Hyde Park Kenwood middle grades task force outlines plan
The Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference middle grades task force, led by Pat Wilcoxen, promotes a K 8 or separate middle school approach to sixth to eighth graders. It details guidelines for integrated core and departmental courses, student led core planning, and unit structures to address gerrymandered grade boundaries and varying school experiences.
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Pat Wilcoxen
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Kozminski
Bret Harte
Ray and
Wirth
Cheryl Fries
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Kenwood High School
Wirth Experimental
Wilcoxen
Ms. Wilcosen
Ray School
56Th
Kimbark
Ray
Lvel
Woodlawn
Carnegie
Fiske School
University of Chicago
Hyde Park High
Middle Grades
Boundary change meeting over Harper Square redistricting
Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference calls an emergency 8 p.m. meeting at the YMCA to evaluate if Harper Square at 48th and Lake Park should shift into Bret Harte school boundaries. Julian Levi seeks district redraw, bypassing parent councils. Shoesmith and Wirth families affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Julian Levi
Southeast Chicago Commission
Harper Square
48Th and
Lake Park
Bret Harte
Levi
Donald Blyth
District 14
Shoesmith and Wirth
Bret Harte Council
District 14 Education Council
Hyde Park
Kenwood Garden Club hears about recycling center operations
Jan Blankenhorn chairwoman of the Community Solid Waste Recycling Center spoke at the Kenwood Garden Club meeting on May 2 at Helen Works residence 4800 Chicago Beach Drive. She outlined the center’s beginnings and current operation and warned that recycling alone won’t solve environmental problems, urging focus on returnable cans and bottles.
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Jan Blankenhorn
Community Solid Waste Recycling Center
Kenwood Garden Club
Helen Works
Chicago Beach Drive
Ms. Blankenhorn
Hyde Park Memorial Day Children Parade Announces Route
The Hyde Park Old Glory Marching Society hosts a Memorial Day parade on Monday May 29 starting at 11 a.m. from the Hyde Park Shopping Center at 55th and Lake Park. Children from Hyde Park are invited to join as floats proceed along 55th Cornell 56th Hyde Park Blvd and back to 54th. Proceeds from snacks sold at 54th and Hyde Park Blvd support uniforms for the Victor Olander Boys Club drum and bugle corps.
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Hyde Park
Catholic Theological Union
Victor Olander Boys Club
Institute lecture on The Memorial Association Movement
Richard James Stevens presents the second in a series on The Memorial Association Movement on Thursday May 11 at 5 p.m. in room 400, 59 East Van Buren Street.
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Richard James Stevens
Blackstone
Memorial Association Movement
East van Buren St
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East 75Th
Jeffery
Fensin Lamp & Shade Specialists
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E. 53Rd St
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