Student Briefs • May 8

05/07/2008 12:00 AM

Student musicians raise money for school orchestra programs

05/07/2008 12:00 AM
Student musicians across the district practiced—marathon style—to raise money recently for the school orchestra programs.

School Briefs • May 8

05/07/2008 12:00 AM

Celebrating wtih grandma & grandpa
First grade student Madalyn Meech celebrates her winning bingo card while playing with her grandmother during Oak Park Elementary School’s Grandparents Day last Friday. (Photos by Andy Blenkush)

Keith Ryskoski, superintendent of Stillwater Area Schools, shares a lunch of chicken strips and potatoes — and some conversation — with four Rutherford Elementary School students Friday, April 25. Ryskoski donated his time as part of the “Spring Fling” fundraiser the school’s parent-teacher organization sponsored in February and which raised more than $25,000 to purchase laptop computers and interactive display boards, commonly called SmartBoards, at the school. (Photo by Mark Brouwer)

Annual ‘spring fling’ raised $25,000 to purchase Apple iBooks, SmartBoards for elementary school

Laptops and lunch

04/30/2008 12:00 AM
It’s not often that one sees china, tablecloths and flower-filled vases gracing the tables of an elementary school cafeteria. And rarer, still, is it for students to choose their own menus.

Eagle players earn their wings at Chicago festival

04/30/2008 12:00 AM
Again this year, District 834 junior-high musicians have their audiences and directors shaking their heads: not in disappointment over missed notes or misbehavior, but with approval for yet another year of outstanding performances.