Winter 2012 Issue - De La Salle Institute

PARENT PLACEFreshman Orientation –WELCOME TO D, CLASS OF 2016!One of the most exciting things about starting high school isgetting to know your fellow classmates, bonding over beingthe newest Meteors. De La Salle hosts FreshmanOrientations during the summertime so the Class of2016 can meet each other and get acclimated tothe Institute in a fun and energetic way.There are two opportunities for membersof the Class of 2016 to participate in thethree-day Freshman Orientation, June19th-June 21st or July 10th-July 12th.Registration for the orientations will takeplace at the Class of 2016 Registration Dayon Sunday, March 4, 2012.Orientation starts on the students’ respectivecampuses each day at 8:15 am. Throughout the threedays, students will hear from the Principal and Dean ofStudents of their campus, learn about the sports and clubs availableat D, watch a dress code fashion show, as well as learn thewords to the De La Salle fight song. Students will participatein ice-breaking activities to begin each day, in additionto playing trivia games, having scavenger huntsthroughout the buildings and relay races. Allof the fun activities for the freshmen areconducted by current De La Salle students.As a way to wrap up an exciting threedays of getting to know each other and theschool, everyone is invited to a barbeque inthe courtyard at the Institute Campus.If you’re going to be a freshman at D nextyear, tell mom and dad to schedule the familyvacation around your freshman orientation dates.You’re not going to want to miss this importantevent of freshman year.Aviation Camp to Take Flight Again This SummerOne of the facets of De La Salle Institute that makes it such aunique, vibrant place is that even in the summer – which is typicallythe quietest time of year at a school – our classrooms are still fullof eager students looking to make their great futures a reality.This past summer, one of the camps that proved to be the mostpopular among the grade-school students who were participating,was the aviation camp.Thanks to the wonderful generosity of Lewis University, whichmaintains its South Loop Campus at De La Salle’s InstituteCampus for Young Men, De LaSalle was able to welcome studentswho someday might be safely flyingbusiness travelers from Chicago’sMidway and O’Hare Airports topoints across the globe or serving aspilots in the United States military.“We talked to Lewis about thepossibility of having an aviation classand using the flight simulators,” DeLa Salle’s Director of Admissionsand Financial Aid Chuck Kuhn said.“We wanted to show more students,via diverse options, what De La SalleStudents in De La Salle’s summer aviation camp learn howto pilot an aircraft under the tutelage of their instructorswho are enrolled in Lewis University’s aviation program.was all about. Lewis was looking for a way to show its program tothe community – specifically, kids – and it was a perfect match.”So perfect in fact that De La Salle and Lewis will welcome moreyoung women and men for an aviation camp again in 2012.“The kids took to it,” Kuhn said. “I think the aviation camp is goingto be huge this summer. It was well received this past summer andthe word is going to spread.“We had 20 students take the class. Unfortunately, the space islimited to 20-24 students. The Lewis instructors worked well withthe kids and that was a huge bonus.“When you don’t control something,you have a little hesitation, but theLewis teachers were young andenergetic. That is exactly what isneeded to keep the students engaged inthe summertime.”For more information on the aviationcamp or any summer camps held at DeLa Salle, please contact Chuck Kuhnat (312) 842-7355 ext. 150 or kuhnc@dls.org.Parent Place 15