As the new Superintendent for Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144; I am excited about our future!
Our collective goal is to take Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 to another level of excellence...The word another is defined as, "different or distinct from the one first considered."
It is my goal to provide our students with a different learning experience. A learning experience that is more challenging, rewarding, nurturing and stimulating than any they have ever experienced to date.
My goal as your Superintendent is to make District 144 a formidable force within the Southland area! My staff and I are determined to focus on a more rigorous learning experience that strengthens and challenges ALL students to reach their maximum intellectual potential!
There are numerous initiatives occurring within our district. We recently received another competitive grant from the Illinois State Board of Education; 1:1 low cost laptop initiative. This grant will allow us to provide even more technology to our students within our classrooms and our school buildings. It also allows us to decrease the digital divide that is occurring within our society as it relates to Technology. We are revamping all District Curriculum Instructional Maps to incorporate the New Illinois Learning Standards which incorporate the New Common Core National Standards.
I invite you, our parents, community members, higher education partners and business partners to join us during this exhilarating time in which we roll up our sleeves and get to work...towards EXCELLENCE!!!
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." ~Aristotle
Dr. Kimako Patterson, Superintendent
