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...
Feb 28, 2016
Edgewood is the winner of the 2016 iRead middle school trophy! 92% of all Edgewood students participated and read for over 203,000 minutes.
Feb 27, 2016
As part of Nancy Cohen’s Foundation Grant, Marisha Wallace, a member of the original Broadway cast of “Aladdin”, visited Northwood to lead a masterclass for performers of the Northwood production of “Aladdin Jr.” Ms. Wallace provided...
Feb 23, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS SHERWOOD! Sherwood has won the coveted iRead trophy for the second year in a row for most minutes read per student. Congratulations to all NSSD112 students who participated in iRead and read more than 1,700,000 minutes and raised more than...
