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Grove Preschool earns State’s highest rating

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff

@RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com

The Illinois State Board of Education awarded District 58’s Grove Children’s Preschool with the Gold

Circle Quality of Excellence on its 2018-19 Preschool for All state audit report.

“It’s a part of the preschool for all grant,” said preschool coordinator Jackelyn Cadard. “Part of that involves a audit of the Illinois State

Board of Education.”

The gold rating is the highest score that an Illinois preschool can achieve, and this is the second consecutive time that Grove Children’s Preschool has earned this level of recognition.

With the intention of the Illinois State Board of Education to audit schools to make sure that grants are used for the intended purpose, Cadard said that they are very thorough and meticulous.

Every three years, the program goes through this audit process for whoever has access to the grant funds.

“Some of the ways are to look for school improvement opportunities as well as categorize those in our District who are performing and doing what they are supposed to be doing,” Cadard said.

Getting access to the funds was started two years ago when all schools in the state had the chance to achieve them, making it more competitive.

“We were just delighted we were recipients,” Cadard said. “We’ve been recipients in the past, but anytime there’s a new competitive process you just want to ensure that we are ok.”

For the audit, which Cadard described as very extensive, is something can be very stressful for all of the educators.

Teachers come for an entire class session, while watching the instructors administered by the instructor, seeing all interactions and they also observe the entire classroom.

According to ExeleRate Illinois, the state’s preschool rating system, a gold rating signifies: “programs

We were just delighted we were recipients. We ve been recipients in the past, but anytime there s a new competitive process you just want to ensure that we are ok. that meet or go beyond the highest quality goals” and “programs (that) have met the highest quality standards in three areas: learning environment and teaching quality; administrative standards; and training & education. Programs are actively engaged in continuous quality improvement.”

“They come and they score everything you say and do,” Cadard said. “It’s a lot of work and preparation for all of our teachers because that’s not typical practice for our field in education to have people come in and score us on our performance.”

To be eligible for the award, a rating above 4.5 must be scored from all of the judges in each classroom.

“There’s three designations gold, bronze and silver,” Cadard said. “So with all of the combined efforts, they then delineate the three metals based on your scores and that’s what we came away with.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF DISTRICT 68

According to ExeleRate Illinois, the state s preschool rating system, a gold rating signifies: programs that meet or go beyond the highest quality goals and programs (that) have met the highest quality standards in three areas: learning environment and teaching quality; administrative standards; and training & education. Programs are actively engaged in continuous quality improvement.

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Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District awarded ‘Run of the Quarter’

On June 9, LisleWoodridge Fire District responded to a report of a semi-truck and trailer that had rolled over on eastbound I-88 near the Highland Ave. off ramp

Edward Hospital’s EMS (Emergency Medical Services) “Run of the Quarter” for April-June 2019 has been awarded to the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Protection District.

On June 9, Lisle-Woodridge Fire District responded to a report of a semi-truck and trailer that had rolled over on eastbound I-88 near the Highland Ave. off ramp. Crews found the heavily damaged vehicle driverside down in a water-filled ditch. The 58-year-old driver was trapped in the wreckage with severe injuries extending from his left hip to his left foot.

Through continued education provided by Illinois Region 8 EMS and Edward Hospital’s EMS System, LisleWoodridge crews knew they could

MORE INFO In the Run of the Quarter program, the Edward EMS team reviews ambulance runs by prehospital providers and selects one to be recognized every three months based on the following criteria: Excellent communication from the field that resulted in the timely delivery of pertinent clinical information to the Edward ED staff Clear and thorough documentation Superior clinical assessment skills that resulted in accurate recognition of a clinical situation Behavior exceeding the call of duty in the field Superior partnership and teamwork with Edward Hospi call upon Good Samaritan Hospital’s Level 1 Critical Care Transport Team, which was able to send a trauma doctor and orthopedic surgeon to pro-

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vide care for the patient’s injuries during what was expected to be a lengthy extrication process.

During the ensuing 2+ hours, the Critical Care Transport Team treated the patient with two units of blood

and multiple liters of saline, and prepared him for transport to Good Samaritan Hospital for further treatment. The patient was released about three weeks later to continue rehabilitation.

The Lisle-Woodridge Fire District (LWFD) is the recipient of Edward Hospital s EMS Run of the Quarter for April-June 2019.

Along with Good Samaritan Hospital s Level 1 Critical Care Transport Team, LWFD personnel provided care for the driver of a semi-truck and trailer that had rolled over on I-88.

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Downers Grove South need more consistency in its play during the 2019 season

BY RYAN OSTRY Bugle Staff

@RyanOstry_BR18 rostry@buglenewspapers.com With a 12-13 overall finish in the 2018 season, head coach of Downers Grove South, Kristina Conrad, expects more.

“I have extremely high expectations for this group of girls,” Conrad said.

“I expect that we should make it to regionals, and on to sectionals, winning at least 70 percent of our games.”

Consistency is something that has been a theme that Conrad preaches to her team that lacked last year, but the Mustangs will not have an easy road ahead.

With a schedule that has the Mustangs away five out of their last eight games of the season, getting off to a good start is something Conrad said is a must.

In order to be able to compete at a high level and have a better record this season, Conrad said there has been even more of an emphasis off the court in preparing for the season.

“We want to be known for being awesome people and we train very hard on our volleyball skills,” Conrad said. “With that being said, there has

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been even more of a focus this year off the court focusing on our mental side of life and the game which we think is very important here at Downers Grove South.”

The development physically and mentally from a year ago is something Conrad said is noticeable, and the captains of the team have led the way in the transition to try to become an elite program.

“We have so many great players, but at the same time we have great leaders,” Conrad said. “They are obviously really important to our success and where are team will go this season.”

One of the players Conrad alluded to is senior setter Addison Karmik, who will be playing Division-I college volleyball next year.

“She’s a four-year starting setter that is going to away to play DivisionI college volleyball and deservedly so,” Conrad said. “She has greatly improved her defensive abilities in the off-season and she’s been a leader for three years while she’s not training other girls to be leader’s once she graduates.”

The Mustangs roster includes four seniors, five juniors, six sophomores and one freshman.

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Addison Karmik is a Division-I level setter for the Mustangs this season.

PHOTO BY RYAN OSTRY

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