"Really the roots of my readiness and being prepared were thanks to the people at Buffalo Grove that believed in me, from my teachers to my school counselor,” said Karen Taboada, a Buffalo Grove High School graduate now working in admissions at Lake Forest College.
Read MoreElk Grove and John Hersey high schools began offering a legal services career pathway last year to provide students with the chance to try out a law-focused education The pathway has now expanded to five District 214 schools and provides insight into a variety of occupations including law, social work and corrections.
Read MoreTDP offers weeklong enrichment seminars on a variety of subjects throughout the district. The goal of these courses is for students to try something new without the pressure of grades or a semester-long commitment.
Read MoreApproximately 96 percent of kids living at the Oasis Mobile Home Park live below the poverty line, and don’t have access to park districts or libraries without paying additional fees. Elk Grove High School teacher Ricky Castro saw the gap in this community’s access to such resources as an opportunity for change and started a weeklong summer camp.
Read MoreOscar Gonzalez didn’t know what manufacturing could offer until he took a course at Elk Grove High School. Now, Oscar is leaning toward a career in CNC-based manufacturing or tool and die making and will compete against students from across the country in automated manufacturing.
Bet it’s hard to tell which students are Knights and which ones are Newcomers?
The year-long learning experience with our students all began in the Fall of 2015. Christie Sylvester, Head Librarian at Prospect High School, approached me about my interest in having my upper-level Spanish students read Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea as part of the Big Read Program.
Read MoreSuperintendents and other school leaders from 12 states visited High School District 214 in April to see Redefining Ready! in action.
The national Redefining Ready! initiative supports the idea that students are more than just a standardized test score; it aims to redefine college, career and life readiness by using multiple measures to assess students’ postsecondary potential.
Read MoreDid you know that in addition to this 214Ready blog, we have school-based blogs that illustrate how we are redefining learning in District 214?
Read on for some highlights!
Read MoreDiscover how we prepare students for success in college, careers and life in High School District 214.
