Help us reach our goal of 10,000 signatures!          

 Please visit and sign our Care2 petition for a Flight 191 memorial at this address:

American Airlines FLIGHT 191 Memorial - The Petition Site

What is Project Citizen?

We are sixth grade students at Decatur Classical school. We are part of Project Citizen. Project Citizen is a curricular program for middle, secondary, and post-secondary students, youth organizations, and adult groups that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps participants learn how to monitor and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy.

  273 Lost, 191 Forgotten

  We chose Flight 191 as our project, because as a result of the horrific crash, certain

  laws were passed on Airlines paying for memorials, but nothing has been done for

  Flight 191! This is deeply important to the Decatur Community, as our own assistant

  principal, Mrs. Jockl, lost her parents in the crash. Please help us in this learning

  experience and the struggle  to get a memorial for this forgotten flight. Visit our

  website to learn more about Flight 191 and our involvement.

• projectflight191.webs.com

 

 

  Decatur Classical 6th Graders were featured on CBS News on May 24, 2010 on

  a segment called, "Kids Reach Out to Get Flight 191 Memorial Built."

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• american.airlines.flight.2.1712668

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  Welcome New Families to Decatur! The following forms are necessary to register

  your child for Decatur Classical School.  Please print and complete each form.

 

• Medical Form
• Dental Form
• Emergency Information Registration Form
• PTA Request for Information Form
• JCC Lerner Permission
• Enrollment Procedures and Requirements

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  Decatur students return from the Illinois State Science Olympiad with medals

  galore! The team placed 7th out of 40 schools in the state. In addition, out of

  23 events, Decatur placed in 12 of the events. See a complete list of winners

  below.

 

Helicopter	1st	TJ B. and Leah H
Optics	1st	Rilla M. and Takahana M.
Microbe Mission	1st	Lina K. and Courtney M.
Ornithology	1st	Wes J. and Adelina S.
Junkyard Challenge	2nd	Nat S. and Kiyoshi S.
Model This	2nd	Lina K. and Thomas M.
Solar System	3rd	Trudy V. and Kiyoshi S.
Experimental Design	3rd	Anja Z., Wes J., and Takahana M.
Ecology	3rd	Leah G. and Courtney M.
Geocaching	4th	Nat S. and Kiyoshi S.
Wright Stuff	4th	Adelina S. and Simone L.
Write-it-do-it	4th	Nat S. and Rilla M.

Earlier in the month, the Decatur 5th and 6th grade Science Olympiad team took first place in their division to

earn one of two bids to the Illinois State Science Olympiad Tournament being held at the University of Illinois, Champaign.

Other Division B Schools include:

O.A. Thorp Academy, Coonley, Oriole Park, Amelia Earhart, Scammon, Rachel Carson, Henry Nash,

Edward Coles, Gillespie Tech and O'Keefe.

Congratulations to Mr. B. and our young scientists!

Anatomy	1st	Leah G. and Adelina S.
Bio Process Lab	1st	Anja Z. and Anusha E.
Disease Detectives	1st	Lina K. and Thomas M.
Ecology	6th	Leah G. and Courtney M.
Ornithology	2nd	Wes J. and Adelina S.
Solar System	1st	Trudy V. and Kiyoshi S.
Dynamic Planet	1st	Rilla M. and Leah G.
Fossils	2nd	Natalie L. and Courtney M.
Wright Stuff	1st	Simone L. and Adelina S.
Physical Science Lab	1st	Thomas M. and Lina K.
Trajectory	1st	Takahana M. and Anja Z.
Science Crime Busters	5th	Leah G. and Anusha E.
Elevated Bridge	1st	Rilla M. and Takahana M.
Battery Buggy	1st	Thomas M. and Lina K.
Experimental Design	3rd	Anja Z., Wes J., and Takahana M.
Road Scholars	4th	Nat S. and Trudy V.
Pentathlon	1st	Anja Z., Courtney M., Takahana M., and Simone L.
Write It Do It	3rd	Nat S. and Rilla M.

 

 

 

  The Decatur Science Olympiad team was also awarded the "Spirit Award"

  in the 2010 Regional Competition.  This award is, "Presented for displaying

  the best overall sportsmanship and the spirit of the competition."

 

 

Thank you to Mrs. Valentino, Mr. Ebrahim, Mr. Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. Gomez who volunteered their time and expertise to coach our students.  A special thank you to Mrs. Kapp for designing and ordering our "highly

visible" team t-shirt.  The shirts were the talk of the competition!

 

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