MAY-JUNE 2021
YOUR SOURCE FOR GOOD NEWS IN OUR DISTRICT
Lake Forest Elementary School District 67
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Welcome Back to Insight 67!
News Highlights Delivered Straight to Your Inbox
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As our school community heads into summer break and gets ready for a new chapter in the fall, this newsletter brings you stories celebrating our District's continued commitment to outstanding instruction and academic growth, inclusive practices, social emotional well-being, the fine arts, extracurriculars, athletics, and giving back. It's "the good stuff" you don't want to miss.
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 August.
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SCHOOL'S OUT AND IN
Graduation a ‘Huge Success’ as Eighth-Graders Celebrate Together
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Pictured 8th grade graduate Karl Nagel
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More than 200 eighth-graders graduated from Deer Path Middle School on June 1, with remote and hybrid students together in one outdoor, socially distanced ceremony. Read More
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At Cherokee, Spirit Week Caps School Year |
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Cherokee students celebrated the end of the school year with Spirit Week and bid farewell to 64 fourth-graders, Principal Luke Livingston said. Read More
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Next Stop for 64 Everett Eagles Is Middle School |
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Everett Elementary sent its 64 graduating Eagles off in style, said Principal Dr. Angela Sopko, who noted that they were treated to special year-end traditions including a Fourth Grade Celebration with an Everett version of Jeopardy and a pizza party and yearbook signing. Read More
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Everett Fourth-Graders Serenade Two High-Profile Retirees |
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Everett fourth-graders like to send retiring staff members off with a special song. Figuring out how to make that happen for two high-profile retirees — Principal Dr. Angela Sopko and Associate Principal Bridget Booker — during a pandemic fell to Music Teacher Leslie Thornton who pulled it off. Read More
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Sheridan Sends Off 44 Fourth-Graders |
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Sheridan’s 44 graduating fourth-graders were treated to the annual Clap Out and lunch to end this school year, said Principal Susan Milsk. Read More
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Nearly 400 Students in Summer School’s June Session |
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District 67 Summer School began on June 8 with a much higher enrollment than in previous years. “We are so excited to have been able to increase staff and welcome almost 400 students to our 2021 Summer School program,” said District 67 Summer School Principal Megan Eigenrauch (pictured). Read More
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LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS
Two New Members — and Two Incumbents — Start Four-Year Board Terms
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Two incumbents and two newly elected members were sworn in to four-year terms on the Lake Forest District 67 Board of Education on May 4. New to the Board are (pictured above from left) Emily Bernahl and Anne Geraghty Helms and returning are Carl Kirar and Alice LeVert. They join Board Members Richard Chun, Justin Engelland, and Suzanne Sands. Read More
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH
School’s Out Food Drive Fills 250 Bags
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DPM eighth-grade graduates help sort food collected for the School's Out Food Drive. |
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The District 67 APT partnered with Project F_LL on its annual School’s Out Food Drive, which benefits North Chicago Community Partners (NCCP). Some 250 bags of nonperishable and kid-friendly items collected in May will be donated to NCCP, which will distribute the bags to families in June, said Becky Nagel, Chair of the District 67 APT Executive Board’s Community Service Committee. Read More
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District 67 Students Raising Funds to Help India Amid COVID-19 Crisis |
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Moved by the suffering in India caused by COVID-19, District 67 students and community members are raising money to send help “from halfway across the globe.” Read More
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Schools Get Answers for Community’s COVID-19 Questions — and Host Vaccine Clinics |
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Dr. Michael Bauer (pictured above) is currently the medical director of Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, where he previously served as the chief of pediatrics. |
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Districts 67 and 115 shared information about COVID-19 vaccinations in a community forum, featuring Dr. Michael Bauer (pictured above), and provided opportunities for students to get the shots at clinics at Deer Path Middle School and Lake Forest High School in May and June. Read More
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SPIRIT OF '67
Raise Your Spirit Virtual Event Raises Nearly $60,000
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Raise Your Spirit, the first virtual fundraiser held by the Spirit of 67 Foundation, raised $56,000. Spirit Special Events Vice President Laurie Whisler shares highlights of the May 3-6 paddle raise event, which featured a video lineup including one from District 67 students on the best and most difficult parts of the 2020-21 school year. Read More
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Everett and Cherokee Hit Crosstown Challenge Goals |
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The Spirit of 67 completed its Crosstown Challenge fundraising competition on May 6 with two schools — Everett and Cherokee — hitting their targets. Read More
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DISTRICT 67 APT
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Not Limited to a Week
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The District 67 APT showered teachers with attention during May 3-7’s Teacher Appreciation Week. But it didn’t stop there. Appreciation events happened throughout the school year, and in the last half of the 2019-20 school year, as the APT tried to buoy teachers challenged in unprecedented ways by the pandemic. Read More
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
NSSED Gets New Name: TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804
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The Northern Suburban Special Education District, or NSSED, debuts a new name — TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 — on July 1. Read More
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CROYA, the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff middle school and high school youth organization, dedicated its "U BELONG” mural at the Illinois Road viaduct in Lake Forest as part of celebrations of what it’s calling its 40th(+1) anniversary. COVID-19 prevented a celebration of the 40-year-mark in 2020 so CROYA is marking the milestone this year, with events including a June 6 celebration festival that featured live music, food, fun, and photos of events throughout the organization’s four decades. Read More
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Artwork created by sixth-grader Kate Walters is among District 67 student highlights worthy of celebration. Read More
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Look for our next issue of Insight 67 in August.
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