District keeps academic grouping in Mokena schools
District 159 will continue ability based grouping this year with added focus on boosting self esteem and expectations for low and low-average students. Willowcrest-Mokena principal Dale Fausch told the board that while high groups show strong growth, low groups risk stagnation and low self concept without adjustments. He stressed that grouping generally yields good results and will not be phased out, noting first through fifth graders have shown favorable scores and 25 first graders will enter accelerated math this fall. The board also approved a $2,359 change order for six piers at Willowcrest to match the school’s exterior theme and set student transportation fees at $8 per month for 1983-84.
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Mokena
Dale Fausch
Willowcrest
Board of Education
Fausch
Willowcrest School
Mokena Elementary
Funeral home plan may bring ambulance unit
Vandenberg funeral home owners in Tinley Park reveal plans to relocate a funeral home to Mokena with a possible on site ambulance service. They seek rezoning advice at a Mokena plan commission meeting and note the move could speed ambulance response in the area. The plan draws interest from Frankfort and local officials amid talks of forming an ambulance district.
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Camille Root
Vandenberg
Wolf Road
Third Street
Carl Vandenberg, Jr
Vandenbergs
Mokena
Owen Maue
Frankfort
Tinley Park
Spring Brummer Division
Borg-Warner
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Hedges Clinic
Roger LaLonde
Silver Cross
Carl Vandenberg Jr
Reading and computer concerns dominate Summit Hill survey
Summit Hill School District 161 residents rate reading and computer programming, open classroom, discipline, and communication as top concerns in a spring survey with 15 percent response. A two volume report will be presented September 28 at Summit Hill Junior High. SASA calls three major focus areas maintain strengths, curriculum development, and better district communication. Superintendent Al Fanti says results reflect known issues and emphasize computer education. Continued on Page 8.
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Summit Hill
Board of Education
Summit Hill Junior High
School Administrators Service Association
SASA
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Cindy Rosenstein
Frankfort Square School
Mark McAllister
Frankfort Square
Arbury Hills
Lincoln Estates
Tinley Gardens
Lincoln Way
Star Publications
Jerry Marmozewicz
al Fanti
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