Congratulations, Kate Lee - ISBE’s 2021 Outstanding Early Career Educator of the Year! Learn more about her at: isbe.net/Pages/Weekly-M….

Congratulations to Iva Galic and Daniel Cho for being selected to the ILMEA District 7 Senior Honor Choir Festival! We are so proud of you! #CreativeMinds #207sings

We used Padlet to create Heritage Maps in each of our choirs this week! A beautiful visualization of how music connects us ALL. #207Now #CreativeMinds #207Sings #MaineEastSings

Laying down some V-Show tracks with a virtual Kate Lee!

So proud of these resilient students! #207sings

Today, we adopted new teaching standards to better serve our diverse student population & ensure they feel welcome, included & accepted at school. The standards will foster classroom & school environments to support all students’ backgrounds & cultures.

Huge congratulations to Daniel Cho (Bass II, Junior) for being selected to the ILMEA All-State Honors Chorus and Iva Galic (Soprano I, Senior) for being selected to the All-State Chorus. So proud! @MEFineArts #CreativeMinds #maineeastsings #d207sings

Students learning and sharing a song that represents a significant part of lives/families/cultures. Students shared their songs and stories with each other, and were given the option to also share with you. Hope you enjoy! #CreatieMinds #MaineEastSings flipgrid.com/+mechoirs

Congrats to the 10 students from Maine Township High School District 207 who earned Illinois Music Education Association All State honors! There were more than 6,000 high school students who auditioned and approximately 1,500 students were honored. maine207.org/news/several-d… #207lead #207now #207learn

Congrats to the Maine East HS students who earned Illinois Music Education Association All State honors! There were more than 6,000 high school students who auditioned and approximately 1,500 students were honored. maine207.org/news/several-d… #207lead #207now #207learn

Meet Justin Johnson and Kate Lee, two of our INTC 2021 Leadership Conference panelists. They are also the keynote speakers for our conference. #INTCLC #INTCLC2021 Register for our INTC 2021 Leadership Conference at bit.ly/3cxHCva

"Teachers should be able to connect their content to students’ lives and encourage all students to be their authentic selves, even if they don’t look like them." -Brandon Thornton, 2021 East Central Regional Teacher of the Year pantagraph.com/opinion/column…

A fantastic read about the future of education in post-COVID America. Thank you POLITICO for the interview and quote!

We had an amazing Virtual Choir Festival yesterday with Elk Grove HS Choir and ETHS Choirs! Students attended workshops in Contemporary/Pop Singing, Music Production, Songwriting, and Jazz! Thank you to all our phenomenal clinicians who joined us and inspired our students. #CreativeMinds

I love my fine arts family!!! ❤️ So very lucky to teach alongside these superstars.

Congratulations to rockstar choir students Daniel Cho, Matthew Bonto, Chloe Borto, and Natalie Dababneh for being selected to the ILMEA District 7 Honor Choir! We are so proud of you! #maineeastsings

Thank you to the D128 Foundation for Learning for this honor! I loved high school so much that I decided to just keep being in high school forever. Go Cougars and Go Demons!

Congratulations to Gemini School Choirs and Ms. Sara Fecko on an AMAZING concert in the beautiful new performing arts space last night! 😍

So proud of my students! #maineeastsings

Honored DeanRichards attended the recent @MEFineArts performance of "Mamma Mia." During his WGN Radio 720 show, he praised the performance, including the student actors and director Karen Hall. High praise from a nationally recognized critic. Listen here: bit.ly/3I4ddRl