3. Schools

     Community High School District #94 of West Chicago recently honored their ‘Outstanding Business Partnerships’ with Wayne Sills of Sills Associates and Sylvia Wetzel of Bison Gear. They were honored at the Tenth Annual DuPage Area Education to Careers and Technical Preparation Awards Celebration held at the Abbington in Glen Ellyn on May 6th 2008.

     The 2008 Commencement exercises for Wheaton Academy will be on Saturday, May 31, at 10:00 in the morning. The ceremony will be on the lawn directly east of the Fine Arts Center. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will move into the Fine Arts Center auditorium.

     Community High School District #94’s Wildcat Chronicle has received the coveted Golden Eagle Trophy for the Best In Class 2008 School Newspaper. This honor was awarded by the Northern Illinois Scholastic Press which reviews and rates specific articles, photos, editorials, reviews and columns in addition to entire issues of the school newspaper.

Kirk Johnson, a 1998 CHS graduate, will be featured on 60 Minutes this Sunday, May 18th at 6 p.m. on Channel 2. Kirk’s work with The List Project, which he founded and directs, will be highlighted. The List Project works on resettling, to the USA, those Iraqis who were employees of the U.S. in Iraq during the present war.

     Community High School students are looking for community donations of school, recreational and medical supplies to be sent in a shipping container to the school in Angola, Africa that CHS built. The shipping container is part of the WeGo 2 Africa project that is led by the Community Leadership class.

     We will be doing some pilot testing with our Edline pages and grading system for the remainder of the school year beginning this Friday, May 16th. The pilot test will include a process by which we automate the posting of available grades through our MIS department on a weekly basis to Edline. Our hope is to provide more frequent grading information on Edline so that you have the opportunity to be informed of your son/daughter’s progress. Please keep several things in mind as we test out this automation process.

     A team of students from Community High School District #94 in West Chicago were awarded first place in the Regional Stock Market Competition. These students will also be recognized with the Annual Cabrera Statewide Award. The Cabrera Award provides a trip to New York City for the winning student team, and their teacher, so they are able to visit the New York Stock Exchange and other notable financial sites.

     The Partnership Committee of Community High School District #94 in West Chicago sponsored a week long 2008 Job Fair for the students of CHS. Several organizations spent many hours talking with students. They discussed what their job expectations are and directed the students on how to apply for specific jobs. Many students took advantage of this opportunity by visiting the booths, asking questions and taking available information.

     Our girls softball program is having a "Cooks Night Off" to raise funds for the program. Gianorio’s Pizza, located in the Prairie Trail Center on the corner of Geneva and County Farm Roads in Winfield is donating 15% of the sales to the softball program on Thursday April 24th and Thursday May 15th. Anything that you purchase on those evenings will be included in the final sales amount. Anything includes but is not limited to frozen pizzas to bring home, entrees, hot orders and desserts. Please support the softball programs by taking a “Cook’s Night Off". You are welcome to copy/email this flyer and pass along to your friends and Gianorio’s will also have them there. Thank you for your support. Go Wildcats!

     Much has been happening in District 33 in recent days. We have a great deal to share with you... * Board of Education Vacancy - Mr. Martin Swinney recently resigned from the Board of Education as he, and his family, are relocating to Florida. A new board member must be appointed by the June 19, 2008 board meeting. The vacancy is for an 11 month unexpired term. Interested persons may pick up an information packet at the District Office, and then submit a letter of interest by Friday, May 30 to the attention of Board of Education president Dave Barclay at the following address: West Chicago Elementary School District 33 312 E. Forest Avenue West Chicago, IL 60185 For more information contact Gayl Zuardo at (630) 293-6000 ext. 203.