Arcadia students teach kindergartners African American history
Second grade students at Arcadia School in Matteson District 162 led problem based learning to help kindergarteners learn about African American history. They proposed methods such as reading stories drawing pictures videos poems and puppet shows while researching figures like Matthew Henson Wilma Rudolph Benjamin Banneker George Washington Carver Duke Ellington Mae Jemison and more. The project aimed to make history accessible to younger students and deepen the older students knowledge.
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Arcadia School
Matteson Elementary
United States
Arcadia
Sharon Cruikshank
Cruikshank
Pat Princehorn
North Pole
Matthew Henson
Wilma Rudolph
Benjamin Banneker
George Washington Carver
Duke Ellington
Mae Jennison
Princehorn
Science fair winners head to state from Forest Trail Junior High
Three Forest Trail Junior High students John Farmer Sonja Wormbly and Wagner Cervera will represent Park Forest-Chicago Heights District 163 at the Illinois Junior Academy of Science state competition after outstanding regional ratings at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Others with top regional ratings include Elizabeth Wierzgac Jessica Pomaranski Nefertiti Simmons Uchenna Ibe Genevieve Sauvage Noel Wessely. First place recipients were Benjamin Courshon David Scalzo and Joe Lee with second place honors for Grace Perri Michelle Montalvo Sara Dobrinski Brandie Hall Katy Benjamin Marcina Vanallen Arkita Luckett Keyona Foston and Nipun Yamdagni.
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Forest Trail
Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Illinois Institute of Technology
University of Illinois
John Farmer
Sonja Wormbly
Wagner Cervera
Elizabeth Wierzgac
Jessica Pomaranski
Nefertiti Simmons
Uchenna
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