Upcoming Events
We have lots of informative and exciting events for parents and children to attend this school year! Following is the tentative schedule. Parents can get involved with any event by contacting us at pace308org@sbcglobal.net -
February 22, Friday, 7pm - 8:30pm, Churchill Elementary - PACE Annual Hands-On Science Night FOR ALL FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT-
This is our popular Science night for All children in our school district, pre-school to junior high. We are expecting Fermi-Lab, Mr. Science, and other presenters. Stay tuned to find out what will be store.
* Parent Opportunities - We are looking for parents to set up a table with activities for kids. All materials and directions will be provided. Please contact us at pace308org@sbcglobal.net
March 3, Monday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Plank Junior High, Summer Activities Fair FOR ALL FAMILIES IN OUR DISTRICT -
This evening is opportunity for parents to find out all the summer programs that are available for their children. Come by and talk to the representatives about the various programs. They can give you the scoop on the various programs and which programs will suit your child's interest.
* Parent Opportunities - Parents can help contact the representatives and help us run the event.
April 17, 2008, Thursday, - 2nd Annual Visit Springfield Day
In 2007, over 75 PACE parents and children visited Springfield to ask our legislators to restore gifted funding in the state's education budget. Out of all the parent organizations in the state that traveled to Springfield, PACE had the largest number of people and made a huge impact with our legislators. Our AT parents care about the education of our children. Please join us again as we make another, maybe even bigger, impact in restoring gifted funding.
* Parent Opportunities - Parents can help us organize this event.
April/May 2008 - 2nd Annual AT Teacher Appreciation Night
Over 180 people attended our first annual event! Mr. Freeze from Fermi-Lab wowed the audience with amazing experiments. We are looking forward to another fantastic celebration of our AT teachers and our students.
* Parent Opportunities -
- Sending in baked goods
- Receiving RSVP's from teachers and parents
- Help where parents can lend a hand
Past Events
January 17, 2008, Thursday, 7pm - 8:30pm, Oswego East High School Community Room - Speaker: Dr. Mark McKee -
Dr. Mark McKee will speak on the social-emotional needs of gifted children.
December 12, 2007 - Presentation for Parents by Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development
· Wednesday, December 12th, 7:00-8:00 PM
· Oswego East High School's Community Room
· 1525 Harvey Rd (Wolf's Crossing and Harvey Rd), Oswego, (630)636-2200
Center for Talent Development – CTD at Northwestern University, www.ctd.northwestern.edu/, is an accredited learning center providing gifted education programs and resources for academically talented students PreK-12 throughout Illinois and Midwest.
Randee
Blair, Susan Corwith, and George Peternel, Associate
Directors at the Center for Talent Development, will
present and answer parent questions on CTD programs
including
-
Midwest Academic Talent Search (MATS): offers EXPLORE
test for elementary school students, and SAT and ACT
test for junior high students. (Oswego308 junior high
AT students who wish to take the SAT can take it through
CTD as District 308 students will not be participating
in the testing offered through the regional education
center in Joliet this year.)
- Saturday Enrichment Classes for pre-k to 9th grade held at North Central College in Naperville
- Distance Online Learning courses for elementary through Advanced Placement courses
- Testing for preK - 3rd graders
- Summer Enrichment Program
Randee Blair retired from Evanston School
District 65 in 2005 as a Curriculum Coordinator in
Gifted and Math. She is also an author of several
educational publications.
Susan Corwith recently earned her PhD in
Educational Leadership with an emphasis on gifted
programs. Prior to joining CTD she was the president of
the Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth in
Madison, Wisconsin.
George Peternel retired from Golf School District
67 as a Principal. Subsequently, he served as the
Director of Head Start in Lake County and the
Coordinator for Project Excite.
December 9-11, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - IL Assoc. for Gifted Children Convention
Parents can attend the Workshop on "Living in the Gifted Family" on Sunday or attend many sessions planned for Monday and Tuesday. Don't miss out on this opportunity to
- hear Nationally-recognized experts and authors in gifted education
- ask questions and get answers on topics important to you
For registration form and brochure, go to http://www.iagcgifted.org/conventions/2008/newconbro.pdf
For more information, go to http://www.iagcgifted.org/conventions/2008/
October 29, Monday, 7pm - Elementary Math Renewal ~ Any AT parent that is interested in finding out what is happening with the Elementary Math Curriculum Renewal project and would like to give input to the AT representative on this committee, please join us for a discussion at Churchill Elementary Community Room, (630) 636-3800, 520 Secretariat Lane, Oswego (Wolf Crossing & Secretariat Rds). Please contact Judy Hansen at thehansens@sbcglobal.net with any questions.
OCTOBER 23, TUESDAY, 7PM, CHURCHILL ELEMENTARY - PRESENTATION ON ACADEMICALLY TALENTED (AT) & ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) PROGRAMS Grades 3 - 12 - Join us at Churchill Elementary Community Room, 520 Secretariat Lane, Oswego (Wolf Crossing & Secretariat Rds.) for the Presentation on the whole AT Program / AP Program covering grades 3 through 12. Mrs. Cathi Mundsinger, Director of Teaching & Learning - Elementary, and Dr. Carla Johnson, Director of Teaching & Learning - Jr. High & High School, will be our featured speakers along with the coordinators for the AT elementary and AT junior high programs and the AP high school program. Come learn about the AT elementary program from 7-7:45 PM, and the AT secondary/AP program from 7:45 -8:30 PM. This program is open to ALL families in the district interested in learning about the AT/AP program in District 308. Question & answer time will follow each part of the presentation.
This event is for ALL parents in our school district.
September 2007 - Elementary and Junior High Curriculum Nights
At curriculum nights, PACE members will share information such as our speakers, events, and activities during AT teacher's parent meetings, in AT classrooms, or at a PACE table.
* Parent Opportunities - PACE Parents bring information provided and share information with other parents. Sign up parents to join PACE email distribution list or join PACE.
April 18, 2007
Over 75 PACE parents and children met with Representative Tom Cross in Springfield on April 18. Members traveled to Springfield as part of "Please Don't Leave Our Children Behind" Day sponsored by IAGC - Illinois Association for Gifted Children- & local parent organizations. Over 650 parents and children from all across the state joined in asking our legislators to restore gifted funding in the state's Education Budget. Representative Tom Cross was one of two speakers who addressed families from throughout the state and stated he will do all he can to help restore funding. We thank Representative Cross for generously sharing his time and deeply caring for the children in his home School District and children throughout the State of Illinois.
April 17, 2007
Dear parents,
Please vote this Tuesday, April 17, for three members to the District 308 School Board.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE
ON TUESDAY, APRIL 17th.
April 4, 2007
March 5, 2007
Please join us for our Third Annual K-12 Summer Activities Fair. It will be held on:
Monday, March 5th, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM
In the cafeteria at Plank Junior High
Located off Wolf's Crossing Road and Secretariat Lane
This is a great opportunity to find out about activities that are available in the summer for K-12 students. The following organizations will have information available about their summer programs:
- The Aurora Scholars program
- NtwLink computer camps
- Kendall County Outdoor Education program
- Kendall County Forest Preserve
- Heritage YMCA
- College of Dupage
- Camp Invention
- The Worlds of Wisdom program at National Louis
- University Center for Gifted
- Sci Tech
- Rush Copley Healthplex Discovery Club
- Oswegoland Park District, District
- 203 Summer Science Camp
- Fermi Lab
Additionally, we anticipate having several other organizations presenting at the event
See you on the 5th!
March 1, 2007
DISTRICT 203 AND STAGE
PRESENT:
A PARENT NIGHT WITH BERTIE KINGORE
“Understanding your Gifted Child at Home and at School.
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Naperville Central High School Little Theater
Mark you calendars for an evening with Dr. Bertie Kingore, a nationally known expert on gifted education. “Gifted students have vast differences and needs that many people do not understand. In this practical session parents are guided toward interpreting the pattern of abilities and strengths of their gifted child. Suggestions are shared for nurturing talents at home.” Dr. Kingore will also be a featured speaker during the County Institute for teachers and staff on March 2nd. She will make two presentations which focus on “Understanding Giftedness” for K-3 students and 4-8 students.
Now Until February 25, 2007
ICE AGE ADVENTURE WALKS
At the Morton Arboretum, south and east of the Children’s
Garden,
“illustrated panels about Ice Age plants and animals line the
Pine Family Trail on this self-guided walk.” Docent led-walks
for all ages run through February 25, meet in Arbor Court,
Saturdays: 11:30-12:30 pm, and Sundays: 2-3 pm.
Admission fees.
February 23, 2007
7:00 – 8:30 PM
at Churchill Elementary School (Oswego District #308)
Science is cool with hands-on exploration featuring:
IMSA Science on Wheels - "Science is Shocking"
Fermi Hands-On Science Program
Dr. ScienceScitech Hands-On Fun
A $5 donation per family, at the door, is requested to help with the cost of materials for this event. All funds are used to help provide educational opportunities for all students in District 308.
Now Until February 21, 2007
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
General admission to the museum is FREE for all visitors from February 1 through February 21!
Come visit this world-class museum and enjoy extra programs throughout the month! Make sure to check out the Q&A sessions on February 3 where you can get answers to all of your questions about art.
February 17, 2007
Winterfest with Naperville Park District
12:00 - 5:00PM
At Cowlishaw Elementary School (Naperville School District)
FREE! Bring the family and spend the day! Demonstrations by Mad Science, Cricket Sporting Academy, Irish Dancers, crafts, and door prizes.
February 11, 2007
This year's Family Open House at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory will be 1:00 to 5:00PM.
Organized by the Fermilab Education Office, the event offers free family-style hands-on activities and exhibits, make-and-take projects, science shows and tours.
See Ben Franklin's experiments, Mr. Freeze's cryogenics show and enjoy fun activities for all ages.
More than 2,000 people are expected to attend. Registration is required.