Neighbors in the News
• Kildeer Countryside CCSD 96 board of education appointed Kimberly Dahlem director of student services, to succeed Julie Schmidtm. Schmidtm will assume the responsibilities of district superintendent July 1, following current Superintendent Thomas W. Many's retirement at the end of the school year.
Dahlem has worked in Township High School District 211 for the past 15 years, serving students as a special education classroom teacher/reading specialist for 61/2 years and then as a guidance counselor for 5 years before her promotion to Guidance department chairman almost four years ago.
She holds a Type-75 educational administration certification; master's degrees in reading education and school counseling from Roosevelt University; and a bachelor's degree in science for special education K-12 from Illinois State University.
• Schaumburg resident and Harper graduate Egle Grigaravicute took the top prize in two categories at a recent contest sponsored by the Chicago Midwest Chapter of the National Kitchen and Bath Association, earning herself a $1,000 scholarship.
Grigaravicute took first place in both the kitchen and bath divisions for her designs, which were judged on how well they met Association standards and planning and safety guidelines and how well they fulfilled a faux client's requests for the kitchen and bath spaces.
Classmate Diane Wolf earned an honorable mention at the contest for her kitchen design. The competition was judged by local professional, certified members of the National Kitchen and Bath Association.
• Rolling Meadows High School's Winter Color Guard competed in the TeamDance Illinois State Contest March 6, in Peoria. In the Short Flag category, the Flag Ensemble earned its highest score of the season, placing second with a 91.55, narrowly missing first place. The award-winning squad is made up of Christina Crusius, Zoe Grant, Ruthee Live, Lisa Kawalek, Boykung Kim, Kelsey O'Shields, Amanda Vo and Christine Wurster.
• Mount Prospect Police Commander Scott Sullivant graduated from Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety, Executive Management program Friday, March 5.
The program provides law enforcement policy-making executives with effective skills to help manage the changing law enforcement environment and challenges participants to engage interactively. The program questions, investigates and examines the critical issues that shape the current law enforcement operating environment.
Sullivant, a 23-year veteran of the Mount Prospect Police Department, is currently the commander of the department's Investigative Section.
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