“Good” schools are geared to continuous improvement. No school, no teaching, no curriculum is ever perfect; good schools are places where people are neither smug nor complacent. Good schools are always in the making (Ayers, 2000).

School District 129 is always “in the making.” Thank you for your participation as we continually work at improving instruction for our students.   We invite you to review these documents and share with us any comments or suggestions you might have.

April 2008 Approve West High 8-period-day for 2008-09 Approve new middle school science textbooks and related materials Approve new middle school science textbooks and related materials Start at Hope Wall a new Special Olympics program for younger children with intellectual disabilities January 2008 Start enrichment classes for 20 high-achieving elementary students in partnership with Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development October 2007 Approve Advanced Placement English textbooks for West High Two teachers earn National Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards   July 2007 Install new West High science equipment, including LCD projectors for the Biology program and a classroom polling system Approve new West High Science textbooks for biology, honors chemistry, honors biology, geology/meteorology, chemistry in the community, anatomy and physiology and chemistry   May 2007 Implement the Waubonsee Community College Dunham Academy Program where 25 West High seniors will earn one year of college credit   December 2006 Eleven teachers earn national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards   August 2006 Began implementation of research-based Positive Behavior Intervention Suports in schools   June 2006 Receive a $30,000 foreign-language-assistance grant to research the development of advanced Spanish classes for students whose native language is Spanish		May 2008 Accept for review the gifted enrichment textbooks for fourth and fifth grades: "Caesar's English One," "Caesar's English Two" and "Junior Great Books Series Four" and "Junior Great Books Series Five" Accept for review the new high school English Text, "Archetypes in Literature" Accept for review an updated seventh-grade Social Studies textbook – Holt: " World Geography 2009" Propose  fourth- and fifth-grade Language Arts Enrichment classes, an expansion of the Gifted and Talented program     February 2008 Present new Gifted Continuum of services to include enrichment pull-out for grades 4-5 and the development of a gifted academy for grades 3-8 Approve new science textbooks and support materials for kindergarten through fifth-grade     December 2007 Start middle school engineering clubs in partnership with Northern Illinois University     September 2007 Strengthen gifted education including clustering K-8 students, increasing middle school math enrichment sections and training teachers to better prepare middle school students for high school Advanced Placement classes Evaluate preschool programs   June 2007 Middle schools accepted into IMSA E2K math and science after-school enrichment program   April 2007 Referendum passes. Voters approve new operating rate   September 2006 Evaluate English Language Learner Programs Evaluate Special Education Receive an additional $175,000 to reduce class sizes under the state’s Class Size Reduction Pilot Program   January 2006 Develop priority learning targets for Foreign Language, Health, Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, Social Emotional Learning, Social Science and Visual/Performing Arts