Thanks for help on career night

Kudos to our community for turning out for the second annual "Glimpse of the Future Career Night" for D303 middle-schoolers on Oct. 30. About 250 students participated in the event, where they talked to professionals who volunteered their time to tell them about their careers.

Our thanks to these professionals who gave up their evening to meet with the kids: Mike Fulkerson, Adam Regelbrugge, Beth Bales, David Borger, Lloyd Astrup, Charles Courtney, Greg Sengstock, Chris Baldwin, Mike Movarek, Dan Purpura, Brian Bardy, Jenny Woods, Marin Thomas, Dave Dorman, Randy Johnson, Rob Nichols, Micah Sharitka, Mike Kennedy, Cameron Silver, Linda Kirsininkas, Laura Gleamza, Alexa Aguilar, Julie Mann, Sue Boles, Mary Beth DeBord, Paul Glaser, Paul Dailey, Scott Prose, Pauline Klank, Janet Wildman, Mark Mondul, Martha Stallman, Patrick McConnell, Kristi Morehead, Kimberly Thomas, Sarah Stone, Leonard Ahlstrom, Mike Vitale, P.J. Fleck, Michael Cooke, Amber Johnson, Audrey Tillmans, John Rea, Bruce Steinberg, Paul Bringas, Karen Maloney, Colette Mann, Mike Guerin, Bob Brandt, Ilene Dailey, Amy Vanourek, Coline Amaury, Danyelle Phelps, Shawn Thornton, Kyla Jacobsen, John Meyer, Janice Young, Valerie Blaine, Dan Donohue, Bill Monroe, Jeff Finley, David Richter, Tracy Whiteside, Lance Thornton and Chef Ortiz.

Thanks to the St. Charles East Key Club and the St. Charles East National Honor Society for helping run Glimpse.

Also, thanks to Old Second Bank/St. Charles and the Kane County Regional Office of Education for helping fund the program.

Thanks, too, to the D303 personnel who hosted the first Parent Glimpse for approximately 85 parents -- Sue Gloss, Barb Rooney, Krista Wick, Jill Nettleton and Peg Brolley.

Finally, thanks to the members of the Gifted-Talented Resource Group, which hosted this event.

Peg Sanders

Cyndy Halleran

Glimpse co-chairs

St. Charles