Bloomingdale
EDUCATION
Committee endorses bringing back ‘Foster’ name for 5th Ward school
Evanston/Skokie District 65 convened the Fifth Ward School Naming Committee Friday morning at Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center, where four members present voted unanimously to recommend calling the new building Foster School. That recommendation follows the endorsement of a study conducted by Northwestern University researchers last year, a community survey and the...
District 65 reverses course, keeps sustainability coordinator
In March, on the day before Evanston/Skokie District 65 started its spring break, the school board convened a last-minute meeting and members voted to “reimagine” the sustainability coordinator position created two years ago. The move replaced a sustainability coordinator with a “science and sustainability education coordinator” charged with...
Re-establishing Educational Enrichment
For young children, learning is happening all the time. Knowing this, The Chicago Lighthouse has always looked to create as many learning opportunities as possible for our students. While music and art therapy and social groups have long been a part of our educational offerings, we have formalized their inclusion...
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