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Serving Up Poetry
A smorgasbord of sight, sound, and music was offered at the Chippewa Middle School’s 8th Annual Poetry Café. Sixth grade teachers Rochelle Carman and David Becker and their students recited original and authored poetry. Many of the readings were accompanied by student musicians.
It’s Science.
Recently, Maine East High School students demonstrated chemistry experiments with Helga Liller’s eighth grade science class. One of the experiments was the construction of “silly putty.”
6th grade science students dissecting owl pellets and discovering vole bones. Mrs. Levy's class just finished the ecology unit and had been discussing food chains and webs. This was Team Liberty's culminating exploratory activity. They had a blast being junior scientists and they learned quite a bit along their journey.
Ms. Liller's 8th grade science class studying the assembly of a skeleton!
Chippewa School - Teamwork website - Authors: Susan Dixon, Phil Graver, Casey Halverson, Jennifer Pufpaf, and Wendy Spyrison
Mrs. Carmen sponsored first Chippewa Bucket Band concert
The Chippewa Middle School Bucket Band performed their first concert of the year in the cafeteria. The 18-person drum corps performed 3 small group pieces and 2 whole-band songs. Humor and rhythm was appreciated by all.
One Night-So Many Cultures The night began with Chippewa Middle School sixth grade students welcoming their families in sixteen different languages, but it ended with families and students learning facts about countries from around the globe. Before students manned their exhibits, several students reported on international festivals and holidays. A packed house of parents visited each of the 200+ exhibits. In preparation, students researched and prepared storyboards with facts, maps, and other information about their native countries or countries that they would like to visit. Several classrooms were filled with the sights, sounds, and food from those countries. Some students even dressed in ethnic clothing.
Modeling the B’s
Team Liberty sixth graders learned about hypotheses and predictions, comparing/contrasting, and measuring volume using graduated cylinders in a recent science lab. They modeled the three B’s of hypothesis during this experiment while experiencing a great time. Way to go sixth graders.
Chippewa Principal Announced
DES PLAINES, IL (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)- The Des Plaines School District 62 Board of Education appointed Cumberland Elementary School Principal Leah Kimmelman to the Chippewa Middle School principalship, effective July 1, 2010.
Kimmelman has served as principal of the preschool through fifth grade elementary school since 2005. She began her teaching career as a seventh grade teacher at Jack London Middle School in Wheeling. Prior to coming to District 62, she was an assistant principal at Hawthorn Elementary School in Vernon Hills and taught sixth grade Language Arts at Maple School in Northbrook.
As an educational leader of a diverse student population comprised of eleven regular education and eleven self-contained special education classrooms, Kimmelman introduced, implemented, and lead school-wide participation in the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) network. She collaborates with staff using student achievement data as a standard of professional teaching practices and decision-making. Kimmelman supervises and evaluates approximately 40 certified and 50 classified staff members. In addition to guiding the teaching and learning of 311 students, she oversees student discipline, coordinates community relations efforts, manages state and local standardized tests, facilitates parent communications, and maintains fiscal responsibility.
Kimmelman contributes to district-level improvement efforts by participating on the parent/student handbook, board of education policy alignment, teacher recruitment, professional development, student safety, and architectural committees and activities. She is the District 62 principal representative to the Midwest Principal’s Center.
Kimmelman earned a bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Kansas. She holds master’s degrees in Educational Leadership and Curriculum from Northeastern Illinois University and North Park University, respectively. Kimmelman will earn a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership/Superintendent from Argosy University in May 2010.
Kimmelman resides in Northbrook, IL.
Des Plaines School District 62 educates more than 4,700 students in eleven schools and employs more than 770 employees.
After reading about the Great Chicago Fire, Chippewa sixth graders met the “Great Fire Lady,” who brought the story to life. Rochelle Carman, Chippewa Language Arts Teacher, played the Fire Lady role.
Seventh grade students work to develop a vehicle that uses only human bodies.
Chippewa Middle School
Make Up Day
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