Approximately 96 percent of kids living at the Oasis Mobile Home Park live below the poverty line, and don’t have access to park districts or libraries without paying additional fees. Elk Grove High School teacher Ricky Castro saw the gap in this community’s access to such resources as an opportunity for change and started a weeklong summer camp.
Read MoreOscar Gonzalez didn’t know what manufacturing could offer until he took a course at Elk Grove High School. Now, Oscar is leaning toward a career in CNC-based manufacturing or tool and die making and will compete against students from across the country in automated manufacturing.
Bet it’s hard to tell which students are Knights and which ones are Newcomers?
The year-long learning experience with our students all began in the Fall of 2015. Christie Sylvester, Head Librarian at Prospect High School, approached me about my interest in having my upper-level Spanish students read Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea as part of the Big Read Program.
Read MoreSuperintendents and other school leaders from 12 states visited High School District 214 in April to see Redefining Ready! in action.
The national Redefining Ready! initiative supports the idea that students are more than just a standardized test score; it aims to redefine college, career and life readiness by using multiple measures to assess students’ postsecondary potential.
Read MoreDid you know that in addition to this 214Ready blog, we have school-based blogs that illustrate how we are redefining learning in District 214?
Read on for some highlights!
Read MoreOne of the most in-demand industries – cyber and network security – is having difficulty recruiting and retaining talented workers.
Instead of waiting for colleges and universities to solve the problem, District 214 educators are teaching cyber skills to students now so they can leave our doors with the skills needed to find internships and jobs.
Read MoreJackie Molloy took her first entrepreneurship class as a sophomore. Now, the Buffalo Grove High School junior is co-running a startup that is selling its product in stores across Chicago.
Jackie and her classmates created Skunk Aid – a deskunking kit for dogs – in their entrepreneurship course, which is part of a District 214 entrepreneurship program that engages students in all aspects of building a business, from identifying and solving a problem to creating a business model and testing their product in the real world.
Read MoreLyn Scolaro, Prospect High School Italian teacher, never imagined that her annual Italian Exchange trip would lead to a District 214 international internship program. But that is exactly what happened!
When the group visited the Redoro Olive Oil Company in Verona, Italy in March, 2016, the owner approached Lyn with a unique and intriguing proposition: What if her students partnered with the company in an educational research and marketing project that would include a $100,000 grant over three years?
Read MoreDiscover how we prepare students for success in college, careers and life in High School District 214.
