District 67 Board Approves New Teacher Contract

Teachers will see 1.1 to 1.35 percent incremental raises over three years.

One down, one to go. Lake Forest School District 67 Board of Education approved a new three-year teacher contract with the Lake Forest Education Association at its Tuesday night meeting. Next is the Lake Forest High School District 115 teachers, who remain in negotiations. Those negotiations likely will become the property of new Superintendent Michael Simeck, who officially starts July 9. Superintendent Harry Griffith retires June 30. The District 67 board's approval comes after district teachers endorsed the contract June 19. Lake Forest Education Association represents more than 200 teachers and teaching assistants. The base increase on the teachers’ salary schedule is 1.1 percent for the 2012-13 school year, followed by 1.35 percent …

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Class of 2012: Deer Path Middle School

More than 270 receive diplomas.

  Lilly Bianchi, Michael Calabrese, John-Michael Diveris, Grace Elizabeth Hart, Ryan Thomas Kitchel, Clayton Lawrence, Angelina Liao, Mary Mass, Stephen Mathew, Kyle Miller, Mark Myers, Matthew Peterson, Madeleine Pompe Van Meerdervoort, Erin Elizabeth Reda, Alexandra Samyn, Anne Elizabeth Scully, Claire Warsek, Zach Winemaster, and Meggie Armstrong. Kent Brucker, Brandon Davalle, Ian Thomas Griffith, Natalie Joyce, Basil Demetrios Kyriacou, Reilly Lanigan, Ryley Lenstrom, Yasa Mekki, Will Morris, Michael Thomas Noronha, Dana Jadwin Pepowski, Lauren Pinderski, Nora Riley, Olivia Ruth Stambolic, Henry Steck, Reed Watkins, Maikal Yamauchi, and Katie Zhou. Yanni Ballis, Blair Kathryn Bund, Jhann Troi C. Cadaoas, Katie Condon, Keith Jeffrey …

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Cherokee Student's Artwork Chosen for City's 4th of July Celebration

Eight grade graduation set May 31 at LFHS West campus.

  District 67 second through eighth grade students have been participating in a brief School-Wide Behavior Support Survey. The survey is consistent with a positive behavior support model, which forms a portion of the district's Emotional Wellness Initiative, and offers an important glimpse into student perceptions and experiences in the school environment. Parents' perspectives are very important as well, and the district intends to evaluate and refine its efforts for next school year, based upon feedback. Therefore, parents are asked to complete a parent survey using the link that can be found on the website: www.lf67.org by June 1. Parents who have comments or questions about the survey, as asked to contact Joe Malin at jmalin@lfschools.…

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Contribute to Teacher's Farewell at Sheridan Elementary

Website created for parents, students, former students to send retirement wishes to teacher Dave Knowling.

  Wanted: Former students, grateful parents, colleagues and community members lucky enough to interact with Dave Knowling, who has taught in Lake Forest School District 67 for more than 30 years and will retire at the end of this school year. Knowling began working for District 67 in 1975 as a special education aide at Deer Path Intermediate. He left in 1978 to attend graduate school. He returned in 1978 as a substitute teacher. In 1979, he began teaching sixth grade. In 1986, he moved to Sheridan to teach fourth grade where he has remained since. A group of grateful parents have created an Online Retirement Party to celebrate his service to the community. This website is an opportunity as parents, former students, colleagues, and current …

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New Vaccination Requirement for 2012-13 School Year

Students entering sixth and ninth grades will need to show proof that they received a booster shot against pertussis.

  For the 2012-13 school year, all students entering sixth and ninth grades will be required to show proof that they have received a booster vaccination against pertussis, or whooping cough. The Lake County Health Department said Illinois has seen a resurgence of whooping cough in recent years, with 175 cases in 2011 compared to just 10 cases in 2000. Lake Forest School District 67 reported four cases of whooping cough this school year, Lake Forest High School had one and none were reported by Lake Bluff School District 65, according to school officials. According to the Lake County Health Department, most children are vaccinated against pertussis as infants. That protection wanes over time, however, leaving pre-teens, teenagers and adults…

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News from Lake Forest School District 67

Spirit of 67 Home Tour Awards Coloring Contest Winners

Parents of students entering 5th, 7th grade next year at Deer Path Middle Schools are invited to orientation meetings.

  The Spirit of 67 Home Tour Committee received 178 entries for its coloring contest. Entries were judged by grade level and all winners received a $5 Sweet's of Lake Forest certificate. Sheridan Elementary School - Kindergarten through second: 1. Christina Carris, second grade; 2., Colette Belzer, second grade; 3. Isabella Marsico, Kindergarten. Grades 3-4: 1. Tommy Gordon, fourth grade, 2. Cam Hurt, third grade; 3. Victor Cohen, fourth grade. Cherokee Elementary School - Kindergarten through second: 1. Ava Graf, second grade; 2. Eshaan Jayaswamy, Kindergarten; 3. Redding Worth, first grade. Grades 3-4: 1. Kitty Goldman, third grade; 2. Lila Brown, fourth grade; 3. Michael Raupp, fourth grade. Everett Elementary School - Kindergarten …

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News from Lake Forest School District 67

Program Preps 4th Grade Parents on Child's Promotion to 5th

Art students earn recognition.

  District 67 parents of fourth grade students are invited to "Get a Jump-start on 5th Grade" at a parent meeting set for 9:30-11 a.m. May 8 at the Deer Path Middle School Haskins Center. Sponsored by the APT Parent Awareness Team, a panel of seasoned middle school parents will answer questions about their experiences on the social transition into fifth grade. Topics range from snow pants to cell phones, from play dates to uptown outings. Walk out feeling empowered so you can prepare your student for the exciting years ahead at Deer Path Middle School. Park at the back of the middle school by the tennis courts, and enter the Haskins Center from the back parking lot. **** Deer Path Middle School student and Art Fair winner Samantha Yang and…

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Spirit of 67 Conducts 10th Annual Home Tour

Fund-raiser opens Lake Forest homes to participants.

  The Spirit of 67 Foundation will celebrate its 10th annual Home Tour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 3. This year, there are five Lake Forest Homes to tour, including one “Bonus Home” to commemorate the Tour’s 10th anniversary. Home Tour co-chairs this year are Allison Cekay, Megan Medica and Jamie Wolf. The luncheon will take place at The Lake Forest Club, 554 N. Westmoreland Road, in Lake Forest. Open seating will be provided between 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $55 for Spirit members, $65 for non-members. Lunch is an additional $30. Tickets for the Home Tour may be purchased online at spiritof67foundation.org, or on May 3, the day of the home tour, at Sunset Foods, 825 S. Waukegan Road, in Lake Forest between 8:30-11:30…

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Deer Path Middle School Presents "Guys and Dolls"

Public shows set for April 26-27.

  Lake Forest’s Deer Path Middle School has become a den of gamblers, gangsters and dancing girls ready for the big crap game. But don’t worry, the Save-a-Soul Mission will set them on the straight and narrow. Sixty fifth-through-eighth graders have been practicing their singing and dancing for the production of Guys and Dolls since January. The show will open first for fourth graders visiting Deerpath Middle School April 24 and then to the public at 7 p.m. on both April 26-27. Tickets are $7 each and are available at either of Deer Path Middle School’s offices, or at the door. Set in New York City’s Times Square in the 1950’s, Guys and Dolls is one of Broadway’s best-known musicals and features well-known musical numbers such as Sit Down …

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Eighth Graders Conduct Recycling Drive April 21

Sheridan families can participate in ACES Walk in May.

  The eighth grade graduating class at Deer Path Middle School will conduct a Recycle Electronics Drive ofrom 8:30 a.m. to noon April 21. Items can be dropped off at the back of Deer Path Middle School, located at 95 W. Deerpath in Lake Forest (take Hastings Road to the back of the school). Your technology recyclables will raise money for the DPM class of 2012 community gift for the new sports complex at Lake Forest High School.  All electronics will be recycled by Universal Recycling Technologies, LLC (URT), a national electronic and universal waste recycling organization, headquartered in Janesville, Wis. **** The District 67 Board of Education Meeting will be held at 7 p.m. April 24 in the Board Room of Lake Forest High School's West …

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