Friends of Palmer Elementary

Friends of Palmer Elementary Palmer Elementary is a neighborhood elementary school on the northwest side of Chicago.

The Friends of Palmer Elementary is an independent, 501(c)3 organization organized, whose goal it is to enhance and support the educational experience at Palmer Elementary, a Chicago Public School, develop a closer connection between home and school by encouraging parent engagement, and to improve the environment at Palmer through volunteer and financial support. Friends of Palmer Elementary membership is open to parents, teachers, staff, alumni community members.

Students in 1st grade ended their day with a story. 📖 ❤️
09/09/2026

Students in 1st grade ended their day with a story. 📖 ❤️

Students in Mrs. Wilkinson’s room engaged in a strategy called flashlight reading today! What a creative way for student...
09/09/2026

Students in Mrs. Wilkinson’s room engaged in a strategy called flashlight reading today! What a creative way for students to enjoy their independent reading texts.

Palmer eighth grade students worked with a chef to put together a recipe that was served to all students in our lunchroo...
09/09/2026

Palmer eighth grade students worked with a chef to put together a recipe that was served to all students in our lunchroom today! What a fun way to bring food education into the classroom. 

Check out this Donors Choose project. Ms. Wilkinson is soooo close to her goal and needs our help.
09/09/2026

Check out this Donors Choose project. Ms. Wilkinson is soooo close to her goal and needs our help.

Help me give my students a class set of The Boy who Harnessed the Wind, a rolling cart and a new bookshelf for our growing collection of books. I am lucky to teach 28 curious, kind, creative, and w...

Save the date for our first giveback event of the school year!!!
09/08/2026

Save the date for our first giveback event of the school year!!!

Happy Friday, Panthers! Enjoy the long weekend and we’ll see you back on Tuesday! ❤️
09/05/2026

Happy Friday, Panthers! Enjoy the long weekend and we’ll see you back on Tuesday! ❤️

Save the Date!!! 🍂Friends of Palmer’s popular Fall Crawl is back this autumn! 🍻 Mark your calendars and get ready for an...
09/03/2026

Save the Date!!! 🍂

Friends of Palmer’s popular Fall Crawl is back this autumn! 🍻 Mark your calendars and get ready for an awesome evening of bites, libations, and fun with your FOP community! Tickets will be on sale soon! 🎟️

Congratulations to Mr. Pearson, our middle school counselor, for winning the Illinois school counseling association risi...
09/01/2026

Congratulations to Mr. Pearson, our middle school counselor, for winning the Illinois school counseling association rising star award! We are so proud of him!

Meet and Greet tonight at 8/31 at 7pm in the Palmer Cafeteria (Door 10)! Come by and say hi! Learn how to get involved!...
08/31/2026

Meet and Greet tonight at 8/31 at 7pm in the Palmer Cafeteria (Door 10)! Come by and say hi! Learn how to get involved! We’ll see you there!

Another great Movie Night and first week back to school! Thank you to everyone who joined us for another wonderful FOP F...
08/29/2026

Another great Movie Night and first week back to school!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for another wonderful FOP Family Movie Night! It was an evening filled with smiles, laughter, popcorn, and quality time as a community. đź’™

A very special thank you to Ram Villivalam and his team and Morning Tomorrow for their sponsorships of this event.

FOP volunteers and Palmer Staff we could NOT host this amazing event with out all of you! Thank You, Thank You, THANK YOU!

Address

5051 N Kenneth Avenue
Chicago, IL
60630

Telephone

+17735343704

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