You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
6 | April 12, 2018 | The frankfort station news<br />
frankfortstation.com<br />
Grand Opening &<br />
Ribbon Cutting Event<br />
TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018<br />
5:00PM - 8:00PM<br />
10189 W. LINCOLN HWY, FRANKFORT, IL 60423<br />
Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Bring a friend and earn an extra raffle ticket<br />
RSVP: 815-277-5229<br />
WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE<br />
MIDWEST ANTI-AGING ON THE<br />
GRAND OPENING OF MALE-REJUVI!<br />
MOVING SALE!<br />
EVERYTHING MUST GO!<br />
STOP BY FOR INCREDIBLE SAVINGS!<br />
Unbelievable deals going on now!<br />
17500 S Harlem, Tinley Park<br />
708-532-6666<br />
Open 7 days a week<br />
Monday-Friday 10am-6pm<br />
Saturday 10am-5pm<br />
Sunday 11am-5pm<br />
Frankfort School D157-C Board of Education<br />
District officials consider moving<br />
from textbooks to Techbooks<br />
Meredith Dobes<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Round it up<br />
A brief recap of action and discussion from the April 4<br />
meeting of the D157-C School Board<br />
• The School Board unanimously approved a three-year<br />
contract with Klein Hall CPAs for the 2017-2018 audit.<br />
• Science, technology, engineering and mathematics<br />
resources and training for Chelsea and Hickory Creek were<br />
unanimously approved in the amounts of $22,000 for the<br />
2018-2019 school year; $27,600 for the 2019-2020 school<br />
year; and $31,200 for the 2020-2021 school year.<br />
• The School Board unanimously approved the $96,250<br />
purchase of one-to-one laptops and carts for fifth-graders in<br />
the 2018-2019 school year and the $120,000 purchase of<br />
additional laptops, carts and projectors for Hickory Creek.<br />
• Board members unanimously accepted the retirement of<br />
Chelsea Principal Sharon Paver-Nepote.<br />
• The district has received many applicants for its open<br />
positions for next school year, according to Director of Human<br />
Resources Craig Schoppe. It works to narrow the narrow the<br />
applicants down and has a thorough interview process to<br />
select the best candidates, he added.<br />
• Over spring break, the district's Technology Team, which is led<br />
by Jake Nelson, prepared roughly 1,000 laptops for Partnership<br />
for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers testing.<br />
April 4 was the first day of testing, and he said it went well.<br />
• The district's Athletic Boosters need new board members<br />
for next school year in order to continue as an organization.<br />
Anyone interested in joining may contact Booster President<br />
Monica Meseck at meseck.five@gmail.com.<br />
Sixth- through eighthgrade<br />
students at Frankfort<br />
School District 157-C may<br />
soon have the ability to<br />
learn about social studies in<br />
an entirely new way.<br />
At the district's April 4<br />
School Board meeting, Director<br />
of Curriculum and<br />
Instruction Janet McClarence,<br />
Instructional Coach<br />
Tricia Dotson and Hickory<br />
Creek social studies teacher<br />
Tonia Gatsios walked board<br />
members through Discovery<br />
Education's Techbook<br />
for social studies.<br />
New state standards are<br />
requiring students to learn<br />
social studies through "inquiry-based"<br />
approaches,<br />
which the Techbooks would<br />
include. These approaches<br />
involve use of the "five Es:"<br />
engage, explore, explain,<br />
elaborate and evaluate.<br />
Dotson said "engage" is<br />
for students to get excited<br />
about material as it is just<br />
being introduced; "explore"<br />
is for students to review<br />
the material, as they would<br />
with a traditional textbook;<br />
"explain" is for students to<br />
show what they've learned<br />
through an activity of their<br />
own choice; "elaborate" is<br />
for students to dig deeper<br />
into the material through<br />
another activity like role<br />
play or document research;<br />
and "evaluate" is<br />
for the review of concepts<br />
learned.<br />
Dotson and Gatsios were<br />
part of a group that piloted<br />
the Techbooks at Hickory<br />
Creek.<br />
Gatsios said the perks<br />
of the online resources are<br />
that students and teachers<br />
are able to instantly<br />
access a wealth of additional<br />
resources related to<br />
the text. Teachers can also<br />
share strategies and ideas<br />
with each other through<br />
the Discovery Education<br />
Network.<br />
Gatsios showed board<br />
members that for one assignment<br />
a student may<br />
choose to complete an investigation<br />
activity. She<br />
showed that this might be<br />
an interactive online activity<br />
where a student is introduced<br />
to three or four<br />
people from the historical<br />
era he or she is studying<br />
and asked to identify how<br />
these people may respond<br />
to a certain situation or idea,<br />
based on what the student<br />
knows about the people.<br />
"We're excited to possibly<br />
have the opportunity to<br />
use this as a main resource,"<br />
Gatsios said of the group<br />
of teachers who piloted the<br />
Techbooks.<br />
McClarence said that because<br />
the resource is entirely<br />
online, new content is always<br />
being added and kept<br />
up-to-date. She said this<br />
was one of three resources<br />
the district reviewed, and it<br />
offered the most.<br />
The Techbooks would<br />
cost $65,000 for six years,<br />
including three sessions of<br />
professional development<br />
for teachers, McClarence<br />
said. She said textbooks<br />
would cost more money and<br />
require the district to purchase<br />
more supplementary<br />
materials over time.<br />
Board Member Brett<br />
Cosich questioned what a<br />
student would do if they<br />
did not have access to a<br />
Please see 157-c, 14
Change language