Jan 10, 2016
It was an amazing Kick Off at the HP Library for iRead 2016. The Indian Trail Team, plus Ms. Van Arsdale, presented The Day the Crayons Quit to the delight of students. Children interacted with the many wonderful authors. Linda Gorham enchanted students and their...
Dec 22, 2015
Potts and Pans Steel Drum Band came to Oak Terrace on December 15th and did a very informative performance for grades 3, 4, 5 as part of Susan Siciliano’s Addendum to Steel Drums Foundation Grant. Everyone learned a great deal from their discussion of the...
Dec 19, 2015
Janet Lubetkin’s Foundation Grant funded two professionals from the Music Institute of Chicago, Matt Boresi, playwright, and Rachel Page, songwriter, to guide students in creating their original musical. Students learned how a story arc applies to a musical,...
Dec 6, 2015
For her Foundation Grant, Ravinia teacher Sharon Steckel brought in poet Arlyn Miller to work with fourth grade students. Students drew zinnias they had planted as 3rd graders and, through funding from the Ravinia PTO, traveled to the Chicago Botanic Gardens to draw...
Dec 5, 2015
Andrea Dunning’s first graders at Ravinia School have been working with their fifth grade buddies to build and program a robot using legos. Students are learning about the larger concepts of STEM by connecting robotics to science and technology. They have...
