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| Mary Fioretti, Chairman & Deb Kelley, VP Development recieve $1000 IASBO donation from Dr. Crates |
D300 Finance Officer Awards Foundation $1000 IASBO
Monarach Gift
Dr. Cheryl Crates, District 300 Finance Officer, was awarded the prestigious
2008 Monarch Award from the Illinois Association of School Business Officials (IASBO). As part of the award, IASBO awarded
$1,000 to the D300 Foundation in Crates’ name for student leadership initiatives. May 2008
Chair Receives 2008 Public Education
Ambassador Award
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| DOE Christine Cohn presents INSPRA award to Chairman Fioretti with Dr. Arndt |
District 300 Foundation Chairman Mary Fioretti earned the
very highest honor among 40 impressive nominees as 2008 Public Education Ambassador of the Year for the entire state of Illinois.
The judging committee
determined that Fioretti was the epitome of “distinguished service to public education.” The Distinguished
Service Awards program is facilitated by INSPRA (the Illinois Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association).
Daily Herald:
The Briefs: Foundation
honors alumni
March 26, 2008
Five
alumni of Community Unit District 300 will be honored this year at the District 300 Foundation's annual award ceremony
spring gala. Each year, the foundation chooses District 300 graduates or former students who have achieved success in their
field or engaged in community service to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award. This year's recipients are: Donna Schuring
Redmer, a former District 300 principal; Laro Tan, who works for the FBI; political reporter Bethany Jaeger; Dundee Township
Park District Commissioner Craig Rakow; and former athlete Kevin Orr. The gala will be at 6 p.m. on April 25 at the Raue Center
for the Arts in Crystal Lake. 
News Digest March 23, 2008
School District 300
Alumni to be honored
The Community Unit School District 300
Foundation will honor five outstanding alumni with Distinguished Alumni Awards at the annual Award Ceremony Spring Gala at
6 p.m. April 25 at the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake. Awards are given to alumni over 30 years old who have made
significant accomplishments in their profession or service to the community. Alumni were nominated by people within the community
who have been affected by the recipients' work. The recipients are Craig Rakow, Dr. Donna Schuring Redmer, Kevin Orr and
Laro Tan. The recipient of the Distinguished Young Alumni Award is Bethany Carson Jaeger. Tickets for the event are available
at www.rauecenter.org. For more information on the recipients and the awards visit www.d300foundation.org.
March 5, 2008
D300 Foundation Honors Alumni Award Recipients
CARPENTERSVILLE- This year the District 300 Foundation will get a chance to honor five of the outstanding alumni that
have graduated from the District 300 schools. The distinguished alumni Award is granted to a District 300 graduate or former student over the age
of 30 for significant accomplishments on ones profession or service to the community. These people are
making a difference not only in their world, but also in the worlds of the people around them. These alumni
have been nominated by different people within the community that have been touched directly by their work and seen their
passion and enthusiasm up close. The Foundation was excited to be able to choose these five recipients
on March 5th. The winners will be formally honored on Friday, April 25th at the Annual
Award Ceremony Spring Gala.
The five recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award are; Craig
Rakow, Dr. Donna Shuring Redmer, Kevin Orr, and Laro Tan. The recipient of the Distinguished Young Alumni
is Bethany (Carson) Jaeger.
Click here to read the entire press release on the Distinguished Alumni Awards
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| Author Yuyi Morales |
Yuyi Morales Visit
The Foundation underwrote
the author illustrator
Yuyi Morales to visit with
Lakewood and Hampshire
students.
See our Adobe slide
show here>>
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As a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award Craig was featured in a Dundee
Journal May 2008 article that covered his lifes work in leadership and service to his community.
December
5, 2007 District 300 Foundation Awards Trustee Grant to Gary D. Wright Elementary
CARPENTERSVILLE – On December 5, 2007 the Board of Trustees awarded to Mr. Don Wicker and the Gary D. Wright Elementary
a Trustee Grant. A Trustee Grant is only awarded when the grant request does not fall within the cycle of a Large Grant
or Innovation Grant cycle. This was all made possible by a very generous donation made by the W. R. Meadows Company
in Hampshire.
The grant proposal falls within the mission of the Foundation as well as supports
one of tenants of the Foundation which is Student Leadership. The Wee Grant creates a small town atmosphere within the
school providing civic jobs of which the students must apply. The students learn life skills through applying for the
positions and performing their jobs.
november 7, 2007
Dundee Highlands awarded Foundation Trustee Grant
11/7/07
- Dundee Highlands Elementary was awarded a Trustee Grant at the November Trustee Meeting. The Foundation's
Performing and Fine Arts Committee submitted a proposal for the all school project at Dundee Highlands. Based on the
overall uniqueness and interdisciplinary content of the project, Foundation trustee's awarded the TARGET Fine Arts Grant
to Dundee Highlands. November 16, 2007 New Leadership at District 300 Foundation for Educational ExcellenceCARPENTERSVILLE – On September 5, 2008 newly elected Trustees
were seated on the District 300 Foundation. Mary Fioretti, Institute for Continued Learning Coordinator at Roosevelt University,
was elected as Chairman along with co-chair Joseph Cavallaro, Village Manager of West Dundee, who served two years and Chairman.
Rita Lintzeris, branch manager of the Harris Bank in Algonquin was elected as Treasurer. Kristi Stern, Program Director of
Main Stay Therapeutic Riding Program in Richmond, was elected as Secretary and retains her Public Relations position.
Elections and appointments for committee chairs also took place. Sara Foster, Allstate Insurance Six
Sigma Manager, was elected as Vice Chair of Projects, Deborah Kelley was elected as Vice Chair of Development, William Ganek,
Village Manager of Algonquin, Chair of Nominations, Barbara Hansen, retired Arts Educator, retains her chair for the Performing
and Fine Arts Committee, Deborah Sosine, Algonquin Village Trustee, retains her chair for the Science and Technology Committee.
New member William Uhl, recently retired principal from District 300 was appointed the Literacy Committee Chair. New members
Matthew Voss, President of Northern Illinois Mortgage, and David Ward, President of Algonquin Bank and Trust, were appointed
co-chairs of the Student Leadership committee. New member Dennis Cleveland, retired District 300 educator, has been appointed
to serve on the Projects Committee and is overseeing the new initiative Distinguished Educator of the Year Award.
October 16, 2007
District
300 Foundation Establishes Public Arts Initiative to Benefit the Innovative Programs of the Foundation
CARPENTERSVILLE – A new Public Art Project,
DesksonParade is being organized by the District 300 Foundation
and underwritten by a variety of individual and corporate sponsors. Local artists are invited to submit
proposals that demonstrate their imagination and artistic talent to transform a 1960’s old school desk into a work of
art. Proposals will be juried and the winning artists will be given an old desk to paint or resurface.
Completed desks will be displayed in the community next spring and auctioned off online till April 30th
Money raised will support the Foundation’s Grant Program which redirects the funds to local schools.
If you are an interested artist or sponsor please visit DesksonParade on the
Foundation website at www.D300Foundation.org for specific information, applications and submission deadlines.
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