
May 9, 2025
Happy Mother's Day Ladd School wishes all of our incredible mothers a wonderful Mother's Day this Sunday. We are lucky to have such amazing students at Ladd School and we know ...

May 2, 2025
Staff Appreciation Week Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, or as we like to refer to it, Staff Appreciation Week. Our building is filled with phenomenal educators, from te...

April 25, 2025
We had so much fun celebrating Earth Week this week! Thank you to the Student Council and Mrs. Ribas for organizing all our events. One of my favorite traditions at Ladd School is...
April 11, 2025
Spring Break begins today!! School will resume on Tuesday, April 22nd. We hope everyone has a restful Spring Break and look forward to seeing you back here for the home stretch of...
April 4, 2025
Spring Break is one week away! Ladd School will dismiss at the regular dismissal time on Friday, April 11th to begin Spring Break. School will resume on Tuesday, April 22nd. We ho...

March 28, 2025
IAR Week Is Here Next week, we will administer the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR). Parents should have received an email from their child's teacher regarding the start ...

March 21, 2025
7th Grade Science Fair We want to wish our Science Fair winners, Jack Dempsey and Jonathan Luaisa, Kaiden Lapp, and Gia Smith, the best of luck this weekend as well! They’re on...

March 14, 2025
Spring Play We want to congratulate the cast and crew who performed The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon on Wednesday, as well as Mrs. Ribas for all the hard work. What a fantasti...

March 7, 2025
Good Luck, Karson Kelly! Karson Kelly received an enthusiastic send off yesterday! Students and staff lined the halls to cheer him on as he and 8 other athletes in the Crunchin...

February 28, 2025
5Essentials Survey Every year, ISBE requires all school districts to distribute the 5Essentials Survey to students, staff, and parents. The 5Essentials Survey is a critical com...

February 21, 2025
John Ourth Award Winners Congratulations to Blake Miller and Smith Carruthers! Blake and Smith are the recipients of this year's IPA John Ourth Award. The John Ourth Award is g...

February 14, 2025
Anti-Bullying Week Our kids really showed up this week to stomp out bullying with our Student Council-sponsored Anti-Bullying Week! We had some creative students rounding out t...

February 7, 2025
Attendance Winners Congratulations to Miss Harmon's Third Grade class! They are the big winners of the January attendance competition! Third grade took the lead this month with...

January 31, 2025
Rollerskating is Here! Rollerskating began this week and our students couldn't wait to get started! It is so fun to see them expand their skating skills from year to year. Than...
January 24, 2025
Dodgeball Tournament Tonight Tonight is the annual PTO Dodgeball Tournament. Student and Staff teams are ready to go! Whether or not you are participating, come to the school, ...

January 17, 2025
Thank you, Matt Wilhelm! A huge thank you to Matt Wilhelm for his positive messages and amazing skills! We had a wonderful time having him here and learned a lot about kindness...
January 10, 2025
Happy New Year, Students and Families! Welcome back to school, students and families! Hopefully, you were all healthy, safe, and relaxed over the winter break. We are so happy ...

November 14, 2024
Ladd School will be conducting a Truth In Taxation Hearing on December 17th, 2024 at 6:00 PM in the John T. Piccatto Library. The following information will be presented and disc...

August 25, 2024
Due to the increased heat warnings this week, Ladd School will dismiss at 11:20 on Monday, August 26th, and Tuesday, August 27th. This is a change from our previous messages on ...

May 24, 2024
As many of you are aware, Ladd School is currenlty without air conditioning. We know that it is not convenient or comfortable and certainly not what we want. As we work through th...