Wescott School celebrates National Blue Ribbon Schools 2022 award
Wescott School in Northbrook hosted an assembly on Monday, November 14, for students, staff, the Northbrook/Glenview District 30 Board of Education and local dignitaries to celebrate its distinction as a National Blue Ribbon School 2022.
Speakers shared thoughts and even poems about what makes Wescott so special, and children led the group in song.
This is the second National Blue Ribbon Wescott has earned for academic excellence, after receiving the honor in 2013, and the third for District 30. Maple School also won the award in 2021.
Teachers at the assembly included (front row from left): English learners teacher EJ Choi and second-grade teacher Trish Palzet; second row, teaching assistant Lena Amerazian, second-grade teacher Ashley Bakal and teaching assistant Devora Pitts; back, third-grade teachers David Karnoscak and Joel Losoff.
Courtesy of Wescott School
From left, Wescott fifth-graders Olivia Fazio, Mahi Teshome, Daniela Azrikam, Violet Brennan, and Karis Chung were selected to speak at the school's National Blue Ribbon assembly, sharing thoughts on why the school is special to them.
Courtesy of Wescott School
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