NOV | DEC 2021 YOUR SOURCE FOR GOOD NEWS IN OUR DISTRICT Lake Forest Community High School District 115

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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 our next edition.

AT LFHS Students Get Into the Holiday Spirit

Despite all the jammies, there was nothing sleepy about Winter Spirit Week at LFHS. Read More

Three Questions for Dr. Lenart

With the school year at the halfway point, Insight checked in with LFHS Principal Erin Lenart (pictured), asking three questions. Read More

Freshmen and Sophomores Create Magic in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

The LFHS Theater Department staged a magical “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in mid-November as the Frosh/Soph Play debuted in The Little Theater. Read More

Writing Workshop Showcase Gives Voice to LFHS Authors and Their Peers

Hannah Stewart (pictured) read her short story to the workshop participants. Stories, and their student authors, are finding a wider audience at LFHS through the Writing Workshop Showcase. Read More

Inclusive Learning: ‘Creating a Climate of Belonging’ for All Students

Wellness for Life students engage in a scavenger hunt as a way to learn about Lake Forest High School and build a classroom community.

Defining “inclusive learning” can get complicated. But Districts 67 and 115 take a straightforward approach. Read More

A Roadmap for the Future: D115 Restarts Work on its Facilities Master Plan

Work on the District 115 Facilities Master Plan, which was paused because of the pandemic, has resumed. Read More

Music Fills LFHS During 35th Annual Holiday Concerts

The 35th annual LFHS Holiday Concerts & Applause Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, with a few tweaks because of the pandemic, took place Dec. 5 with Band, Orchestra, and Choir performances starting at 3 p.m. and stretching into the evening. Read More

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Wind Ensemble Leads Salutes to Veterans in Lake Forest, Lake Bluff

The LFHS Wind Ensemble had double duty on Veterans Day, performing at both the LFHS assembly and at the Lake Bluff ceremony. Read More

Districts Unite to Help Address Hunger in Lake County

More than 130 families participated in the Great Full Market.

School Districts 65, 67, and 115 helped ensure that scores of families had a more bountiful Thanksgiving through the Great Full Market, a free pop-up farmers market held in partnership with Waukegan’s Beacon Place on Nov. 14. Read More

BOARD OF EDUCATION D115 Board Honored as Illinois Marks School Board Members Day

School districts across the state — including District 115 — celebrated School Board members to mark the Nov. 15 Illinois School Board Members Day. Read More

LFHS FOUNDATION Grant Season Now Underway for LFHS Foundation

Student members of the “Clue” Tech Crew use the new sound mixing board that was made possible by an LFHS Foundation grant.

The LFHS Foundation 2021-22 grant cycle is underway, with first reminders about the process going out now ahead of the Jan. 21 application deadline and the March 11 Grant Day. Read More

SCOUT SHOUTOUTS Four Scout Athletes Select Colleges

Four Lake Forest High School student athletes have already decided where they are headed after graduation, with their decisions celebrated at a Nov. 10 Signing Day event. Read More

CROYA What’s Cooking at CROYA?

For CROYA’s 2021 Fall Retreat, 80 high school students went to Camp Henry Horner.

CROYA — the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff middle school and high school youth organization — will be closed Dec. 20 to 24 for Winter Break and then open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 28, through Thursday, Dec. 30, said Manager Todd Nahigian. Here’s a look at what else is going on at CROYA. Read More

Happy Holidays from the Staff of Insight 115!

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