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In and Around the Lab
Here is a reminder of
some of the upcoming events and news of other happenings. For more
information on any of the events listed or to get details on all other
events in and around the schools, view the all-schools calendar at https://events.uchicago.edu/labschool/
** Middle School Talent Show Friday, April 13, at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM in Judd 126.
The Middle School students will showcase their talents in this annual event.
** Summer Lab 2007 Early Bird Registration Discount ExpiresSunday, April 15, 2007
Last day to receive a 10% discount, up to $100, on all of their children's Summer Lab registrations.
Contact Ned Reece at 773-834-4272 with questions.
** 4th grade vision screening Tuesday, April 17, at 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM in Judd gym.
This date replaces the April 12th date. Vision screening will be done for all 4th grade students.
** The 7th Grade Band/Choir/Orchestra Concert Tuesday, April 17, from 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM at Mandel Hall
located at the corner of 57th Street and University Avenue.
Students should arrive by 7:00 p.m. in their concert attire. This concert is free of charge and handicap accessible
** Grade 8 Washington, DC Trip informational meeting for students and parents Wednesday, April 18, at 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM
located in Max Palevsky Cinema, Ida Noyes Hall.
Parents are invited to meet their child and hear about the annual Washington, DC trip. A representative from
Educational Tours, the group that organizes our trip, will be on hand to discuss the details of the trip.
** GYM SHOW Thursday, April 19, at 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM in Upper Kovler gym.
The Gym Show features high energy demonstrations of physical education activities by students in K-4.
Upper Kovler Gym. The lower school performs the dress rehearsal for each other at 10:00am and repeats it at night for
parents and family at 6:15pm.
** ''Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind'' - a Parenting Teens Seminar by Dr. Michael Bradley
Thursday, April 19, at 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM in the school cafeteria.
The Parents' Association and HS Council are proud to present adolescent psychologist, and award-winning author
of ''Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy!'' and other books for teens and parents, Dr. Michael J. Bradley, for a talk to parents
of adolescents to help them cope with the often crazy teen years.
Dr. Bradley is a charismatic public speaker who has enthused standing-room-only crowds from Connecticut to California.
He charms audiences with wit, wisdom, compassion, and humility, speaking from the heart, and drawing on the experiences
gained in his 30-year professional career. He is equally popular with parents, teachers, counseling professionals, and of
course, with teenagers themselves.
This seminar is highly relevant for parents of children aged 12 to 17. Parents of 11 year olds will also find this seminar
beneficial.
** MS Chamber Music Spring Concert Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in Judd 126.
This concert is free and open to the public. Judd Hall is handicap accessible.
** Faculty In-Service Day—NO SCHOOL Friday, April 20, from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
NO SCHOOL for students while faculty engage in professional development activities.
** U-High Service Day Saturday, April 21, from 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM at various service sites.
U-High students, faculty and parents will spend the day volunteering at various community service organizations in Chicago.
We will kick off the day at 10:00 a.m. with an assembly in the cafeteria before boarding buses for service sites.
All will return to school by 3:00 for prizes, food and celebration. Service projects include working with children at a
shelter, serving a meal and visiting with elders, gardening, serving lunch at the Ronald McDonald House and organizing
clothing donations.
Parent chaperones as well as parents to help with food service at the closing celebration, are still needed.
All parents are welcomed to help, even if you have younger children in tow. Please contact Maureen Gauntner,
Community Learning, Community Field Work, Peer Leader at 773-702-0948 or email
Ms. Gauntner.
** Yom Hashoah Assembly Wednesday, April 25, from 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM in Mandel Hall
located at the corner of 57th Street and University Avenue.
The Jewish Students Association will be hosting the Yom Hashoah Assembly(Holocaust Remembrance) at Mandel Hall.
Questions? call 773-834-8084.
** 4th Grade Spanish Play 11:35 AM to 12:00 PM on Thursday, April 26 and Friday, April 27, in MS Room 276.
The students will be performing a Spanish play. Parents are welcome to attend.
** 8th Grade Band/Choir/Orchestra Concert Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in Mandel Hall
The 8th Grade Band/Choir/Orchestra Concert will be held at Mandel Hall, corner of 57th Street and University Avenue.
Students should arrive by 7:00 p.m. in their concert attire. This concert is free of charge and, Mandel Hall is handicap
accessible.
** Middle School Spring Musical Friday, April 27, – Sunday, April 29, at 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM in Blaine 214.
The Middle School spring musical, The Education of Hyman Kaplan, will be performed at 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday,
April 27th and 28th, and at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 29th. Tickets are $5.00 and will go on sale in the cafeteria during
Middle School lunch starting Thursday, April 19th.
** 6th Grade Camp Monday, April 30. – Friday, May 4, from 7:45 AM - 4:30 PM at Burlington WI.
The sixth grade spends a week at Camp McLean
** 7th Grade Puerto Rico field trip for Spanish language students Monday, April 30, at 9:10 AM - 1:00 PM on Western and Division.
Trip to ''Paseo Boriqua'' in Humboldt Park, including lunch at a Puerto Rican restaurant.
Early in the evening of the April 9th PA meeting the PA board met to discuss and vote, in accordance with the PA by-laws,
on a successor to Bennie Currie, who stepped down as PA President due to family priorities. The vote was unanimous for
Maria Carrillo, 2005-2006 PA President, to be the interim 2006-2007 PA President. There were no other nominees slated.
Maria,assumed the duties as interim PA President immediately following the announcement provided by 2006-2007
PA President-Elect Dick Mintel. At which time Maria conducted the April 9th meeting. She will serve until the end of the school
year, at which point Dick Mintel becomes PA President. Congratulations and Thanks to Maria!
Nominations have been re-opened for the following positions for the 2007-2008 school year:
*** President-Elect
*** Secretary-Elect
*** Treasurer-Elect
*** Communications Coordinator-Elect
*** Fundraising Coordinator-Elect
*** Volunteer Coordinator-Elect
*** Programs Coordinator-Elect
*** two representatives for the N/KG, Lower School, and Middle School Councils
*** and one representative for the High School Council.
Due to insufficient numbers of nominees for the positions President-Elect, Secretary-Elect, Treasurer-Elect, Communications
Coordinator-Elect, and Volunteer Coordinator-Elect, there is still time to become a member of the PA Governing Board.
The school councils garnered the most nominees. The nomination deadline has been extended until midnight Monday April 23rd.
To those of you who may be concerned about running in a contested race where you think that you are not as well known as
other parents; know that your personal statement, that is sent along with the ballot to parents, is your best means of
informing everyone of your intent and qualifications. The personal statement is the primary means that voters have in which
to make their choice. Ensure that when completing your personal statement, that you explain what kind of difference you
will make. And be sure to list any experience that may be considered relevant to the position that you are seeking.
The time commitment of each board position can be as little or as much as you make it. While serving in the “elect” position, the time requirements are minimal. There are veteran parents who will be available to help and mentor you in the position in which you choose to serve.
Student-athletes interested in playing on one of our fall 2007 sports
teams need to register during the week of April 23-27. Register by signing
your name on the roster located outside Mr. Ribbens office in Sunny/Kovler
117.
All students who register will be contacted by the respective coach with
detailed information on their team practice and contest schedule for the
fall.
The following sports are offered:
High School:
Boys JV and varsity soccer
Boys and girls cross-country
Girls JV and varsity swimming
Girls JV and varsity tennis
Boys and girls JV and varsity golf
Girls JV and varsity volleyball
Middle School:
Boys 7th and 8th grade soccer
Boys and girls 7th and 8th grade cross-country
Girls 7th and 8th grade volleyball
On the evening of April 12th parents of middle school students had the opportunity to discuss among themselves, ways of
responding to words that hurt.
Last fall the PA Multicultural Committee and the Middle School hosted an evening facilitated by Randolph Carter from the
Eastern Educational Resource Collaborative, an organization whose mission is to serve as a resource to schools in supporting
the establishment of equitable, anti-bias, and multicultural environments. The focus of the meeting was to discuss with
parents the power of words.
For the April 12th meeting parents were encouraged to bring their middle school children. A number of teachers were in
attendance. The adults and students separated into group sessions. Randolph Carter facilitated the meeting with the students.
The Multicultural Committee members along with MS Principal Alexis Wright, facilitated the groups of adults.
The students and adults reassembled to discuss what each talked about in their respective break-out sessions. Due to time
constraints no concrete action plans resulted from the meeting. Although parents were still able to gain insights into the
thinking of Laboratory Schools Middle School students, and get a view into what is socially meaningful to the students.
Psychologist Dr. Michael Bradley will speak to parents at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, 1362 E. 59th St.,
Chicago IL, in the cafeteria on April 19th, 2007 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Sponsored by Parents’ Association, the High
School Council, and the High School , Dr. Bradley will speak on effective parenting of teens. This event is free and open to the community.
If you work with adolescence or are the parent of children aged 11 to 17 and fancy yourself as a proactive and caring parent, you will want
to attend this seminar.
Michael J. Bradley, Ed.D., has counseled adolescents and their parents for 30 years and currently has a private practice in
suburban Philadelphia. Already a recognized specialist in adolescent behavior and grief counseling, Dr. Bradley is in
demand as a speaker and facilitator at PTA conventions and other parenting groups. After September 11th, he was often
called on to help parents and teens come to terms with the tragic events of that day. Dr. Bradley has appeared on over 200
radio and television shows, including The Today Show. He has also been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine
articles, including being called on to evaluate Ozzy Osbourne’s parenting skills (The Osbournes, MTV) for Rolling Stone
(May 6, 2002). His Web site forum , found at www.docmikebradley.com, is a great source of advice and encouragement to
parents.
In addition to earning three top literary awards, Dr. Bradley’s book, Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! - Loving Your Kid Without
Losing Your Mind, received kudos from two notable parenting organizations. Parents’ Choice, the nation’s oldest (25 years)
not-for-profit consumer guide to quality children’s media, granted Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! a 2002 Parents’ Choice Approved
Award. Additionally, the National Parenting Center, chartered in 1989 to help create better- informed parents, conferred
upon Dr. Bradley’s book its 2002 Seal of Approval.
The title of Dr. Bradley’s talk to parents at the Laboratory Schools is “Loving Your Kid Without Losing Your Mind”, which
will cover topics from the book “Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy!”.
Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! is based on recent groundbreaking studies which show that—contrary to earlier belief—the adolescent
brain goes through a period of explosive new growth and rewiring. The result is the sometimes “crazy” behavior adolescents
are famous for. Dr. Bradley uses this innovative information to help parents navigate the sometimes stormy waters of
adolescence and emerge with the family intact. His second book, Yes, Your Parents Are Crazy!, a handy guide for teens
trying to raise their parents, and his third book, The Heart & Soul of the Next Generation: Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary
Teens, containing stories from Dr. Bradley’s case files, have also received The National Parenting Center’s Seal of Approval.
All books can be found in bookstores, through Amazon.com, and on Dr. Bradley’s website.
Rites of May 2007 co-chairs Robin Charleston, Arlene Mays-Johnson, and Lori Lambert, are planning a day of fun for the
entire school.
For those of you who are new to the Laboratory Schools, Rites of May is the three day all-schools celebration of creativity,
arts, and cultural diversity at the schools. Rites of May begins on Thursday evening in the court yard where high school
student activity clubs will provide food, lower school students man games booths, and the high school theater department
will present a play. On the final day there is an international festival, sponsored by the Parents’ Association and an
evening of courtyard games, food, and the high school play. The Saturday International Festival offers a carnival on
Kenwood Mall, complete with games and inflatable rides, international food at the Global Café, International Booths
representing countries from around the world complete with cultural arts and crafts activities, and the Rites of May Stage
that will present performances from students in the After School programs, as well as groups from the community featuring
Laboratory Schools students. This year Rites of May takes place Thursday May 17 through Saturday May 19th.
Over a hundred parent volunteers are needed to make Rites of May a success. If you’ve volunteered at Rites of May in the
past and plan to volunteer on the day of the event please email the chairpersons, even if you’ve signed up using the
volunteer form because there is no designated volunteer coordinator. If you would like to co-chair or help out with any of
the planning committees, marketing, T-shirt sales, or volunteer coordination, also contact the event co-chairpersons.
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