Cherokee Students Will Raise Funds for Benny's World With Lemonade Stands

Cherokee Elementary School’s fourth graders invite the Lake Forest community to join them in their service-learning project to raise funds for Benny’s World, a non-profit foundation established to fund research to find a cure for pediatric brain stem tumors. On May 21, students will host a lemonade stand and bake sale at four different locations in Lake Forest. The lemonade stands will be located at Market Square, , and Jewel from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and at the LFSA soccer fields at , 300 S. Waukegan Road, from noon-2 p.m. Lake Forest residents, Lisa and Brendan Watters, established Benny’s World in 2008 when their son Benny was diagnosed with a brain stem tumor that took his life last year. Benny was only 6 years old when he passed away. Monies raised by the Cherokee students will be used to purchase 18 “There’s a Monkey in My Chair” kits which include stuffed monkeys to help pre-school and elementary aged children stay connected to the classroom when away for cancer treatments. Kits costs $75 each. The balance of the funds raised will go to cancer research. To learn more about Benny’s World, visit www.bennysworld.org, or “There’s a Monkey in My Chair,” www.monkeyinmychair.org

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May 27 is a School Improvement Day and students will follow a half-day attendance schedule (morning kindergarten and full-day kindergarten classes will attend, but not afternoon kindergarten classes).

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There will be no student attendance May 30 in observance of Memorial Day.

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The Graduation Ceremony for the Deer Path Middle School Class of 2011 will take place at 5 p.m. June 2 in the Lake Forest High School West Campus competition gym, 300 S. Waukegan Road. Immediately following the ceremony, the APT will sponsor a reception from approximately 6-6:30 pm in the practice gym located next to the competition gym. Graduation rehearsal will take place the morning of June 2 at Lake Forest High School West Campus competition gym.

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June 3 is the last day of attendance for kindergarten students. Students will follow their regular schedule for this day.

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June 6 is the last day of school for students in first through seventh grades. Students will attend school for one hour on this day (elementary schools, 8-9 a.m.; middle school 8:35-9:35 a.m.).