Education Guide 120618 Zone C

2 | December 6, 2018 | 22nd century media education guide
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St. Mary students flourish in and out of classroom
St. Mary Catholic
School, located at 11409
195th St. in Mokena, invites
families to an Open
House from noon-2 p.m.
on Sunday, Jan. 27. Visitors
will experience a welcoming
community, view
the exceptional facilities,
meet the dedicated faculty
and staff, and witness
testimonials from school
families regarding faithinfused
curriculum, academic
successes and lasting
friendships.
Benefits of a learning
community focused on
academics, faith and family
St. Mary School is a
vibrant and welcoming
Catholic school, serving
students in preschool
through grade eight. Since
1949, teachers have been
providing an extraordinary,
personalized learning
environment allowing
each student to achieve
their full potential. As a
result, St. Mary students
continue to flourish in and
out of the classroom.
“As parents, we have
an obligation to provide
our children with the best
possible education,” said
Frank Murray, St. Mary
School Board Member and
new school parent. “We
chose St. Mary’s for its
community, its extraordinary
faculty and staff, and
its exceptional learning environment.
It is the faithbased,
family community
that we believe is critical
for our children’s academic,
social and spiritual
development. St. Mary’s
family is everything we
wanted in a school community.”
Programs Offered:
Two-rrific Twos | 2 1/2 yr olds
Preppy Preschool | 3 yr olds
Kinderbridge | 4 yr olds
7659 W. Sauk Trail • Frankfort, IL 60423
(815) 469-5417
www.stanthonyfrankfort.com
preschool@stanthonyfrankfort.com
See the exceptional
learning environment
St. Mary School offers
3-year-old preschool
through eighth grade.
Visitors are always impressed
with the school’s
facilities, which include a
music room, library, computer
lab, science lab, spacious
gymnasium and the
STEAM classroom.
The STEAM classroom
allows teachers to bring a
unique approach of teaching
to enhance student
learning and understanding
of how all things relate
to each other, in school and
The Only
Catholic
Preschool in
Frankfort!
We prepare your child
for Kindergarten!
Please join us for our Open House
on Sunday, January 27, at 1:00 p.m.
tour our school, meet our staff, and register your child
for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year.
Free Developmental Screening Upon Enrollement
Experienced Degreed Teachers
Small Class Sizes with teacher aide, 1-7 ratio
Full 3 hour classes
Follows Joliet Diocese & Illinois Early Childhood Standards
South Suburban Hearing looks to do more
than amplify sound with Livio AI
South Suburban Hearing
Health Center has worked
with many different types
and brands of hearing instruments,
but in most cases
they all have one major limitation:
They are only trying
to restore a certain function
to the level that one would
expect in someone without
a particular disability.
That is utterly commendable,
but with modern technology
it is sometimes possible
to go further than this
— to actually try to raise
certain senses or functions
beyond what you might normally
expect to find.
That is definitely the case
for a smart new hearing
aid South Suburban Hearing
Health Center is making
available from Starkey
Hearing Technologies. With
its newly launched Livio
in life. Unlike other STEM
programs, St. Mary’s program
also emphasizes the
integration of the arts, and
offers more creativity to
students in the learning
process. The STEAM program
and open classroom
setting allow teachers to
facilitate rather than lecture,
resulting in students
experiencing their education
as a process instead of
a final product.
St. Mary School also offers
a one-to-one technology
program that provides
each student in grades six
through eight with an individual
iPad, a class set
of iPads for grades three
through five, and kindergarten
through grade two
have designated classroom
iPads and SmartBoards for
educational use. Primary
students also benefit from
a certified reading specialist
and teacher aides.
Learn about numerous
extracurricular
opportunities and more
Students can enjoy many
after-school programs,
including band, chess,
youth choir, drama club,
yearbook, Scout groups,
social events and an extensive
athletic program. Before-
and after-school care
is available for a fee from
6:45-7:50 a.m. and 2:40-6
p.m. Bus service is an option
for those families who
reside in the Mokena Public
School District 159 for
a fee.
Learn about tuition
assistance
Recent legislation in Illinois
has opened up many
opportunities for families
to receive scholarships for
Catholic schooling in Il-
AI device, the company
is reinventing the humble
hearing aid for the machinelearning
generation. Not
only does the Livio hearing
aid enhance one’s ability to
hear things, but it also can
automatically translate foreign
languages and even
track physical and mental
well-being. Think of it like
the Babel fish from “The
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the
Galaxy” — only with some
extra cool tech thrown in
there for good measure.
“I believe Livio AI heralds
the hearing industry’s
iPhone moment,” said Dr.
Achin Bhowmik, Starkey’s
chief technology officer.
“The mobile phones prior to
the iPhone were single-purpose
devices, allowing us to
make phone calls. In contrast,
today’s smartphones
linois. Through Empower
Illinois, families can apply
for tuition assistance in the
form of grants from the Illinois
government to help
pay for their child’s Catholic
education. Additionally,
St. Mary’s offers a special
Tuition Transfer Grant
for up to $1,500 per family
($1,000 in year one, $500
in year two) for students
entering grades 1-7 who
transfer from any private,
public, charter or home
school. Students transferring
from another Catholic
school in the Diocese of
Joliet or neighboring dioceses
are not eligible.
Submitted by St. Mary Catholic
School, 11409 195th St. in
Mokena. For more information,
call (708) 326-9330 or
visit www.stmaryschoolmo
kena.org.
are multipurpose devices.
Hearing aids have so far
been single-purpose devices,
as well, helping people
hear better by amplifying
sound. We are changing that
with Livio AI. With embedded
sensors and artificial
intelligence, we are turning
the hearing aid into a multifunction
health-monitoring
and multiuse device that
will help us lead better lives
in many more ways. This is
driven by our mission to improve
human lives through
technology.”
The next-gen hearing
aid can translate between
27 languages, courtesy of a
companion smartphone application
called Thrive. If an
English speaker says something
they wish to translate,
the words will appear in the
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