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The air was buzzing with anticipation Thursday morning, as kids waited for the morning bell on their last day of school.

Summer was so close they could taste it.

“It’s sunny outside,” said Caden Carey, 6, a second grader at Ida B. Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy in Douglas. “Last week, we played outside.”

Most of the more than 300,000 students enrolled in Chicago Public Schools were ready to say goodbye to the classroom for the summer, trading in pencils and books for bikes and beach towels.

At Ida B. Wells, students clutched backpacks and lugged snacks into the building while wearing uniform red polos and khakis.

Celebrations of all kinds were planned in the classrooms. One class was having a “glow in the dark” party, another had planned a pizza party.

D’Ierra Wooten, 7, runs to give her mom a hug before walking into school for her last day of second grade, Thursday, June 12, 2025.

“Cheese and pepperoni,” said D’Ierra Wooten, a 7-year-old second-grader.

Before following her classmates into the building, D’Ierra took a sharp turn back to face her mom.

“Wait!” she said, and trotted back to give her mom a hug.

Kindergarten students were prepped for a graduation ceremony. Camryn Brown showed up to school in a cap and gown. Her mom walked her to the door with her own outfit for the occasion: a shirt with Camryn’s photo on it that read “Next Stop 1st Grade.”

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Camryn Brown’s mother wears a shirt with a photo of her face to celebrate her graduation from kindergarten at Ida B. Wells Preparatory Elementary Academy in Douglas, Thursday, June 12, 2025.

As students at Ida B. Wells looked forward to day camps and road trips, parents at Mary E. Courtenay Language Arts Center in Uptown seemed mixed on the subject.

Some, like Lesley Smith, were ready for their kids to start summer camp.

“I’m almost relieved that school’s over, I’m looking forward to summer camp,” Smith said while dropping her two sons off. “The boys really like that, they know the teachers, they know the school.”

Others were bracing for having their kids at home during the day. Lola Saibu, whose kids are in kindergarten and first grade at Courtenay, said the summer is a good time for teachers to relax.

“It’s a little overwhelming because the kids are going to be home for two months,” she said with a sigh. “But it’s okay, it is what it is. The teachers need to rest also.”

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Lesley Smith and her husband hug one of their sons on his last day of kindergarten at Mary E. Courtenay Language Arts Center at 4420 N. Beacon St. in Uptown on the North Side, Thursday, June 12, 2025.

At Ida B. Wells, D’Ierra’s brother, Ronald Finley Jr., 9, had his sights set on being a professional basketball player like his idol, Steph Curry. This summer, he’ll work toward that goal.

“I’m trying to get signed up for basketball or football camp,” he said. “[My favorite part is] being able to get better.”

Now in third grade, Ronald said he grew closer with some friends he’s known since kindergarten this year.

“My favorite part of school this year was making new friends,” he said. “We’ve been in school together a long time, but we’ve just started being friends.”

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Ronald Finley Jr., 9, who is in the third grade, gives his mom a thumbs up noutside Ida B. Wells Preparatory Elementary School in Douglas, Thursday, June 12, 2025.

D’Ierra said she’s planning a relaxing summer.

“I’m excited about spending time with my mom,” D’Ierra said, adding that they like to build sandcastles at the beach together.

Caden is excited for his brother to visit this summer, and he has plans to go to Dave and Buster’s with his grandma.

For Caden, second grade was “a little bit easy.”

“I’m ready to start third grade,” he said.

Ava Noblin, 9, said she’s looking forward to swimming and playing with water balloons.

“And reading with your grandma 30 minutes every day,” her grandma added from the car.

Ava grinned.

Contributing: Ashlee Rezin

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