Community Notes

The Stevenson High School Community Foundation is excited about their 2011-12 entertainment line up. This season you can enjoy ComedySportz, Under the Streetlamp (a concert performance by the stars of Jersey Boys), Ralph Covert “children’s concert,” and the ever-popular Children’s Theater - including productions of Darius the Dragon and Jungle Book. For information, check the program poster and the ticket form, call 847-415-4121, or visit http://www.d125.org/foundation.

The College of Lake County is offering a girls volleyball club for middle school students. The idea is to offer students a club experience at a low/reasonable cost and eliminate the travel aspect - all activities will be held at the College of Lake County, Grayslake. More information is available on the club flier and at http://www.greatlakesvolleyball.org. More information is also available by contacting Rosa Wisler at 847-833-4100 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Common Sense Media is a not-for-profit website offering movie and game review, and more. The site is http://www.commonsensemedia.org/.

Hawthorn has received several inquiries and reports from parents regarding the “People to People” Student Ambassadors program. Note that Hawthorn neither partners with nor endorses this program. Parents familiar with the recruiting process as well as the actual travel events have reported a range of experiences, both positive and negative. As with any opportunity, parents who receive a letter on behalf of their child are encouraged to research the program and make the best decision for their student.

The Students First mission is to build a national movement to defend the interests of children in public education and pursue transformative reform, so that America has the best education system in the world. To find out more, visit http://www.studentsfirst.org.

The Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau invites kids to blog about neat stuff around Lake County, for instance, our own Winter Wonderland Holiday Light Show! Check it out at http://lakecountykids.blogspot.com/.

The Hawthorn community is looking for girls ages 5 and up who are interested in joining a Girl Scout troop.  For more information, please contact Kiesha Mull at 847-573-0500 ext. 2515.

The Village of Vernon Hills encourages residents and people working in Vernon Hills to sign up for their broadcast email system. The Village will be relying more heavily on the broadcast email as well as their website for communications because they will no longer publish the Village Voice newsletter. It’s easy to sign up for broadcast emails, which automatically provide news right to your inbox. Just log on to the Vernon Hills website, www.vernonhills.org, and click on the Broadcast E-mail Sign Up. You can also sign up for Emergency Reverse 911 notification by clicking on the Connect-CTY button. These are free services. If you would like assistance, please call the Village Hall at 847-367-3700.

Dr. William Kisker of Dental Care of Vernon Hills will offer free dental exams for students who need it for school and who cannot afford it. Students entering Kindergarten, 2nd and 6th grades or transferring from out of Illinois are required to provide proper documentation from a dentist. Thank you to Dr. Kisker for his kind offer. For more information, please view the information sheet, or call 847-918-0001.

The Cook Memorial Library is offering the community the opportunity to help the organization “branch out” by dedicating a tree for the new Aspen Drive library site. For more information about how you or your organization can get involved, check the Branch Out brochure, visit http://www.cooklib.org or call 847-362-2330.