1. ILLINI CENTRAL CUSD #189 OUR MISSION AND GOALS

2. Wonderful Upgrades to Our Facility

3. Students and Staff Make IC the Place to Be

4. Books With a Theme of Service The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

5. Common Themes Throughout These Books Everyone Makes A Difference: Everyone Makes A Difference: Ultimately the more valuable you are to others, the more value you create in your work and interactions with others Success is Built on Relationships: Success is Built on Relationships: Indifferent people deliver impersonal service You Must Continually Create Value for Others, and It Doesn’t Have to Cost a Penny: You Must Continually Create Value for Others, and It Doesn’t Have to Cost a Penny: “In today’s economy, a high-school or college graduate should expect to be unemployed a few times during his or her career. But that unemployment will be brief as long as the individual is employable. You Can Reinvent Yourself on a Regular Basis: You Can Reinvent Yourself on a Regular Basis: “I believe that no matter what job you hold, what industry you work in, or where you live, every morning you wake up with a clean slate. You can make (school) or business, as well as your life, anything you choose it to be.” “I believe that no matter what job you hold, what industry you work in, or where you live, every morning you wake up with a clean slate. You can make (school) or business, as well as your life, anything you choose it to be.”

6. Expectations and Goals for Our Team What I hope that each of us do this year is: What I hope that each of us do this year is: –Work to Reach Every Student, Every Day –Work to Engage Students on a Level Conducive to their Learning Style

7. A Vision of K-12 Students Today

8. Our Mission as Illini Central CUSD #189 The Reason For Our Being is to Partner with the Community in Developing Well-Rounded and Productive Members of our Society by Giving Children a High Quality Education

9. Grade School-Middle School-High School (Our SIP Initiatives) Looking at Content Literacy and Writing Across the Curriculum Looking at Content Literacy and Writing Across the Curriculum The Implementation of Response To Intervention The Implementation of Response To Intervention Continued Identification of Gaps and Redundancies Throughout our K-12 Curriculum Continued Identification of Gaps and Redundancies Throughout our K-12 Curriculum Continuing to make the Illini Central Experience A Great Experience for All Students Attending Continuing to make the Illini Central Experience A Great Experience for All Students Attending

10. Please Get Involved with your Building Level School Improvement Teams

11. Giving Every Student Their Shot at a Dream The Inspirational Story of Jason McElwain The Inspirational Story of Jason McElwain

12. Have A Great Start to the School Year and Please Let the Administration and Your Directors Know How They Can Be of Service There will be a meeting of the ICEA (Illini Central Education Association) in the Grade School Library at 10:30. There will be a meeting of the ICEA (Illini Central Education Association) in the Grade School Library at 10:30.

13. Expectations and Goals for Our Team What I hope that each of us do this year is: What I hope that each of us do this year is: –Work to Reach Every Student, Every Day –Work to Engage Students on a Level Conducive to their Learning Style