Salt Creek Primary School

Stay warm and enjoy the latest Viking Voyager!
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Tomorrow, Friday, November 21st, will be a Pajama Day. Thanks to Mrs. O's class and all their hard work on their iReady lessons. Keep up the great work!

The latest news from Salt Creek Primary is here in the new edition of the Viking Voyager.
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Salt Creek Primary students learned about Veterans' Day today with a visit from an actual Veteran, creating cards for Veterans, viewing our community Veteran wall, and Veteran-themed projects in art class. See the pictures of our first graders painting poppies!
Thank you Veterans!

This week, we wrapped up our story A Bed for Winter and enjoyed a special visit from The Naturalist! She brought in a variety of animals for us to touch, explore, and learn about—it was such a fun and hands-on experience! You can learn more about her amazing work at thenaturalnaturalist.com or follow her on Instagram at @natural_naturalist

Our fall reading celebration is complete, and our students got a special treat — an author visit! 🎉 Thank you to Anitha Moorthy for sharing her story with us. Students who purchased copies will receive them once they arrive at Salt Creek! 📚

Here is the latest Viking Voyager! Don't forget Daylight Saving Time Ends this weekend. https://secure.smore.com/n/ncz7v

Salt Creek and Swartz celebrated Red Ribbon Week by coloring the world with kindness today!! 💙💛💚❤️🧡💜

Preschool Adventure! 🌳 Our preschoolers had a wonderful time exploring the Morton Arboretum this week! They loved checking out all the different trees as they wrapped up their tree unit. 🍂🌲

Albright Middle School received an EXEMPLARY rating on the Illinois Report Card!

We’re excited to share some news from the 2025 Illinois State Report Card! All three of our Salt Creek District 48 schools showed outstanding growth and achievement in Reading and Math this year—proof that our students, staff, and families are working together to achieve great things.

A special congratulations goes to Albright Middle School, which earned an Exemplary designation, placing it among the top 10% of schools in Illinois!

These accomplishments are a direct reflection of the hard work and dedication of our teachers, the perseverance of our students, and the strong support of our families. Together, we’re building on our success and living out this year’s theme: Stronger Than Ever — with a New Foundation 🧱, Same Heart 🩵, and Bigger Purpose💡.

Our Buddy Bench has officially arrived, and today our students learned how to use it to foster friendship and kindness on our playground. A heartfelt thank you to the FTC for making this possible for our students! 💛💙

Thanks to their awesome behavior on the field trip, Kindergarten earned a prize drop. Tomorrow, 10/30, will be a Stuffy Day! Students can bring any Stuffy as long as it fits in their backpack.

Fall Fest Fun!! Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated this spooky season with us!! Thank you to the FTC for a great event!!

Have a great weekend! Here is the latest Viking Voyager.
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Kindergarten students enjoyed a nature walk to the pond after finishing the story Life in a Pond. They were excited to observe and discover the plants and animals that live in and around the water! 🐸🐟🦆

Our Kindergarten students all shared their first writing piece with each other in the new Learning Grove!! ✍️

Thank you to Elmhurst Fire Department for teaching our students about Fire Safety. 🔥

Tomorrow, Friday, October 10th, is going to be a Pajama Day at Salt Creek Primary. We had two nominations for a prize drop. Mrs. Lindeen's class, for their wonderful classroom behavior, and our 1st grade was for their excellent listening in our Fire Safety presentations. Congratulations and keep up the good work!

Kindergarten had so much fun exploring our new Nature Playground at Salt Creek!! 🛝 🌳 🍃