Community Events

Taking the Stress Out of Homework!

A New Year’s Gift to all District 97 Parents………

Taking the Stress Out of Homework!

Are you in a power struggle with your child over homework, leaving you frustrated and confused about how best to help? Would you like to find a positive and effective approach?

Join Dr. Carla Beatrici, Psy.D., and Ilinka Novakovic, LCSW, of Smart Love Family Services to learn concepts and strategies to enable you to effectively help your children with homework.

Parents will learn:

  • A helpful mindset when approaching homework problems
  • Common reasons children struggle with homework
  • Effective ways to promote positive communication, coping and self-esteem
  • How to be an ally rather than an enforcer
  • How to help your child develop time management/organizational skills

 

Parents will also learn the signs when outside help is needed and about available resources in the community.

Saturday, January 9, 2016 from 9 to 11 a.m.

Holmes Elementary School Auditorium

508 N. Kenilworth, Oak Park

To Register: Contact: nancy.luepke@smartlovefamily.org or 773.665.8052, ext. 248. Please provide the ages of your children. Childcare will be provided.

This talk is hosted by Holmes Elementary School PTO in partnership with Parenthesis Family Center and Smart Love Family Services.

Distribution of information by a community group in accordance with District 97 policy does not imply, directly or indirectly, that the group’s program(s), event(s) and/or service(s) is sanctioned, sponsored or endorsed by the district, the Board of Education or the superintendent.

Irving Silent Auction Save the Date

Irving’s Silent Auction will be held on February 20, 2016.

WHAT: Our annual Silent Auction!

WHEN: Saturday, February 20, 2016 to Thursday, March 3

WHERE: This year the auction is moving online. Bidding will be open February 20th to March 3. The new online home of the auction can be found at www.biddingforgood.com/irving.

WHY: This event is Irving’s largest fundraiser. The money from the Silent Auction goes directly to the Irving PTO, which continues to fund various programs to enhance the quality of education for our students and teachers.

HOW: The Silent Auction is huge success because of your direct support in soliciting items and donating items for this event. Please think about talents, items or services you or your employer could donate.

Ready to donate?

Go to www.biddingforgood.com/irving and click on the gift package icon next to “donate now” to register and submit a donation by Friday, February 5th.

Please contact irvingsilentauction@gmail.com with questions.

CAST at Julian Middle School December Shows
The CAST performing arts program at Julian Middle School will present three powerful and compelling plays during its festival of theater December 10-13.
The plays are Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” presented December 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m.; “Brontes: Eccentric Lives,” presented December 12 at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and “Number the Stars,” presented December 13 at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
CAST is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. All three shows continue with this season’s theme of “Sisters.”
Tickets may be purchased in advance through the CAST website, www.op97.org/CAST, or at the door. For more information, please contact Kathy Simon at 708-524-7848 or at ksimon@op97.org.
“As You Like It” follows the heroine Rosalind, accompanied by her cousin Celia, as she flees persecution in her uncle’s court. Disguised as brother and sister, they cross paths with many memorable characters whom they never could have met at home.
“Brontes: Eccentric Lives” portrays the extraordinary lives of accomplished authors Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. The audience will journey to the mysterious world of Haworth parsonage on the Yorkshire moors, where the young women’s family life with a tyrannical father and morally impaired brother inspire the fictional characters they create. Actual letters, poetry and selections from their printed works are used to show that the women’s own story is much stranger than anything they would write.
“Number the Stars” takes place during the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. Annemarie Johansen and her sister Kirstin endure soldiers, interrogations, menacing dogs, personal dangers and loss as they try to help their friend Ellen Rosen escape to safety. The drama, pathos, adventure, terror and humor that made “Number the Stars” a best seller and Newberry Award winner come to life in this compelling adaptation.
Julian Middle School is located at 416 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Oak Park.