Brief from the Board meeting on Nov. 21
Public Hearing on the 2013 Tax Levy
No one asked to speak. The overall levy of $163,551,245, exclusive of debt service, is 1.7 percent higher than the 2012 final extended levy of $160,817,350. District 54 has been debt free since December 2011.
Recognition
The School Board presented Ambassador for Excellence Awards to the following individuals:
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Eight students who represented District 54 in the Honors Orchestra at the Illinois Education Association (IMEA) Music Festival held Nov. 2;
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Instructional assistants Brenda Hauck and Michelle Gustafson, who won a $900 SCORE grant from the Illinois Education Association for the breakfast program at Campanelli School;
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Keith Lange, a teacher of the visual impaired, who received the Illinois Association of Blind Students Teaching Excellence Award on Oct. 26;
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Maggie Williams, a fourth-grade teacher at John Muir Literacy Academy, who was selected as a Featured Educator by WIDA (World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment); and
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Representatives from District 54, the Village of Schaumburg and the Schaumburg Township District Library who received the Governor’s Hometown Award for organizing the Schaumburg Recycling Event in the spring of 2012.
New Business
The Board appointed Judy Gurga as principal for Fairview Elementary School for the 2013-14 school year. Judy had been serving as acting principal of Fairview since the school year began.
For more information from the School Board meeting, click here.
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American Education Week
District 54 staff, students and community members have been celebrating American Education Week Nov. 18-22 with a variety of activities. The NEA has chosen the theme of Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility. The theme highlights the importance of providing every American child with a quality education and the message that this goal is everyone’s responsibility.
District 54 schools have invited parents into the classroom for an up-close look at what a typical day is like for their children. District 54 also invited its partners from all 27 schools to a celebration of these relationships on Nov. 20. Six partners were honored as Super Partners:
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Marcy Traxler, Alexian Brothers Health Center
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Northwest Community Hospital
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Hoffman Estates Park District
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Hoffman Estates High School
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Jeff Yao
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The Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago
District 54 thanks all the partners, parents, students, staff, School Board members and everyone else who contributes to our mission of Ensuring Student Success.
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Hoover celebrates cultures
During Around the World at the Hoover Math & Science Academy, families served food; wore clothing and demonstrated games and activities from various cultures. Hoover students also demonstrated tae kwon do, Ballywood dance and Indian folk dance. The following countries were represented: China, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, America, Africa, Bulgaria, Sweden, India, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Serbia and Canada.
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