tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post3580195783858819434..comments2023-05-05T03:15:17.710-05:00Comments on D181 Parents for Accountability and Transparency: Common Core Science Presentation Held Last Night (3/19/14)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-64205951022337771692014-03-20T12:17:02.613-05:002014-03-20T12:17:02.613-05:00Can anyone identify which administrators were in a...Can anyone identify which administrators were in attendance?The Parentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06479785630757500730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-52749036593202416802014-03-20T12:16:38.580-05:002014-03-20T12:16:38.580-05:00Anonymous said...
Did Dr. Russell mention at the s...Anonymous said...<br />Did Dr. Russell mention at the science meeting last night that there would not be any collaboration with FermiLab, at all, if it had not been for a group of moms from The Lane School who went there to secure materials and speakers for their own Science Olympiad? Mridu Garg spearheaded the Science Olympiad last year, and she and her committee stumbled upon an entire library of STEM (math, science, and technology) books and materials there. Furthermore, there is a woman on staff there who, for free, consults with school districts in order to help them update to current STEM and common core standards. The only thing districts have to do to receive her help is make an appointment, and pay her gas money out to Hinsdale from Fermilab! <br /><br />Incredible that our district had no idea about this information until we parents pointed it out to the board, in surveys, to teachers, and to principals. We must thank the parents on last year's Science Olympiad committee at The Lane, especially Mrs. Garg, who took it upon themselves to help our schools create a 3 hour evening of interactive science experiments. To see parent volunteers, many who were doctors and scientists, getting our children excited about science was something that schools across the country have been doing for years. Our own PTO vice president, an OB, brought in laprascopic instruments to show how surgery is performed. This year, an orthopedic doctor showed children to cast up fingers. A grandfather of a student, who was a former medical school professor even brought in a human brain, and Fermilab hand delivered a whole truckload of huge, hands on materials (for free), with thick teacher's guides! It was amazing. None of us parents on the Science Olympiad Committee have Phds in education, but we were able to provide a fun, educational, and common core supported event for around than a thousand dollars. I really wish our district would take more advantage of the free resources available at Fermilab, too, so they could help our kids in <br />math. Who would not want someone to come out to help our schools choose the best math materials? Or let us know if compacting Everyday Math books is really such a good idea? If we all work together cooperatively to find the best resources for our children, the whole community benefits.<br /><br />Fay Demakis, The Lane School <br />(One of the Members of the Science Olympiad Committee who visited FermiLab last year.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-39201523557570154032014-03-20T12:16:25.270-05:002014-03-20T12:16:25.270-05:00Is our Learning Dept. working on any of these issu...Is our Learning Dept. working on any of these issues in a meaningful way? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5961215159419443702.post-14649432046837012722014-03-20T11:58:49.861-05:002014-03-20T11:58:49.861-05:00Our very own public library has a 3d printer. We s...Our very own public library has a 3d printer. We should be taking our students there for field trips.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com