Today is the first day of Pride Month and we’re so proud to celebrate the diversity of our students, families, and staff! Reinforcing the message that supporting equality means a better path forward for our future generations. Happy Pride everyone!
Thank you to the D'Addario Foundation to supplying our music classroom AGAIN this year! These students can't wait to keep making music! @DAddarioFoundation
Today’s Motto is brought to you by AIM Student, Saida!
“You will face many defeats in life , but never let yourself be defeated.” - Maya Angelou
Thanks for sharing your Motto! Have a great week!
We wish you a restful day off for Memorial Day today, and we are excited to see you again tomorrow, Tuesday May 31st!
AIM FAMILIES! Join us Thursday June 2nd as we welcome back guest speaker, Henry Cervantes, from our partners at The Peace Exchange. Henry will be providing training on peaceful strategies for conflict resolution and be teaching the four steps of nonviolent communication. We will also have a Zoom link to join if you are unable to make the workshop in-person. DINNER WILL BE SERVED! Check your emails to sign up!
STUDENT SHOUTOUT!
Jewel W. a 10th grader at AIM HS has the was accepted to the School of New York Times where she will spend two weeks in NYC diving deeper in her interests for film, fashion and photography. She will gain mentorship with editors and New York professionals, while exploring and adventuring in the city itself. Excited to see Jewel at the MET, at a Broadway show, and networking with professionals!
Don't forget! 1:00 Dismissal for both High School and Middle School today!
Today’s Motto is brought to you by AIM Student, Makell!
“Hakuna Matata” - The Lion King
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We are so proud to announce that AIM student Barbara Peters has won First Place in the South Side Weekly High School Student Essay Contest! What a tremendous accomplishment! Read Barbara's full essay here: https://southsideweekly.com/they-call-me-ida-b-wells/
Today’s Motto is brought to you by AIM Student, Kaitlynn!
“I work for a cause, not for applause” -Grace Lichtenstein
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Happy National Speech Language Pathologist Day! Thank you for all you do to help our students to communicate – your work provides confidence and effective communication strategies, and we appreciate you! Thank you for the ways you assess, diagnose and treat with love and joy. From all of us at Distinctive Schools – Thank you!
We are so excited to celebrate School Nurse Day! Our nurses always go above and beyond to care for our students and we could not be more grateful! Nurses- thank you for all the knowledge, skill and compassion you bring to our schools, today we celebrate YOU!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to all of our AIM Staff! We had a blast celebrating and can't wait to finish out the year STRONG!
Wishing a wonderful Mother’s Day this weekend to all of our Distinctive moms, moms-to-be, mother figures, grandmothers and those who are simply grateful for their own moms – we thank you for the integral role you play in raising and educating the next generation of leaders, scholars and creatives.
AIM ARTISTS! Don't forget to submit your t-shirt and shoe designs! Your design could become official AIM Swag!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Thanks to your help we were able to show our AIM Staff some love this week via snack cart, games and more, but don't let the appreciation stop there! Shout out some awesome AIM Teacher moments in the comments!
This is a FAVORITE week for Distinctive Schools, as this week we are celebrating the incredible teachers who help our scholars to GROW! Wishing you all a very happy Teacher Appreciation Week! #TeacherAppreciationWeek #BeDistinctive
Today’s Motto is brought to you by AIM Student, Khamrynn!
“5 P's : Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance.” - (Originally said by James Baker, but a recurring statement from Khamrynn’s mom!)
Thanks to both of you for sharing your Motto!
A few weeks ago, Buddy Guy's son, Greg Guy, was our first South Side Black Excellence Speaker at AIM Middle School! Thank you so much @realgregguy for inspiring our AIM Artists!
AIM Friends are the BEST Friends!
