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.

 

     

     

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

 

        registration materials

         

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

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

       

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        science olympiad

          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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