Leadership Matters Summer 2015

End of Year Happenings

Dolton School District 149 The Third Annual Male Youth Summit titled “Real Men, Real Talk—Our Lives Matter” was held on March 24. The event was attended by over 100 of our 7th and 8th grade young men from S.T.E.M. Academy, the School of Fine Arts and Creative Communications Academy. The purpose of the 2015 Male Youth Summit was to empower our males to speak with good purpose, respect their fellow man, demonstrate pride in their ways and actions, and strive for greatness!

Plainfield 202 Plainfield High School band performs at the community homecoming parade in Plainfield. The district underwent about 10 years of tremendous growth (from 3,500 kids in 5 schools in 1990, to 29,000 kids in 30 schools now, including four high schools)  That caused major change to the socioeconomics, demographics and “identity” of the school district, which serves parts of seven towns, most of which do not really feel “connected” to Plainfield-proper.  We cannot have four homecoming parades.  Therefore, the Alumni Association worked very hard in recent years to create one “Community” event in which all of our high schools march, and most of our middle schools and elementary schools.  It is now one of the biggest parades in all of Illinois  Upwards of 10,000 people turn out every year

Sandwich 430 Members of the Sandwich High School Class of 2015 celebrating their accomplishments. They also happen to be triplets.

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