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A group photo of the Community Contributor Award winner with his family, members of the Board of Education, and Summit Hill 161 staff members after being recognized during the May board meeting.

Community Contributor Award Winner Kevin Brown

Group photo of the Hilda Walker students who sorted and boxed books that were donated in a book drive for Bernie’s Book Bank in May. The photo is taken in the school's library and the tables around the students are filled with stacks of donated books.

HW Book Drive

Group photo of the student helpers for the Dr. Julian Rogus School Young Athletes Event taken by the basketball hoop game.

DJR Young Athletes Event 4th Grade Helpers

Group photo of May Summit Award winner Kim Coughlin with Summit Hill 161 staff and students after being recognized during the Board of Education meeting.

May Summit Award Winner Kim Coughlin

Group photo of May Summit Award winner Mary Dempsey with Summit Hill 161 staff and students after being recognized during the Board of Education meeting.

May Summit Award Winner Mary Dempsey

Group photo of the Summit Hill Junior High student-athletes who qualified for the IESA 4A State Track and Field Meet and the team's coaches taken inside the school's main entrance.

SHJH Track & Field State Meet Qualifiers

The Rogus all-school parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence was led by students with an America 250 banner.

DJR All-School Patriotic Parade

Indian Trail School Kindness Crew group photo in front of school sign

IT Kindness Crew

Hilda Walker students and Walter Wildcat ready to greet fourth graders for Step Up Day

HW Wildcats ready for Step Up Day!

Group photo of the Summit Hill Junior High students who are competing in the Illinois Junior Academy of Science State Science Fair at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale this weekend.

IJAS State Science Expo Participants

Four SHSD161 staff members were honored during the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) 2026 Those Who Excel & Teacher of the Year Awards Banquet in Bloomington-Normal this weekend.

ISBE Award Winners

The four Hilda Walker staff members who ran the Milwaukee Half Marathon on April 11.

Four HW Staffers Ran the Milwaukee Half Marathon!

Tom Skilling at Indian Trail School

Tom Skilling at Indian Trail School

SHJH Band performing on steps of Old State Capitol

SHJH Band in Springfield

7th Grade Junior Student Board Members

Seventh Grade Junior Student Board Members

Improv Club

HW Improv Club

SHJH Southland's Best

SHJH Voted Southland's Best Public Elementary School

MDELC playground

MDELC Playground Fun

Mary Drew Administrative Center

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  • 100% K-8 students with 1-1
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  • 14:1 Student/Teacher Ratio
  • 2,500 Students

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