Alumni Newsletters
Catch up on what our amazing alumni are doing. Each newsletter below is downloadable as a PDF.
If you are Countryside alumni, please let us know where you are now and what you are doing. We would love to add you to our alumni database too: alumni@countrysideschool.org
Countryside celebrates 30 years of Joy in Learning
Medallion Club honors K-8 attendees
Q&A with retiring Susan Richardson
Countryside returns to all in-person learning with weekly COVID testing
8th grade trip heads to Washington DC
Countryside maintains in-person and remote learning with zero COVID transmission at school
New Head of School - Krystal Young
COVID happens and Countryside switches to remote learning
Our 2nd international trip - middle schoolers visit England
New Adventure Wall
Chorus sings National Anthem at Harlem Globetrotters game
Middle School institutes "Deep Dive" week
Countryside celebrates 25 years with gala and other events
Our first-ever international trip - Middle school tours Puerto Rico
Students raise over $2,000 for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico
Middle School introduces Maker Faire
New corner sign
First-ever Chicago alumni reunion
New Head of School - Stephanie Harman
Countryside receives ISACS accreditation for 3rd time
Q&A with David Kaplan
In Memoriam - Janis Treworgy
Cathie Webber retires after 20 years as Head of Countryside
Students speak with actor Mandy Patinkin
Grand opening of our Gym and Performing Arts Center
Daniel Borup (2004) named top University of Illinois engineering student
Alumni reunion marks final basketball game in the "old gym"
Celebrating 20 years of Countryside with construction of gym and performing arts addition
Groundbreaking on Gym and Performing Arts Center
Meredith Albrecht speaks to students
Jonathan Kuck wins silver at Olympics - returns for Founders' Day celebration
Countryside introduces Science and Engineering Club
Our Odyssey of the Mind team takes 2nd at Worlds
Ben Taylor discusses life at the Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy
Sharon Henson retires
Q&A with Mary Breault, Ana Dillman, & Deanna Barthel