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If you were unable to make our May 23rd Parent Night regarding Vaping, Underage Drinking, and Synthetic Marijuana Usage, please click here to view ...

If you were unable to make our May 22nd Parent Night regarding Mental Health Awareness and School Safety, please click here to view ...

Keller kindergarten classes wrapped up the school year with a concert for students, staff, and families on Wednesday, May 24th. Thanks to all who attended!

Kirby School District 140 brought home ten awards from the annual South Cook Math Bowl held at Prairie State College on May 10th and May 11th. Quite a feat when you consider more than 200 contestants from almost 30 school districts competed each day in this year's event.

Please join us for an informative parent evening discussing three very important issues affecting our community’s youth Vaping, Underage Drinking and Synthetic Marijuana Usage.

Fourth and fifth grade D140 athletes gathered for an afternoon of friendly competition at the District's annual track meet held on Wednesday, May 16th at Andrew High School.

Please join us as we discuss the effects of mental health and what we can do to as a community to maintain a positive and safe learning environment for our children and students.

As the school year draws to a close, we bid farewell to an outstanding group of fifth grade students.

Ten outstanding fifth-grade students from Kirby School District 140 recently received Awards of Excellence at the Illinois Principals Association’s Student Recognition Breakfast. Nominated by ...

Grissom Middle School seventh grader Serena Naji won the District 140 Spelling Bee on May 2nd. Naji clinched the victory by correctly spelling “dialect”.

Student-athletes from Kirby School District 140 excelled at the Area E Special Olympics Track & Field Spring Games held at Thornwood High School in early May.

Six teams of third, fourth and fifth grade students recently faced off in Keller's first-ever Battle of the Books, a quiz show type of competition meant to test literary knowledge.

In order to qualify for a discount on registration fees, you must return your student's packet to your home school by Friday, May 4th.

Congratulations to our fifth grade students and members of the Keller Chorus who performed the musical This Is The Rope on Wednesday, April 25th.

Best of luck to the sixteen KSD 140 athletes participating in the Special Olympics Track & Field Spring Games at Thornwood High School on May 5th!

Summer Academy classes will be available to incoming kindergarten through sixth grade KSD 140 students during the month of August. For a detailed description of our course offerings ...

Friday, May 4th is a START Day. Elementary schools will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. and middle schools will be dismissed at 1:20 p.m

Keller invites students and staff to participate in our Autism Awareness theme days April 23rd through April 27th.

Grissom and Prairie View middle schools will be offering Summer Sports Camps for students in grades 5-8.

Congratulations to our ten top-notch fourth and fifth grade spellers who competed on April 16th in Keller's annual Spelling Bee.

On Thursday, April 12th, combined choirs from Grissom and Prairie View traveled to Fernway and Keller elementary schools and performed ...

Please join us at our KSD 140 Parent Night: Helping Children Learn Over the Summer featuring Dr. Margaret Carroll.

Just a reminder ... Wednesday, April 11th is a START Day. Elementary schools will be dismissed at 12:30 pm and middle schools will be dismissed at 1:20 pm.

We really enjoyed visiting with everyone who stopped by our booth at the Discover Tinley Expo on Saturday, April 7th.  It was wonderful to hear ...

Keller students raised $1,473.00 for the NAWS Humane Society by hosting a Spirit Week just prior to Spring Break.

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