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Adam Aszurkiewicz, a second grader at Iroquois Community
School (ICS), won a State Grade-Level Handwriting Contest
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sponsored by Zaner-Bioser. Adam, who is a student of
Kristen Goczkjowski, was one of 300,000 students to
participate in the competition. As a state winner, Adam is
eligible to complete for a Grand National Champion title.
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Principal Mchael Amadei stopped by SPARK to present
awards to Adam and Cynthia Torp, SPARK child care
specialist. Torp entered Adam in the contest. Adams received an engraved Zaner-Bioser State
Winner fvledallion. An engraved Glass Diamond Award was presented to Torp, and ICS received
a $200 Zaner-Bioser Coupon.
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The Daily Herald, Monday, May 5, 2014
Student wins writing event
A second-grader at Iroquois
Community School in Des
Plaines has won a state gradelevel handwriting contest and
will now have the chance to
compete for a national title.
Adam Aszurkiewicz was one
of300,000 students to participate in the competition,
sponsored by Zaner-Bloser,
an education publisher. He
received a medallion, and his
school received a $200 coupon, according to Des Plaines
Elementary District 62.
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The Rivers Foundation recently renewed its support of
District 62 technology when it made a $50,000 contribution to
expand digital devices for teaching and learning. Last year,
every District 62 Library tv'edia Center (LMC) expanded the
number of Lexus 7 eReaders available to students as the
result of a donation from the foundation. Rivers Foundation
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representatives Jennifer Taylor and Kate tvt:Mahon toured
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Krueger. During their visit, they observed and talked to kindergarten through fifth grade students
using eReaders. Kindergarten students were observed using digital devices to write the
alphabet. Taylor and tvt:Mahon talked to fifth graders who were using the tablets to read digital
books on myON Reader.
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On Friday, April 25th, 2014, North Elementary School hosted
the annual Des Plaines Arbor Day Ceremony. In attendance
were Board of Education President Brenda M.Jrphy, Dr. Jane
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Des Plaines Ndermen Patti Haugeberg, Mke Charewicz,
John Robinson, and Denise Rodd represented the City of
Des Plaines. Howard f\Aoser, City of Des Plaines Public
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The ceremony began with North School Principal D r. Howard Coleman introducing guests to the
audience. North students joined together to proudly sing about trees and Nderman Patti
Haugeberg bestowed an Arbor Day Proclamation.
The event was highlighted with the planting or the tree in the back of the school. Several North
students were selected to join the dignitaries in shoveling dirt onto the tree base and roots.
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The Des Plaines Journal, Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Light Shines Bright On Teachers
The annual Lighthouse Awards program recognizes and honors
Des Plaines School District 62 employees who make outstanding
contributions to the district's students and staff. Colleagues nominate the honorees. The featured educational support personnel
are the winners of District 62 Lighthouse and the Illinois State
Board of Education (ISBE) Those Who Excel Awards.
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Lighthouse Awards were presented to Administrator/Principal Category- Steve Searle of North Elementary School, Kelly Krueger of
Central Elementary School, Paul Hertel of t he Leon Smaage Administration Center.
"Light Shines Bright On Teachers" (Continued)
Educational Support Personnel - Cindy Herula of Orchard Place Elementary School,
Esther Gutierrez of the Early Learning Center, Dale Bohne of Forest Elementary School
and Early Learning Center, Erin Powell of Forest Elementary School, Maria Alejandra
Rodriquez Moreno of Terrace Elementary School and Tina Farina of the Early Learning
Center.
Classroom Teacher Category - Donna Turk of Chippewa Middle School, Christine McKelvey of North Elementary School, Kimberly Bermudez of Forest Elementary School, Maria
Djurdjevic of Terrace Elementary School, Sophia Garcia-Smith of Orchard Place Elementary School, Karen Lucas of Central Elementary School, Shannon Bemben of Iroquois
Community School, Michael O'Donnell of Cumberland Elementary School.
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Team Category - Julie Depa, back, left, and Rene Winn-Waychoff front row, middle, Early Learning Center;
Richard Cooper, back row, far right, Peter DeGeorge, back row, second-right, Paul Lund, not shown, David
Mayer, not shown, Mark Mayer, not shown, Harold Muncy, not shown and Just in Torres, back row, second
left, Maintenance; Florentina Marchisotto, first row, right, Laura Morales not shown and Sylvia Roe, not
shown, Instructional Services/ Second Language Department.
Early Career Educator Category - Tabitha Lueken of Chippewa Middle
School, Eileen O'Brien of Terrace Elementary School, Michelle Anderson of Cumberland Elementary School.
Iroquois Teacher Honored
Des Plaines Elementary School Dist. 62 school board President
Brenda Murphy (left) presented an Award of Achievement to Anne
Beranek, Iroquois Community School (ICS), for winning the NEA Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence from the Illinois Education and
National Education Associations. Beranek was honored for developing programs that help students stay healthy, active and engaged in
school. Beranek created a walking· club for parents, students and
teachers. This year, funding and installing a climbing wall at ICS is
her passion. Beranek is a national board certified teacher, a previous Lighthouse Award winner, was previously nominated for a Golden
Apple Award and Walt Disney Teacher of the Year.
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Adam Aszurkiewicz, a 2d grader at Iroquois Community School {ICS)
in Des Plaines, won a State Grade-Level Handwriting Contest sponsored by Zaner-Bioser. Adam, who is a student of Kristen Goczkjowski's, was one of 300,000 students to participate in the competition.
As a state winner, Adam is eligible to complete for a Grand National
Champion t itle. Principal Michael Amadei {far right) presented awards
to Adam and Cynthia Torp, SPARK child care specialist. Torp entered
Adam in the contest. Adam received an engraved medallion. From left
are, Cynthia Torp, Adam, Amadei , and Kristen Goczkjowsk.
The Des Plaines Journal, May 7-12, 2014
Pitches
A Hit
Young Entrepreneurs Face Panel,
'Rapid Reek Ridding Rack' Scores
By HEATHER HOLM
Journal & Topics Reponer
A panel of investors picked
sixth grader Joanna Skorupa's
business plan during a recent
Future CEO and Chippewa sixth
grader Joanna Skorupa presents
her Rapid Reek Ridding Rack,
chosen to advance to the regional Young Entrepreneurs Academy
competition this week.
Young Entrepreneurs Business Panel organized by the
Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce.
Five students from Chippewa Middle School pitched
business ideas during the panel
event. Investors were asked
to select one student business
to advance to the regional
competition in Frisco, TX, on
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"Pitches A Hit " (Continued)
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CEOs
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Thursday, May 8.
Skorupa, who presented her
business plan named Rapid
Reek Ridding Rack, was selected to represent the chamber.
Two winners from the regional
competition will advance to the
national competition on June 11
at the Small Business Summit
in Washington, D.C. The top
three businesses that win the
national contest will receive
scholarships for $20,000,
$25,000 and $30,000.
Rapid Reek Ridding Rack is
a high quality, easy to assemble
drying rack for sportswear.
" Investors ch oose which
business had the strongest
business plan and best presentation," said Barbara Ryan,
executive director of the Des
Plaines Chamber. "That is why
Skorupa was chosen."
"The young entrepreneurs
gave a PowerPoint presentation
Chippewa Middle School students from Des Plaines presenting their
ideas for businesses were (from I. to r.) Daniel Baumhart, Joe Cangelois, Joanna Skorupa, Katy Anderson and Varun Nair.
abouttheirproduct," explained
Mindy Ward, director of community relations for Dist. 62.
Students presented business
cards and a plan with all the
details about their company.
The panel of investors at the
chamber event inciuded Rosemary Argus of the Des Plaines
Community Foundation; Ed
Domingo, vice president of
finance for Rivers Casino;
Carlee Drummer from Oakton
Community College; Sandra
Hansen, manager atBMO Harris Bank; Agnes Czerech, vicepresident and branch manager
at Village Bank & Trust; Bob
Lewandowski ofLewandowski
Family Foundation; and Steve
Pokrak of Millennium Bank.
Funding- from the panel of
investors---$6,000---will be
used to advance each business
plan.
"They decide how they use
the money," Ryan said. "They j
have to have a business plan 1
in place that specifically states
what they will use the money
for."
Students have been participating in the program since fall
2013, learning how to write
business plans and to successfully market their work.
The Des Plaines Chamber
launched the panel last year
and signed up for a three-year
commitment to participate
with the Young Entrepreneurs
program.
"Our board of directors
thought this would be a great
way to become directly involved with the students of our
community," Ryan said.
Other students who participated were Katy Anderson who
pitched her business Glamour
Girls Parties; Varun Nair. who
presented Nova Custom Web
Design; Daniel Baumhart who
presented Stylist Protectors;
andJoeCangelois, who pitched
the business Klay King. All
·students who participated this
year attend Chippewa.
The five students will also
participate in a showcase on
May 17 at Woodfield Mall
along with students from
Arlington Hts., Mt. Prospect,
Palatine and Lake Zurich.
Dist. 62 Strikes Jackpot
The Rivers Foundation recently renewed its support of Des Plaines Elementary School Dist. 62 technology
when it made a $50,000 contribution to expand digital devices for teaching and
learning. Last year, every
District 62 Library Media Center (LMC) expanded the number of Lexus 7 eReaders available to students
as the result of a donation from the foundation. Rivers Foundation representatives Jennifer Taylor and Kate
McMahon recently toured Central School with Dr. Jane l. Westerhold and Kelly Krueger. During their visit,
they observed and talked to kindergarten through fifth grade students using eReaders. Jennifer Taylor (left),
Rivers Foundation, presents a $50,000 donation to Supt. Westerhold, Also shown are, Kelly Krueger, Leigh
Radnitzer, and Tracy Kellerhals, Central Elementary School principal, LMC specialist, and LMC assistant.
ICS Teachers,
8th Graders
B-Ball Battle
Des Plaines' Iroquois Community School (ICS) Student Government will host the Samantha Lehman CFF Basketball Game
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 28.
The game will feature Iroquois staff against eighth grade students. There will be concessions and a 3-point contest.
All proceeds will be donated to the Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
Foundation in honor of Sam, a former ICS student who passed
away from complications due to cystic fibrosis.
Iroquois Community School is located at 1836 Touhy Ave.,
Des Plaines.
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Dr. Jane Westerhold, Superintendent of Schools (left) and Brenda Murphy, District 62 Board of
Education President (right) present the 2014 District62 Community Relations Ambassador of the Year
Award to Robert Bachar, Iroquois Community School volunteer and owner of C.R. Flowers. (Posted
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The Distinguished Volunteer Award program honors individuals who consistently go above
and beyond on behalf of the school district, and whose efforts enhance education and convey
its importance to the community at large. Distinguished Volunteer Award winners are
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community relation ambassadors who make a positive impact on education.
District 62 presented Students Succeed Partnership Certificates to new partners, Advocate
Children's Hospital-Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, American Veterinary Medical Association,
Backyard wildlife
AT&T Pioneers, Big Brother Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago, Joe Caputo & Sons, Chicago
Cultural Center, Chicago Children's Choir, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., Cole Taylor
Bank, Colliers International, General Electric Company, Girls on the Run, ITxM, Kan-Win,
Matt's Estate Sales & Home Services, MB Financial Bank, Robert Neil, The McShane
Companies, No Boundaries, Philips Lighting, Rosemont Chamber of Commerce, Starbucks
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#13440, St. Stephen Peace and Justice Committee, TransNational Bankcard, Transportation
Security Administration at O'Hare International Airport, US Foods, and Yearwood and
Associates. ltd. Community and corporate partners provide volunteer and financial resources
for short and long-term academic projects and programs.
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Joe Caputo & Sons. Junior Achievement of Chicago, and the St. Stephen Justice and Peace
Committee received 2014 Students Succeed Community Partner Awards.
The awards reception was held at Orchard Place Elementary School in Des Plaines. Brenda
Murphy, Board of Education President. and Dr. Jane Westerhold, Superintendent of Schools
Chicago sights
presented certificates and awards to the honorees. Ella Kurutz, Maren Garnett, Blake Snyder,
Tatsu Cornegan, Sergio Lozano, Matthew and Michael Montanile provided reception music
under the direction of Scott Duff, Chippewa Middle School. The program featured a
performance or the South School Singers that was directed by Joan Abrams, South
Elementary School.
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The 2014 District 62 Community Ambassador of the Year Award was presented to Robert
Bachar. Bachar has volunteered at ICS for several years and donates many hours per week
to work with students. Rob is a business owner in the neighborhood (C&R Flowers) . Although
his children are grown. Rob works with several different 2nd to 5th grade groups in
one-on-one situations and small groups. He supports learning in the areas of Response to
Interventions (All) and mathematics.
St. Stephen Church was awarded the 2014 Students Succeed Partner of the Year Award . This
fall, St. Stephen's Parish approached Plainfield with a pilot program-The Back-Pack Program.
The church provides weekly backpacks of food for five families who are in need of assistance
throughout the school year. St. Stephens delivers the food every Friday, except during winter,
spring, and summer breaks. It is sent home with the student. Students are very excited about
ks every week and talk about their favorite snacks such as the chocolate
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Thomas Lay Burroughs Award winner Brenda Murphy of Des Plaines Community
Consolidated School District 62 poses with her award with ISBE Cha irman Gery J . Chico
(left) and State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. Murphy was honored with
a resolution at the State Board of Education's May 14 meeting in Springfield. The I SBE award
annually honors an outstanding school board president in the state. Murphy received the
award earlier in the school year.
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This spring Iroquois Community School (ICS)Warrior Leaders and Senate teamed with Two Men and a
Truck in the Movers for Moms program. This program provides comfort items to mothers who reside in
shelters due to abusive relationships. The shelter provides counseling and resources to help residents
move on and away from this danger. Items were donated by the Iroquois community family and were
given as part of gift baskets to help make Mother's Day a little special. This is the fourth year ICS
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Earth Day celebration
Reduce, reuse, recycle just part ofthe message at Des Plaines fair
Submitted by Dts Plaines Park District
In celebration of Earth Day
2014, the Des Plaines Park
District and the Des Plaines
Environmental and Energy
Program, (DEEP Green),
sponsored the seventh annual
free Earth Day Youth Fair Saturday, April 26, at the Cumberland Terrace Fieldhouse.
Hundreds of eco-friendly
citizens stopped in to plant
blue lake bush beans in peat
pots; decorate a reusable canvas lunch bag; learn about ceofriendly fundraising; and add
a leaf with a personal green
promise to the Dream Tree.
Children also visited with
the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
to learn about how to keep our
waterways pollution-free by
reducing marine debris. Outside in the park, children went
on a nature-inspired scavenger hunt searching for rocks,
leaves, flowers, insects, and
something"green."
Global aluminum can manufacturer Rexam donated literature about the value and
benefits to the environment of
recycling cans. In September,
Rexam will participate in the
2014 Cans for Cash America
Recycles Day Aluminum Can
Challenge to raise awareness
and involvement in beverage
can recycling.
Rexam is partnering with
United Scrap Metal, a leading local recycler, to gather as
many beverage cans as possible and then donate proceeds
to the Ronald McDonald
House Charities of Chicago
and Northwest Indiana. Recyclers can also choose to use
their recycling funds to donate
to their own organization or
chosen charity. For informa- and garage items, and election about the Rexam recy- tronics. The addresses of their
cling drive, contact Nancy five locations in Arlington
Heights, Elgin, Palatine,
Mose at nancy.mose@
Crystal Lake and Gilrexam.com.
Waste Manageberts are available at
ment also supnews
elginrecycling.com.
Beekeeper John
plied literature,
Checkout
Hansen
brought
including a chilEarth Day
samples of honeydren's
educacomb for the children
tional
coloring
to touch and a workbook and a personal
ing bee hive for them to
recycling chart, to help
children recognize their part observe. He talked about the
importance of bees in the polin saving natural resources.
New at the fair this year, lination process of apples,
the Des Plaines Bike & Pedes- broccoli, strawberries, nuts,
trian Council had information asparagus, blueberries, and
about bike safety and routes. cucumbers.
Their goal is to promote a
All visitors at the Earth Day
walking and biking mind set Fair received their choice of
and create awareness of the a white, red, swamp, or bur
features and benefits to the oak sapling to take home and
Des Plaines area of riding a plant, courtesy of Living Lands
bike to work or to the Metra and Waters. Living Lands is an
Station.
Illinois group aimed at improvElgin Recycling was also on ing the environment They
hand with a list of items they will give away 150,00 trees this
recycle, including hardware, spring.
household, automobile, yard
According to the US
Your
Department of Agriculture, the
net cooling effect of a young
healthy tree is equivalent to
10 room-size air conditioners
operating 20 hours a day.
"We are so pleased that so
many came out to show their
support for a greener environment," said CindyYelich, Special Events supervisor. "You
are never too young to learn to
reduce, reuse, and recycle."
The Des Plaines Park District has a long history of environmental stewardship and
sustainable practices. The
"Green Team" meets quarterly to review the progress
in five key areas: Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle; Purchase and
Use of Environmentally Safe
and Sensitive Products; Conserve Natural Resources; Preserve Natural Ecosystems;
and Actively Promote Public
Education of Environmental
Issues.
The Daily Herald, Thursday, May 15,2014
"Earth Day celebration " (Continued)
The next free community
event is the annual Spring Fun
Fair at Mountain View Adventure Center May 17 from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair includes
Touch a Truck sponsored
by the Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce, a Climbing
Wall sponsored by the Lattof
YMCA, the Pooch, Pet & Pedal
Parade sponsored by the Des
Plaines City Special Events
Commission, an obstaclecourse-style inflatable, and
representatives from many
Des Plaines organizations.
For information on programs, classes, and events at
the Des Plaines Park District,
visit www.DPParks.org or call
(847) 391-5700.
Lanna Vo, 8, plants a blue lake bush bean at the Earth Day
Youth Fair.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF LISA H ARING
Donovan Brown, 5, and his sister Nora, 8, talk with Virginia
Haase, Flotilla Staff Officer for Public Education, U.S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary, about how long It takes marine debris to dissolve in our waterways.
Maddie Chiakas, 10, chooses
a free oak sapling at the Earth
Day Youth Fair on April 26.
The Des Plaines Journal, Friday, May 16, 2014
Fore·s t Teacher Encourages
Students To Stay Alert, 'Tabata'
By DENISE FLEISCHER
the lesson, students went to the
gym where she demonstrated
Tabata exercises. Tabata is a
Some teachers, understand- high intensity interval training
ably, work to keep students in workout that lasts only four
their seats. Kelly Salgado, a minutes. First comes jumping
fourth grade teacheratForestEl- jacks and then a 20-second rest.
ementary School in Des Plaines, Next, pushups and rest again.
insists on "brain breaks" and Then a wood chopping motion
full-body cardio exercises to andanothershortrest. Exercises
can be done at home, too.
empower her students.
From then on, Salgado began
"It began when I noticed my
students weren' t playing out- "brain break" sessions between
side," said Salgado, a teacher at subjects, sometimes several
Forest, 1375 S. FifthAve.,for 14 times a day.
"We started the second week
years. "I have them the majority of the day. The gym teacher
motivates them, but once they
leave school they aren't going
outside."
1
Salgado wanted .to inspire
her students above and beyond.
So she spoke to Constance
Contursi Barker, owner of Hit
It Fitness in Roselle. Last year,
she asked Contursi to speak with
students about nutrition and the
importance of being devoted
to an exercise routine. After
LIFESTYLE EorroR
of school for five or more minutes," said Salgado. "My fourth
grade team does this. My goal
is to inspire everyone .-in the
building."
Hit It Fitness's owner invited
students to a fitness event at h er
studio on Saturday,May 17 from
12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Salgado's
current and former students
will be treated to a kickboxing program. "My students are
extremely excited about this
opportunity. This event is a
powerful and inspirational way
to encourage my students."
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OnApril30, 2014, thirty-six Algonquin Middle School students were inducted in the Henry C.
Lashway chapter ofthe National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) at an induction ceremony. New members,
friends, :tinnily, fuculty, administrators and school board members, attended the evening candle-lighting
ceremony.
Following welcoming remarks by Algonquin Middle School principal John Swanson, and a speech by school
board member Ronald Burton, five students spoke about the importance ofthe standards ofthe National Junior
Honor Society. Romar PaulHarayo, Josselyn Cn12; Catherine Buchaniec, Joshua Wastyn, and Grasiela Victor
spoke about scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship. Jelena Pejovic seiVed as the mistress of
ceremonies. In addition to the students mentioned previously, the following were also inducted into the NJHS:
MeganAdamowks~ ArsalanAtShar, Cody Albrecht, Camille Ang, Jenny Arenas, Maeve Bemero, Kamila
Czerlonko, Taras Dzhul, Karina Estrada, Jennifer Gomez, Megan Howard, Spencer Huerter, Alexandra
Juszczyk, Cole Kelly, George Markakis, Garrett Morrison, Jennifer Muhr, Valeria Murillo, Stephania Nutu,
Nestor O'Brien, Shaira Pascua, Nancy Pate~ Shivam Pate~ Shree Pate~ Christopher Rios, Martylinette
Sanchez, Lauren Szeszo~ Norris Tran, Lydia Varghese, and Amber Ward.
Swanson and Burton presented certificates and medallions to the inductees. The ceremony concluded with each
student presenting a carnation to his/her family. The National Junior Honor Society is a national service
organization, designed to "create enthusiasm for scholarship; to stimulate a desire to render service; to promote
leadership; to encourage responsible citizenship; and to develop character in the students of secondary schools."
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The Daily Herald, Monday, May 19,2014
On the
trail of
history
PHOTO BY LI SA HARfNG/ Des Plaines Park District
The Rev. William G. Grice Ill shows the Central School CHIPs students his Aunt Savena's diary
during their visit to his home.
Central Sclwol students research, pronwte Des Plaines' past to community
The Daily Herald, Monday, May 19,2014
"On the trail of history" (Continued)
BY LISA HARING
Dts Plaints Park Distrirt
History is made every day.
Scholars say that teaching children
about history has many important benefits, including providing a sense of identity, helping to
improve decision and judgment
skills, and learning from the mistakes of those in the past. History
provides a context from which to
understand others and ourselves.
For six students in the Des
Plaines Elementary District 62
Central School Children of High
Intellectual Potential Program, the
study of the history of their hometown has allowed them to time
travel through the ~ges to better
appreciate and understand the
evolution of Des Plaines.
The students chose history as
the subject of their next Problem
Based Learning Project in December, inspired by a visit by state
Rep. Martin J, Moylan, who talked
about his own youth experiences.
The students are Rohan Balchandani, Eleanor Bechtold, Cory Cordier, Nell Jakoniuk, Emily Kulaga,
and Rose Kurutz.
"The goals of Problem Based
Learning are to help the students
develop flexible knowledge, effective problem solving skills, selfdirected learning, and effective
collaboration skills," said Leigh
Radnitzer,
"This project has provided the Central School
Libracy
Media Censtudents with an opportunity to practice
ter specialist
and CHIPs college-level research and literacy skills, while
instructor.
also pursuing a local topic of interest."
Radnitzer.
Cindy Yelich,
"Working in
Des Plaines Park District special events supervisor
groups, students identify
what
_
they already know, what they need the process for researching the
to know, and how and where to information and then educating
access new information that may their classmates and the commulead to resolution of the problem." nity about their findings.
One of the first problems to
In a collection of brainstorming
sessions, the students determined be solved was how to disserninate the information. Kurutz, a
dancer with the Des Plaines inhouse dance company, Artistry
in Motion, suggested that the historical facts the students collected
could be "stuffed" into the plastic
Easter eggs set out at the annual
Des Plaines Park District Easter
egg hunt. They contacted Cindy
Yelich, special events supervisor
and coordinator of the event, who
agreed to collaborate with the students on the project. Yelich presented a tutorial on the development, financing, marketing and
implementation of park disttict
programming.
"This project has provided the
Central School students with an
opportunity to practice collegelevel research and literacy skills,
This is an example of the kinds of
historical facts that the Central
School CHIPs students researched
for their Problem Based Learning
History project.
while also pursuing a local topic of
interest,'' said Yelich.
The students also visited the
Des Plaines History Center for
a PowerPoint presentation on
the Native American tribes that
inhabited early Des Plaines, the
importance of railroads to the
then agrarian community, and
the development of businesses
and prefabricated housing developments. They toured the Kinder
House for a walk back in time
to the early 19th century, all the
while collecting facts to be used
for their project.
"Extending the walls of the classroom into the surrounding community has allowed our students
to engage in real life learning," said
Radnitzer. "I think it is important
that children have a knowledge of
where they come from."
A field nip to meet with the
Rev. William G. Grice III in his
museum-style home taught the
students how experiences become
memories and, therefore, become
See HISTORY on PAGE 2
The Daily Herald, Monday, May 19, 2014
"On the trail of history" (Continued)
History: Students use egg hunt to teach about city's past
Cunlinuedftvm Page 1
a part of our history. He talked
about his own family's historical roots in Des Plaines,
and showed them artifacts,
receipts, deeds, permits,
records, photographs, and a
diary kept by his Aunt Savena Ahbe Gorsline, the first
Miss Des Plaines. In addition, the students used books
and online sources to gather
approximately 100 facts, 70
of which were typed, printed,
and stuffed into 500 eggs.
The fact-filled eggs were
mixed in with the other eggs
filled with toys and treats. On
the back of each printed fact
was a two-for-one coupon
for the miniature golf course
at Mountain View Adventure
Center.
"Many hundreds of residents participate in the annual
Easter egg hunt ... making this
method of getting the word
out about the history of Des
Plaines very effective," Yelich
Rose Kurutz, Emily Kulaga, Nell Jakoniuk and Rohan Balchandani carry
the historical fact stuffed Easter eggs onto the field at Prairie Lakes
while the crowd waits.
said.
Here is each students pick
for favorite fact
Rohan Balchandani: the
Ottawa,
Chippewa,
and
Pota\vatomi Native American
tribes originally inhabited Des
Plaines.
Eleanor Bechtold: Des .
Plaines was once known as
the City of Roses because of all
the greenhouses.
·
Cory Cordier: The Choo
Choo Restaurant opened in
1951 and served food on a
model trairi at the counter.
Nell Jakoniulc The Kreh
Chalk & Pencil Co. in Des
Plaines, owned by Julius Kreh,
was the phonetic antecedent
of today's crayons.
Emily Kulaga: The site
where Prairie Lakes Community Center now stands was an
onion field.
Rose Kurutz: My greatgrandfather, William Shorts,
was the first Des Plaines
policeman to die in the line of
duty in 1927.
Leigh Radnitzer, right, and the Central School CHIPs students listen as
Cindy Yelich, Special Events supervisor, talks about what is involved in
hosting a free Easter egg hunt at the Des Plaines Park District.
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Amy Garcia Cengel has been named the principal of South
Elementary School in School District 62. Her appointment
was unanimously approved at the May 19 Board of
Education meeting.
Cengel. who is a District 62 instructional coach, will replace
Michelle Flores, who resigned to move to the St. Louis, MO
area. Cengel began her career in education as a middle
school social studies and science teacher at Perspectives
Charter School in Chicago, IL. In 2006, Cengel began her District 62 teaching career at
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The Dailv Herald. Wednesday, May 21, 2014
New South School principal:
A new principal has been
appointed for South Elementary School in Des Plaines.
Amy Garcia Cengel, currently a
Des Plaines Elementary School
District 62 instructional coach,
will begin her new position
July 1. Her promotion was confinned Monday by the school
board. Cengel will replace
Michelle Flores, who resigned
to move to the St Louis area.
Cengel started teaching in District 62 at Chippewa Middle
School in 2006.
The Des Plaines Journal, Wednesday, May 21 ,2014
Amy
Cengel
South
School
Leader
Named
Amy Garcia Cengel has
been named the principal of
South Elementary School
in Des Plaines Elementary
School Dist. 62.
Her appointment was
unanimously approved at
Monday's board of education meeting.
Cengel, who is a Dist. 62
instructional coach, will
replace Michelle Flores,
who resigned to move to the
St. Louis, MO, area.
Cengel began her career
in education as a middle
school social studies and
science teacher at Perspectives Charter School in
Chicago.
In 2006, Cengel began
her Dist. 62 teaching career at Chippewa Middle
School, where she taught
language arts, social studies, and English as a second
language classes.
In addition to her teaching duties, Cengel served
as a new teacher mentor,
a team leader, and on the
"This We BeJieve" committee.
In 2012, she was named
an instructional coach.
As an instructional coach,
Cengel creates and leads
monthly staff development workshops, designs
and facilitates customized planning sessions for
teachers, and supports the
assistant superintendent of
curriculum and instruction
in the development and
implementation of district
initiatives including transitioning to standards-based
grading and digital delivery of mathematics.
Cengel is expected to assume the South Elementary
School principal position
on July 1.
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Journal & Topics Reporter
A melting pot of cultures
make up the student body for
Des Plaines Elementary School
Dist. 62.
A total of 1 ,541 children in
the district speak another language and are involved in the
district's English as a Second
Language (ESL) program. Dist.
62 serves 5,268 total students
in 11 schools.
These students speak a multitude of different languages, so
certain services for parents and
students need to be provided to
assist them.
Currently, a total of 41
languages are spoken within
Dist. 62.
School officials put together
a list oflanguages in the fall and
again in June. In September,
students are still registering in
schools, so numbers are com-
piled in October.
Milagros Bravo, director
of second language learners
for Dist. 62, said the district
needs these numbers to know
what translation pieces should
be available throughout the
school year.
"We want to support parents
and help their students be successful in Dist. 62 schools,"
she said.
The number one language
spoken in Dist. 62 schools,
other than English, is Spanish
with Polish as the second most
spoken.
Other languages include,
Arabic, Korean, Bulgarian,
Hindi and Greek among numerous others.
Most translation materials are
provided in Spanish and Polish
since those are the two largest
diversity groups. Certain teachers help students and parents
thatspeaklanguagesotherthan
Spanish and Polish.
Materials that need translation could include a personal
note from a teacher to a parent,
parent-teacher conferences,
open houses, paper handouts
and others.
At a recent open house, Bravo
said she had parents plug into
a system with four channels
translating information into
four different languages. Channel one was Spanish, channel
two was Polish with two other
languages. "People were able
to participate and hear the in-
However, homework handed
out is still in English, since
teachers in the schools are
trying to teach students the
language.
Currently, about 70 bilingual
and resource teachers serve in
the district's ESL program.
Since there could only be
about five students who speak
another language in a classroom, there are not separate
ESL classes.
The teachers pull out students
and assist them.
Dist. 62 schools (all in Des
fonnation."
Plaines) consist of Algonquin
Materials could also include Middle School, Central Elpaper items, such as handouts, ementary, Chippewa Middle
announcing ISAT testing, for School, Cumberland Eleexample. Some families might mentary, Forest Elementary,
not speak English, or might Iroquois Community School,
only have one family member North Elementary, Orchard
who does, so they need addi- Place Elementary, Plainfield
tional assistance. "We really Elementary, South Elemenwant to help parents help their tary and Terrace Elementary
kids," Bravo noted.
School.
The Des Plaines Journal, Wednesday, May 21,2014
Algonquin
Recognizes
Honor Society
Newcomers
Thirty-sixAlgonquin Middle
School students were inducted
in the Henry C. Lashway
chapter of the National Junior
Honor Society (NJHS) at an
induction ceremony on Apr.
30. New members, friends,
family, faculty, administrators
and school board members,
attended the evening candlelighting ceremony.
Following welcoming remarks by Algonquin Middle
School Principal John Swanson, and a speech by school
board member Ronald Burton,
five students spoke about the
importance of the standards
of the National Junior Honor
Society.
Romar Paul Harayo,Josselyn
Cruz, Catherine Buchaniec,
Joshua Wastyn, and Grasiela
Victor spoke about scholarship,
service, leadership, character,
and citizenship. Jelen a Pejovic
served as the mistress of ceremonies.
In addition to these students
the following wen: alsu indltet.,l into the ;~.T: ::>: \1,·~·an
:'.d:tJII'l'.'\ksi, i\!··.:d an Af::kt!',
Cody Albrecht, Camille Ang,
Jenny Arenas, Maeve Bemero, Kamila Czerlonko, Taras
Dzhul, Karina Estrada, Jennifer Gomez, Megan Howard,
Spencer Huetter, Alexandra
Juszczyk, Cole Kelly, George
Markakis, Garrett Morrison,
Jennifer Muhr, Valeria Murillo, Stephania Nutu, Nestor
O'Brien,ShairaPascua,Nancy
Patel, Shivam Patel, Shree Patel, Christopher Rios, Martylinette Sanchez, Lauren Szeszol,
Norris Tran, Lydia Varghese,
and 'Amber Ward.
Swanson and Burton presented certificates and medallions
to the inductees. The ceremony
concluded with each student
presenting a carnation to his/
her family.
The National Junior Honor
Society is a national service
organization, designed to "create enthusiasm for scholarship;
to stimulate a desire to render
service; to promote leadership: to encourage responsihle
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The Des Plaines Journal, Wednesday, May 21 , 2014
State Honors
Murphy
Illinois state Board
of Education (ISSE)
Chairman .Qef)' ehico
(left) and State S!ll)erintendent Christopher
KoCh (right} presented
a resOlution to Des
Plaines Elementacy
Dist . 6'2 Bo<:~rd of
Education President
Brenda Murphy for Winning the 2013 Thomas
Lay Burroughs Award.
In addition to the
compfetio.n of a $1-09
million master plan that
improved and enHanced
learning environments
and saf.ety In Oist. ~2,
Murphy was hoAored
for actively participating
in school events and
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Arucle updated. 5/25/2014 7.58 AM
Police: Kids playing with fireworks cause fire at Des
Plaines middle school
By Katlyn Smith
A fire broke out at Algonquin Middle School after three kids were playing with fireworks on the southwest side
of the building Saturday, Des Plaines police said.
T he three -- one 13-year-old and two 12-year-olds -- have not been charged with a crime as of Saturday night,
police said.
Des Plaines fire officials were investigating the suspicious fire Saturday afternoon at the school, 767 Algonquin
Road.
The blaze caused an estimated $20,000 in damage to the building, said John Pahlman , Des Plaines
Elementary School District 62 maintenance and operations director.
The first firefighters w ho were called to the school about 4:25 p.m. discovered a large fire on the school's south
exterior, Des Plaines Fire Chief Alan Wax said.
Based on a preliminary investigation, the fire was suspicious because there was a report of children in the area
before the blaze, Wax said.
Crews were able to put the fire out in minutes, and it did not spread into the building, Wax said.
The fire appeared to start in plastic crates outside two steel doors at the entrance to a mechanical and
receiving room. No one was inside the school at the time.
Des Plaines police continue to investigate.
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15 ICS Students Inducted into Honor Society
Posted By MEUNDA WARD, Corrnnunity Contnbutor
4:54PM CDT, May27, 2014
On May 22, 2014, 15 Iroquois Comrmmity School (ICS) students were inducted in the Paul W. advert isement
lung chapter ofthe National Jtmior Honor Society (NJHS). New members, students, friends,
:family, fuculty, administrators and school board members, attended the evening candle-lighting ceremony.
Following welcoming remarks by ICS principal Michael Admade~ and introductions by Manuel Bustos, NJHS
F acuity Advisor, five students spoke about the standards ofthe National Junior Honor Society. Bhagirith Mehta,
N eli Peeva, Alexandra Meyer, Destiny Onyeise, and Kevin Castilla spoke about scholarship, character,
leadership, service, and citizenship, respectively. In addition to the students mentioned previously, the following
were inducted into the NJHS: Wiktoria Kusek, Willis Le, Madeleine Mirza, Clnista Niewins~ Taylor Palacios,
Allison Pearson, Sachin Pilla~ Amada Rahana, Armando Rodea, and Monica Walaszek.
Dr. JaneL. Westerhold, Superintendent ofSchools, and James Poskozim, Board ofEducation, presented
certificates and medallions to the inductees. The ceremony concluded with each student presenting a rose to
his/her family.
Sara Heiman introduced 21 seventh graders who fulfilled scholarship requirements ofthe Paul W. Jtmg chapter
of the NJHS. They earned a grade point average of3.60 or higher during sixth and seventh grades. Sierra
Brannan, Grace Carlino, Patricia Evangelou, Nick Hernandez, Pavani Jairam, Gabriella Kic, Michal Kwiecien,
Sarah Lane, George Lesiak, Suha Lim, Sona Lukose, Marina Orrico, Zaul Perez, Anthony Ramos, Max Romza,
Madeline RoppeL Danica Roque, Ste:fun Stojanovic, Capri Stricker, Kamila Szwedo, and Riley Whittenhall
received certificates.
If they maintain the required grade point average and meet standards in the areas of character, leadership,
citizenship, and service through the first three quarters oftheir eighth grade year, their names will be submitted for
induction into the ICS NJHS.
The National Junior Honor Society is a national service organization, designed to "create enthusiasm for
scholarship; to stinrula.te a desire to render service; to promote leadership; to encourage responsible citizenship;
and to develop character in the students of secondary schools."
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Blaze
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School
3 Children Face
Juvenile Court
Over Fireworks
AlgonquinMiddleSchool
in Des Plaines opened
as scheduled yesterday
(Tuesday) even though a
fire on Saturday caused an
estimated $15,000 damage to a south side wall,
overhang and doors of the
building.
Fire Chief Alan Wax said
that an investigation determined that three youths,
ages 12 and 13, were play- .
ing with fireworks at the
site Saturday afternoon
when the fire started and
got out of control.
According to Wax, firefighters respond ed to the
scene at about 4:25 p.m.
Saturday after multiple
reports of a fire and activation of an alarm were
received. Once on the
scene, firefighters quickly
extinguished the blaze.
Police quickly secured
traffic around the scene
and spoke with witnesses
who reported seeing kids
playing in the area shortly
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Algonquin Fire _ __
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parents' custodies Saturday
before the fire was reported. evening. Wax said Juvenile
Within an hour, said Wax, petitions are being filed and the
police found three subjects Cook County state's attorney's
matching the descriptions office and Juvenile court will
several blocks from the scene determine how the cases will
and took them into custody. The be adjudicated, which may take
subjects were released to their three to four weeks.
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Memorial Day In Des Plaines
Retired Army Col. Jill Morgenthaler of Des Plaines (left) is greeted by Des Plaines VFW Post Commander
Mike Lake just prior to her stirring speech about her encounter with Saddam Hussein while she was serving in Iraq. A large crowd of local residents attended the community's annual Memorial Day observance at
Lake Park Monday morning.
As the Maine West High School Marching Band plays the Marine
Corps hymn, veterans Ken Radnitzer (left) and Dick Vana salute. Vana
served in World War II and Radnitzer in the Korean War.
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Family members of Ernest Mensching, a Des
Plaines resident who died in World War I, were
introduced to the crowd at Monday's observance.
From left are VFW Commander Mike Lake, Mark
Mensching, 10, Jake Mensching, 7, and their father
Vic Mensching. of District 62
Left photo: Local Junior Girl Scouts and Cub
Scouts played an important role at Monday's Memorial Day service at Lake Park by reading off the
names of wreath presenters with a little help from
a veteran and a booster.
Resting against the wall of the Lake Park Memorial Pavilion below the names of those Des Plaines
residents who gave their lives during the Vietnam
War are two military rifles that were later used in a
formal 21-gun salute.
(Photos by Todd Wesseii/ The Journal)
Creating OpporttJnlti p_.-,
Touch-a-Truck
A beautiful sunny day awaited children of all ages at the Chamber's annual Touch-a-Truck event. T rucks of all sizes were crawled
on to and in to, horns were honked and bells were rung! Thank
you to our event sponsor First Midwest Bank and to all the
Chamber members who participated in this years event:
Accurate Auto Clinic, Inc.
Community Consolidated School District 62
Des Plaines Emergency Management
Des Plaines Fire Department
Des Plaines Park District
Des Plaines Police Department
Des Plaines Public Works
Johler Demolition, Inc.
Maine Township Emergency Management
Maine Township Highway Department
Pace Northwest Division
Schimka Auto Wreckers, Inc
Two Men and a Truck
Scott M Seifert, CFP®,
Dan Chervenak, AAMS®
Nancy M Reiser
AAMS®
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