Mar 29, 2015
The Little Free Library, a Foundation Grant program designed by NSSD112 librarians, has arrived at Indian Trail School! When mounted outside the school, the Little Free Library will be a place where children are invited to borrow a book when they need one (perhaps...
Feb 24, 2015
Congratulations to Mrs. Derry, Ravinia 4th grade teacher, whose class had 100% participation in iRead. All teachers with at least 80% participation were entered in a drawing for the iPad mini. This year there were 86 elementary teachers who qualified for the...
Feb 24, 2015
Congratulations to Sherwood School, this year’s winner of the iRead trophy. Thanks to a focus on minutes read and participation, Sherwood was able to emerge as the school with the most minutes read per student!
Jan 14, 2015
Book Buddies is a NSSD112 Foundation Grant monthly meeting program. Academic Enrichment Reading students buddied with a LEAP student, practicing fluency skills by reading aloud picture books centered around central themes like “Acceptance.” After the reading...
Dec 21, 2014
Jenna Weinstein’s kindergarteners and Lindsey Petlak’s fourth graders at Indian Trail have been combining literary arts with STEM as part of a Foundation Grant program. Last week the students participated in STEM activities with a “Frozen”...
Dec 19, 2014
Edgewood 8th graders from Maggie Allard’s class performed scenes from the thought provoking “Inherit the Wind” in December. Thanks to a 112 Foundation Grant, students were able to work with Chicago Children’s Theater artist, Eva Laporte, to...
