by Lauren Polite
Parents’ Association President-Elect
We are saddened by the recent passing of Sandy Baio, former nursery school assistant teacher, and mother of Francesca, grade 7 and Veronica, grade 4. Because it was so important to Sandy that her children are able to stay at the Lab Schools, gifts in memory of Sandy may be [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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Admissions
Admissions Director Michael Veitch spoke about the changes in the “demographics” of the Lab Schools’ student population over the last seven years. Veitch said that enrollment has gone up during this time and attrition has gone down. Enrollment currently stands at 1745 students or 99.7% capacity. The schools used to lose about 150 students per [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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by Anne Ryan
John Dewey
Featured speakers at the April 14th Parents’ Association meeting were Lab Teacher on Special Assignment Catie Bell and Lab webmaster Joe Kallo. Both Bell and Kallo wrote their dissertations on Laboratory Schools founder John Dewey.
John Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1859 and grew up on a farm there. [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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by Anne Ryan
Middle School Parents Cate Plys and Christena Nippert-Eng organized a program for all parents and teachers called “Kindness, Bullying, and Everything in Between: Creating a Safe, Successful Academic Environment at Lab”. The idea for the program was formed by a group of parents who got together informally several months ago to discuss [...]
Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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by Cate Plys
Come to the Monday March 10th Parent’s Association meeting at 7pm in Judd 126 to discuss and hear speakers on teaching our kids to be empathetic, cooperative community members. Studies show that an emotionally as well as physically safe school environment directly affects student achievement.
Our speakers will be long-time Lab fifth grade teacher [...]
Posted on June 8th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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by Anne Ryan
University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer spoke at the January 14th Parents’ Association meeting. The 13th President of the University, also a Lab parent, characterized the Lab Schools as having a “distinctive and extraordinarily valuable culture.” First he discussed the importance of education at UCLS, and the involvement of students, [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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by Julie Marie Lemon & Paula Worthington
Identification, Diagnosis and Treatment, will be January 30, 2008
where Dr. John Lavigne and Dr. Scott Hunter will participate in a
lively discussion questions and answer about ADHD. If you have been
wondering whether your child or student might show symptoms of this
well-recognized and treatable disorder, or if you would just like to
know [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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by Emily Chang
Nursery/Kindergarten Principal Carla Young and six Nursery/Kindergarten teachers, Jenny Araujo, Carrie Collin, Christina Hayward, Amy Poynton, Elspeth Stowe-Grant and Stacey Hamburg presented an introduction to the Reggio Emilia approach to early childhood education and discussed the application of the Reggio techniques in Lab classrooms – including the designing of classroom environments for learning, [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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by Anne Ryan & Ken Housinger Parents’ Association President Dick Mintel called a special meeting to discuss the safety and security of ourstudents. University of Chicago Police Chief Rudy Nimocks and Sargeant JoCathy Roberts were there to answer parents’ questions and discuss their concerns, such as a need for student safety training, a need for a [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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by Julie Marie Lemon LD@Lab is parent group within the Parent Association at Lab Schools (K -12). The group meets several times a year and with the goal to improve the learning environment at Lab for all students, especially those with learning disabilities and learning differences. Parents have opportunities to connect with each other, share information [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Anne Ryan
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