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about 20 other students
from different leadership
outlets throughout school,
got an email from Dr.
Baal. We met three times
with a group of administration,
faculty members
and students to discuss so
many aspects about what
was happening.
“We really wanted to
know how the school was
feeling so we could unify
completely, and after a
few meetings, we finalized
what was going to happen
to try to best represent everybody
at Loyola.”
The second option was
available to students who
did not wish to participate
in the walkout, but wanted
to show their solidarity
and unity. Approximately
300 students who felt that
way went to the chapel
and prayed the rosary. The
names of the victims were
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read aloud and the service
stood as a powerful collective
prayer for peace, according
to a press release
from the school.
“The environment was
extremely powerful and I
felt the community,” sophomore
Ethan Torain said.
“The main thing I recognized
was the pride that
the people had standing
together and showing their
support. I hope this made
people feel more connected
to the people of Parkland
and helped them realize
that our circumstances
are somewhat similar so
that they can go out and
help in any way they can.”
Torain was one of the
students who got the ball
rolling with administration
by starting a petition with
his classmates and presenting
it to Loyola Principal
Dr. Kathryn Baal.
The petition gave us
numbers we could show
Dr. Baal and help get her
support,” Torain said.
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Student leaders said
close to 1,000 students participated
in the walkout.
For some students, like
sophomore Catherine
Flannery, it was their
Loyola education and values
that prepared them for
an event like the this.
“My formation class, we
talked about it for a whole
period and my formation
teacher, she did a good
job of pushing everyone
to think about how others
may feel about the situation
so that everyone can
understand how the other
is feeling,” Flannery said.
According to the release,
students who wanted to express
their opinions about
school safety, gun violence
and/or mental health to
their legislators also had
the opportunity to do so by
telephone or in writing.
Students who did not
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walkout also had the option
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Kids hunt for leprechauns
at new park district program
Jennifer Bennett
Freelance Reporter
Fifty little leprechauns
and their families found
a unique way to celebrate
St. Patrick’s Day Saturday,
March 17, this year.
New to the Glencoe Park
District, the Leprechaun
House Hunt took place at
the Takiff Center. Boys
and girls, ages 2-6, dressed
from head to toe in green,
were welcomed into the
St. Patrick’s Day-themed
festivities with everything
they needed to celebrate
the holiday kiddie style.
“This is the first time we
decided to do a leprechaun
hunt,” event coordinator
Liz Visteen said. “It’s been
very popular with over 50
kids signing up and bringing
in families. It’s been a
great day. “
The celebration started
out with creative arts and
crafts in the resource room.
Guests sat at festive green
clothed tables decorated
with colorful markers, foam
cutouts, sparkly stickers and
glittered jewel shapes.
Letting their imaginations
run wild, children
decorated leprechaun
masks and treasure boxes
to their hearts content,
while parents visited and
shared holiday plans.
Glencoe father Derek
Ferguson brought his two
little girls to the hunt and
said it was a good time.
“It’s a good event for
the kids and a good way to
spend St. Patrick’s Day,”
Ferguson said. “They like
all the leprechauns and the
arts and crafts were great.”
As the creative portion
of the event wrapped up,
Visteen gathered everyone’s
attention to read the
St. Patrick’s Day book,
John Weinlader takes a moment with his daughter
Emma, 5, to talk about her shamrock a the Leprechaun
House Hunt Saturday, March 17, at the Takiff Center.
Photos by Jill Dunbar/22nd Century Media
Glencoe’s Caroline Alam, 5, checks in her treasure
chest to see what she has collected.
“How to Catch a Leprechaun.”
The book takes
kids on an imaginary journey
to the end of a rainbow.
However, there is much to
be learned along the way
such as how to carry chocolate
gold coins, and how
to use a shamrock and a
four-leaf Clover to catch a
leprechaun. By the end of
the book, listeners had all
the tools they needed to try
to capture their very own
leprechaun.
After listening to the
story and being schooled
on a leprechaun’s sneaky
ways, kids were invited to
test their knowledge and
skills by going on a leprechaun
house hunt.
By following tiny leprechaun
footprints scattered
throughout the children’s
wing of the park district,
kids were led to pots of
gold with treasures in
them. Everything from
leprechaun pencils, necklaces,
bracelets, tattoos,
buttons, rings and shamrock
stickers were collected
by giggling kiddos.
Laughs and smiles accompanied
each little leprechaun
hunter, and parents
quickly snapped up
pictures of this irreplaceable
memory.
Glencoe mom Jessica
Alam said it was a really
fun leprechaun adventure.
“We got to explore the
Takiff Center looking
for adventures and leprechauns,”
she added.
When all the lucky pots
and treasures were accounted
for, guests were treated
to some refreshing holiday
goodies. Everything from
fruit juice to a variety of five
different kinds of cookies
were enjoyed by all.
And as the program
wrapped up and families
journeyed on their way,
they did so with a little extra
luck in their day.