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OLPH continues to go above and beyond Glenview school focuses on faith, opportunities
Elsie Jasser, Ryan Fellinger, and Matthew Groose share a laugh at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Glenview.
photography by joel lerner ■ by kevin beese Pam Whittington was looking for a pet for the Our Lady of Perpetual Help preschool when a parent offered turtles Bert and Ernie. Ten years later, Bert and Ernie are still part of the Glenview school — and have become quite good listeners for preschoolers’ troubles. “When the kids have a problem, they will go up to the tank and talk to Bert and Ernie,” Whittington said. “The turtles think they are going to be fed so they come to the glass and appear very attentive.”
participate in OLPH,” Hanrahan said. Parish school principal Amy Mills knows that parents have a choice, with strong public schools in the area. That is why the school continues to stress the opportunities and extras that students experience as part of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. “We have quality District 84 schools here. So parents are not going to send their children here just for the quality education,” Mills said. “Parents are not going to pay $5,000 and just say ‘That is the cost of education.’ “We have to go above and beyond with our kids’ education. We give them a personal experience.”
Bert and Ernie have a summer home – Whittington’s residence – and appear to be staples at OLPH for years to come. “They live for 85 years. I didn’t know that when I got them,” Whittington joked. Bert and Ernie, part of the OLPH family, were even blessed during Pet Blessing Day at the school. And many in the OLPH community feel that the 900-plus-student elementary school is a blessing in itself. Seven alumni have returned to teach at the school. Many faculty members, like kindergarten director Shawn Hanrahan, have put their own children through the OLPH program. “We moved to Glenview for our kids to
OLPH leaders note that in the public school system, youths may be in three different school systems, with three different administrations during their elementary school years. While students may change buildings every year at OLPH, they remain on the same campus and have the same administrative team overseeing their education, leaders of the parish school contend. “Parents’ son or daughter can be with us from age 3 to age 14,” Mills said. “And even when they leave here, they stay in touch.” A few of the extras that OLPH tout are a swimming pool, a full-time nurse and a flex program preschool that allows students to attend anywhere from three to five days a week. Faith is a big part of the OLPH program, although school officials note that students need not be Catholic in order to attend the school. A convent sits on the campus and is home to four sisters, two of who still teach at the school. Money raised during the annual Kindergarten Lemonade Stand goes toward Sister Paulanne’s Needy Family Fund, helping local families in crisis. The OLPH Annual Fund brings in around $500,000, helping to provide extras like a new gym floor and new bleachers that have just been installed. The everyone-pitching-in mentality adds to the feeling of community at OLPH as do programs like every kindergartner having a fourth-grade buddy and spending time reading with the older student. “It is hard to determine who likes the program more — the fourth-graders or the kindergartners,” Hanrahan said. Mills, who said she never saw herself being a principal early in her teaching career, makes sure to spend every recess out playing and talking with students. The 1 hour and 20 minutes carved out of every day means a lot of night and weekend work for Mills, but she wouldn’t give it up. She says CoolSculpting is the body contouring it is a way for hernon-surgical to get to know students. treatment eliminates fat fromhere yourare body. Nosecond needles, no surgery and b “The people my family,” Developed Harvard scientists, CoolSculpting is FDA-cleare Mills said.by■
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