In the Media

• 3rd/4th grade teacher Miriam Kass wins the Grinspoon-Steinhardt Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. Read the Hyde Park Herald’s coverage.

• The May 26, 2010 issue of the Hyde Park Herald portrays 7th grader Devora Klionsky who made it to the National Spelling Bee.

• Teachers help children see value of printed words and illustrations: Akiba-Schechter’s Kindergarteners and their books are featured in the Chicago Tribune Sunday section May 9, 2010.

• 8th grader is finalist in State Geography Bee competition and makes the March 24, 2010 front page of the Hyde Park Herald! Click here for the continuation of the story…

• The Kindergarten’s 100th Day of School Celebration (February 22) is covered in Chicago Journal.

• A story about our Israeli ambassadors appeared in the February 2010 issue of JUF News!

• Our Fiddler on the Roof production is mentioned in the Chicago Tribune on February 21, 2010. Pay attention to the last paragraph!

• You can fit volunteering into a busy life, as Akiba-Schechter parent Annette Gendler writes in Chicago Parent’s Making the Grade Guide.

• See our teachers’ tips on getting ready for school, published in NPN Parent-to-Parent Magazine.