Apr 28, 2016
Thanks to a grant from Wayne Thomas teacher Deb Smith, students participated in yoga activities to become more relaxed, focused and engaged in the classroom. A majority of fifth grade students stated Yoga helped them become more “mellow, calm, quiet,responsible,...
Apr 28, 2016
Middle school orchestra members gave an outstanding performance at Bennett Gordon Hall at Ravinia this April. Thanks to the Foundation’s partnership with Ravinia and as part of Ravinia’s Reach*Teach*Play program, guest musicians visited each middle school...
Apr 14, 2016
All NSSD112 5th graders were treated to a performance by cellist Ian Maksin and the 5th House Orchestra who performed Stravinksy’s Firebird complete with narration & dancers at Bennett Gordon Hall as part of our partnership with Ravinia Festival and the...
Mar 15, 2016
Helen Weiss’s Foundation Grant allowed Sherwood’s 5th grade STEM/ Makerspace Club to work in groups to build electronic circuits with Little Bits kits and to make a banana piano and bongos using Makey Makey. “The kids loved it,” says...
Mar 15, 2016
“DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till” is a one man show about the Civil Rights era murder of Emmett Till. It was performed in our district for all 8th graders thanks to a Foundation Grant from teacher Jon Mall. “This powerful performance was an...
