Lowell Elementary Educators in Action

The Wheaton Warrenville Education Association, WWEA, would like to recognize our dedicated educators at Lowell Elementary in District 200. Here are some examples of the their volunteer efforts to support excellence. Please scroll to the bottom of the article to view the referenced images.

Images 1 & 2: Librarian, Ms. Amanda Grudzien, spent a Friday night & a weekend to set up our School Book Fair to raise money for our Library Learning Center. She also spent an entire evening packing it up.

Image 3: P.E. teacher, Mrs. Maryanne Minser, spent 2 days of her summer painting lines on our newly paved driveway so our students can play tennis, run and use this space effectively.

Images 4, 5 & 6: EL teachers, Mrs. Jo Turner, Mrs. Melissa Chiappini, & Mrs. Lueondee hosted an EL night where over 50 families enjoyed a free pizza dinner sponsored by Barone’s Restaurant of Glen Ellyn. Translators were present to help families fill out paper work and winter clothing was made available for “free shopping.” Families got their picture taken and placed it in a frame they decorated that evening. EL students also got to choose a book to keep. More than a dozen classroom teachers and specialists helped make the night a huge success!

Image 7: Social Worker, Mrs. Celeste Sorensen, spent 2 summer days collecting and sorting donations of shoes & clothes for low income families. Franklin students also helped out during the school year as part of their community service project.

Image 8: 4th Grade Classroom Teacher, Mary Carlson, donates her lunch hour to guide a book club for her students once a month. The Brown Bag Book Club Lunch focuses on a specific genre each month. Everyone in the class participates!

Image 9: PACE teacher, Mrs. Brenda Fustin, visits SCARCE every Tuesday evening on the hunt for PACE novels. Students get their own copy to keep and write in using a “Secret Code” of 8-12 symbols for annotation.

Many of our teachers attended summer classes to further their professional learning.

Image 10: Mrs. Renee Kuta & Mrs. Jacki Moone completed Master’s Degrees.

Image 11: Front left to right Mrs. Eileen Boehem, Mrs. Sage Youngstedt, Ms. Elisabeth Pond, Ms. Jennifer Ross, Mrs. Laura Baumann, Ms. Mary Carlson, Mrs. Anne McDonald, Mrs. Carmen McDonald, Mrs. Denise Uthe & Mrs. Laurie Kraft.

Thank you, Lowell WWEA members! You go above and beyond for your students throughout the school year and over summer. We are lucky to have you in CUSD200.