Post by title1parent on Jun 10, 2008 6:45:59 GMT -5
District to name middle school after former principal Fischer
June 10, 2008
Sun staff
Indian Prairie School District 204 will name its seventh middle school after a longtime educator, Gregory Fischer.
Gregory Fischer Middle School is scheduled to open in August 2009 and occupy the building currently used for Waubonsie Valley High School's freshman center.
After reviewing 39 nominations, the school board approved the name Monday night. Board member Jeannette Clark told Fischer, who was present at the meeting, that she had been impressed by his service for years.
"I have always been taken aback by your total and complete focus on the best interests of the kids," Clark said.
Fischer spent 32 years working in Indian Prairie before retiring in 2004. He began his career as a teacher and later served as assistant principal and principal.
Fischer opened the district's first middle school, Hill, in 1981. He later opened Gregory Middle School in 1987, where he served as principal for 17 years, the district said in a release.
Colleagues describe Fischer as a dedicated leader who was instrumental in the district's transition from the traditional junior high model to the current team-oriented approach of middle school.
Under his leadership, Gregory Middle School was one of four schools in the state to be recognized as an Illinois Horizon School. The recognition honored the school's dedication to academic excellence and developmental responsiveness to students.
"I'm still awestruck," Fischer said. "I can't quite come to grips with what this means."
The school also was named a Demonstration School by the Association of Illinois Middle-Level Schools, recognizing the school as a model middle school in Illinois. In 2003, AIMS honored Fischer's dedication and commitment to middle school students and their education by presenting him with the Robert Knight Award for Distinguished Service to Middle Level Education.
June 10, 2008
Sun staff
Indian Prairie School District 204 will name its seventh middle school after a longtime educator, Gregory Fischer.
Gregory Fischer Middle School is scheduled to open in August 2009 and occupy the building currently used for Waubonsie Valley High School's freshman center.
After reviewing 39 nominations, the school board approved the name Monday night. Board member Jeannette Clark told Fischer, who was present at the meeting, that she had been impressed by his service for years.
"I have always been taken aback by your total and complete focus on the best interests of the kids," Clark said.
Fischer spent 32 years working in Indian Prairie before retiring in 2004. He began his career as a teacher and later served as assistant principal and principal.
Fischer opened the district's first middle school, Hill, in 1981. He later opened Gregory Middle School in 1987, where he served as principal for 17 years, the district said in a release.
Colleagues describe Fischer as a dedicated leader who was instrumental in the district's transition from the traditional junior high model to the current team-oriented approach of middle school.
Under his leadership, Gregory Middle School was one of four schools in the state to be recognized as an Illinois Horizon School. The recognition honored the school's dedication to academic excellence and developmental responsiveness to students.
"I'm still awestruck," Fischer said. "I can't quite come to grips with what this means."
The school also was named a Demonstration School by the Association of Illinois Middle-Level Schools, recognizing the school as a model middle school in Illinois. In 2003, AIMS honored Fischer's dedication and commitment to middle school students and their education by presenting him with the Robert Knight Award for Distinguished Service to Middle Level Education.