Inside the Classroom: How Community Creates Excellence at Bell Graham

In this episode, we visit the classroom of Bell Graham 4th grade lead teacher Ruth Vostal to talk with her and Principal Amy Kleuppel about how educators come together in Professional Learning Communities to build a culture around the D303 core values of Achievement, Belonging, and Perseverance. We also discuss how the entire Bell-Graham community works together to build pathways to excellence for their kindergarten through 5th-grade students.

A big congratulations to Bell Graham Elementary School, which is one of D303’s 7 schools that just received the highest “Exemplary” rating on the 2025 Illinois State Report Card.