GL_020719

18 | February 7, 2019 | The glenview lantern school
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District 31 establishes bilingual parent advisory committee
SUBMITTED BY DISTRICT 31
District 31 recently
established a Bilingual
Parent Advisory Committee
(BPAC).The purpose
of this state-required
committee is to help facilitate
communication
between the bilingual
parents and the district
and to give opportunities
to discuss or provide input
on the EL/Bilingual
program.
The group met Jan. 23
to discuss EL/Bilingual
programming, review
the ACCESS assessment
and suggest additional
topics for upcoming parent
education. Important
topics relating to education,
the district and the
community were shared.
Presentations were in
Spanish, Korean and
Mongolian.
The committee will
meet at Winkelman at
least four times a year and
participate in the planning,
operation and evaluation
of the program. The
BPAC committee will
also review the district’s
annual TBE/TPI funding
and adhere to the requirements
of Section 14C-
10 of the School Code
([105 ILCS 5/
4C-10]).
The district would like
to thank the EL/Bilingual
team for their time planning
and supporting bilingual
parents. If you would
like more information,
contact Dr. Janine Gruhn,
jgruhn@district31.
net, or Veronica Gott,
vgott@district31.net.
RIGHT: Members of District
31’s Bilingual Parent
Adisory Committee pose
for a photo after a meeting.
photo submitted
Maple Eighth-graders
attend Oakton STEM event
Submitted by District 30
Maple School eighthgrade
girls had the opportunity
to spend a
day with local peers as
well as women in careers
that use science,
technology, engineering,
and math for a fullday
conference hosted
by Oakton Community
College on Jan. 18
The 15 girls heard a
question-and-answer session
with a role model
panel, and attended two
hands-on workshops
ranging from extracting
their own DNA for a
“cell-fi,” breaking cryptography
codes, layering
GIS data, making
better batteries, testing
fluid dynamics, designing
a donut box and
more.
The final session was
presented by GBN STEM
teachers and students —
including several former
Maple young women
— to learn about high
school classes in STEM
and to try out designing
3D-printed items.
“Overall, our Maple
students had an excellent
STEM-filled day, and
were excited to learn about
many future possibilities!”
Robin Dombeck said.
Maple School eighth-grade girls attended a full-day STEM conference hosted by Oakton Community College on Jan.
18. Photo Submitted