Every Picture Tells a Story.pdf - Township High School District 113

Illinois High School Dance Festival
In February, Deerfield High School dance students
attended the Illinois High School Dance Festival.
One of the DHS students choreographed a dance
piece that was chosen to be performed at Riverside
-Brookfield High School. This is an honorable accomplishment
because only ten dances are chosen
from the many high school dance programs that
audition. The piece they performed is entitled La
Boite and it was choreographed by Claire Wood, a
junior dance student. The narrative piece is based
on the interaction between Mimes who are inside
a box trying to get out. One of the dancers breaks
the 'mime code' by speaking and then struggles to find acceptance again. The dancers in
this piece are: Claire Wood, Chloe Somberg, Irina Gass, Jessie Harris, Julia Benson,
Maddie Savin, Maura Reagan, and Shayna Heichman.
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Green School Initiative
Students in the Green School Initiative (GSI) program
at HPHS delivered prescription drug collection
boxes to the Highland Park Police Department
and the North Shore Health Center. The
students designed the boxes and delivered them
as part of the school's P2D2 program (Prescription
Pill and Drug Disposal program). P2D2 was started
by students at Pontiac High School as an effort
to help keep unused & expired prescription drugs
from being flushed down toilets or sinks, where
the drugs eventually mix with drinking water. As
an alternative, P2D2 drop-boxes are established
in the community where residents can bring unused
medications for safe disposal. All of the drugs deposited in the boxes are collected by
the police and then safely incinerated. The Highland Park P2D2 program began in the
summer of 2009 and is a collaborative project between the HPHS GSI club, the Highland
Park City Council, the Highland Park Police Department, the North Shore Health Center
and the Save-a-Star antidrug organization. The Highland Park High School students pictured,
Jake Levine, Alena Wigodner, Josh Olian and Marguerite Tibbles, designed the
collection boxes and they developed a number of community education presentations
about the program. At this time, P2D2 collection boxes are located at the Highland Park
Police station and the North Shore Health Clinic.
The Green School Initiative has completed other worthwhile projects this school year. For
instance, they worked with the school‟s maintenance staff to install two solar panels and
a small wind turbine at the school. The devices will be used to enable students to conduct
investigations into alternative energy sources that might one day be utilized to power
large portions of the school building.
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