Polo Community Unit School District

Our preschool has been exploring the theme of pumpkins this week in Miss Paige's room. We've integrated this exploration with motor skill and shape activities. Students have been using golf tees and rubber bands to transform pumpkins into Geoboards. This project allows children to gain sensory experience with the pumpkins while actively practicing gross and fine motor skills and shape recognition.

Parents, here's your friendly reminder! Packing lunches is one less thing to worry about! Free breakfast and lunch are available for every student in the Polo Community Unit School District for the entire year! Ensure your student is fueled and ready to learn every day. We hope to see them in the cafeteria!

🎃 Pumpkin Investigation Fun in Preschool!
Our preschoolers recently wrapped up an exciting Pumpkin Investigation packed with hands-on learning and exploration! Throughout this project, students practiced a variety of important skills, from estimation and making hypotheses to graphing and measuring with nonstandard units.

We dove deep into both the external and internal parts of a pumpkin, explored the pumpkin life cycle, and even conducted a sink-or-float science experiment to test our predictions. Along the way, students also strengthened their vocabulary by describing pumpkins with adjectives and sharing their observations with classmates.

To tie art into our investigation, the children created beautiful still-life pumpkin paintings and shape jack-o’-lanterns, showcasing their creativity and understanding of shapes and colors.

It was such a joy to see our young learners so engaged, curious, and excited throughout every activity. Their enthusiasm truly made this pumpkin project a memorable learning experience!

It's a perfect day to donate blood! Polo Student Council is hosting a blood drive at the high school from 7:30am-12pm today. Walk-ins are welcome!

Order this year's PCHS yearbook online by following this link:

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Attention all Marco fans! Tonight‘s football game's theme is Pink Out in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Please feel free to wear your pink to support those fighting breast cancer and to support our Polo Marcos!

This Bus Driver Appreciation Week, we want to extend our deepest gratitude for your number one priority: safety. Thank you for transporting our most precious cargo with such focus and care.

Aplington Boys Basketball Schedule Changes -
6th BBB
CANCELLED - Nov 20 @ Byron
ADDED - Nov 4 @ Byron PE Center (team black)
ADDED - Nov 17 @ Byron PE Center (team orange)

7th BBB
ADDED - Oct 29 @ Byron Middle School
ADDED - Nov 12 HOME vs Meridian - 8th practices at Aplington

To the heroes who drive the big yellow buses: Thank you for navigating traffic, weather, and winding roads to ensure our children's safety. You are vital to our school community!

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Reminder: Payoff forms and final payment are due tomorrow by 12:00 PM (Noon).

You have two ways to submit:

Online: Use the link provided above to order and pay.

In Person: Drop off your order form and payment at the high school office.

IHSA is offering 20% off at Dick's Sporting Goods from October 24th- 27th. Enjoy!

Honk if you love our bus drivers! Happy Bus Driver Appreciation Week!

SAVE THE DATE:

Veterans Day Program
November 11, 2025
12:45-1:45pm (doors open at 12:15pm)
Centennial Elementary School Gymnasium
Guest Speaker: Patrick McBride

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Deadline to Order Playoff Shirts: Thursday, October 23rd. Pickup Date: Friday, October 31st. If you have any questions please contact the high school office at 815-946-3314

This week is bus driver appreciation week. To our amazing drivers: Thank you for your patience, your kindness, and your safe driving. We appreciate you!

Good luck to all of our JHCross Country athletes as they compete at IESA State tomorrow!!

Due to a school-wide field trip on Friday, we will do our State send-off for our JH Cross Country Athletes tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:30pm at Aplington Middle School before they leave for practice. They will receive a police escort as they leave town to head down to Bloomington-Normal on Friday around 2:25pm.

Congratulations to Coach Alston on his 100th win as a Polo Football Coach! We are so proud of your accomplishment!!!

This Friday, October 10th, is Senior Night!

Join us as we celebrate the amazing Polo Marcos Seniors from football, cheerleading, band, golf, and cross country!

The ceremony will begin around 6:25 PM on the field. (Note: Volleyball Senior Night will be held at a later date.)

Parents of these seniors (excluding volleyball) are asked to please be at the field and ready for line-up by 6:15 PM.

Let's show our appreciation and cheer on the Marcos