Avoca West School: Book fair
- Publication
- Wilmette Life, 18 Dec 2008, p. 102
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- Avoca West Elementary School held its annual book fair in the library during the first
week of December. Over
the course of the three day event, more than
$17,000 worth of books
were sold to support literacy and Avoca School District 37's Parents and
Teachers Council. The fair
was the joint effort of
many of Avoca West's
teachers, parents and
staff members.
On Dec. 3, a special literacy night was held with
story time and music. The
evening was organized by
Connie Barker, a kindergarten teacher at the
school. Other participating teachers included
Kelly Nienhaus, Ellie
Kaiser, Emily Hargadon,
Amy Riemer, Gabriel
Paynter, Marcia Kraut,
Barbara Vogelstein,
Sophia Kondo, Grace Lee,
Mary Rosic, Dave
Hoffheinier, Janis Michael
and kids, parent Ennie
Yoo, and Avoca West Principal Kevin Jauch.
The organization
thanked Juan Cruz, Marcia Kraut, Juan Cruz and
Barbara Vogelstein at the
school. The following parrnts volunteered to make
the fair come to life:
Events chairwomen
Kathryn Guylay and Kara
Hughes; committee members Donna Fulks, Denise
Kingwill, Martha Pollak,
Joel Raynes, Marsha
Raynes, Judy Robb, Betsy
Russell, Judy Scobie and
Jill Wolfe; and volunteers
Zairi Ahmed, Maria
Costas, Lisa Crowe,
JoAnn Dominic, Mary
Ann Dunkin, Cynthia.
Eudy, Sharon Formicola,
Amy French, Tiffany
George, Heather Hester,
Penny Kowitt, Laurie
Miller, Laurie Maalul,
Joanna Minogue, Ennie
Oh, Susan Pabich, Christine Ricafrente, Viki
Rivkin, Susan Rizzato,
Jan Roy; Michelle
Schwartz, Debbie Silverstein, Jan Sollitt, Paula
Straaton, Ghanda Termes,
Judy.Trunsky, Mary Vasiliadis.Ann Vongher, Stacy
Wipperfurth, and Faith
Zeiinsky.
- Date of Publication
- 18 Dec 2008
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- Avoca West School
- Local identifier
- Wilmette.News.299168
- Language of Item
- English
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