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Feature Story
Board adopts PARCC resolution
The Board of Education at its Thursday meeting adopted a resolution expressing concerns about the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) examination, a multi-state assessment aligned to the Common Core State Standards.
In High School District 214, the PARCC exam will be given between March 9 and April 15 and again between April 27 and May 20. Among the concerns are the amount of testing the exam requires, the additional stress it places on students and the logistical challenges it poses for scheduling classes.
The resolution called on the Illinois State Board of Education to carefully review all possibilities regarding State-required assessments before the 2015-2016
school year.
To view the testing schedule, click here.
Vision 20/20 resolution approved
The Board of Education adopted a resolution that urges the Illinois General Assembly to approve legislative changes to improve public education.
The resolution, a result of the Vision 20/20 initiative, encourages legislators to look at four key areas: highly effective educators, 21st century learning, shared accountability, and equitable and adequate funding.
The Vision 20/20 initiative reflects the opinions of educators and stakeholders from across the state who believe in public education and want strides to be made
to continually improve the system on the local and state levels.
Outstanding students recognized
The Board recognized more than 100 talented students across the District for their achievements in athletics and fine and performing arts. To see the photos, click here.
Highlights included:
Illinois High School Theatre Festival -
All-State Musical
Talented students from across Illinois auditioned this year to be part of the All-State Musical. Only a select few were chosen to perform the award-winning "Pippin" at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Buffalo Grove High School:
Cassandra Deck, Pit Orchestra Member
Milan Babic, Cast Member
Cole Festenstein, Cast Member
Rolling Meadows High School:
Athena Kopulous, Cast Member
Hannah Yonan, Cast Member
Nora Simonson, Cast Member
Rachel Hemm, Cast Member
Danielle Sioui, Pit Orchestra Member
Jack Stahl, Pit Orchestra Member
Zach Keunstle, Pit Orchestra Member
IMEA All-State Honors Band, Orchestra and Choir
Each fall, thousands of students from across the state audition to participate in one of nine district Illinois Music Educators Association music ensembles. Only the best from each district are chosen to participate in the All-State music ensemble, and only the best of that group is chosen for an Honors All-State Music Ensemble. Students from Prospect will be honored at a future meeting.
Buffalo Grove High School:
Junior Brendan Altieri, Band
Elk Grove High School:
Jordan Niebuhr, Choir
Pascal Pahl, Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Kathryn Riopel, Choir
John Hersey High School:
Angela Kucharski, Band
Emily Heuck, Band
Yuki Nojima, Band
Gallia Kastner, Orchestra
Erin Heuck, Orchestra
Rolling Meadows High School:
Athena Kopulous, Choir
Erin Rivera, Choir
Jacob Rosenberg, Choir
Jack Stahl, Concert Band
Wes Carroll, Jazz Band
Michael Priller, Orchestra
Nathaniel Lindstrom, Vocal Ensemble Composition
Wheeling High School:
Anthony Gonzalez, Jazz Band
Bryan Marban, Jazz Band
Shannon Richards, Choir
Elk Grove High School All-State Music Festival
The Elk Grove Symphonic Band, under the direction of Ron Fiorito, Jr., was chosen as one of only six high school bands from across the state to perform at the All-State Music Festival. This was the first time in school history that the group has performed at this prestigious event.
Members include:
Sean Angara, Inga Augustaitis, Lukas Augustaitis,
Ryan Baird, Angelo Bastas, John Bialorucki, Sydney Chan, Marc Christopher, Andrew Coleman, Alejandro
De Jesus, Melissa De La Cruz, Alexander Diez, Adam Doruff, Christopher Doruff, Cailin Dwyer, Lauren Eilers, Erin Falejczyk, Basilios Frentzas, Sean Frintner, Estefania Gonzalez, Hannah Gray, Safia Hattab, Christina Hendren, Maria Hernandez, Matthew Jarosch, Elizabeth McDaniel, Laila Mitchel, Matthew Nowak, Megan Oglesby, Pascal Pahl, Melina Papadakis, Neeca Penaflor, Douglas Petrik, Arkadiusz Piechowski, Kathryn Riopel, Kelly Rogers,
Juan Rojas, Nick Rosenorn, Gregory Rynne, Cassandra Sanchez, Gretchen Schneider, Katie Skoufes, Steven Tompary, Miranda Wagner, Andrew Witmer and
Frederick Ziegler
Buffalo Grove High School Co-Ed Cheerleaders
The 2014-2015 Buffalo Grove High School co-ed cheerleaders had a remarkable season and won the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state title in February. This is the seventh state title Head Coach
Jeff Siegel has won in the 10 years that cheerleading
has been an IHSA sport.
Members include:
Bailey Arcillas, Christopher Benson, Ashley Blumenthal, Lauren Castleman, Katie Coan, Ryan Drum, Miranda Greene, Lauren Hintzman, Caleb Jones, Milena Laera, Ashley McBride, Karson McEwen, Kennedy McEwen, Edgar Melgoza, Christian Miguel, Monica Misch, Rachel Nehring, Olivia Nowak, Rachel Picciola, Aysun Poturovic, Daniel Ramirez, Kimberly Ramirez, Adrian Rodriguez, Kailee Tasca, Sammi Theodore, Amy Walter, Gorgis Yelda and Justine Zirngibl
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