BRIGHTON PARK LIFE

1 2949 W. Pope John Paul II Formerly 43rd St. -Between Richmond & SacramentoCHICAGO, IL 60632 Phone (773) 523-3663 Fax (773) 523-3983 Email: Deadline Monday 6 and Classified Deadline Tues. 12 noonVOL. 84 NO. 27 THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH, 2017 THE SOLID DELIVERY Newspaper$ Per Year By Mail in Per Copy at NewsstandsBRIGHTON PARKLIFEMcKINLEY PARKS erving the Communities of BRIGHTON Park, McKinley Park and Archer Heights, for over 80 complement our weeklyedition The BRIGHTON Park-McKinley Park Life haslaunched a website. On itcan be found general infor-mation about us, recent andpast issues, advertisinginformation and a calendarof free local events.

2 Weencourage our readers tocheck back often for newupdates! LaVan Insurance Agency3956 S. California , IL 60632 Contractor InsuranceLawn Care - Carpentry - Concrete(773) 247-6765 Call or stop in fora FREE quote!Cleaning Service Drywall ElectricalHVAC Masonry PaintingTile & Flooring And More!qGreat RatesqPayment Plan AvailableqNew Venture AcceptedqNo Prior Insurance Required4444 BINGOST. BRUNO PARISH4839 S. HARDING(LIC. NO. B-2022)Every Friday - 6:45 - $500 GamesDAUBERSTAR SEARCH ANDTIC-TAC RAFFLEPULL TABS (P336)Report CardPick-Up DayBy Dr. R. PletschToday is Parent-Teacher Conferences forstudents in ChicagoPublic High Schools.

3 Inour neighborhood most ofthose included attendKelly, Curie, Juarez,Jones College Prep andWhitney Young. Somefrom our area are homeschooled. Still othersattend Catholic schools,Charter schools and thevarious MilitaryAcademies. These schoolsmay have different sched-ules. But regardless ofthe school, make contactwith all those that teachyour gone throughthis for years, sometimesthe parents line up out-side of classrooms, othersuse the space to bringteachers to a more centrallocation. What do you asa parent need to do?Come prepared. Havepapers your child has hadreturned and their recentProgress Report.

4 Beready to question theteacher that the grade onthe Report Card does notclosely resemble thepapers and the Report. Never accept gradingmethods not explained inWeek 1 of the school like, well thegrade (are low or high) isto encourage the expect what theyearned. You should havea number of papers foreach of the subjects. TheChicago Public Schoolssent home ProgressReports on March 10th. Ifthis was not indicative ofyour expectations foryour child, you had timeto question the Report. Athigh school level, theReport should not varymuch from any of the four- six classes your childhas.

5 One intimidating fac-tor can be age. Some par-ents have problems ques-tioning teachers who arethose 30 year vets andsome new teachers havetrouble dealing with par-ents that are older thantheir own parents. In col-lege I saw a professor toquestion my Biologygrade. I did it like a gen-tleman, he looked in hisgrade book, saw he fol-lowed the wrong line, andchanged my grade. Neverany ill will and I got whatI deserved. Never be com-bative. Remember nochild is always right, butalso seldom are theyalways wrong. After your visit talk toyour child. It is importantthat the child under-stands that you gave upyour time to check onthem.

6 They are notadults. This does nothave to be a "fatherknows best" moment. Butsome contact is signifi-cant in the child's it will help thembecome the good parentyou hope you are. Even ifit's only a couple wordsand a thumbs up. Library WorkshopOn InvestingThe Chicago PublicLibrary will conduct aworkshop titled, Invest-ing Made Simple at theHarold WashingtonLibrary Center, 400 st. on Friday, April28th from 12 noon to 1 educatorKaren Chan will discussstocks, bonds, mutualfunds, index funds andtarget date ForSocial SecurityA Certified NationalSocial Security Advisorwill conduct a workshopto maximize benefits atthe Chicago LawnBranch Library, 6120 on Thursday,April 27th from 1 to Planetariumwill conduct it s second-annual Earthfest onSaturday, April one-day event isfree for Illinois High-lights (During regularmuseum hours 9:30 4 )Data on the Dome.

7 Join a conversation withAdler astronomers aboutclimate change and watchas that conversationcomes to life with visual-izations on the dome inthe Grainger SkyTheater. Climate Chats: Tak-ing place throughout themuseum with areaexperts and Adler scien-tists. Scientist Swap: Adlerexperts join forces withspecial guests from theField Museum for thispresentation about theimportance of nativeplanting and understand-ing the greenhouse effect. Hidden World: JoinAdler s teen leaders for adiscussion on light pollu-tion, what it is, what con-tributes to it, its effects,and of course what canwe do about it.

8 Programs for youngchildren and families:Curious George will beon-hand to greet guestsand read aloud from thebook Curious GeorgePlants a Tree. A sensory station willhelp families investigateelements of Earth byexperimenting withwater, exploring soil withthe sense of touch, andobserving Earth relatedconcepts using discoverybottles. The City Dark FilmScreening (at 4:30 ):This award-winning doc-umentary film about lightpollution is being shownIn collaboration with OneEarth Film Festival andsupported by the City ofChicago. This screeningtakes place after themuseum is closed.

9 Guestsattending the film screen-ing will need to obtain aspecial wristband fromthe South Box Officeupon ForAfter School MattersAfter School Mattersis accepting teen applica-tions for its summer 2017program session. Morethan 600 programs in thearts, communications,science, sports and tech-nology will be offered atmore than 60 Chicagopublic high schools, aswell as Chicago ParkDistrict, Chicago PublicLibrary and communityorganization locationsand downtown at theGallery 37 Center for than 12,000 paidapprenticeship andinternship opportunitieswill be programs willmeet four-to-five days aweek for three-to-fourhours per day over thecourse of six-to-sevenweeks.

10 Advanced appren-ticeship programs willbegin the week of June26th, and all other pro-grams will begin theweek of July teens willbe eligible to earn astipend of up to $725(depending on the pro-gram level), and internscan earn $ per School Matters unique programs offerteens an opportunity todevelop their currentskills while incorporatingcritical 21st Centuryskills like collaboration,problem solving, socialawareness and independentstudies and recent datahave confirmed thatteens who participate inAfter School Matters pro-grams have higherFreshmen On-Trackrates, improved school-day attendance and high-er high school graduationrates than their few of the excitingprograms offeredthroughout the city thissummer include.