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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.