Thursday, December 20, 2012
The district is also in the process of organizing a fund and donation center to benefit the children of Bahaa and Nermeen Sam, who lost their mother on Wednesday.
Summit Hill School District 161 is offering its students extra support from district social workers and counselors after the father of three district students was charged with the first-degree murder of their mother. Nermeen Gamel Sam, 38, was found dead on Wednesday outside her home in the 19700 block of Silverside Drive, according to Tinley Park Police. Will County prosecutors say Bahaa A. Sam, 47, beat his wife to death with a weight lifting curling bar as their 4-year-old son watched. Bahaa and Nermeen are the parents of four children, three of whom attend school in the district at Summit Hill Junior High School, Hilda Walker Intermediate School and Dr. Julian Rogus Elementary School. District social workers and counselors were removed…
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Summit Hill school district still has principal openings to fill at Dr. Julian Rogus and Arbury Hills schools.
The board of education for Summit Hill School District 161 could fill two remaining principal positions at its meeting Wednesday, July 11, according to the agenda. Currently, the district has open principal spots at Dr. Julian Rogus and Arbury Hills schools. Last month, the board approved the hiring of Pam Hodgson and Dana Wright as the new Summit Hill Junior High School principal and Hilda Walker Intermediate School assistant principal, respectively. READ: Board Fills Administrative Holes at Summit Hill, Hilda Walker Those hirings come on the heels of a principal switch in the district earlier this year caused by the closing of Mary Drew Elementary School. Here's the current principal assignments for the district's schools: Before its …
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Frankfort Square School
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Dr. Julian Rogus School
20027 S 88th Ave, Frankfort, IL
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Summit Hill Junior High School
7260 W North Ave, Frankfort, IL
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Indian Trail Elementary School
20912 S Frankfort Square Rd, Frankfort, IL
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Arbury Hills School
19651 Beechnut Dr, Mokena, IL
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Hilda Walker Intermediate School
19900 80th Ave, Tinley Park, IL
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Mary Drew Elementary School
20130 S Rosewood Dr, Frankfort, IL
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
With the closing of Mary Drew Elementary School and the upcoming retirement of Hilda Walker's principal, officials move some district principals to new schools.
Some Summit Hill School District 161 principals will be in new schools next year thanks to some reshuffling announced in a district e-mail Wednesday. Sent by Supt. Barb Rains, the e-mail, which went to district parents, laid out the following changes (the parentheses denote the principals' previous schools): The moves come as district officials continue to adjust to the closing of Mary Drew. At the time, board members and Rains said Klein, Mary Drew's principal, would stay in the district. Another reason for the changes are because of the retirement of Hilda Walker Principal Jan Zevkovich at the end of this school year. The following is the complete text of the e-mail: Dear Parents, As we begin to plan for the next school year, I would …
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Mary Drew Elementary School
20130 S Rosewood Dr, Frankfort, IL
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Dr. Julian Rogus School
20027 S 88th Ave, Frankfort, IL
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Frankfort Square School
7710 W Kingston Dr, Frankfort, IL
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Hilda Walker Intermediate School
19900 80th Ave, Tinley Park, IL
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Summit Hill district schools also saw an overall increase in the percentage of students meeting and exceeding standards on the state test.
The percentage of Summit Hill School District 161 students passing the 2010-11 Illinois Standard Achievement Test rose by about 1 percent from last year and remained 10 percent higher than the state. Overall, 92.1 percent of students scored at the meets standards and exceeds standards levels of the ISAT, up from 91.3 percent last year, said Interim Superintendent Barb Rains at Friday's continuation of September's last school board meeting. The state's 2010-11 percentage at those levels was 82 percent, she said. READ: D161 Board Hires New Assistant Superintendent "We're very proud of our students' achievements and the work being done by our teachers and administrators being done in conjuction with our parents," Rains said. "And we realize …
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Mary Drew Elementary School
20130 S Rosewood Dr, Frankfort, IL
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kiro Youssef
10:47 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
St. George has opened a donation account for the children through BMO Harris Bank. Donations to the Sam Family Fund can be made at any Harris Bank location. The account number is 4812855233. more ›