- Gurnee School District 56
Gurnee School District 56 is a PK-8 school district located in the northern Lake County village of the school district's namesake: Gurnee,
Illinois . Gurnee School District 56 is composed of four schools; three schools run in succession to the other, while the other services all nine grades. Education in this school district often begins in Spaulding Elementary School, which serves the first and second grades; it also has a prekindergarten program. The principal is Dr. Diane Donaldson. [ [http://www.d56.org/Spaulding/ Spaulding Elementary School Main Page] , retrieved2008 -5-10] Spaulding feeds into O'Plaine School, which educates third, fourth, and fifth graders. Dennis Harnack is the school's principal. [ [http://www.d56.org/OPlaine/ O'Plaine School Main Page] , retrieved2008 -5-10] The last section that this branch of the district's education can provide is to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders at Viking Middle School, whose principal is Patrick Jones. [ [http://www.d56.org/Viking/ Viking School Main Page] , retrieved2008 -5-10] The other branch of this district is a full education through Gurnee Grade School, which covers grades K-8; the school's principal is Jennifer Glickley. [ [http://www.d56.org/GurneeGrade/ Gurnee Grade School Main Page] , retrieved2008 -5-10] The superintendent of the district as of the 2007-2008 school year is Dr. John Hutton. [ [http://www.d56.org/superintendent.html A Message from the Superintendent] , retrieved2008 -5-10]All of Gurnee School District 56's schools, with the exception of Spaulding Elementary School, have school bands. Every year, all sixth, seventh, and eighth graders participate in the "Gurnee Days Band," a performance before the entire community of Gurnee. [ [http://www.gurnee56bands.org/ Gurnee School District 56 School Bands] , retrieved
2008 -5-10]External links
* [http://www.d56.org/ District website]
References
* [http://www.greatschools.net/schools.page?district=518&state=IL GreatSchools.net Information on Gurnee School District 56] , retrieved
2008 -5-10]
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