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4 | December 5, 2019 | 22nd century media education guide<br />
22ndCenturyMedia.com<br />
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Please call the office for details.<br />
607 Sobieski St. • Lemont, IL 60439<br />
630-257-6488<br />
• Pre-K through 8th Grade<br />
• On-site morning and after school care<br />
• 100% acceptance rate of students applying<br />
to private high schools<br />
• Computer and Science Labs<br />
• 1 to 1 chrome books in the JR. High<br />
• Smart Boards in all classrooms<br />
• Spanish, Physical Education, Technology,<br />
Music & Art<br />
• Extra-Curricular activities include:<br />
Basketball, volleyball, band, chess, talent show<br />
& school musical<br />
• Financial aid is available, inquire at school<br />
Lemont’s SS. Cyril and<br />
Methodius School named<br />
one of the best in the nation<br />
U.S. Secretary of Education<br />
Betsy DeVos announced<br />
on Sept. 26 that<br />
SS. Cyril and Methodius<br />
School (SSCM) has been<br />
named a 2019 National<br />
Blue Ribbon School.<br />
SSCM is among 312<br />
public and 50 non-public<br />
schools nationwide receiving<br />
this honor. This marks<br />
the first and only time a<br />
Lemont elementary school<br />
has received this recognition.<br />
“The entire SS. Cyril and<br />
Methodius School family<br />
is honored to have been<br />
named a 2019 National<br />
Blue Ribbon School,”<br />
said Shirley A. Tkachuk,<br />
principal of SS. Cyril and<br />
Methodius School. “This<br />
reaffirms the dedication,<br />
hard work and commitment<br />
to Catholic education<br />
from all of our students,<br />
staff and families.”<br />
The coveted National<br />
Blue Ribbon Schools<br />
award affirms the hard<br />
work of educators, families<br />
and communities in<br />
creating safe and welcoming<br />
schools where students<br />
master challenging and<br />
engaging content. Now in<br />
its 37th year, the National<br />
Blue Ribbon Schools Program<br />
has bestowed recognition<br />
on more than 9,000<br />
schools.<br />
The Department recognizes<br />
all schools in one of<br />
two performance categories,<br />
based on all student<br />
scores, student subgroup<br />
scores and graduation<br />
rates:<br />
• Exemplary High Performing<br />
Schools are<br />
among their state’s highest<br />
performing schools<br />
as measured by state assessments<br />
or nationally<br />
normed tests.<br />
• Exemplary Achievement<br />
Gap Closing Schools are<br />
among their state’s highest<br />
performing schools<br />
in closing achievement<br />
gaps between a school’s<br />
student groups and all<br />
students.<br />
School officials will represent<br />
SSCM at a two-day<br />
awards ceremony in Washington,<br />
D.C., where they<br />
will join other esteemed<br />
educators, share best practices<br />
with each other, and<br />
celebrate their hard-won<br />
achievements.<br />
For more information<br />
about SSCM, call (630)<br />
357-6488 or visit www.<br />
school.stcyril.org. For<br />
more information about<br />
the National Blue Ribbon<br />
Schools program, visit nationalblueribbonschools.<br />
ed.gov.<br />
Submitted by SS. Cyril and<br />
Methodius School, 607<br />
Sobieski St. in Lemont. For<br />
more information about<br />
SSCM, call (630) 357-6488<br />
or visit www.school.stcyril.<br />
org.
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