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News from Teachers and Students at Grace
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School Nurse Needed
Grace School is seeking a Certified School Nurse or Registered Nurse to fill an immediate part-time (4-6 hours per week)vacancy for the 2010-2011 school year. Duties and responsibilities include:
· Providing first aid, illness assessment, and health maintenance to students
· Administering hearing, vision, and other required health screenings
· Developing health care plans with interventions and goals in accordance with school nursing practice
· Communicating with parents/faculty/advisors about student illnesses and care plan
· Providing for the physical safety of the school community by monitoring immunizations, screening for infectious illness, and reporting diseases as required by law
· Acting as a resource in health education to school personnel, students and families
For additional information contact the school office at office@graceriverforest.org or 708-366-6900.
Morning Glories Class for Toddlers and Parents
Morning Glories, a new program for parents and toddlers begins at Grace
in early September. It's an opportunity for parents and their young
children to come together once or twice a week for structured,
age-appropriate activities and fun under the guidance of experienced
Early Childhood teachers Jennifer Brayton and Tara Greig. The Morning
Glories program is open to children from those who have just started to
walk to 3-year-olds. There will be three class series during the 2010-11
school year, beginning in the fall, winter, and spring. The fall
classes meet from September 7 through November 11. Parents can sign up
for Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, 10:00 to 11:15 a.m. The cost is $280
for two days a week, $140 for one. To register, or for more
information, contact Eileen Maggio in the school office (708-366-6900;
office@graceriverforest.org).
New Teachers in Second Grade and Pre-Kindergarten
Grace School adds new teachers to the staff this fall. Julie McGhan is the new second grade teacher, replacing Susie Calhoun, who retired in June. Sandra Schommer will teach the three-year-old prekindergarten class, replacing Christie Pascavis, who recently moved to Connecticut.
Julie McGhan's earned her bachelor's degree at Northwestern College in ESL Education and has taught children in Costa Rica and Thailand. More recently she served as a second grade classroom teacher at Magnusson Elementary School in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in curriculum and instruction at Concordia University. If her face seems familiar, it's because she served as a substitute teacher at Grace early in the 2009-10 school year.
Sandra Schommer has an undergraduate degree in elementary education from Trinity Christian College and an early childhood degree from the Erikson Institute. She taught first grade for seven years and kindergarten for one year at Timothy Christian School in Elmhurst.
Also new to the Grace staff, though not to Grace School, is Ruth Massman, who will teach language arts in fifth grade, enabling Bill Thompson, the fifth grade classroom teacher, to teach additional math classes in junior high. Ruth has an extensive background in education, including several years of teaching at St. Phillip Lutheran School. Her daughters are students at Grace.
