DEERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, TOWNSHIP DISTRICT 113
*Jeff Hoyer, an Advanced Placement Environmental Science teacher at Deerfield High School, recently was named the Network of Environmental Science Teachers Teacher of the Year.
EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 202
*Evanston Township High School parents and the community may share feedback about the new System of Supports program at three planning meetings. SOS, a new initiative designed to strengthen academic supports for all the school’s students through personalization, will begin in September. The meetings will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. June 26, July 24 and Aug. 9 in Evanston Township High School, Room N-112, 1600 Dodge Ave. Call 847-424-7515.
NORTHBROOK, DISTRICT 30
*Willowbrook School’s PTO Cookbook Committee is seeking Willowbrook families to submit two to five favorite recipes for the “Taste of Willowbrook” cookbook, which will debut this fall. Items may be submitted to Paige Gitles at pgitles@comcast.net or 847-559-9609, or Rachel Brandt at Ravenb4@yahoo.com or 847-562-9116.
SKOKIE, DISTRICT 219
*West Word, the Niles West High School student newspaper, received a first-place award from the American Scholastic Press Association, for the seventh consecutive year. Editors-in-chief were graduating seniors Sarah Duchaj and Seth Motel. Managing editor was graduating senior Jared Delmar.
*The Physical Welfare Department at Niles North High School received a 2007 Physh Ed Grant to incorporate fishing and boating into its physical-education curriculum. The grant is administered by the Future Fisherman Foundation and its partners, the American Sportfishing Association, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.
WEST NORTHFIELD, DISTRICT 31
*Field Middle School’s annual 5K Charity Walk and Run recently raised more than $5,400 for Breast Cancer Research and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. More than 100 students, along with teachers and parent volunteers, took part in the event.
*The Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Field School Learning Center, 2055 Landwehr Rd., Northbrook.
———–
Send information to Helene Van Sickle, Chicago Tribune, 616 Atrium Drive, Suite 200, Vernon Hills, IL 60061 or hvansickle@tribune.com. News staff: 847-918-2819
