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the northbrook tower | February 16, 2017 | 15
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Chicago Mustangs sign jerseys in
Northbrook
ABOVE: Trajche
Lostovski, a defender for
the Chicago Mustangs
soccer team, signs a
jersey on Jan. 19 at
Buffalo Wild Wings.
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LEFT: Ephraim Beard and
Brandon Loncar (right)
hold up a jersey.
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From Page 6
Historically, the district
outsourced its third-party
administrator duties for
403b to The OMNI Financial
Group. Moving forward,
employees will also
have OMNI as a resource
for 457b. The changes will
not have a major impact
to the district’s budget, as
Faulk noted that utilizing
OMNI Financial Group
cost the district less than
$400 last year.
“The cost is minimal
to the district,” Falk said.
“Last year the cost was a
little over $350 to OMNI.
This year I anticipate a
slight increase; nothing
significant that I think the
board would need to worry
about.”
Moving forward, the
board plans to revisit the
two tax-sheltering programs
on an annual basis,
at minimum.
Board experiences
district’s developing
science program
In an effort to enhance
the science curriculum, science
teachers Kristin Cioffi
Goss and Kery Obradovich
are integrating the inquirybased
Next Generation
Science Standards program
into classrooms.
While the district’s kindergarten
classes have
fully adopted the program,
the remaining grade levels
are slowly adapting
their syllabus to incorporate
NGSS modules. Goss
and Obradovich presented
the developments at the
meeting, and prompted
board members to finish
two projects that first- and
second-graders completed
in their science classes
this year. Obradovich explained
that NGSS activities
teach students through
stories and subsequent
problem-solving projects,
such as exploring light and
sound with instruments,
flash lights and mirrors.
“Since we are incorporating
more of the design
process, the kids have a
problem to solve,” Obradovich
said. “Historically
we’ve done hands-on science
and we have a really
strong science background.
But, what we didn’t have
maybe was a launching
phenomena or an inquiry
that kind of surrounds all
of the learning for a unit,
and that’s really what is
new with NGSS. It kind
of grounds the work in a
problem, and the students
are learning the science in
order to be able to engage
in the problem, and that’s
really what the big shift is
with their next generation
science standards.”
Superintendent Dr.
Brian Wegley said he has
seen a positive difference
in students’ enthusiasm for
science since the project
began.
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