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The Kane County Regional Office of Education (ROE) recently supported two educational workshops focusing on Standard Reunification Method (SRM) from the “I Love U Guys” Foundation held in St. Charles and Geneva School Districts attended by many local district staff and first responders.

The day-long training included speakers and exercises that provided proven methods for planning, practicing, and achieving a successful reunification. Pat Dal Santo, ROE Regional Superintendent, commented “We are happy to support a common framework for our districts in Kane County to reunify students when a building is evacuated.”

Did you know that July is marked as National Ice Cream Month? To help celebrate this fun month we’ve pulled a couple educational and fun tidbits and are sharing them with you.

🍨 Smithsonian Magazine shared “The Strangely Scientific Endeavor of Making Ice Cream”. The article highlights “[ice cream] unique texture is the result of the same physical and chemical processes that govern concepts like forest recovery, rock formation and sub-zero survival in animals.” Read more at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-of-natural-history/2021/07/15/strangely-scientific-endeavor-making-ice-cream/

🍧 For our grade school crowd, we found the perfect Handprint Ice Cream Cone craft. Paint your child's hand and stamp it on a piece of paper. Let the handprint dry then cut around it. Cut "cones" out of brown paper and glue the handprint upside down.

https://www.craftymorning.com/handprint-ice-cream-cone-craft/

🍦Finally, looking to visit all things ice cream? Look no further than the Museum of Ice Cream that will be opening this summer in Chicago. For more info, visit https://www.museumoficecream.com/chicago.

Summer Highlight

📖 Phil Morris, Director of Operations and Technology, is one of this months contributors to Illinois ASBO Update Magazine. In the article Phil writes about the light-speed changing pace of technology and why organizations should have technology strategic plans in place using a model that best fits their organization's needs.

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