FEBRUARY 2021
A NEW MONTHLY SOURCE FOR DISTRICT NEWS
Lake Forest Elementary School District 67
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Welcome to Insight 67 –
Highlights Delivered Straight to Your Inbox
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While our school community navigates the complexities of the pandemic, those things that define and differentiate our District in the most positive ways continue – including our commitment to outstanding instruction and academic growth, inclusive practices, social emotional well-being, the fine arts, extracurriculars, athletics, and giving back. With so much attention lately devoted to communicating about the operations of our schools, this newsletter aims to share stories about “the good stuff” you may have missed. Please help us find and tell those stories by emailing us with your suggestions at insight@lfschools.net. You’ll find us here again – with the good stuff – in March.
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The Search for Our New Superintendent is Underway |
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The search for our superintendent is underway . For those who have participated in focus groups and forums, thank you for taking the time to share your perspectives and priorities as we embark on this search. For those who would still like to participate, please join us for a Community Forum to discuss the selection of our next superintendent.
This meeting is open to all residents of the Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Knollwood communities and is accessible online as follows.
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District 67 and District 115
Superintendent Search Community Forum
Thursday, February 18
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In a joint statement issued in January, District 67 Board President Justin Engelland and District 115 Board President David Lane noted the significance of this effort, “We know that there is no more important role than leading the selection of a new Superintendent. Our shared commitment is to do so with rigor, inclusion, and transparency.“ More information about the superintendent search may be found here.
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FROM THE PRINCIPALS
DPM Principal Herion
‘Learning How to Navigate a New Way of Learning’
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Deer Path Middle School Principal Thomas Herion (above right) joined District 67 for the start of the 2020-21 school year, taking the reins at DPM amid an escalating pandemic. But he isn’t complaining. “Every day,” he says, “is a silver lining.” Read More
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Cherokee Principal Livingtston
How Students and Teachers are Rising to New Challenges
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Principal Luke Livingston checks in via video to discuss all the hard work — and reasons for celebration — that he sees at Cherokee. Read More
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Everett Principal Sopko
There Are Moments of ‘Pure Joy'
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As District 67 schools navigate a year upended by COVID-19 — with some students in a hybrid learning model and others fully remote — Principal Dr. Angela Sopko, who will retire at the end of this school year, shares an insider’s view of surprises, challenges, and silver linings at Everett Elementary. Read More
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Sheridan Principal Milsk
'The Resilience of Our Children Has Been the Single Largest Celebration’
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“While the 2020-2021 school year barely resembles school years of the past, we have so much to celebrate,” says Sheridan School Principal Susan Milsk. She shares insights about the school year so far. Read More
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AVA Principal Fitzsimmons
AViAtors Take Flight in Fully Remote School Piloted by Principal Fitzsimmons
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District 67 has a new school: Academics Virtually Achieved, or AVA, an online academy for students in grades K-8 whose families have opted for fully remote learning. Leading the AVA is Principal Renée Fitzsimmons. Read More
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SPOTLIGHT ON ACADEMICS
With Testing Data Limited, District Reassures Parents
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Dr. Jeff McHugh (left), the District's Director of Teaching and Learning, says parents should not be worried about the absence of the usual testing benchmarks, reassuring them by saying that "Your kids are going to be okay.”
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Parents Get Tips to Help Kids With Executive Functioning Skills |
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Cecilia Ryon, Deer Path Middle School’s executive functioning coach, recently led an APT Executive Functioning Presentation to help parents with skills and strategies to help their child master a much-needed skill. Read More
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Two New Deans of Culture at DPM |
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Deer Path Middle School’s two new Deans of Culture — Ryan Wood (left) and Robert Wegley (right) — wear many hats as they pursue a single goal: Ensuring students’ success.
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New DPM Future-Ready Science Labs ’Are Amazing’ |
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Student “scientists” and their teachers have been testing out Deer Path Middle School’s Future-Ready Science Labs. Teachers share what’s new and what they are now able to do. Read More
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GUIDING DISTRICT DECISIONS
COVID-19 District 67 Metrics Advisory Council Gets to Work
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Recommendations from the newly formed District 67 COVID-19 Metrics Advisory Council are helping school leaders weigh data linked to the pandemic. Read More
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SPIRIT OF 67 FOUNDATION
The Spirit’s Off-Cycle Grants Top $178,000
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The Spirit of 67 Foundation, responding to changes in the way students are currently learning, awarded $178,000 in off-cycle grants in late 2020. The grants for items ranging from iPad stands to supply kits for at-home physical-education classes aim to help all students as they navigate fully remote and hybrid education models amid the pandemic, said Foundation Board President Kimberly Carris. Read More
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FEEL GOOD MOMENT
A Celebration as Crossing Guard Ralph Peterson Retires
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Lake Forest Crossing Guard Ralph Peterson fittingly got a drive-through salute in the Deer Path Middle School parking lot as he retired Oct. 21 after 20 years of helping Lake Forest kids safely cross the street as they headed to school. Read More
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District 67 APT
DPM Eighth-Graders — Raise $3,700 for Paws for Patrick
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Deer Path Middle School eighth-graders, with support from the DPM APT, raised $3,700 in an Oct. 8 walk benefitting Paws for Patrick, the non-profit organization that honors the memory of Lake Forest High School senior Patrick Roemer. Read More
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District 67 APT Hits Goal, Delivering 520 Bags of Groceries to Food Banks |
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As families struggle amid the pandemic, the District 67 Association of Parents and Teachers (APT) stepped in to help, delivering 520 bags of groceries and $1,650 in Jewel gift cards to Lake County food banks through its H.U.G.S Thanksgiving Food Drive.
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Look for our next issue of Insight 67 in March.
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