Our organization is busier than ever. Several committees have been putting in long hours working to make this professional association one of the best. As IACAC President, I have the privilege of sharing with you some of the highlights of their work and invite you to marvel with me at our accomplishments to date:
2011 was a great year for District Seminars! Over 300 counseling professionals attended these professional development opportunities, held throughout the state, March 4-18. Frank DuBois and DeVone Eurales lead a team of twelve site coordinators, who offered a variety of…
All this and more awaits you at IACAC’s 2011 District Seminars. Check out the District Seminar website for a full listing of seminar descriptions and online registration. Each district has worked diligently preparing informative sessions that are not only educational, but also fun-filled. All of the coordinators and their committees hope that these seminars will spark in-depth conversations as well as intellectual growth. We have a number of dynamic speakers and colleagues to share their expertise. (And who can forget about the great raffle prizes!)
“Thanks to all of the generous donations from Project Reach, our homeless students received new book bags with packets of paper, notebooks, pens, pencils and calculators! We were able to stock the English department with Ayn Rand’s book; the library with The Great Books; the counseling and college lab with college and scholarship resource books; the math department with protractors and calculators. We also hosted a school-wide jeopardy contest (with college related questions offcourse) and prized winners with gym bags and book bags filled with lanyards, school supplies, and more!”
Yaneth Bello
College and Career Coach
Bronzeville Scholastic Institute, 2010 Project Reach Recipient
Project Reach is our professional organization’s service project and the recipient of this year’s award will be announced at the IACAC annual conference, Going the Extra Mile for Students. We hope to touch the lives of many students by collecting and donating school supplies and college counseling items to a high school (or high schools) in need. We encourage IACAC members to donate new school supplies that are appropriate for high school-aged students/classrooms. Donations will be collected at each of the seven District Seminars held throughout the state in March 2011 and at the Annual Conference in Itasca from May 4-6, 2011.