News & Announcements

We want to take this opportunity to remind families that our school district greatly values the wellbeing, mental health, and emotional wellbeing of our students. Mental health development starts at a young age. Our district is proud to utilize Second Step, an evidence-based PreK - 8 social emotional learning curriculum, to teach important age-appropriate coping skills and strategies to help build resiliency from a young age.

We are beyond proud of the tremendous efforts of our students, teachers, and community to get the school year off to a strong start. We have been able to provide in-person instruction, while adhering to all health and safety protocols. We are also amazed by the engagement occurring during remote learning.

Thank you for your patience and flexibility over the past two weeks with the self-certification process. 

Beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, September 8, there will be a change. All students will receive a self-certification message to their individual district email address. This will help make sure each child is certified separately. With students taking their iPads home, notifications to self-certify will be sent to each student’s district email address instead of the parent/guardian addresses.

Thank you for helping make the first day of school possible. Even through self-certification notification issues, and a Zoom and Clever outage, we thoroughly enjoyed seeing students in the school buildings and during remote learning today.

On the days when your child is In-Person hybrid learning, you must self-certify that they are COVID-19 symptom free.

The district will be using Rave Mobile Safety. When you receive a text and email to self-certify, it is critically important that you do this promptly so the schools can run accurate lists for permitting students on school buses. The steps below will walk you through what you will need to do each morning prior to your child(ren) leaving your home.

Thank you for your understanding as we pushed back the start of the school. 

The Forest Ridge School District 142 staff has been working hard this week to ensure that we welcome our students back on Monday, August 24 to an organized, rigorous and safe learning experience, following the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) guidelines.

We wanted to share important news with you regarding the beginning of the school year. Due to the tornado, inclement weather, and extensive damage that have wreaked havoc on our community, including the fact that Foster School’s power was restored last night and that many of our residents are still without power/Internet as we speak; we have decided to pause the beginning of the school year in an effort to allow our community to get back on its feet.

iPad Pick-Up Reminders
Please read the Acceptable Use Policy located on the Technology Resources page for the use of District issued devices. You will be asked to sign that you have read the information and agree to its terms.