STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS& ACCOLADES

Completed Training

Became a certified

Sexual Assault Medical

Advocate for the YWCA

of Metropolitan

Chicago South

Suburban Center in

Chicago Heights

RUTH AKINOSHO

Conference Presenter

Presented

Engage, Empower,

Enlighten: A Model

for School-Based

Male Mentoring in

April at the 27th Annual

NCEBC Conference in

Chicago

BRODERICK BOOTH

Conference Presenters

Presented The

Dynamics of Working

with At-Risk Students

at the South Suburban

High School

Psychologists’ meeting

in September

MARINA BRENNAN &

ANGELATAYLOR

Supervised his

students’ involvement

in a research study

conducted by the

Science of

Philanthropy Initiative

at the University of

Chicago

CARL COATESStudy Coordinator

Award Recipient

Received the Molly K.

Arnold President’s

Service Recognition

Award at the Illinois

Association of College

Admission Counselors

Conference

KEVIN COY

His novel, Cannon

Fodder (The Secret

Lives of

Henchmen), printed

in December

KYLE DECKERPublished Author

Conference Presenter• Presented It’s Not All About Me: Knowing When to Move Away

from the Personal Narrative at the Illinois Association of Teachers of English in October

• Presented Speech to the Test at the National Council of Teacher of

English Conference in November

ALANA DRUDE

Trainer / Presenter• Became a trainer for the National Education Association

• Presented at the Joint Conference for Women & Minorities in Washington, D.C., and at the South Eastern Regional Conference in Florida

• Elected as our region’s Vice Chair for Illinois Education Association

CATHY FREDERICKSON

Secured Grant

Garnered a $3,500

grant for print books

from the Illinois State

Library as part of the

Back to Books: A

Traditional Format

Brings a Fresh

Perspective to High

School History

Research program

JANE HARPER &

KATHY TISONCIK

Received her master’s

degree and Type 75

certificate from

Concordia University

CANDI HELSEL-WILKDegree Completed

Presented at the Illinois

Reading Council

Conference in March

COURTNEY HENDRICKS, STEPHANIE GIOIOSA & KATHRYN STOLZENBACH

Conference Presenters

Invited to present at the Illinois Association for Health, Physical

Education, Recreation & Dance Conference in November 2013

ROSS HOWATTConference Presenter

Degree Recipient

Received her

master’s degree in

Communications from

Governors State

University in May 2012

WILMA KING

Received the 3M Star

in the Classroom

Award from

Econ Illinois

DAVE KUSHAward Recipient

• Co-Chair of the 2012 College Board National Forum

• President of the Headmasters Association

• College Board Trustee Committee of Membership

• College Board Superintendent Advisory Panel Member

• Member of College Board Midwestern Regional Council Member

• Big Ten Advisory Commission Member

DR. VON MANSFIELD

Degree Recipient

Completed his

doctoral

requirements in

Curriculum &

Instruction at Loyola

University - Chicago

DR. SCOTT McALISTER

Award-Winning Author

Received two awards for her short story, Shisha Love:

• 2013 Pushcart Prize nomination

• Guild Literary Complex Award for Fiction

SAHAR MUSTAFAH

Association Position

Selected to be the

Secretary for the

Illinois Council on

the Teaching of

Foreign Languages

MICHELLE PARADA

All-State Director

Directed Memphis,

the 2013 All-State

Production of the 38th

Annual Illinois High

School Theatre Festival

by the Illinois Theatre

Association

J.R. ROSE

Conference Presenter / A.P. Reader

• Presented two sessions at the Annual Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

• Member of the CSCTFL Advisory Board

• Reader for the A.P. Spanish Exam

DONNA SAYLER

Completed her Master

of Arts – Reading

Specialist degree

from Olivet Nazarene

University

ALYSSA SCHMIDTDegree Recipient

President-Elect for the

Illinois School

Psychologists

Association

JENNIFER SCHULTZAssociation President

Secured Grant

Garnered a $500 grant

from the Illinois

Environmental

Protection Agency

through the Lake

Education Assistance

Program

GINA SLUSINSKI

Award Recipient / Conference Presenter

• Received the Jim

Montgomery

Instructional Leadership

Award from the Illinois

Association of Supervision &

Curriculum Development

• Member of the College Board National Forum Planning Committee

• College Board Academic Assembly Delegate

DR. NANCY SPANIAK

Award Recipient

Honored with the 2012

Young Alumni

Achievement Award

from Lewis University

ROBERTO SUAREZ

Nominated by a student

for the Claes Nobel

Educator of

Distinction Award, a

program of the National

Society of High School

Scholars

TIPHNEE STAPLESAward Nominee