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the winnetka current | March 15, 2018 | 35<br />
$33K in program grants approved for NT students<br />
SUBMITTED BY THE NEW<br />
TRIER EDUCATIONAL<br />
FOUNDATION<br />
Since 2004, the New<br />
Trier Educational Foundation<br />
has raised private<br />
funds to enhance New Trier<br />
students’ learning experiences<br />
that are beyond the<br />
reach of the District 203<br />
budget. The foundation,<br />
led by a volunteer board<br />
of alumni, parents and<br />
friends, recently approved<br />
the additional $33,000,<br />
bringing its 2017-2018 total<br />
to more than $65,000<br />
in grants that will benefit<br />
a large percentage of the<br />
entire student population<br />
this year.<br />
NTEF partners with<br />
teachers and staff to identify<br />
exceptional educational<br />
opportunities that<br />
can be brought into the<br />
classrooms or take place<br />
beyond the school setting.<br />
These programs support<br />
the arts, music, literature,<br />
health and wellness, media<br />
and theater, science and<br />
engineering, technology,<br />
social studies, special education,<br />
service learning,<br />
student clubs and faculty<br />
initiatives.<br />
A partial list of programs<br />
and initiatives that<br />
will receive funding from<br />
the foundation this spring<br />
include:<br />
Metropolitan Community<br />
Project: New Trier<br />
student volunteers from<br />
Social Service Board and<br />
the Sociology in Action<br />
class are partnering with<br />
Kelvyn Park High School,<br />
a Chicago Public School,<br />
in order to advocate for<br />
fair funding of schools in<br />
Illinois. Funds from the<br />
NTEF will provide transportation,<br />
lunches, writing<br />
materials and the facilitator<br />
fee to continue this initiative.<br />
Dance Lab 2 Showcase<br />
at Vittum Theatre:<br />
This project provides the<br />
advanced dance students<br />
an opportunity to produce<br />
a professional dance concert<br />
and perform original<br />
choreographed works in<br />
an iconic Chicago theater.<br />
Funds enable Dance Lab<br />
to rent the Vittum Theater,<br />
hire a professional lighting<br />
designer, buy costumes<br />
and create publicity materials<br />
such as posters and<br />
flyers.<br />
Volta Science Olympiad:<br />
Now in its seventh<br />
year of sponsoring a Science<br />
Olympiad team<br />
within Chicago Public<br />
Schools, New Trier faculty<br />
and students team together<br />
with Volta Elementary<br />
School in the Albany Park<br />
neighborhood. New Trier<br />
student volunteers assist<br />
the Volta students with<br />
studying, practice labs and<br />
building their engineering<br />
products. The Volta<br />
teams have finished in the<br />
top three in the city for the<br />
last three years and have<br />
advanced to the state tournament.<br />
Funding support<br />
provides engineering supplies,<br />
competition supplies<br />
and other needed services.<br />
All-American High<br />
School Film Festival:<br />
New Trier students in<br />
Film Production 2 are<br />
submitting film entries in<br />
the spring to this national<br />
competition. They will<br />
travel to New York City in<br />
the fall with faculty to participate<br />
in the festival. The<br />
event provides exposure to<br />
the work of other young,<br />
talented and hard-working<br />
filmmakers from other<br />
parts of the world.<br />
The festival also includes<br />
workshops, panel<br />
discussions, technology<br />
showcases and networking<br />
opportunities. Funding<br />
support helps to reduce<br />
students’ out-of-pocket<br />
expenses. Last year, two<br />
New Trier students were<br />
accepted into the competition<br />
and had their films<br />
screened in the AMC<br />
Movie Theater in Times<br />
Square.<br />
Collaboration between<br />
New Trier and<br />
Perspectives Charter<br />
School: In 2016, 45 New<br />
Trier students from the<br />
Integrated Global Studies<br />
School program and<br />
45 students from Perspectives<br />
Charter School<br />
on Chicago’s South Side<br />
met several times to get<br />
to know each other, build<br />
solidarity and discuss<br />
ways they could work<br />
together to decrease violence<br />
and bring more<br />
peace to Chicago. Funds<br />
will pay for a facilitator<br />
to guide the first of three<br />
exchanges between New<br />
Trier and Perspectives<br />
students, with the goal of<br />
making this a transformational<br />
experience for all<br />
student participants.<br />
Lincoln-Douglas Debate<br />
Coach Training<br />
and Materials: New<br />
Trier faculty Ursula Gruber<br />
has been invited to<br />
participate in two leading<br />
summer debate institutes,<br />
where she will engage<br />
with coaches from<br />
across the country to gain<br />
valuable insight for New<br />
Trier’s Lincoln-Douglas<br />
Debate Program. The<br />
outcome of this training<br />
will help keep an excellent<br />
competitive standard<br />
for students.<br />
The North Shore’s most<br />
exciting orchestra!<br />
SOLACE OF NATURE<br />
Sunday,March 25, 2018 at 4pm<br />
Onstage Commentary by MaestroLawrenceRapchak<br />
GLUCK<br />
Dance of the Blessed Spirits<br />
SCHUMANN<br />
Violin Concerto<br />
BEETHOVEN<br />
Symphony No. 6, Op. 68<br />
(“Pastorale”)<br />
Pre-Concert Lecture with Jim Kendros at 2:30 pm<br />
Guest Artist<br />
Dmitri Pogorelov<br />
violin<br />
Join our<br />
Music is Magic!<br />
Club & Grandkids<br />
attend FREE!*<br />
www.NorthbrookSymphony.org<br />
Sheely Center for<br />
the Performing Arts<br />
2300 Shermer Rd.<br />
Northbrook, IL 60062<br />
*Call the NSO office at (847) 272-0755 for details.
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