Libertyville District 70

District 70 parents are invited to a special meeting about a new partnership, The Nora Project, from 6 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 20 at Rockland School.

This school year, District 70's third- through fifth-graders at Adler Park, Butterfield, Copeland Manor and Rockland, are partnering in a special program expected to create life-long friendships and enriched empathy skills with area students with physical and emotional disabilities and challenges. The students will participate in a new initiative with The Nora Project where trained District 70 teachers will teach the Nora Project curriculum.

“District 70 is committed to increasing awareness, kindness and empathy among students, while expanding inclusive opportunities for students with disabilities,” said Dr. Chris Otto, District 70’s director of special services. “Seeing commonality in our goals, the D70 Special Services Partnership Project, a committee consisting of District staff and parents, has pursued collaboration with The Nora Project.”

The project’s mission is to teach empathy by sparking friendships between students and their peers with disabilities. Students work together through a variety of resources, discussions, interviews, and classroom play dates. In the end, students compile what they’ve captured to through photographs and videos to create a mini-documentary about each “Nora Friend.”
 

Residents interested in running for the three, four-year term seats open on the Libertyville School District 70 School Board in the Consolidated Elections on April 2, 2019, may begin circulating petitions on Sept. 18. The filing period will run from Dec. 10-17.  

Courtesy petition packets will be available from the Lake County Clerks Office beginning on Sept. 12. Candidates may download the forms from the website at lakecountyclerk.info, then click on “Elections,” then “Candidate Services.”  Or they may pick up the forms in person at the Clerk's Office, 18 N. County Street, Waukegan. Information also is available at the Illinois School Board Association. 

*Election Calendar
*Key Dates
*Qualifications and Characteristics of a School Board Member

 Election packets will no longer be available at the ERC. 

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