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Traveling to Chicago for the Forum?
If you will be traveling to Chicago for the 8th Annual Illinois Community Schools Forum on October 18-19, please be sure to check our our website for information about discounted hotel rates
at Chicago's Essex Inn. Reservations at the discounted rate will only be accepted through September 17.
Visit our website for more details about the hotel and our
Guide to Chicago, which includes information about flying to Chicago, getting around the city and things to do once you're here.
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Community Schools Job Postings
Resource Coordinator
The Harrison Community Learning Center (Grades K-8) in Peoria, Illinois is currently looking for a community school resource coordinator. Click here for information regarding the position. Deadline to apply is September 14, 2012.
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Lights On Afterschool
Each October, one million Americans and more than 7,500 communities nationwide celebrate the afterschool programs that keep kids safe, inspire them to learn and help working families. This year's celebration will take place on October 18. Use the Afterschool Alliance's event planning toolkit to start planning your Lights On Afterschool celebration to highlight the importance of afterschool programs at your community school. And don't forget to tell us about your plans. We'll be sharing highlights from Lights On Afterschool events around the state at our annual Community Schools Forum the next day!
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Early bird discount expires September 1st!
You know the old adage "the early bird gets the worm!" Well when it comes to the upcoming 8th Annual Illinois Community Schools Forum: Creating a Community Vision for Our Children's Success, nothing could be more true. Now through September 1st, registration rates are discounted nearly 30%! Register now!
Here are just some of the things you can look forward to:
- Keynote speakers: Ralph Smith, Senior Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation and Jim Broadway, Publisher, Illinois School Policy Updates
- Special tracks for new and experienced resource coordinators, community partners, high school practitioners, schools and district leadership, parents / parent organizers, school social workers, advocates, and teachers
- Workshops for practitioners implementing community schools in rural, small city, suburban, and urban community settings
- Presentations featuring promising practices from around the country, including teams from:
Descriptions of all our workshop offerings will be available soon, but in the meantime read a summary of our workshop offerings.
Prices increase September 1st
Group rates are also available
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Elgin School District Chosen for Breakfast in the Classroom Initiative
As schools get ready to welcome back students this fall, a morning meal will be available to even more students across the country at no charge thanks to the expansion of Breakfast in the Classroom, a program funded by the Walmart Foundation. In its second year, the Breakfast in the Classroom expansion initiative will build on last year's initial success with five school districts by adding 10 more districts this school year. The Elgin School District U-46, located 40 miles north west of Chicago, was one of ten new districts chosen to participate in the program based on need and potential for success. The expansion will provide more than 70,000 students with the opportunity to start their school day with a healthy breakfast in the classroom. Through a $5 million grant from the Walmart Foundation, the Breakfast in the Classroom program reworks how school breakfast is delivered, by offering it at no charge to all students and moving it from the cafeteria to the classroom to improve participation in the federally-funded School Breakfast Program. Read more about the Breakfast in the Classroom program. For information you need to ensure low-income children have access to healthy food during the school year check out the Federal Nutrition Programs section of FRAC's (Food Research and Action Center) website.
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Illinois' First Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Art & Literacy Work Contest
The Office of Governor Quinn encourages all Illinois youth between K - 12 to participate in this 1st Annual 2012 Hispanic Heritage Month Art & Literary Work Contest. There is no entry fee and submissions are limited to one entry per person. Contest participation requires the creation of one original piece per person, inspired by the interpretation of the Hispanic Heritage Month theme " Many Backgrounds, Many Stories...One American Spirit" and as described in the guidelines below. There will be a total of four (4) $100-$200 cash prizes that will be awarded to winners based on their age range. Winners will also have their art or literary work displayed in the Illinois State Capitol Building throughout Hispanic Heritage Month. Entries are due September 10, 2012.
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Juvenile-in-Justice at Roosevelt University
The Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation (MISJT) at Roosevelt University presents Juvenile-in-Justice, photographs by Richard Ross, from September 13 through December 15, 2012. MISJT, whose broad mission is to raise awareness of social injustice while engaging in action-oriented projects that lead to progressive social change, will open the exhibition with a reception and lecture by Richard Ross on September 13 from 5:00 - 8:00pm. In an effort to continue raising awareness of the prison pipeline, the larger political, economic, and racial context and the social change needed in order to help our youth, they will follow this event with a series of discussions on juvenile justice and incarceration. For a complete listing of upcoming events and more information about MISJT, please visit their website.
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