Thank you to the Herrick Chamber Ensembles and Jazz Band for their holiday performance at Whittier today. Our students and staff were entertained with good music and song. Fine Arts at its finest! Happy Holidays! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Congratulations to Whittier Kindergarten teacher, Allie Hedman for earning a Green Apple Award from the Education Foundation of District 58! We are very grateful for your hard work and dedication! Thank you for all you do! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Happy New Year! We had a great time celebrating our family new year’s tradition at Brookfield Zoo Holiday Lights. Still enjoying this tradition with our teenage kids! Best wishes for a safe, healthy, and happy 2024! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Fun afternoon in Star Lab for our 1st graders at Whittier! This is a great learning experience for our students, and a fun one, too! #dg58pride #dg58learns

The Whittier 2024 Variety Show - Change Makers is sure to be a hit! Today, the performers shared their talents with our students and staff during the School Matinee this afternoon. Tomorrow is the big show at The Tivoli Theater! Good luck to all! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Happy Valentine’s Day! Whittier is spreading the kindness and love today and every day! Thanks to grit2 for the Take Heart - What Makes You Happy activity. A great way for all of us to reflect. Have a great day! #dg58pride #dg58learns

It’s McTeacher Night at McDonald’s. Join Whittier staff at McDonald’s at 225 Ogden in Downers Grove right now until 7pm. 20% of proceeds go to Whittier PTA. See you soon! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Whittier All School Reward Day on Leap Day - Glow Lunch! Students met their behavior expectation goal last month and earned a Glow Lunch with music. Awesome time at lunch today! Keep up the good work! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Congrats to this group of 3rd grade students who sat at the VIP table at lunch today! Fatima won the Jaguar Jackpot raffle and invited 5 of her friends to join her. Positive expectations in kindness were achieved this month. Keep spreading your kindness! #dg58pride #dg58learns

It was a FunFunFun afternoon at Whittier as we celebrated the start of Spring Break! Our Trivia Showdown Game Show was a big hit for all! Lots of fun-fun-fun! Enjoy your Spring Break! #dg58pride #dg58learns

A special day for a family in our Whittier community - Adoption Day! Congratulations to Bob & Meghan Peterson on the adoption of Ariana, 4th grader at Whittier! She is now an official Peterson! Thank you for allowing us to share this special day with you! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Standing room only at tonight’s DG58 Northside Gr 4 & 6 Spring Orchestra Concert. Our musicians put on a great performance! Congrats to the DG Music Club award recipients Hazel B (BA) and Kaitlyn B (WH) for your award of private lessons. #dg58pride #dg58learns Zachary Craft

Congratulations to our 1st and 2nd grade students on a fabulous Spring Music Program! Your performance was fabulous! Thanks to Mr. Williams, our Music Teacher, for directing our singers! Nice job one and all! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Whittier Staff are Rock Stars! Thanks to our PTA for this fun staff appreciation theme. They are definitely treating us like rock stars! Enjoying Staff Appreciation Week! #dg58pride #dg58learns

We are ready to welcome students to the 24-25 school year at Whittier! After months of construction and lots of hard work this week from all of our staff, our rooms are ready and waiting for learning to take place. Welcome Back! Find Your Vibe Jaguars! #dg58pride #dg58learns

And they’re off! Great night for a race! The Whittier PTA 80’s Color Run was a blast! Thanks to everyone for your support! #dg58pride #dg58learns

It’s a mystery Schoolhouse CLUE week at Whittier! Who did it, where, and with what? Our very own Whittier Clue Game. Students and staff are having a blast solving each day’s mystery! Who will solve the last one on Friday? #dg58pride #dg58learns

What can we prepare for you? Happy Halloween from the Whittier Office! #dg58pride #dg58learns

Whittier commemorates Veterans Day with our Wall of Heroes. Thank you to all our veterans and especially to our Whittier Family Veterans! We appreciate your service to our country! #dg58pride #dg58learns

It was an honor being a VIP at O’Neill Middle School’s VIP Day today for a former student of mine. Thank you Kiera for a fun afternoon of musical entertainment, touring, and visiting. It was a wonderful afternoon! #dg58pride #dg58learns