FAQs

If you are new to District 54, please visit our New Families website for all the information you need to register your child.

If you are a current family and wish to register your child for next year, log in in to the parent portal. If you have previously created a portal account and cannot recall your username or password, you can reset them yourself from the parent portal website. If you have never created a portal account, please email [email protected] to create one.

The first day for the 2024-25 school year for students is Thursday, August 15.  Kindergarten students start the school year on Thursday, August 22.

This information is sent to each family. If you have not received your bus information or have questions, please contact Transportation Services at (847) 357-5104 or e-mail [email protected].

Regular School Days

8:40am-3:00pm

Early Release Wednesdays

8:40am-2:30pm

Half Days

8:40am-11:40am

Lunch times are 40 minutes which consists of 20 minutes of eating time and 20 minutes of lunch recess.

3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade Lunch Time

11:15am-12:00pm

Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade Lunch Time

12:15pm-1:00pm

The U.S. McKinney-Vento Assistance Act defines homeless children as those who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime abode. In general, children or youth living in motels, transitional housing, shelters, the street, cars, parks, bus or train stations, abandoned buildings and other inadequate accommodations may be considered eligible for McKinney-Vento services. 

For more information, visit sd54.org/registration/mckinney-vento. If you think you might qualify for McKinney-Vento services please contact Jennifer DiGioia, District 54’s McKinney-Vento liaison, at (847) 357-5043 or Tom Bookler, McKinney-Vento School Districts Liaison for the North Cook Intermediate Service Center, at (630) 386-0883.