley Lions Club, is planning a fun family event you do not want to miss- Candy Bingo! Bring your family on Saturday, January 21, from 1:00-3:00 at the HBRES cafeteria for a fun filled time of Bingo, candy and laughter. We hope to see you there!

Applications for the 2023-2024 HBR Blended Early Childhood program will be open January 16-February 3. Applications can be found on our website at https://www.hbr429.org/page/blended-early-childhood Space is limited--lottery selection will apply. Questions? Contact Dr. Jessica Sonntag, Assistant Superintendent, at jsonntag@hbr429.org.

It's not too early to think about Spring! Please save the date(s) for our annual Spring Sing events! EC- 2nd grade will perform on 3/16. Our 3rd - 5th grades will perform on April 20th. Both events will be in the evening, at HBR High School. More details to follow- we look forward to these events!

🎊Happy New Year to all of our HBR families!🎊 We hope you’re having a wonderful Winter break!

Our students are doing SO many exciting things & learning so much in the process. Today, our 3rd graders built gingerbread houses after calculating the materials’ costs. Our choir & student council members went to an area nursing home to sing carols, learning the importance of giving back. And we had an EC student notice our tattered flag- so she and her dad brought a new one today and taught our Cub Scouts & EC students about the American flag, how to care for the old one, and how to raise the new one. We are so grateful for all of the experiences our students have to learn every day!

January Menu

On Friday, we had a very special visit from the Lutheran Church Charities K-9 Comfort volunteers. They brought some sweet dogs for all of our students to visit. These dogs have helped in places like Sandy Hook & Joplin, MO. What a treat for us and the volunteers to see our students so happy and excited to spend time with the dogs. We hope they’ll come back soon. We loved having them!

We had a great day at Whoville today! Lots of Grinch sightings along with Cindy Lou Who, Max and others. We are feeling the excitement of Winter Break!

Our HBR staff love getting to visit our classes. Enjoy these pics of Mrs. Willey & Dr. McGuire in PE and Dr. McGuire reading and building with blocks in kinder!

Our students are so creative! Check out some of these festive headgears & Santa hats!

We are learning lots this week- and having fun! Enjoy some moments captured of our festive students and staff- yesterday was Candy Cane day and today is Santa's Workshop Day - dress like an elf or wrap yourself like a present! Tomorrow is a Santa hat or Tree topper Day! All students can wear a Santa hat or any festive headgear.

We are going to celebrate the days leading up to the holidays in style! Join us for Holiday Spirit Days! Monday, December 12th is Candy Cane Day- wear red & white!