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presented by Jessica
Hockett
This two-day inservice was for
all 4th grade teachers and teachers of gifted
students.
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April 2010
Hosted by Bill Buczinsky at
Thomas in the LMC. Video length: 78 minutes
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Opening Day 2009
There were 40 inservice
sessions offered to staff on Opening Day 2009 Video
Length 6:00 minutes
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Arlington Heights Council of
PTAs Scholarship Luncheon
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SMS Graduation taped at
Rolling Meadows High School.
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2008 Fifth Grade Track Event
held at South Middle School
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May, 2009
Length: 1 hour, 30
minutes
-
Presented by the Arlington
Heights Council of PTAs and the League of Women Voters
Length: 1 hour, 26 minutes
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August 27, 2009
Held at Thomas Middle School
Video Length: 44 minutes
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Assessment, Student
Services, WIRED Initiatives
presented to the AHSD Parents
in November, 2009; sponsored by Arlington Heights
Council of PTAs Video length 51 minutes
-
Held at Rolling Meadows High
School Length: 90 minutes
-
The Friends of Rachel and
other groups sponsored a canned food drive from Thomas
to the Wheeling Township Food Pantry. Length: 8:30
minutes
-
Held at Hersey High School
Length: 90 minutes
-
May, 2010
Video Length: 77 minutes
-
One of five breakout
sessions from Opening Day presented by Chris Fahnoe
& Mark Fijor
Video Length: 53 minutes
-
One of five breakout
sessions from Opening Day presented by Peggy
Sheehy
Video Length: 64 minutes
-
One of five breakout
sessions from Opening Day
Video Length: 52 minutes
-
One of five breakout
sessions from Opening Day presented by Bernajean
Porter
Video Length: 62 minutes
-
One of five breakout
sessions from Opening Day; presented by Donna and Jay
Bingaman
Video Length: 41 minutes
-
presented by Dr. Jerome and
Mrs. Truding
The New Science Curriculum:
Discovery, Inquiry and Hands-On presented by Dale
Truding, Assistant Superintendent for Student Learning
Video length: 55 minutes
-
5th Annual South vs. Thomas
Middle School Charity Basketball Game
All proceeds benefited Bear
Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, SALUTE, Inc.,
& The Finnerty Family Trust. Video Length: 83
minutes
-
"Many dreams, beautiful
world"
Held at Thomas Middle School
in March, 2010 Video length: 2 hours
-
Video Length: 38 minutes
-
presented by Mary Kay
Zimmanck
Video Length: 5 minutes
-
August 23, 2010
Held at South Middle School
Video Length: 74 minutes
-
June 2010
MS Graduation taped at Rolling
Meadows High School. Video Length: 80 minutes
-
June 2010
Video Length: 36 minutes
-
Video Length: 25 minutes
-
June 2010
TMS Graduation taped at Hersey
High School. Video Length: 82 minutes
-
June 2010
Produced by Thomas Middle
School students. Video Length: 12 minutes
-
Presented by AHSD 25 and
Arlington Council of PTAs Video Length: 53 minutes
-
Video Length: 16 minutes
-
May, 2011
Video Length: 80 minutes
-
Understanding Common Core
Standards
Presented by Dale Truding -
Assistant Superintendent for Student Learning. Video
Length: 43 min
-
6th Annual Crosstown Classic:
South versus Thomas Middle Schools. Video Length: 64
minutes
-
"Together We Can…"
Held at Thomas Middle School
in March, 2011 Video length: 103 minutes
-
"Together We Can…"
Held at Thomas Middle School
in March, 2011 Video length: 8 minutes
-
Video Length: 26 minutes
-
December 8, 2011
Ceremony
Video Length: 31:56 min
-
Presented by Siming Hu, Yixuan
Wang, Fei Zheng, and Xin Wang. Video Length: 58
minutes
-
A snapshot of the District
from 2008-2012
Presented by Sarah Jerome,
Dale Truding, Chris Fahnoe, Shelly Fabrizio, Brian
Kaye, & Linda Klobucher Video Length: 74
minutes
-
Opening Day for Certified
Staff included presentations by Alan November and Heidi
Hayes-Jacobs. The presentations have been divided into
5 segments; most are approximately 60 minutes
long.
-
June 2011
MS Graduation taped at Rolling
Meadows High School. Video Length: 80 minutes
-
June 2011
Video Length: 30 minutes
-
June 2011
TMS Graduation taped at Hersey
High School. Video Length: 92 minutes
-
June 2011
Produced by Thomas Middle
School students. Video Length: 15 minutes
-
Highlights Science Olympiad
Events - Local, State, and National Video Length: 2:40
min
-
Do you know the answers to
these geography questions? Video Length: 33:36
-
The new Literacy Curriculum
Framework is described in detail.
-
South and Thomas students
compete to represent District 25 in the Scripps
National Spelling Bee. Length 34 minutes
-
Video Length: 9 minutes
-
World Languages taught in
District 25 include Chinese, French, German, Italian,
Japanese, and Spanish! Length: 12:26
-
Mrs. Kaiser's Class
This project supports the 1st
Grade Social Science & Literacy Curricula. The
collaborative effort between the 1st Grade teachers
& LMC Staff integrated technology tools while
reinforcing what was taught in the classrooms. Video
Length: 12 minutes
-
Futurizing K-12
Education
Hosted by Dr. Sarah Jerome and
presented by Dr. Art Shostak, Professor Emeritus of
Sociology, Drexel University, this session was an
opportunity for District 25 parents, community members,
and staff to talk about the future of education. Video
length: 2 hours
-
History of Arlington Heights
through the eyes of the artist. Video length: 44
minutes
-
This video highlights the
annual Arlington Heights Council of PTAs and District
25 co-sponsored Fine Arts Festival.
-
Dr. Sarah Jerome is
interviewed by the local NBC station about the Birthday
Policy regarding treats.
-
Tech Day 2011 in
Springfield, Illinois
Video Length: 5 minutes
-
Used with permission
-
The Great Depression | The
Recession
Video Length: 18 minutes
-
Students from Westgate School
and Hibbard School (in Chicago) participated in drama
workshops at each school.
-
A presentation given to
PTA
-
Memorial Day Celebration, May,
2009 Length: 27 minutes
-
Held at Greenbrier
Park
Length: 21 minutes
-
The second grade &
multi-age first/second grade classrooms at Westgate
School worked on a project called Challenge 20/20. They
educated themselves about the causes of & the
devastating effects of water pollution. Video Length:
27 minutes
-
An Assembly
This January 2009 assembly
includes Wellness, Green My School, and a Character
Counts play. Length 22:39 minutes
-
April 7, 2010
Hosted by Dr. Art. Shostak,
this session was an opportunity for District 25 South
Middle School students to talk about the future of
education. Video length: 1 hour, 4 minutes
-
January 2010
Hosted by Dr. Sarah Jerome,
this session was an opportunity for the community and
District 25 parents to talk about District 25. Video
length: 56 minutes
-
October 15, 2009
Hosted by Dr. Sarah Jerome,
this session was an opportunity for the community and
District 25 parents to hear information about WIRED,
World Languages, and Writing. Video length: 44
minutes
-
Portrayed by Greg Lendy,
SMS
The Oregon Trail explained by
Craven Hester (dramatization by an SMS social science
teacher) Video Length: 16 minutes
-
Daniel Pink is a diversified
thinker whose intellectual and emotional understanding
of the world resulted in the writing of "A Whole New
Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future."
-
District 25's Second Grade
social science curriculum includes a study of the
history of Arlington Heights. Video Length: 18
minutes
-
Presented by Yixuan Wang,
Siming Hu, Fei Zheng, & Mengyang Li
Video Length: 62 minutes
-
presented by Dr. Sarah
Jerome, Superintendent AHSD 25
Information regarding the
expansion of world language instruction in District 25
Length 7:00 minutes
-
An overview of the ELL Program
in District 25
-
Recorded at Olive-Mary
Stitt School
A simultaneous reading of the
Gettysburg Address on February 12, 2009; the 200th
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Length: 9:39
minutes
-
GATE Parent Night
Dr. Jennifer Lynn and the
teachers of the Gifted & Talented program share
information with parents. Video length: 43:03
minutes
-
Sponsored by District 25, this
event included a presentation by Carolyn Callahan,
University of Virginia, and a panel discussion led by
Max McGee, President of IMSA. Video length: 92
minutes
-
Sponsored by Friends of the
Library, PTA, & District 25
Illustrator / Author Grace Lin
presented at Westgate, Olive-Mary Stitt, and Patton
Video Length: 1 1/2 minutes
-
presented by Dutch Schultz
& Jennifer Feck
This is one of the 40 sessions
presented on Opening Day, 2009 Video Length: 29
minutes
-
Portrayed by Greg Lendy,
SMS
The Great Depression explained
by Leroy Hankel (dramatization by an SMS social science
teacher)
-
presented by Kim Dyer
Length: 8:30 minutes
-
Presented by Diane
Crawford
Do you know what you are
eating? Length: 8:00 minutes
-
presented by Michele
Mangold
Video length: 34 minutes
-
Created by Dryden 5th Graders
in 2010, I Am Art was the winner in the 7-10 year-old
animation category at the Shortie Award Film Festival
in Washington D.C.
-
presented by Betty Womack
& Lisa Kramp
Used with permission. This is
one of the 40 sessions presented on Opening Day, 2009
Video Length: 27 minutes
-
presented by Marybeth
Anderson & Suzy Rabbat
This is one of the 40 sessions
presented on Opening Day, 2009 Video length: 28
minutes
-
Video Length: 40 minutes
-
Presented by Theresa
Fowler, Olive-Mary Stitt teacher
Illinois STATE GOAL 3: Write
to communicate for a variety of purposes. "The ability
to write clearly is essential to any person’s effective
communication. Students with high-level writing skills
can produce documents that show planning and
organization, and effectively convey the intended
message and meaning." Illinois Writing Assessment
Framework Video length: 1:10:04 minutes
-
Salsa Metaphor for All
Learning
Presented by David Meyers This
is one of the 40 sessions presented on Opening Day,
2009 Video Length: 35 minutes
-
from the 2008-09 school
year
Video Length: 5 minutes
-
Jolly Phonics in District
25
-
The K-5 conflict resolution
program in action
-
K-5 Parent Night presentation
by District 25 Social Workers
-
Used with permission
-
The Knox School (Melbourne,
Australia) and Windsor School exchanged information,
stuffed animals, and blogged about school
-
Nutrition information
presentation by District 25
-
Portrayed by Greg Lendy,
SMS
A dramatization by Greg Lendy,
South Social Science Teacher Length 29:04 minutes
-
Recycling Lunch Trays
How do school lunches and the
Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North Pacific Gyre, Trash
Vortex, and Plastic Graveyard relate? Watch this!
Produced by Thomas Middle School Video Length: 5
minutes
-
Westgate School "skypes" Hong
Kong Video length - 30:33 minutes
-
This series of programs is
presented by District 25 and Alexian Center for Mental
Health. The content includes: • ADHD - Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder • ODD - Oppositional
Defiant Disorder • Depression in Children and Teens •
Anxlety in Children and Teens
-
A Parent Night presentation by
District 25 Social Workers and Officer Cowsert,
AHPD
-
Presented by Jay
Bingaman
Video Length: 12 minutes
-
Video Length: 8 minutes
-
Portrayed by Greg Lendy,
SMS
In this dramatization by an
SMS social science teacher, the causes of World War 1
are highlighted
-
A Westgate teacher traveled to
Mmabatho, South Africa, to deliver instructional
supplies and literacy materials donated by the Westgate
community.
-
The New Quartet held a special
performance for Music for Youth students and
parents
-
Used with permission
-
presented by Emily
Cook
The National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards improves teaching and
student learning. National Board Certified Teachers are
highly accomplished educators who meet high and
rigorous standards. This presentation describes the
process and its benefits. Length 17:16 minutes
-
Mrs. Conway's Class
This project supports the
Kindergarten Social Science & Literacy Curricula.
The activity goal was to communicate what was learned
in research with technology. The students used Pixie to
draw and iPod Nanos to record student voices. Video
length: 5 minutes
-
presented by Marybeth
Anderson & Piper Boston
Video Length: 9:30
minutes
-
Video Length: 13 minutes
-
presented by Kristen
Gurbach Jacobson
This is one of the 40 sessions
presented on Opening Day, 2009 Video Length: 31
minutes
-
presented by Jordan Ray,
Food Services
Video Length: 2 minutes
-
From Opening Day, 2007-08
-
Dr. Julie Causton-Theoharis
presented a day—long special education workshop to
District 25 paraprofessionals in March, 2011. The
presentation has been divided into five segments.
-
PTA Matters highlights PTA
activities at the local level in AHSD 25 as well as at
the state and national levels. Parents, students, and
staff from District 25 participated in the creation of
this video. Video length: 14 minutes
-
PTA sponsored an Assessment in
District 25 Parent Night in November 2007
-
Four literacy teachers share
stategies for reading with children of any age.
-
Ms. Chor Pharn Lee's take
on the "Rise of the Rest"
The Rise of the Rest is a term
coined by Fareed Zakaria on the post-American world. It
is not a world marked by American decline, but the rise
of everybody else. The rise of China and India are the
most obvious signs, but the Gulf countries are also
remaking themselves beyond hydrocarbons.
-
Students and staff from
Shitara and Tsugu Junior High Schools in Japan visited
District 25 from Thursday, November 12 to November 16.
This video records their "Sayonara Party." Video Length
- 32 minutes
-
Used with permission
-
The AHSD 25 Science Curriculum
is being reviewed by a committee of 45 staff, parents,
and administrators. This workshop took place in January
2009. Part 1. Length 23:35 minutes
-
Inquiry Reflections
Participants reflect on the
morning's activities; Part 2. Length 7:38
-
Guided Inquiry
The AHSD 25 Science Curriculum
is being reviewed by a committee of 45 staff, parents,
and administrators. This workshop took place in January
2009. Part 3. Length 30:17
-
Used with permission
-
Proceeds from the event
benefitted the St. Jude Research Hospital. The game
raised $15,000!
-
May 2010
tudents and staff from
Shitara/Tsugu Junior High School in Japan visited
District 25 in May 2010. This video records their
"Sayonara Party." Video Length - 48 minutes
-
April, 2009
Length: 1 hour, 20
minutes
-
Used with permission
-
Board of Education
presentation by South staff
-
presented by Kim Dyer
This is one of the 40 sessions
presented on Opening Day, 2009 Video Length: 35
minutes
-
Student Services information
presented by Dennis Joyce, Lisa Kramp, and Diane
Burnett Video Length: 15 minutes
-
Five part series on the
development of the AHSD 25 Strategic Vision
-
A print of The Wood Gatherer
was donated to District 25 in the fall of 2007
-
Do you know the answers to
these geography questions?
-
Thomas Middle School received
a grant for a solar panel; this video explains the
process
-
The Mayor of Arlington
Heights, Congressman Mark Kirk, Superintendent Sarah
Jerome: all were present for a celebration of the solar
panel.
-
The purchase and installation
of the wind turbine was funded with a grant from the
Illinois Clean Energy Foundation and matching funds
from AHSD 25 to promote alternative energy education.
Video Length: 22 minutes
-
Japanese taiko drums have been
developed into a wide range of percussion instruments
that are used in both Japanese folk and classical
musical traditions. Length - 38:16 minutes
-
Presented by Lisa Ladson and
Kate McGinnity Video Length: 64 minutes
-
Presented by Mary Thompson,
University of Buffalo
AHSD 25 writing program for
K-2. Video length: 60 minutes
-
1908-1920
Used with permission Video
length - 9:21
-
presented by Chris
Fahnoe
This is one of the 40 sessions
presented on Opening Day, 2009 Video Length: 29
minutes
-
This is Westgate School's 2008
Celebrate the Arts event.
-
Video Length: 6 minutes
-
The students in Mrs. Weber and
Ms. Sullivan’s 5th grade class at Westgate School were
recently invited to visit the Public Works building in
Arlington Heights to paint three of the village snow
plows. Here are the results! Video length: 3:07
Minutes
-
The WEX Parent Information was
presented by Amy Ziegenfuss (TMS), Joy Kerr (TMS),
Shannon Watanuki (OMS), and Jackie Aprati (Windsor).
Video Length: 58 minutes
-
Used with permission
-
Literacy Night for Parents at
Windsor
-
Windsor School's annual
Olympic Day activities; this one is from 2008.
-
November, 2009
Video Length: 44 minutes
-
Teaching Artists from
Metropolis' School of the Performing Arts Outreach
division worked with several schools in AHSD 25 in a
special program called Write to the Spotlight Creative
Drama & Writing. Video Length: 88 minutes
-
The Friends of Rachel and
other groups sponsored a canned food drive from Thomas
to the Wheeling Township Food Pantry.
