Dwight Common School #232

Redbird Mathletes take home 4th place at the Livingston County Math Contest. Great work! 🧠🏆

🎉Congratulations to Mr. John Scott for being selected as our March Redbird Staff Member of the Month! He begins his day early, before all staff and students arrive at school, to make sure the building is ready to go. He directs morning arrival and is on-call all day to help where needed. We are lucky to have him in our Redbird Family!

'Birds Don't Bully! We kicked off our 'Birds Don't Bully campaign today with two assemblies led by BMX Champion Matt Wilhelm. Mr. Wilhelm spoke to our students about never giving up, hard work pays off, and he gave his personal story as an anti-bullying message. If you are interested in showing your anti-bullying support, you can purchase the t-shirt pictured from the link below: https://thirtyfourapparel.com/search?q=dwight+birds+dont&options%5Bprefix%5D=last More pictures soon!

Redbird Spelling Bee will this Wednesday at 9:15AM. Parents and family of participants are welcome to attend!

🎉🏆💪STATE BOUND! Dalton DeLong takes 4th place at sectionals to qualify for the state tournament next weekend at NIU in DeKalb. After receiving a first round bye, Dalton went 2-2 on the day. The day was highlighted by him pinning his opponent in what is known as the blood round to qualify for state. Addie Avilez, Hudson Clay and Kimari Nelson-Smith fell short after great seasons!

On Saturday, February 24, the Redbird Wrestling Team traveled to Pontiac for regionals. The Redbirds came home with four sectional qualifiers. Addie Avilez took 3rd place to qualify for sectionals. Kimari Nelson-Smith and Hudson Clay both made the finals and took 2nd place to secure their sectional berth. Dalton DeLong was the regional champion at 85 pounds. Asa Laser took 4th place making him a sectional alternate. These 4 wrestlers head to the East Peoria Sectional next weekend. Sectionals will be 16 man brackets, with the top 4 advancing to the IESA state tournament at NIU on March 8-9.

Congrats to our 7th Grade Volleyball Team. They placed third in the Livingston County Tournament last night.

🙌PTO Family Bingo Night was a huge success! Thank you to our PTO for organizing this event each year. Huge thanks to Mr. G for being our bingo caller. We loved spending time with our Redbird Families!

Tera Graves, the director of the Livingston Area Education for Employment Region 380 would like all of our 8th grade students and parents to consider Career Exploration. This information is to encourage students to think about careers and their educational pathway as they begin their journey into high school. Please click on the link below for more information: https://5il.co/2df92

PreSchool Screening Information for Spring 2024

Good morning, Dwight Public Schools. Due to road conditions, mostly on our rural routes, school will be CANCELLED TODAY, JANUARY 23. A decision regarding evening activities will be made later this morning. Stay safe. 

Good morning, Dwight Public Schools.   Due to freezing rain and more forecasted throughout the day, there will be NO SCHOOL today, Monday, January 22. This again will be treated as a traditional snow day. A decision regarding evening activities will be made later in the day.Stay safe and we will see you tomorrow.

Just a reminder that scholastic bowl practice starts tomorrow morning. They will meet at 7am in the library!

The volleyball game for Tuesday January 16 with Seneca has been cancelled!

Due to the ongoing cold and dangerous temperatures and wind chills, there will be no school tomorrow, Tuesday, January 16. This will be a traditional snow or emergency day and will be made up at the end of the school year. There will not be Elearning. As of right now all Tuesday afternoon/evening activities are still on including extracurriculars, Freshman Orientation and the high school board meeting. Stay safe, stay warm and we will see you on Wednesday.

The volleyball match that was scheduled for this evening (1/12) have been cancelled. The volleyball teams will have an optional practice on Monday 1/15 from 5:30pm-7:30pm.

Snow Day- No School Today, Friday, January 12. This is not an E Learning Day, it's a traditional snow day that will be made up at the end of the school year. A decision will be made regarding afternoon activities around lunchtime. Today is the day many of the kids have been waiting for. I've been asked no less than a couple hundred times this week by my own kids and those from both buildings if we would have a snow day at some point. I hope the rain today holds off and kids can get outside and enjoy a good old fashion snow day. Stay safe and we'll see you next week. -Mr. DeLong

🎄MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of our Redbirds! 🎅

🏆CONGRATULATIONS to our 5th/6th Boys Basketball team and Coach Gettinger for taking home 3rd Place in the Odell Tourney! We can't wait to watch these boys in the future! 🏀

Come join our Redbird Family! Job Opportunities Available at Dwight Common School! Please click on the link below for more information. Immediate openings for a Speech Paraprofessional and a Speech Pathologist. https://www.illinoiseducationjobbank.org/jobs/search-results