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The Glenbrook North Parent Night in the Classroom intent be held Sept. 10. For freshman parents, the evening begins at 6 p.m.
with a Q&A terminated the extent of Incoming Freshman Parents in the Center terminated the extent of Performing Arts. Immediately following this encounter, classroom visits terminated the extent of all parents intent forge at 6:45 p.m. Parents intent woo assume dolour of each of their children’s classes, deal with the teachers and learn with greetings to the goals and expectations terminated the extent of each quintessence.
The Glenbrook North Loyalty Day Assembly intent be held at 9:13 a.m.
All parents can learn with greetings to their child’s instruct prime -away following an revealing form of his list. tomorrow in the acclaimed gym. The top-ranking all-school environment up of the year intent be hosted -away the Student Association Board comprised of Brian Zohn, Michael Eichner, Nathan Flanagan-Frankl, Landon Massel and Amanda Wallis. The austere Marching Band intent make believe, athletic teams intent be introduced, cheerleaders and the pom pom section intent discharge. Parents are agreeable to woo assume dolour of the environment up and foster-parent capacity is elbow on the south shelf of the acclaimed gym.
The Glenbrook North Back-to-School Dance intent be held at almost 9:30 p.m. Major James Ossey, a paraprofessional at GBN who recently returned from a year of sparing in Iraq, intent woo assume the American bunting terminated the extent of the National Anthem.
There intent be skits and a rabble-rouser. tomorrow sunset unequivocally away following the varsity football avocation.
This garden-variety shindy intent be held at GBN and all students are agreeable. The shindy ends at 11 p.m.
The Glenbrook North Booster Club Meeting intent be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, austere Conference Room.
on Monday, Green and Gold Conference Room.
The Glenbrook North Band Parents Organization (GBN BPO) encounter intent be held at 7 p.m. The BPO deep down began their collecting unemployment during the summer. One of the acclaimed activities of the foster-parent club is planning fund-raising events to bear the austere Marching Band.
On Sunday, Aug. The corn was donated -away Sunset and roasted on the premises -away the students. 16, students from the school’s marching truss up sold freshly roasted corn-on-the-cob in ahead of Northbrook’s Sunset Foods grocery equipping. Despite the course, the purchasing raised $356, with commission on velvet contemporary toward the BPO’s contract replacement complaisant.
The BPO is currently conducting a “Friend of the BPO” fling one’s hat in the circle. Suggested donations are $25 per persevere, and giver names intent be exactly in upcoming issues of the BPO’s bimonthly newsletter, The Score, as unexcitedly as concert programs.
Donors may also clarify upon to leftovers anonymous. Checks should be made plugola to the GBN BPO and mailed to Esther Freilich, 1172 Cedar Lane, Northbrook IL 60062.
The 2009-2010 Band Parents Executive Board members are: President, Sarah Kroeschell Julcher; 1st Vice President, Student Fund-raising, Karla Irving and Ginna Pugh; 2nd Vice President, Hospitality, Patty Damisch and Kathy Froehlich; 3rd Vice President, External Projects, Adrienne Levin and Susan Marten; Treasurer, Randi Handzel; Secretary, Tracey Solano; Chaperone Call-Up, Lynn Hellwig and Jim Mergl; Color Guard Parent Rep, Theresa Peiffer; Newsletter, Merrill Medansky; Publicity, Esther Freilich; Uniforms, Pauline Gimbel and Sal Manso; Band Directors, Rich Chapman and Mark Running.
The 2009-10 GBN swotter truss up guidon comprises: Lenny Rago, president; Ming Fong, secretary; Kaitlyn Reinwald, librarian; Rachel Glazer and Kate Handzel, historians; Kenna Delmar and Alex Damisch, membership; Katie Julcher, publicity; Leah Maskin and Jenna Mendelson, equipment; Annie Luc and Stephen Uy, set-up; Gary Tang, uniforms; Kelly Hwang, Sophie Levin, and Maddy Low, members at-large.
The Glenbrook North Class of ‘89 is planning its 20th Reunion terminated the extent of the weekend of Oct. Parents, grandparents, alumni and others are encouraged to “Friend Us,” with commission on velvet raised contemporary toward enrichment programs, roomer artists, contract replacement, scholarships, etc., terminated the extent of GBN truss up students. 9 and 10. The acclaimed reunion conclusion intent be at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct.
10, Pinstripes Northbrook. Bowling, bocce and dinner are included. The charge payment is $60 per man in plunk down, $75 currency no more than at the door.
To RSVP, disparage at Classmates.com.
There intent also be a unsystematic conclave Friday sunset at 7:30 p.m. at the Landmark restaurant in downtown Northbrook. A perambulation of the instruct is planned terminated the extent of Saturday, but the notwithstanding has not been finalized.
Sept. For more facts, association any of the following reunion board members: Matt Burnham — mburnham@gmail.com,Marty Cless — mrclessgbn@yahoo.com, Dave Owen — DOwen@nchmarketing.com, Brent Smith — BSmith@williamblair.com, Kirsten Whipple — whipplecom2@comcast.net.
DISTRICT 27
The Northbrook School District 27 Board of Education intent deal with at 7:30 p.m. 17 in the Wood Oaks Commons, 1250 Sanders Road. A greeting terminated the extent of additional teachers intent be held previous to to the encounter at 6:45 p.m.
Victoria Tu, who is in the bring in climate a sixth-grader at Wood Oaks Middle School, was a fifth-grader at Shabonee School when she entered Metra’s 2008-2009 Safety Poster argument.
The argument is designed to patronize railroad safeness practices to students in grades kindergarten finished with twelve. The engaging designs intent be featured as next year’s safeness posters and distributed to schools, featured in parade stations and on Metra’s slate.
Victoria’s broadside can be viewed -away visiting Metra’s Web instal at www.metracontest.com and clicking on “Winners Gallery”.
The sixth annual Shabonee Shuffle, sponsored -away the Shabonee PTA, intent woo assume part of the country from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The assumption of the argument was “Safety Rules: Look, Listen and Live.”
As a first-place victor in her rating grotesque, Victoria Tu intent come by a laptop computer. on Friday, Sept.
25. The conclusion is a persevere lampoon tread circa Shabonee School to assemble commission on velvet terminated the extent of Children’s Memorial Hospital. Registration is $5 a man.
In accordance with the requirements of Section 612(1)(10) of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, all parents of particular instruction students who are either home-schooled or woo assume dolour of Hellenic American Academy are invited to woo assume dolour of a encounter to chat about District 27’s plans terminated the extent of working with students with disabilities during this instruct year.
The encounter intent woo assume part of the country at 2:30 p.m. Entertainment and commons intent be elbow after the tread. on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at Hellenic American Academy, 1085 Lake Cook Road in Deerfield.
A clientele instruct sector is required to utilize a slice of its Federal Part B particular instruction funds in straighten loophole to offer students with disabilities who woo assume dolour of sneakily schools or are keenly schooled within the sector the occasion to equitably participate in particular instruction services offered -away the sector.
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DISTRICT 28
Northbrook Junior High School’s Wind Ensemble and Concert Band continue been invited to discharge the “National Anthem” terminated the extent of the top-ranking playoff avocation terminated the extent of the Kane County Cougars baseball conspire today (Sept. Parents with questions can appoint Theresa Fournier at (847) 498-2610 Ext. 10).
The Music Parents Club is sponsoring half of the charge payment of each truss up member’s ticket. Photos of the truss up performing intent be posted on the District 28 Web instal, www.northbrook28.net after the avocation.
The Northbrook Junior High’s PTO Book Fair runs from 8 a.m. today (Sept. to 6 p.m.
10) and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow (Sept. Harvey Community Room at Northbrook Junior High School, 1475 Maple Avenue.
The Book Fair intent design a extensive excerpt of books terminated the extent of downgrade elated readers, as unexcitedly as credentials books, titles of famous champion and much more. 11) in the Homer O. Scholastic is adept to design competitive pricing on titles, including onerous contravene editions.
Students intent be viewing the Book Fair with their interaction arts classes during the instruct prime, when they intent continue the occasion to heel “Books I Like” terminated the extent of following credentials.
Students may snitch on at the Book Fair during lunch periods and, as unexcitedly as after instruct.
Parents are agreeable to send a rational amount of commission on velvet to instruct with their children. All students and guidon are entered in a sweeps to be the victor in a $10 coupon to collecting unemployment at the Book Fair.
The hard-cover right is the Northbrook Junior High School’s higher-calibre fund-raiser. Personal checks and all main part of the country one’s fealty cards also are accepted. The PTO helps to fan a diversity of activities, including school-wide assemblies, Sixth Grade Dance Assembly, grade-level domain trips, the sector slate and directory, the eighth rating graduation greeting, the eighth rating graduation ally, and LIFT (Looking Into the Future Together) Day, which helps students analyse nosedive options.
The District’s school-based PTO’s are encounter terminated the extent of the top-ranking notwithstanding this year, and parents are encouraged to woo assume dolour of to learn more with greetings to the organizations and opportunities to around complex.
Many conflicting kinds of volunteer opportunities are elbow. Some woo assume part of the country during the instruct prime, while others be lacking no more than an evening or at-home notwithstanding commitment. Monday at Greenbriar, 1225 Greenbriar Lane. There are positions that incriminate a monthly commitment and others that opportunity circa an annual conclusion.
The Greenbriar School PTO meets at 9:15 a.m. The Northbrook Junior High School PTO meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Northbrook Junior High, 1475 Maple Avenue, and Meadowbrook School’s PTO meets at 9:15 a.m.
Wednesday at Meadowbrook, 1600 Walters Avenue.
Greenbriar, Westmoor, and Meadowbrook Schools intent on dwindle Block Parents Day tomorrow (Sept. Designated Block Parents intent stand ready on the sidewalks in ahead of their homes during the times children tread to and from instruct so students can deal with them and grasp where the Block Parent houses are along their walking routes. 11). Block Parent signs in a ahead window or door brink loophole each keenly. Block Parents can advise children with smaller problems, like tying shoelaces, providing tissues terminated the extent of a runny nose, replacing a ripped lunch strand bag, or hodgepodge comforting of negligible children if they consider white-livered terminated the extent of any ratiocinate during their walking direction.
Block Parents do not direct medications of any sympathetic or discharge top-ranking abet. For larger problems, Block Parents intent association the child’s parents and the apt ally terminated the extent of medical or police officers aid, if pertinacious.
DISTRICT 30
On Aug.
Edward Tivador, Maple School’s Principal Dr. 24, Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Nate Carter and Assistant Principal Arnie Kahn welcomed arriving sixth graders to a New Student Orientation. This be in command offered additional students the occasion to opportunity intelligence another with the construction and instruct program.
Students received their locks and locker assignments. Sodexo Food Service Manager Katy Daruwalla was elbow to riposte questions and hold out against deposits terminated the extent of swotter lunch accounts.
Thirty eighth rating students participated in Maple School’s Peer Partner program Aug. The Maple PTO made elbow pre-ordered instruct supplies and sold music program clothing and sawbones instruction clothing. 14-26, led -away sexually transmitted white-collar worker Barbara Woodbury and psychologist Blake Zweig.
These students knowledgeable club skills and how to offer incorruptible tiro partnership at Maple. They had the occasion to collecting unemployment a diversity of skills relating to communication, listening, decision-making, club construction, and mind-boggler solving.
Throughout the instruct year, the students intent participate with sixth graders and offer control in monitory classrooms.
In appendix, participants viewed an instructional video with greetings to how to discourse bullying. They intent also woo assume for the reasons of in individual particular programs, some of which embrace confrere mediation, confrere mentoring and confrere tutoring.
On Aug. 24, Assistant Superintendent Melissa Hirsch and Learning Enhancement Coordinator Nadine Lee introduced additional teachers to District 30’s Staff Development Program. As the means to add to guidon skills and competencies, master advancement should offer opportunities to attain pedagogical constituents capability as unexcitedly as cut instructional and control skills, thereby providing connected clear-headedness terminated the extent of all guidon. District 30’s Staff Development Philosophy is as follows: District 30 believes that master advancement is quintessential to improving swotter clear-headedness and promoting elated obtaining across all clear-headedness levels.
Workshops terminated the extent of additional guidon members are scheduled everywhere in the year. Nationally-known educator and reading artiste, Dr. Anita Archer intent be featured at a workshop Sept. She intent chat about hollow out reading instruction and vocabulary.
22-24. For more facts, association Nadine Lee at (847) 400-8975.
Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 welcomes the following additional guidon members terminated the extent of the 2009-2010 instruct year:
Dr. Nate Carter is Maple School’s additional leading job.
His administrative happening includes principalship at Middle School North in Lake Zurich, as unexcitedly as principalships and subsidiary principalships in Lincolnshire. She replaces Melissa Hirsch, who was appointed District 30’s subsidiary foreman terminated the extent of curriculum and instruction on July 1. His instructional unseen includes a bachelor of forte loathsome in instruction from Clarion University Pennsylvania and a master’s loathsome in instructional arise from Northeastern Illinois University, as unexcitedly as a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University.
Jill Weininger is Willowbrook School’s additional leading job. Weininger’s administrative happening includes her booming principalship of barely 10 years at Greenbriar School in Northbrook School District 28. Additionally, she has served as leading job at Central Road Elementary School in Palatine District 15, as unexcitedly as principalships and subsidiary principalships in Elmhurst District 205.
She has an instructional unseen that includes a bachelor of arts loathsome in journalism and English from Indiana University, a master’s loathsome in higher-calibre instruction from National-Louis University, and a certificate of advanced consider in arise from National-Louis University. She most recently taught at Middlefork Elementary School, Northfield.
Sarah Ehrenberg is the additional part-time kindergarten advise and instructional subsidiary at Willowbrook School. She also acted as a unending substitute in third rating and was a preschool advise.
She has a bachelor’s loathsome from Indiana University, where she student-taught alternate rating.
Jody Wood is the additional top-ranking rating advise at Willowbrook School. She has also taught fifth and third rating. Last year, she was a part-time kindergarten advise at Dryden and Windsor Schools in Arlington Heights. She earned an undergraduate loathsome in higher-calibre instruction from University of Kansas, and earned a master’s loathsome in reading from State University of New York College at Potsdam.
Heidi Fletcher is teaching fourth rating at Willowbrook School. She most recently taught fifth rating at Rhodes School in River Grove. She has also been a unending substitute at Romona School in Wilmette.
She is a graduate of Quincy University in Quincy, Ill., where she earned a bachelor’s loathsome in particular instruction. She holds an undergraduate loathsome in communication with a negligible in marketing from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a master’s loathsome from North Park University in higher-calibre instruction.
Courtney VonderHaar is Willowbrook School’s additional kindergarten finished with alternate rating resource advise. She has certification in reading reclamation from National Louis University and possesses a master’s loathsome in higher-calibre instruction from Southwest Baptist University in Boliver, Mo.
Lisa Przybysz is the additional full-time sermon and interaction pathologist at Willowbrook School. She recently completed her practicum happening at Victor Andrew High School in Tinley Park and Potomac Grade School in Potomac. She attended University of Illinois, Champaign, where she earned an undergraduate loathsome in sermon and interaction pathology.
Jacqueline Ruf is the additional sixth rating mathematics advise at Maple School. She also received her master’s loathsome in sermon and interaction pathology from University of Illinois, Champaign.
She was a classroom advise at Saint Andrew School in Chicago and at Burlingame Elementary School in Burlingame, Calif. She holds a bachelor of forte loathsome in higher-calibre instruction from Eastern Illinois University and a masters of instruction loathsome from California State University.
Joseph Warnstedt is the additional database/Web technician terminated the extent of District 30. He worked as a computer technician at Glenbrook District 225, and most recently was a technology artiste at Underwriters Laboratories Inc. He holds an associate loathsome in electronics ordain from the American Academy of Art.
Megan Boarini intent be the psych intern terminated the extent of the 2009-2010 instruct year. in Northbrook. Most recently, she was a practicum swotter at Glen Grove Intermediate School, Glenview, and taught particular instruction at Springman/Attea Middle School, Glenview.
She holds a bachelor of arts loathsome in higher-calibre instruction and authority of arts loathsome in particular instruction from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. In appendix, she has an instruction artiste loathsome from National Louis University.
Marcia Walsh is the additional sermon and interaction pathologist at Wescott School. and a swotter lab superintend at Spoken Language Learning and Practice Lab at National Technical Institute terminated the extent of the Deaf, Rochester, N.Y. She has been a substitute advise at Mary Cariola Children Center, Rochester, N.Y. She holds a bachelor of forte loathsome in sermon and hearing forte from the University of Illinois and master’s of forte loathsome in speech-language pathology: Deafness and onerous of hearing specialty.
Edwin Katzman is the additional fifth rating advise at Wescott School. He recently completed his authority of arts loathsome in teaching at National Louis University after innumerable years working in the proprietorship area.
Before deciding to favour into instruction, Katzman worked as a club marketing foreman at Quaker Oats and was profligacy president of marketing terminated the extent of Digital Globe, Inc. Last year, he swotter taught at Hubbard Woods School, Winnetka. He has a bachelor of forte loathsome in mathematics and economics from Yale University, New Haven, Conn. and a master’s of proprietorship arise from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, New Haven, Conn.
Jonathan Brenner is the additional full-time psychologist at Wescott School. He was most recently instruct psychologist at Evanston/Skokie School District 65. Heather Deardorff is the additional Spanish advise at Maple School. He holds a bachelor’s loathsome in hodgepodge sciences/community schizophrenic and a master’s of instruction loathsome from National Louis University.
She was most recently a midriff instruct Spanish advise and seventh rating bilingual interaction arts advise at Community Consolidated School District 21, Wheeling. She was also a Spanish advise and hinge on noggin behaviour grades 1-8 at St. Vrain Valley School District, Longmont, Colo.
Samuel Kurtz is the additional sixth rating forte advise at Maple School.
She holds a bachelor of arts loathsome in Spanish, alternate instruction, midriff and higher-calibre, with an bear in ESL/bilingual in spread. He swotter taught at Tefft Middle School in Streamwood, and at Edison Middle School in Champaign. He holds a bachelor of arts loathsome in higher-calibre instruction with a concentration in biology and a midriff instruct bear.
Betsy Johnson is the additional sixth rating mathematics advise at Maple School. In develop from 2009, she swotter taught sixth rating mathematics at Maple School in Linda Kahn’s classroom. She most recently taught particular instruction at Woodlawn Middle School in Long Grove.
She holds a bachelor of forte loathsome in higher-calibre instruction, with a concentration in mathematics and negligible in architectural studies.
Kelly Guzowski is a seventh rating particular instruction advise at Maple School. She received a bachelor of arts loathsome in particular instruction from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; and a master’s in arts of instruction from North Park University, Arlington Heights. She received her ELL bear from National Louis University.
Jennifer Murnick is the additional top-ranking rating advise at Wescott School. She taught alternate rating at Chicago International Charter School. He was most recently instruct psychologist at Evanston/Skokie School District 65. She holds a bachelor’s loathsome in instruction from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Jonathan Brenner is the additional full-time psychologist at Wescott School.