Watch your mailbox for District 2 2013 Annual Report. The mailer highlights progress of the last year in District 2 in adopting the Common Core State Standards, school reform program Race to the Top, and an overview of our new schools.
Project CARE Plus provides mentoring for students in kindergarten through 8th grade. Today District 2 honored all 340 volunteers who gave 6,000 hours to support our students and help them build self confidence. See the photo album on Facebook!
The Board of Education has selected the Learning Center at the newly renovated and expanded W.A. Johnson School to be named Mohawk Learning Center to commemorate the closed school.
Mohawk School, located at 917 Hillside... Read on...
District 2 believes that lower class sizes provide a more optimal teaching and learning environment for children. But sometimes, reaching that goal is a challenge.
The co-principals selected to W.A. Johnson School have proven experience to lead the newly merged community of nearly 700 students next school year.
Newly elected and reelected board members were sworn in to four-year terms following an official canvassing of votes at a special meeting May 6.
Student demographics are the key driver of our staffing plans. With an increasingly diverse student population, student needs and learning styles become equally diverse. Read more in Superintendent's blog, Did You Know?
The student-teacher ratio is one way to measure a district’s commitment to student learning.Read about how District 2 compares to DuPage Districts and demographically similar districts in Dr. James Stelter's latest blog entry.
A new traffic plan for public streets around W.A. Johnson School aimed at relieving congestion and improving safety has been approved by the Bensenville Village Board.
Traffic signs will be installed in about two weeks... Read on...
The Bensenville School District 2 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6 to seat newly elected members and elect officers.
The meeting is rescheduled from the May 1 committee meeting to ensure official... Read on...
Dr. James Stelter writes in his blog about closing out the K-5 construction projects. A key punch list item includes repainting the large white columns at Johnson School.
State Rep. Kathleen Willis, 77th district, visited W.A. Johnson School to deliver the Spotlight Award certificate from the Illinois State Board of Education to the students and staff of Mohawk School. She also toured the new... Read on...
Congratulations to Mohawk School students, staff and parents!State Superintendent of Schools Christopher Koch recognized Mohawk School as an Illinois Spotlight School in a ceremony at F.E. Peacock Middle School in Itasca... Read on...
The future leadership of W.A. Johnson School will have two co-principals that will be hired through a collaborative process, Dr. James Stelter, superintendent, said Friday, April 5.
“We have had immense change at our K-5... Read on...
Construction on the second addition of Tioga School is set to begin in May after the Board of Education on April 3 approved the first round of contracts for the $10.5 million project.
The new construction includes a... Read on...
The Illinois State Board of Education has changed the benchmarks for the 2013 Illinois Standards Achievement test scores, which impacts the rating of both the schools and individual students as to whether they ‘meet or... Read on...
Mohawk School has been selected by the Illinois State Board of Education as a 2012 Spotlight School.
The Spotlight School award recognizes high student achievement in high-poverty schools. Mohawk School is one of only 105... Read on...
Students and parents will begin to notice changes in material covered and what is expected from students as part of the new Common Core State Standards. There are six key changes in the teaching and expectations for English/Language Arts and Mathematics.
School Board Member Kathleen Bossier was awarded the Master School Board Member status by the Illinois Association of School Boards.
The designation means Ms. Bossier had devoted more the 200 hours to self-improvement and... Read on...
While construction crews are putting the finishing touches on the first phase of construction at Tioga School, the Board of Education approved Phase 2 addition. Design of Phase 2 will begin in September, and contracts are... Read on...
Madelyn Di Renzo-Devers has been named lead principal for Johnson and Mohawk Schools for the 2012-13 school year. She will be supported by two interim district administrators who will also work at both schools to ensure a... Read on...
Bensenville School District 2 closed the 2011-12 fiscal year June 30 with a $3.3 million surplus, putting the district in sound financial shape for the coming year.
Roughly half of the surplus was allocated for buses,... Read on...
Lorenzo Nevarez brings experience as an assistant principal at an ethnically diverse middle school to his new position as English Language Coordinator. Mr. Nevarez replaces David Rojas, who was named co-principal of Tioga... Read on...
The Bensenville School District 2 Board of Education showed its support for the District's top leadership by approving new contracts for Superintendent Dr. James E. Stelter and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Kay Dugan July... Read on...