Hard at work with designing some great essential questions and big ideas with this awesome 1st grade team! #kirbyONE40

Great morning with our awesome instructional coach team, fellow administrators, and Karen Cagle on developing a plan to start the year off strong! #KirbyONE40

Love running into my former kindergarten students! It’s amazing seeing their brilliance continue to shine! #KirbyONE40

It was wonderful seeing so many D140 families last night at Tinley Park’s #NationalNightOut! #KirbyOne40

Thank you to our Kirby students for all you do for our community! #KirbyOne40 patch.com/illinois/tinle…

Had the best experience at Starbucks today! The drive thru staff were so fun that it created an experience making the best day it could possibly be. I let the manager know! It reminds me to think about how every interaction I have with others can make a difference!

Excited to welcome some amazing teachers new to KSD 140 this morning! Welcome to an amazing place to work!

Lots of learning and collaboration with the #KirbyONE40 administrative team! Thank you Apple Education for teaching us to be innovative leaders!

Presenting the Marigold story from Cult of Pedagogy to our new teachers with @principalszcz. I can’t wait for them to find their marigolds within KSD 140. #KirbyONE40

Students become problem-solvers who think outside the box when they "own their learning." #Sketchnote via Dr. John Spencer

Great to have some of our paraprofessionals in today for a training. They play such an important role in our buildings and they do a fantastic job! #KirbyONE40

Our flexible furniture was delivered today! I love seeing our teachers work their magic while they update their classroom learning environments. #KirbyONE40

Love seeing our teachers focus on building relationships. I will definitely have my bracelet on 8/24! #KirbyONE40

Thanks to William Martinez, our KSD 140 family, the amazing staff at McAuliffe Challengers, and my favorites from Nonactive Account, I can’t even contain my excitement to welcome our students through the door! I am the luckiest educator around. #KirbyONE40

1986- entered Helen Keller Elementary School as a Kindergartener. 2022- welcomed students as a Superintendent. Helen Keller Elementary School KSD 140 #KirbyONE40

Such a great first week of school! The enthusiasm echoed through the halls of McAuliffe Challengers. We are so glad to have our classrooms full again! #KirbyONE40

Thank you to the Tinley Park Fire Department for teaching our students about fire safety. They loved the fire truck! Village of Tinley Pk #KirbyONE40

Our third grade students have books in their hands while they are participating in Flashlight Friday! We love seeing our students passionate about reading. #KirbyONE40

Third graders are playing xylophones and metallophones along to ‘Here Comes the Bluebird’. #KirbyONE40

Our teachers are learning how to configure and reconfigure their learning environments to fit the needs of each lesson design. What an engaging PD! #KirbyONE40 #McAuliffeProud