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Fremd HS Writers Week featured nationally-known authors
Fremd High School’s Writers Week XVI was held at the school during the last two weeks in February. During Writers Week, FHS students, faculty and staff learned ...MORE   
Plum Grove eighth grader qualifies for second trip to nationals Two Community Consolidated School District 15 junior high schools finished in the top-four at the state MATHCOUNTS competition, held Saturday, March 6, in Matteson. Plum Grove Junior High School’s team took second place, and Walter R. Sundling Junior High School’s team finished fourth. Plum Grove and Sundling qualified to compete at the state meet by taking first and third place, respectively, in the regional competition, held February 6 at Oakton Community College. It was Plum Grove’s second consecutive first-place regional finish. Carl Sandburg Junior High School’s team took eighth place at the regional meet, and Winston Campus Junior High School’s team finished outside the top 10. In individual competition, District 15 students swept the top-five places at the regional meet. James Tao took first place; Anton Karpovich, a Sundling eighth grader, took second; Saurabh Kumar, a Plum Grove eighth grader, took third; Jennie Yang, a Plum Grove seventh grader, took fourth; and Robert Andrews, a Plum Grove eighth grader, took fifth. Kawai Lee, a Sundling seventh grader, finished in the top 10. Sponsored by the Professional Society of Engineers, MATHCOUNTS is a national enrichment, coaching, and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement and provides today’s students with the foundation for success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. Now in its 27th year, MATHCOUNTS is one of the country’s largest and most successful education partnerships involving volunteers, educators, industry sponsors, and students. District 15 Junior High MATHCOUNTS teams: Carl Sandburg Plum Grove Walter R. Sundling Winston Campus Some names withheld due to requests for privacy. - Story submitted by Community Consolidated School District 15
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Fremd HS Writers Week featured nationally-known authors
Fremd High School’s Writers Week XVI was held at the school during the last two weeks in February. During Writers Week, FHS students, faculty and staff learned about the art and craft of writing from nationally-known and local authors, as well as from the school’s own student and faculty authors. This year’s guest line-up included Loung Ung, author of the best-selling memoir "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers." Ung’s book, taught in many of Fremd High School’s sophomore English classes, deals with Cambodian genocide at the hands of the Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. English teacher Russ Anderson was instrumental in bringing Ung to Writers Week “My students were excited and felt privileged to be able to put a face to the voice,” Anderson said. “It’s one thing to have a teacher say to you, ‘This is a true story,’ but it’s another to have the author in front of you saying, ‘This is my story.’” Students were excited about having one of the authors studied in class visit their school. “Having her in the same room was surreal, and the atmosphere she brought in was amazing," sophomore Aubrey Robledo said. In her presentations to more than 1,000 FHS students, Ung described the process of writing her book. “I put a lot of pressure on myself to be authentic and truthful," she said. "To write about hunger, I starved myself for the weekend. Writing my story was painful and cathartic.” Ung also told students about the importance of writing their own stories. “Some stories are gifted to us; some we write ourselves," she said. "That makes a difference in how we go through the world. If we don’t see the truth and understanding in the stories we write, it can hurt us very much.” She encouraged students inspired by her story to make a difference: “I’m grateful to be in this world and in this room with you, but now what?” Fremd High School students were moved by Ung’s story of perseverance, survival, and courage. “Ms. Ung taught me how to view life in a different way," sophomore Luis Gallegos said. "I realize that I am fortunate to be living the life I live.” English teacher Marilyn Berdick believes the book opens up students' minds to world events. “My students commented that they had all been taught about the genocide of the Holocaust, but they didn’t realize that, unfortunately, there were other instances of genocide in the world since the Holocaust," Berdick said, "That’s an important thing for future generations to know.” Since its beginning in 1995, Writers Week has brought almost 200 writers to the Fremd High School campus in Palatine. Additional information on Writers Week, including a list of this year’s author visits, is available at www.fremdwritersweek.ning.com. —Submitted by Township High School District 211 ...MOREThis weekly class can teach you how to understand yourSelf in a whole new wayLearning about concentration, dream interpretation, intuition, past lives, meditation and universal laws ...MORE |
 
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