Blythe Park Elementary

We are thrilled to be ranked in the top 50 of best public elementary schools in Cook County by Chicago Magazine! Our students and staff work hard to make the Blythe Park community a great place to learn and grow — we appreciate being recognized!

According to Chicago Magazine, performance measures were based on 2023-24 data which included IAR growth, attendance, and the 5Essentials survey. Way to go, Bulldogs!

Blythe Park students brought their best smiles to Picture Day—plus a few silly faces too! 📸😄

We loved seeing so many of our Blythe Park families at Fall Parent Night! We’re excited to work side by side with you to make this a year full of growth and success. 👏🏼🤩

Blythe student representatives were at a Playground Visioning meeting today. They did a fantastic job sharing a vision of a new playground space that truly reflects their ideas and those of their peers. Their input was invaluable! 💙🤍

✨ For the month of September, we are focusing on teamwork and respect! ✨ Our students are practicing these skills in their classrooms, on the playground, and all throughout the school. We can’t wait to see them shine as Teamwork & Respect Champions! 💙🤍

Blythe Park parents and community members are invited to meet with district architects to learn more about Blythe Park’s upcoming playground project. Chat and connect with DLA Architects about potential designs on Monday, September 8 at 8:15 am or Tuesday, September 9 at 6:30 pm. Students will discuss the project during the school day.

All visitors must check in at the front office with an ID during school hours using Door A (south doors) at 735 Leesley Road. Check in at Door B (north doors) for the Tuesday evening session. Both sessions will take place in Blythe Park’s Library on the lower level.

We are excited to work with families, neighbors, and the community to envision a new Blythe Park playground for summer 2026!

Happy first week of school!! It is so much fun to be back with our friends, teachers and Benny the Bulldog!! We are going to have a great year 💙🐾

Elementary students will have slightly adjusted school hours starting with the 2025/26 school year. The elementary school day will begin at 8:10 AM and end at 3:00 PM. Supervised drop off begins at 7:50 am; students should be in their classroom when the bell rings at 8:10 am. Dismissal is promptly at 3:00 pm. If needed, before and after care is available through Riverside Parks and Recreation.

This change allows us more instructional time for reading, writing, and physical education throughout the week, while also improving lunch, recess, and transition times. The updated elementary lunch hour is 11:20 AM–12:20 PM.

Building principals will send a more detailed welcome email the first week of August. Early Learner and Hauser schedules remain the same.

Blythe Park Field Day 2025! Shoutout out to our PTA for organizing today's events as well as all our families who volunteered to run an activity station. The students had a blast! 💙🤍

Sergeant Panek visited Blythe Park today to talk to the students about bike safety. Our students are ready to have a fun and safe summer riding their bikes to the pool, library and all around town!

There was a flutter of excitement as first graders said goodbye to their Painted Lady Butterflies and watched their winged friends take their first flight into the big, wide world!🌎

Blythe Park shined at this year's Open House! Thank you to all our families for coming out to celebrate our students' growth and success! 💙🤍

High Touch High Tech Science visited Blythe Park this week and they were, as always, a huge hit with our budding scientists! Thank you to our wonderful PTA for providing this excellent experience for our students!

Blythe Park Science Fair 2025! The future of science is looking incredibly bright! Our students' creativity and scientific curiosity is truly inspiring! 🔬

This week, Blythe Park students shared their time capsule artifacts with our Board of Education. It's exciting to think that our student-created writing and art pieces will be opened by a future generation!

Blythe Park received a heartwarming visit today from Lily, District 96's therapy dog. She brought a wave of TLC and filled the school with smiles and laughter. ❤️

Blythe Park's young astronomers are reaching for the stars! From marshmallow constellations in first grade to charting angles in fourth- what a brilliant trajectory of learning! ✨

Kindergarten Camp Out! Our kindergarteners had so much fun reading under the stars!

We had so much fun at our One School One Book Event! Thanks to all our students and families who came out to celebrate our community read of A Boy Called Bat! 🦨

Congratulations to Sebastian and Alexander, Blythe Park's first place winners for the Riverside Historical Commission's Notable Women in History Poster Contest!