Solar Eclipse Information for August 21, 2017

We are very excited about the opportunity to view the solar eclipse (although partial) on Monday, August 21^st as an entire school. Teachers will be showing a PowerPoint presentation to 9^th hour students on Friday to help prepare for the upcoming event, which can be viewed HERE.

National Alliance on Mental Illness Basics Education Program

What is the NAMI Basics Education Program?

NAMI Basics is a free, six-session program designed for parents and other family caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties. NAMI Basics helps parents and other family caregivers of children to understand the illnesses that are causing those behavioral difficulties, and the critical role families play in the treatment of those illnesses. The program is taught by trained teachers who are also the parents or family caregivers of individuals who experienced emotional or behavioral difficulties.

For Class Schedule information, dates and more information, please visit our Parent Resources Page: NAMI Basics Education Program.  Classes are held throughout the next year.

2017 Illinois Democracy School

The Illinois Civic Mission Coalition (ICMC) has recognized Hinsdale Central as a 2017 Illinois Democracy School. Democracy Schools are recognized for providing students with authentic experiences in the rights, responsibilities and tensions inherent in living in a constitutional democracy. Through these experiences, participating schools strive to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for informed, effective engagement in our democracy.

Since 2006, 67 Illinois high schools have successfully completed a school-wide civic assessment and have been subsequently recognized as Democracy Schools.

Democracy Schools foster a school climate that nurtures and models civic dispositions and builds strong relationships within the surrounding community. These schools provide students with various opportunities to participate in the democratic process such as engaging in current and controversial issue discussions, participating in democratic simulations and providing service learning opportunities. Though these practices, student see first-hand the critical role they play in shaping government and society.

Hinsdale Central will receive a stipend from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation which convenes the ICMC, to invest in high quality civic learning initiatives, as well as a banner for public display.