The Douglas Hoeft Scholarship provides financial assistance to high school graduates of programs within the nine school districts of the Kane County Educational Service Region. We especially encourage students who have faced challenges in their lives to apply. We are not necessarily looking for the student with the best GPA or community service record, rather students who have faced challenges and have worked to overcome them. Applicants must currently reside within these areas listed above, and be entering their first year of a vocational/technical program or an institution of higher education. Four year college students are eligible for $1,500 and two year junior college students are eligible for $1,000. Applications will be accepted from February 1st through April 1st with scholarships being awarded in May for the following Fall term. Annual scholarship awards could vary in amount and number according to the investment earnings and the number of qualified scholarship applicants.

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WA College and Career Fair will feature representatives from major colleges and universities nationwide along with many local and

regional business partners. In addition, there will be helpful breakout sessions offered to provide guidance in college and career readiness. This event is open to all students, parents and community residents. Participants will receive the most up-to-date information from college representatives and business partners, learn about growing careers/pathways, and understand navigating the college search, application and financial aid processes.

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In this keynote, Shannon McClintock Miller will share the importance of collaboration with teachers and students and what this can bring to a school community by sharing stories, resources and ways to make this happen in exciting and successful ways. 

This workshops will take place on April 8, 2019 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the Kane County ROE.

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Institute Day 2019 will be held on March 1, 2019 at various Kane County locations. We want to thank all of the host sites for volunteering their classrooms, auditoriums, and available spaces along with those who put in a presenter proposal. All of these continued efforts help us make Institute Day possible!

Registration is now open for all sites but filling fast! There are only 9 days left to register - registration closes on February 15th! You can visit https://kaneroe.org/institute-day/ for more information on Institute Day!

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This week's post in The Progress Report is about The Question Formation Technique and how this multi-step process can be beneficial to teachers who have a passion for creating opportunities for their students, but aren't able to ask them in the right way!

The Progress Report is a collaborative discussion space for professional learning. If there are any topics that you would like to see a post on or guest write yourself,  please contact Katie Algrim.

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Participants will leave with a concrete understanding of how to find and curate relevant digital information as is typically represented in a real-life digital threat assessment data gathering scenario.

This workshop will take place on April 23, 2019 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM at the Kane County ROE.

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