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14 | September 20, 2018 | The frankfort station SCHOOL<br />
frankfortstation.com<br />
D157-C staff members trained in<br />
use of overdose reversal medication<br />
Submitted by Frankfort<br />
D157-C<br />
Fourteen Frankfort School District 157-C staff members<br />
were certified in the use of Narcan, an overdose reversal<br />
medication, through a training session in New Lenox.<br />
Photo submitted<br />
A team of 14 Frankfort<br />
School District 157-C staff<br />
members, along with two<br />
staff members from Lincoln-<br />
Way Area Special Education<br />
District 843, became certified<br />
in the use of an overdose<br />
reversal medication at a recent<br />
training in New Lenox.<br />
Your Light Still Shines:<br />
An International Overdose<br />
Awareness Day Event was<br />
presented by the Village of<br />
New Lenox and the New<br />
Lenox Safe Communities<br />
America Coalition and educated<br />
citizens on how they<br />
can work to combat narcotics<br />
addiction and overdose. The<br />
event was held Aug. 30 in the<br />
New Lenox Commons.<br />
Training on the use of<br />
Narcan, the brand name<br />
overdose reversal medication<br />
naloxone, was offered.<br />
Superintendent Maura Zinni<br />
received the training, as<br />
did Principal Doug Wernet,<br />
Dean Ryan Talaga and nurse<br />
Deb Busch from Chelsea Intermediate<br />
School; Principal<br />
Will Seidelmann, Assistant<br />
Principal Tricia Dotson, Assistant<br />
Principal Lexi Oreluk,<br />
social worker Diane<br />
Heimlich, social worker<br />
Lauren Cibella, physical<br />
education/health instructor<br />
Pam Dettman, physical<br />
education/health instructor<br />
Sean Connolly, Athletic Director<br />
Jen Rodgers and nurse<br />
Sue Schipiour from Hickory<br />
Creek Middle School.<br />
From District 843, nurse<br />
Nancy Antonini and Executive<br />
Director Sarah Rexroad<br />
also received the training.<br />
In August, the D157-C<br />
Board of Education officially<br />
amended policy 7:270<br />
Administering Medicines to<br />
Students, updating it to reflect<br />
state law, which allows<br />
schools to keep the medication<br />
on hand.<br />
All 14 D157-C staff members<br />
who attended the training<br />
received two doses of<br />
Narcan, a nasal spray. The<br />
trained staff can administer<br />
this spray to anyone in need<br />
in the district’s buildings, including<br />
visitors.<br />
In Will County, there were<br />
117 accidental overdoses in<br />
2017, and there have been 82<br />
accidental overdoses so far<br />
this year, according to statistics<br />
from the Will County<br />
Coroner’s Office.<br />
“Taking a team of district<br />
staff to this training was educational<br />
and eye-opening,”<br />
Zinni said. “This national<br />
epidemic has impacted our<br />
community, and as education<br />
professionals, we need<br />
to recognize the statistics<br />
and be prepared in the event<br />
we were presented with a<br />
situation where one of our<br />
students or adults visiting<br />
our campuses was in need<br />
of this life-saving treatment.<br />
Though we hope to never<br />
have to use our training, we<br />
are now prepared with the<br />
tools and skills to save a life.”<br />
The week after the New<br />
Lenox event, a Joliet man<br />
who received the same training<br />
as district staff used<br />
Narcan to save a man’s life,<br />
according to Will County<br />
Executive Lawrence Walsh’s<br />
Office.<br />
With this training, district<br />
staff may be able to do the<br />
same in an emergency situation.<br />
New York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims is to give a presentation Oct. 18 at<br />
Lincoln-Way East High School. Photo submitted<br />
D157-C, D210 to welcome bestselling author<br />
Submitted by Frankfort<br />
D157-C<br />
Parents in the Lincoln-<br />
Way area are invited to attend<br />
a free presentation by<br />
New York Times bestselling<br />
author Julie Lythcott-Haims<br />
from 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 18<br />
at Lincoln-Way East High<br />
School.<br />
The speaking event is set<br />
to take place in the school’s<br />
auditorium and is being<br />
hosted jointly by Frankfort<br />
School District 157-C and<br />
Lincoln-Way Community<br />
High School District 210.<br />
Lythcott-Haims is the author<br />
of “How to Raise an<br />
Adult: Break Free of the<br />
Overparenting Trap and Prepare<br />
Your Kid for Success.”<br />
In her talk, based on the<br />
book, Lythcott-Haims will<br />
draw on her own insights<br />
as a mother and as a student<br />
dean at Stanford University<br />
to highlight the ways in<br />
which overparenting harms<br />
children, parents, and society<br />
at large. While empathizing<br />
with the parental<br />
hopes and, especially, fears<br />
that lead to overhelping,<br />
Lythcott-Haims inspires audiences<br />
to examine their behaviors<br />
and join the growing<br />
movement to allow children<br />
to develop the resourcefulness,<br />
resilience, and inner<br />
determination necessary for<br />
success.<br />
“Frankfort School District<br />
157-C is pleased to partner<br />
with Lincoln-Way High<br />
School District 210 to bring<br />
this national speaker to our<br />
community,” D157-C Superintendent<br />
Maura Zinni<br />
said. “Ms. Lythcott-Haims’<br />
message is important for all<br />
of us to hear as we work together<br />
with our families to<br />
raise strong, confident and<br />
caring children.”<br />
“We are looking forward<br />
to Ms. Lythcott-Haims’ humorous<br />
yet impactful insights<br />
on overparenting and<br />
micromanaging, as well as<br />
learn ways to build grit and<br />
resilience in our children to<br />
become successful adults,”<br />
D210 Director of Instruction<br />
Aimee Feehery said.<br />
Lythcott-Haims has spoken<br />
at schools throughout<br />
the nation, inspiring parents,<br />
teachers and administrators<br />
with her presentations. She<br />
also presented a TED Talk<br />
on “How to Raise an Adult”<br />
in 2016 that has more than 3<br />
million views.<br />
The event will be held in<br />
Lincoln-Way East’s auditorium.<br />
Copies of the author’s<br />
book will be available for<br />
purchase. The author will<br />
sign her book from 5:30-6<br />
p.m. The presentation will<br />
run from 6-7 p.m. with an<br />
opportunity to ask questions<br />
and purchase a copy of Lythcott-Haims’<br />
book directly<br />
following the presentation.<br />
All are welcome to attend<br />
the presentation.