In order to keep residents up to date on the latest district news and celebrations, Community Consolidated School District 89 uses social media in addition to the website.

You can follow the district on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CCSD89 

You can follow the district on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/@CCSD89

You can follow the district on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/ccsd_89/

You can follow the district on X (formerly known as Twitter) at: @CCSD89

You can also follow all the CCSD 89 schools on X (formerly known as Twitter):

Arbor View: @ArborViewSchool

Briar Glen: @BriarGlenSchool

Glen Crest: @glencrestms

Park View: @ParkViewCCSD89

Westfield: @westfield89

These social media tools are supplements to the regular communications from schools and teachers. District news will continue to be shared on the district’s website, district newsletters, and school newsletters as well. You can continue to reach District 89 staff through traditional phone and email as well.

While the district encourages a robust community conversation about public education, the Facebook page includes a message indicating comments can be deleted if they include profanity, defamation of students or staff, or commercial solicitations, among other reasons.

See all of the district's video stories on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@CCSD89

October 2024: How students use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to learn and speak

October is AAC Awareness Month. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a term to describe various communication methods that support or replace verbal speech. A few examples include speech-generating devices (such as iPad "talkers"), hand gestures, sign language, and picture boards. Students and staff from Park View Elementary School discuss and show how AAC tools are used in the classroom, on the playground, and among peers. 

July 2024: Mindful Minute with Miss Larson

Counselors at Community Consolidated School District 89 are sharing tips that students can use to subtly "de-stress' when they feel their anxiety rising. 

July 2024: Mindful Minute with Mrs. Payne

Counselors at Community Consolidated School District 89 are sharing tips that students can use to subtly "de-stress' when they feel their anxiety rising. 

June 2024: Park View students perform original ukulele song 'So Will I'

At the May 20, 2024, CCSD 89 Board of Education meeting, two Park View Elementary fifth-grade students were invited to perform an original song they wrote as part of their school's ukulele music unit. 

May 2024: "Grow Your Own Food" program at Westfield

The DuPage County Farm Bureau, in collaboration with College of DuPage's Horticulture Program, launched an educational initiative, "Grow Your Own Food," aimed at teaching fourth-grade students about food production and gardening. Westfield Elementary was one of the schools that received free, hands-on lesson that covered essential gardening skills, including food production and transplanting. Video by College of DuPage

May 2024: Novelist John David Anderson shares advice for young writers 

On May 13, 2024, author John David Anderson visited Glen Crest Middle School to speak with students about the process of writing and advice for students who might want to be writers.

May 2024: Mindful Minute with Mrs. Payne

CCSD 89 counselors are sharing tips that students can use to subtly "de-stress' when they feel their anxiety rising. This video is from Mrs. Payne, social worker at Briar Glen, talks about the five-finger breathing exercise.

April 2024: Mindful Minute with Miss Larson

CCSD 89 counselors are sharing tips that students can use to subtly "de-stress' when they feel their anxiety rising. This video is from Miss Larson, social worker at Glen Crest Middle School, talks about the A-B-C game. 

April 2024: Arbor View Inside Out Club

Students who are part of the Inside Out Club at Arbor View Elementary School work together, include others, keep trying when they fail, build leadership, and support the community. This after-school club creates crafts to donate while teaching students how to build healthy relationships with peers. The club empowers kids to live each day with good character.

February 2024: Glen Crest students write for the 'short story machine'

Glen Crest Middle School received a special delivery from the Glen Ellyn Public Library: a short-story machine, a kiosk that dispenses stories. Prior to the machine arriving, the school held a contest to add stories written by Glen Crest students to the machine.

January 2024: Glen Crest Middle School fight song

At an all-school assembly on January 19, 2024, the Glen Crest cheer team performed the Glen Crest Middle School fight song. 

January 2024: Students improve literacy skills by reading to dogs

Once a month, volunteers from the PAWSitive Therapy Troupe bring several dogs to Arbor View Elementary. Students have the opportunity to read to the dogs in the Library Media Center. Reading to the animals helps students practice their fluency, comprehension, and expression in a low-pressure environment. 

December 2023: Genre spinner helps students find great books

Park View Elementary School LMC Director Megan Mau used an old globe to create the library's "Genre Spinner". When a student says they don't know what kind of book they want to read, they can use the Genre Spinner to make a selection! 

May 2023: Fifth-grade safety patrol program teaches leadership

Students who participate in safety patrol welcome classmates to the building at the start of the day, help students at lunch, and assist with an orderly exit at the end of the day. The students learn responsibility and leadership by keeping students safe.

December 2022: 'Buddy system' helps older students develop mentoring skills

At the November 2022 Board of Education meeting, Westfield Elementary School highlighted its school-wide "buddy system" that pairs students from different grades for shared learning experiences. Younger and older students work together on lessons that build community, reinforce expectations, and develop mentoring skills. 

November 2022: Librarian reminds students to 'treat your book like a baby'

To remind students of how they should treat the school's books, Arbor View Elementary librarian Joy Yerly leads students through a special song before they leave the library!

October 2022: Community can get, share books at Glen Crest 'Little Library'

Do you have a book you’d love to share with everyone? Interested in finding a literary surprise? Everyone in the community is invited to stop by the Little Free Library at Glen Crest Middle School, 725 Sheehan Avenue, Glen Ellyn, to share or borrow a book! Read more: https://bit.ly/3VQuGDF

September 2022: Author shares tips for young writers

On September 21, 2022, Gina Lehman, the author of "Onions Mean I Love You", shared her book with third-grade classes at Park View Elementary School. "Onions Mean I Love You" is Lehman's first book. In it, she explores how simple acts of service to others - no matter how big or seemingly small - show family, friends, and strangers that we love them. After sharing her book, Lehman asked the students to reflect on people in their life who love them. 

May 2022: Community-based learning at Glen Crest Middle School

Students in the Glen Crest Middle School specialized academic classroom have cognitive or intellectual special needs. Once each month, these students take trips into the community, where they can apply their learning in a real-world setting. 

March 2022: Schoolwide Writing helps build writing skills

The Schoolwide Writing system helps students develop their writing and research skills. This framework is used through eighth grade, adding depth to each step every year.

January 2022: Morning meetings create classroom connections

Elementary students start their day with a morning meeting that helps them get ready for the day - and does a whole lot more.

November 2021: GECRC afterschool tutoring program

Learn more about the volunteer after-school tutoring program at Glen Crest Middle School. 

October 2021: Helping kids develop literacy skills

Guided reading is used from kindergarten through fifth grade to help every single CCSD 89 student become an engaged, independent reader.  

September 2021: Number corner improves math skills at Briar Glen

Elementary students use number corner in their classrooms to develop their math skills. 

September 2021: What is social-emotional learning?

CCSD 89 staff members explain the importance and role of social-emotional learning at a Family University session. 

October 2019: Using the sports-ed model to engage all learners in physical education

Briar Glen teacher Mike Casmer explains how he brings all sorts of skills to PE units. 

May 2019: Park View fifth graders play "Twelve-bar blues"

Fifth-grade students from Park View perform "Twelve-bar blues" for younger students.

May 2019: Chicks hatching in CCSD 89 preschool

CCSD 89 preschool students learned about the life cycle of a chicken as they watched a chick go from egg to baby chick in 29 days. After the chicks are born, they are returned to a local farm.

March 2019: Save a life donate blood at CCSD 89

CCSD 89 hosts regular blood drives at Glen Crest. Learn more about donating blood: www.ccsd89.org/blood

October 2018: Good morning, kindergarten! 

Students in Julie Cufaude's kindergarten class at Arbor View Elementary School begin their day with a handshake, a fist bump, or a hug from the class greeter!

October 2018: Developing lifelong fitness for young learners in CCSD 89

In Glen Crest Middle School physical education classes, students are learning more than just rules and sportsmanship. Teachers are using technology to develop fitness habits that will empower kids to build lifelong healthy habits.

May 2018: The boys who built the bench

During the 2017-18 school year, seven Glen Crest Middle School students helped build a bench to be used near the front entrance to the school. Most of the boys had never built anything or used power tools before.

September 2017: Whatever it takes for Hazel

Hazel is a 5-year-old preschool student in the Specialized Academic Classroom at Arbor View Elementary in Community Consolidated School District 89. As an infant, Hazel was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Hazel was later diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome. This video shows the team that has come together to support Hazel's growth and development as a student.

September 2017: Dedication of the Park Programming Center at Westfield

On Thursday, August 31, 2017, Westfield Elementary dedicated the new Park Programming Center, a space in the school’s library that will be used to teach students coding and programming skills. The Programming Center is named in honor of Catherine Park, the mother of three CCSD 89 students.

January 2017: Veterans Day Assembly at Park View

Park View Elementary School listened to World War II veterans John Ullinsky, 96, and Edward Manthey, 93, talk about their service and their experience on an Honor Flight trip to Washington D.C. At the end of the assembly, Manthey lead the school in an impromptu rendition of “God Bless America.”