For our final day of Those Who Excel recognition, CONGRATULATIONS to Coolidge's Assistant Principal Mr. Byrne for receiving the Award of Excellence! Only three administrators in Illinois were selected this year. #158Strong Mr. Byrne, who is shown below at Coolidge's Ribbon Cutting last year, has been with District 158 since 2006. Kudos to all of our winners! #CoolidgeCares
District 158 would like to say CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to Lansing's Mr. Rick Seymour, who with Oak Glen's Mrs. Reynolds ran the Roundball Classic for 11 years! Mr. Seymour has received the Those Who Excel Award of Merit as a Community Volunteer. The picture below shows Mrs. Reynolds' 11 binders for each year of the Roundball. You two are #158Strong!
District 158 would like to recognize our Those Who Excel Award of Merit winner in the Early Career Educator category: Memorial's Team 7A Social Studies Teacher Ms. Miller! CONGRATULATIONS! Ms. Miller has been #158Strong the past four years. She is pictured below with the rest of her team last year. #MightyMustangs
Coolidge staff said goodbye to Mr. Frank, our wonderful daytime lead custodian. He retired last Friday. Mr. Frank made great connections with our staff and students. He was always there to help everyone and made all of us smile. His positive energy will be greatly missed. Best of luck in retirement, Mr. Frank! #158Strong #CoolidgeCares
National Junior Honor Society members helped pass out free books to Memorial students and families on Monday, October 19. Thank you to Beth Bozzo from the Lansing Public Library for contributing to the giveaway, as well as #MightyMustangs Cymone Merriweather, Cecilia Szotek, Summer Delatorre-Kern, and Aaliyah Harb! #158Strong
Despite the recent frost, the Coolidge garden still looks great and is producing wonderful vegetables! Ron Wolford from the University of Illinois Extension partnered with Coolidge by donating, planting, and caring for this garden. We are so thankful for Mr. Wolford and his efforts! #CoolidgeCares
For Day 3 of our Those Who Excel recognition, CONGRATULATIONS to Reavis's Mrs. Hileman for receiving the Award of Excellence for Educational Service Personnel! Mrs. Hileman was been with District 158 as a paraprofessional since 2017 and received the Crystal Apple Award last year. The picture below shows her multitasking preparing for Parent/Teacher Conferences. #158Strong #RoadrunnerPride
Mrs. Cialdella teaches her students about types of sentences as they work through distinguishing them together on a shared Promethean screen. #OakGlenGrizzlies
Coolidge recently piloted kindergarten assessments onsite! The teachers gained information about what skills each individual child has mastered. This data will be shared with parents on the first quarter report card this week and used to guide their instruction during the second quarter. #CoolidgeCares
Mrs. Kubik knows the importance of making connections with not only our students, but also their families. #OakGlenGrizzlies
Mrs. Lynch and her student teacher work with students both virtually and in-person at Reavis. #RoadrunnerPride
CONGRATULATIONS to #158Strong School Psychologist Dr. Crowe who has received the Award of Merit from the Illinois State Board of Education! Dr. Crowe has been with District 158 for 22 years, is based at Lester Crawl , and is a National Certified School Psychologist. He also works with students at Reavis, Memorial, and Lansing's private schools. The picture below shows him dressed as Obi-Wan Kenobi from the Good Neighbor Parade! #LittleLearners #RoadrunnerPride #MightyMustangs
Happy 12th Birthday to Gavin Stubbs from the Reavis staff! Even though you now attend Memorial and will go far in your educational and professional career, we will always be proud that you began your leadership career as a Roadrunner! #158Strong #RoadrunnerPride #MightyMustangs
For the first time in history, District 158 has received the Those Who Excel Award from the Illinois State Board of Education! A total of five individuals and one school are winners. CONGRATULATIONS to Lester Crawl Primary Center for receiving the 2020 Award of Excellence and being named a top Educational Team in the state! We will be releasing the other winners each day next week. Stay tuned! #LittleLearners #158Strong
On Friday, October 9, District 158 collected and distributed a state donation of personal protective equipment for 17 local school districts! This included special education cooperatives, private schools, and public districts. Our Buildings & Grounds Team continues to take the lead in the region for safety, maintenance, and facilities! #158Strong
Attention #158Strong Families: today is the last day to participate in the 2020 Census. Please try to complete this if you haven't already so Lansing can receive the best funding for our community!
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A BIG thank you to our Director of Technology Mr. Lesak - shown here setting up a virtual faculty meeting at Memorial - for everything he has been doing to help our staff, schools, families, and community during this unprecedented time of e-Learning! You are #158Strong!
Memorial's LRC Director Mrs. Arseneau would like to share this video featuring up-and-coming Black author Janae Marks as part of our series promoting diverse, culturally important books. District 158 will be designating this our #158Strong Inclusion Series. Feel free to also check out previous videos by Dr. Schilling, Ms. Ford, and Mr. Brown on this Facebook page. We hope our students and families have an enjoyable weekend!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZaxL2fBrRY&feature=youtu.be
Despite these challenging and unconventional times, remember that like the rain this past weekend, there's light (and maybe a rainbow!) at the end of the tunnel. Thanks to #158Strong Mrs. Ahern at Coolidge for taking this picture. We hope our students and families have a good week!
Thanks to Lilydale First Baptist Church in Park Forest and the Village of Lansing for donating these 50 boxes of milk and produce for our families! Here's Mr. Reynolds from the Village assisting #158Strong Mrs. Soto with the drop-off at Coolidge. We look forward to distributing these food items to our community. Stay tuned!
