Neighbors in the News: Dean at Harper is named education fellow, joins study program next year
Daily Herald reports
The Kildeer Countryside School District 96 Board of Education approved the appointment of Cynthia Zarkowsky to fill the vacancy created by the resignation in February of board member Bob Gauthier.
Zarkowsky brings the background of a professional educator to her role. She earned a master's degree in teaching from National Louis University and has taught elementary students in District 28-Northbrook, District 95-Lake Zurich, and District 109-Deerfield.
A Buffalo Grove resident, Zarkowsky has a long history of community service. After serving as secretary on the Prairie Elementary School PTO executive board during the 2009-2010 school year, she accepted the role of Prairie PTO president the following year and continued in that position through June 2014.
In addition to her volunteer work, she has served on various District 96 committees and has regularly attended board of education meetings to increase her understanding of district curriculum, enrollment and staffing, and finances.
• Oakton Community College student Zainab Khan has been named a 2015 Coca-Cola Community College Academic Team Bronze Scholar by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Khan will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a medallion and will be honored at the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention on April 18 in San Antonio. A Niles North High School alumna, Khan is a liberal-arts major at Oakton. She is actively involved in the college's Student Government Association, is a member of Oakton's Emerging Leader Program and was an intern at U.S. congresswoman Jan Schakowsky's Glenview district office.
• After a successful regional competition in January, the John Hersey High School DECA Business Club set a new school record by qualifying 38 members for the state competition held last month in Decatur. Twenty four of those students finished in the top 10 in the state in their category, setting a record. Fifteen students will go on to the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida, April 25-29, to compete in the national competition. They are: Ashley Roscoe, Joey Caputo, Adam Hauser, Lauren Kiraly, Mili Pandya, Julia Hapanowicz, Sophie Shepley, Jason Kloud, Andrew Stomper, Amanda Mix, Carolyn Niersbach, Jack Marshall, Karthik Ravi, Halle Lyon and Elizabeth Niersbach.
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