A Special Meeting with Closed and Open Session of the Board of Education will be held on Monday, June 23, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in Room 112 at the Educational Service Center. The subject will be self-evaluation, practices and procedures, or professional ethics, and the meeting will be conducted by a representative of the IASB. A regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at 7 p.m. for Open Session, and 6 p.m. for Closed Session. The meeting will be conducted in person in the Educational Service Center.

District 60’s K-8 theater program, the Waukegan Performing Arts Company (WAUK-PAC) will debut its next production, Finding Nemo Jr., later this month. Nearly 60 Waukegan students representing seven elementary and three middle schools make up the cast and crew of the production.

Summer school graduation ceremonies for Waukegan High School and District #60 middle schools will be held in the upcoming weeks for students who have successfully completed summer school requirements.

A special meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, June 17, at 6 p.m. at the Educational Service Center, 214 Washington Street. A second special closed session meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 18, at 6 p.m. at the Educational Service Center, 214 Washington Street.

Twenty-one Waukegan Community Unit School District # 60 school buildings were recently recognized by the Midwest Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Network for their PBIS implementation efforts during the 2024-25 school year. Buildings recognized included all 15 elementary schools, four middle schools, AOEC, and the WHS-Washington Campus. Recognized schools include:

We need your support as we prepare for this year’s Back-to-School Resource Fair! We're looking for volunteers to help pack hundreds of backpacks with supplies for our annual school supply giveaway and community celebration.

On June 10, 2025 the Board of Education will meet for its regular monthly micro meeting. The meeting will be conducted in open and closed sessions beginning at 6 p.m. at the Educational Service Center, 214 Washington Street. The open session will be held in the Board Room. The closed session will be in Room 112. The Board’s monthly Student Achievement and Operations Services committee meetings will follow the micro meeting at 7 p.m. in the Board Room.

District 60 will host three EPIC preschool walk-in registration events later this month, where families will have an opportunity to register their child in Pre-K for the 2025-26 school year.

Waukegan Community Unit School District # 60’s annual Back to School Resource Fair is just around the corner. This year’s Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 27 at the Waukegan High School - Brookside Campus, 2325 Brookside Avenue.

Budget Workshop #2 for the Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be conducted in the Educational Service Center’s Board Room, 214 Washington Street. No final Board action will be taken at this meeting.

As the school year has officially come to a close, and summer school is set to begin, we want to thank you for your continued partnership in supporting our students’ learning and success. Many of our students have taken home their school-issued Chromebooks for the summer. Whether or not your child is enrolled in summer school, we recognize that many students continue to use their school-issued devices throughout the summer. To help ensure these devices stay in good condition and are ready for use when school resumes, we encourage families to follow a few simple Chromebook care guidelines.

Waukegan Public Schools’ annual Summer Meals Program will begin the week of June 2 at 11 school sites across the District. Through this program, all Waukegan children, including those not enrolled in the District's summer programs, are eligible to receive free breakfast and lunch.

A regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at 7 p.m. for Open Session, and 6 p.m. for Closed Session. The meeting will be conducted in person in the Educational Service Center Board Room, 214 Washington Street. Closed Session will occur in Room 112.

Waukegan High School honored more than 190 student-athletes during its annual Senior Sports Awards program on May 20. The awards ceremony recognized athletes in 27 sports for their achievements on the field and in the classroom.

Eighth-grade promotion events will be hosted over two days, on May 21 and May 22. Promotion events for all five Waukegan middle schools will be held in the Genesee Theatre, 203 N Genesee St. Families should contact their child’s school for information on tickets. Click to read more.

Waukegan High School will host its 152nd commencement exercises on Friday, May 16 at 5:30 p.m. at Weiss Field. An expected class of more than 950 students will make up Waukegan High School’s Class of 2025. Gates at Weiss Field will open at 4 p.m. Each graduate will be given four tickets for the ceremony. No spectators will be admitted without a ticket. Families are asked to please arrive together if possible, as saving seats for others will not be permitted. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the District’s YouTube Channel. See facts about the Class of 2025 here.

District 60’s K-8 theater program, the Waukegan Performing Arts Company (WAUK-PAC) is holding auditions for its upcoming production of Finding Nemo Jr.! Auditions will be at Cooke Magnet School, 522 Belvidere Road, on Thursday, May 15, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. All K-8 students are welcome to audition.

Budget Workshop # 1 for the Board of Education will be held on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 6 p.m. On May 13, 2025 the Board of Education will meet for its regular monthly micro meeting. The meeting will be conducted in open and closed sessions beginning at 6 p.m. The Board’s monthly Student Achievement and Operations Services committee meetings will follow the micro meeting at 7 p.m. in the Board Room.

Two Waukegan High School students were recently announced as winners of Congressman Brad Schneider’s 10th District Congressional Art Competition.

District 60 will host an EPIC preschool walk-in registration event later this month, where families will have an opportunity to complete the registration process to enroll their child in Pre-K for the 2025-26 school year.

Last month, we shared information on our Waukegan Public Schools' 2025 Summer School program, which will run from June 3 to June 26 for students in grades PreK-12. Families of eligible students will be contacted by their child’s school with more information.

The Waukegan Schools Foundation is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Day in a big way with its annual “Treat-a-Teacher” event on Tuesday, May 6. The community is invited to join the celebration from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Yorkhouse Tavern and Table, located at 4555 W. Yorkhouse Road in Waukegan.

Waukegan Public Schools' final new student Kindergarten registration event for families new to the District has been rescheduled to Saturday, May 3.

The Waukegan Community Unit School District #60 Board of Education officially seated four members during a special organizational meeting on Tuesday, April 29.

The returning registration deadline for the 2025-26 school year is this Wednesday, April 30. Families have until tomorrow to complete the online registration process.

Graduation and promotion events for Waukegan High School seniors and Waukegan 8th graders are fast approaching. Parents of seniors and 8th graders should have received information regarding planned graduation and promotion events for their child. Please see below for further information.

A special meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 6 p.m. at the Educational Service Center, 214 Washington Street, Waukegan, IL. The meeting will begin in open session in the Board Room before moving into closed session in Room 112 to review closed session minutes and discuss specific personnel matters. Following the closed session, the Board will meet back in open session and adjourn sine die. A special organizational meeting will immediately follow.

Planning for Waukegan Public Schools’ 2025 Summer School programming is being finalized, and parents of eligible students should soon hear from their child’s school about summer options. Summer School for grades preK-12 will run from June 3 to June 26, 2025.