Week Calendar

For all ages with a caregiver.

Build confidence speaking English and ask questions about everyday life in the U.S. Practice reading and writing. Level testing is required. Please text the ELL Coordinator Tania Hess at 815-263-8145.

For ages birth to 23 months with a caregiver.

This club is for students with limited English experience. Includes leveled listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Must take a placement test and place below ESL intermediate level courses.

For ages birth to 23 months with a caregiver.

This club is for students who already use English in daily tasks but need to keep improving. Includes leveled listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Attendees must take a placement test.

For all ages with a caregiver.

For ages 3 to 5 attending independently (without caregiver). 

For ages 2 to 3 with a caregiver.

For ages 2 to 3 with a caregiver.

Learn and practice English in an informal setting. Read books together, discuss current news or explore other topics. This club is open to all and presented on Zoom. You will need a computer, tablet, or phone to access Zoom.

Build confidence speaking English and ask questions about everyday life in the U.S. Practice conversations you would use at a school, store, doctor's appointment and with neighbors. Learn how to use the Library and use the internet.

This club is for students with limited English experience. Includes leveled listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Must take a placement test and place below ESL intermediate level courses.

This club is for students who already use English in daily tasks but need to keep improving. Includes leveled listening, speaking, reading and writing practice. Attendees must take a placement test.

This program is intended for children ages 3-6 with a caregiver. 
Turn pinecones into a lovable bat friend.

Girls Who Code is a national organization that is on a mission to close the gender gap in computer science.

Registration is for all three club meetings of the session (September 27, October 25, and November 29). Make friends and learn the basics of coding in this club sponsored by the national organization, Girls Who Code.

This program is intended for those in grades 3 to 8. 

We will provide the artistic supplies and the technology and you will provide the creativity in this weekly open crafting and exploration session. 

Searching for dead people in all the right places, this “underground” presentation explores hundreds of Illinois cemeteries to find interesting graves and headstones, intriguing lives and deaths and lots and plots of funny names.

Genealogist Jacquie Schattner will be here to help us save time, and get organized! She'll provide many ideas for organizing paper and computer files including color coding and suggest multiple file naming ideas.

We build on topics from Intro to Excel® Part 1 and cover formulas, formatting and charts in greater depth.

Create your very own book page pet! Using a simple folding technique, create an adorable hedgehog using a recycled book. All materials are supplied.