
Coming Fall 2011!
We appreciate all of your support! Your attendance at conferences was appreciated. Enjoy the extended weekend with your children. There will be no classes on Monday, October 11th in observance of Columbus Day.
Open Enrollment Fair scheduled for January 26!
A goal of our District 54 Board of Education is to provide choice for parents in the selection of their child’s school. In addition to the neighborhood school, we have developed programs at several district schools, which we can now offer as choices.
District 54 invites parents to its annual Open Enrollment Fair from 6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 26, 2011. The fair will provide parents with information on eight schools in our district: Blackwell, Dirksen, Dooley, Enders-Salk, Hanover Highlands, Hoover, Lincoln Prairie, Link and MacArthur. Each of these schools houses a unique program and we anticipate a few openings at each site next year.
Please know that you do not need to arrive early to get a spot at one of the schools. While applications are available on Jan. 26, names will not be chosen that evening. In addition, people who cannot attend the event can still apply for their children to attend one of our open enrollment schools.
The fair will take place at Addams Junior High School, 700 S. Springinsguth Road in Schaumburg. Overflow parking can be found one block south at St. Marcelline’s Church. A short, formal presentation by Superintendent Ed Rafferty will be followed by opportunities for parents to visit each school’s booth and learn about each program in greater detail.
Hoover Math and Science Academy will explain how it offers instruction using Inquiry Based Science units through the grade levels. This will be the first year of the new program but many of the units have been successfully implemented in the classroom already. The units encourage partnerships between grade levels where the older students can mentor younger students through the learning process. Our green house and garden will also offer students a chance for hands on efforts with the life cycle and experiences with community volunteers and seniors from Friendship Village.
To view images of the Hoover Garden visit Teacher Tube and search Hoover Garden! You can access impressive views of our wonderful garden!
Hoover 1-847-357-5800
For more information call Terri McHugh, community relations director, at (847) 357-5028.
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