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Rachel Phillips joins the Middle School North staff as a new member of the science team! Welcome to the D95 family, Rachel! #IgniteandInspire95 Dr. Kelley Gallt @astallionEDU Todd Jakowitsch #LZDistrict95

McKenzi Peisert joins the Middle School North staff as a new member of the math team! Welcome to the D95 family, McKenzi! #IgniteandInspire95 Dr. Kelley Gallt @astallionEDU Todd Jakowitsch #LZDistrict95

Vicky Vargo joins the Middle School North staff as a new member of the science team! Welcome to the D95 family, Vicky! #IgniteandInspire95 Dr. Kelley Gallt @astallionEDU Todd Jakowitsch @mrs_vargo #LZDistrict95

Mallory Sherwood joins the Middle School South staff as a new member of the world languages team! Welcome to the D95 family, Mallory! #IgniteandInspire95 Dr. Kelley Gallt @astallionEDU Anthony Dengler @AubreyDeMuthD95

Our Isaac Fox Back to School Bash made it into the Chicago Tribune Local Section! Isaac Fox PTO #BetterTogether95 #FoxFamily chicagotribune.com/2024/08/27/sch….

Celebrating a great start to the year!! 🥳

D95 has been working to increase flexible seating &update learning spaces all across the district, and this year it’s our middle schools’ turn! Amazing collaboration between C&I, facilities, leadership, and more to get this accomplished! 💙 #bettertogetherD95 #igniteAndInspire

Allie Wilk joins the Middle School South staff as a new member of the math&science teams! Welcome to the D95 family, Allie! #IgniteandInspire95 Dr. Kelley Gallt @astallionEDU Anthony Dengler @AubreyDeMuthD95 #LZDistrict95

Nicole Martin joins the Middle School South staff as a new member of the special education team! Welcome to the D95 family, Nicole! #IgniteandInspire95 Dr. Kelley Gallt @astallionEDU Anthony Dengler @AubreyDeMuthD95 #LZDistrict95

D95 is leading the way in school safety thanks to the tremendous work of our Director of Safety! I’m grateful for her continued commitment to keeping all D95 staff &students safe &proud to work alongside her! Congratulations on another hard-earned achievement! #igniteandinspire

Launched our ELA curriculum committee today w/two incredible D95 leaders: Brooke Crowley & Jenni LaBrie - This group of staff&admin will team to work through an ELA adoption &finalize phase 4 curriculum writing to cap off multiple yrs of hard work! #igniteandinspire #D95byDesign

K-12 literacy leaders anchored their year-long work in the IL Comprehensive Literacy Plan. Thank you ELA committee members for bringing your gifts to today’s work and my thoughtful collaborators Jenni LaBrie Katie Dengler, MA, NBCT astallionEDU #IgniteandInspireD95 #D95byDesign

Getting feedback about how we gather feedback 💪🏼🤯 It’s awesome to witness all the powerful thinking &learning that’s been happening in D95 committee meetings this week! #curriculumandinstruction #teachingandlearning #education #bettertogetherD95

EL staff met today to kick off our work for the yr! Creating Identity wheels to intro ourselves, operationalizing D95 values, digging into data, &sharing our year’s focus were our main tasks of the day. This group was on 🔥 &I can’t wait for where we’re headed! #Igniteandinspire

Word Lang committee launch day! We engaged in thoughtful dialogue around our norms and process, drafted belief statements and learned from each other. Thank you committee members for the conversation and to Katie Dengler, MA, NBCT Jenni LaBrie and Matt Marston for facilitating

🌎 World Language Committee launched today w/a great team of 6-12 Ts. We identified norms, explored resources from beyond our system, &began to craft our beliefs around lang acquisition. Snaps 🫰 to this group for a collaborative start! #igniteandinspire #bettertogetherD95

“Temporary frustration &confusion isn’t something to be avoided, instead it is a precursor to deep learning.” This short video showcases why providing Ss w/demanding tasks leads to deeper learning and concept/skill retention. Worth the watch!! 👇🏻

Building knowledge is a critical component of increasing students’ reading proficiency. This video is worth the watch to gain four easy strategies to develop vocabulary, make conceptual connections, and develop stronger comprehension of texts. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

“If there’s 3 of us in a room and we all agree, 2 of us are unnecessary.” 😆 Cognitive conflict is GOOD and allows us to push our own thinking and practices forward! 🔥