Naperville Education Foundation’s annual Building A Passion breakfast will be held on Thursday, May 8, at 7:30 AM at the Holiday Inn Select. This year's focus is on literacy. Featured speakers include authors Tim Green and Gail Carson Levine, with a special surprise appearance by none other than the Cat in the Hat. The event is again being sponsored by Ron and Nancy Nyberg and Harris Bank, so that the entire price of each ticket goes to the NEF to support enhanced learning opportunities for District 203 students through its mini-grant program and more. Tickets are $75 each. For details, please call (630) 420-6475. Click here to view the invitation.

District 203 held its annual Awards Reception on Tuesday, April 22. Some 360 local, state and national winners were honored, with over 700 in attendance at the celebration. Courtney Lindahl, a social worker at Madison Junior High, was named the Arlo Schilling First Year Teacher Award winner. The new Rebecca Smith-Andoh Award was presented to Mill Street Elementary’s LRC Director Marie Bartolotta. Honored with the Proud to Be 203 Award were retired District 203 educator and PE4life liaison Phil Lawler, as well as parent volunteers Doug Wilson, Beth Ashley and Jim Dennison, who served as co-chairs of the Build the Future 203 committee.

To view the State Those Who Excel winners for 2007-08 and hundreds of others honored, click here.