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Workplace mentoring
I’ve been helping students from Tilton Elementary School to read better for three years, participating in the WITS program via LaSalle Bank’s Workplace Mentoring program. Here’s Davion: Davion is a student at Tilton Elementary here in Chicago. The school is located on the west side in an economically depressed part of town. Davion is a […]
November 28th, 2005 by alephnaught
Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption
Aviva and I went to the “Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption” exhibit at the Field Museum. This was a very good exhibit (even if visting it on the Saturday after Thanksgiving may not have been good timing). It was very very busy – there was some crowd control but not too much, and the staff […]
August 20th, 2005 by alephnaught
Recent events
My mom turned 80 last Monday. My sister Hart arranged a nice dinner Saturday night – my son Nathan got to attend also, which was really cool. Sunday, we had a party at her church and about 60 people helped us wish her a happy birthday – it was a surprise, and was mom ever […]
April 7th, 2005 by alephnaught
Tilton Elementary’s Read Aloud 2005
The assembly was fantastic! The kids are always high-energy and ready to shout and clap. We were ushered into the school and taken upstairs to have bagels and juice and coffee; we also wore name tags: Then, down to the auditorium where the kids were already rocking! Here’s the program: Norm Bobins, president and CEO […]
April 4th, 2005 by alephnaught
Body Worlds exhibit
I took today off from work to visit the Body Worlds show at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago; this is a very cool show! I had a little worry that the exhibit might be too weird but it was really neat. The show is work by Gunther von Hagens, and its human […]
January 28th, 2006 by alephnaught