TribLocal Naperville - 05 2 September 2010
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Morning tailgate kicks off senior year in Naperville
ACT scores rise again in Dist. 204
By Mick Swasko
TRIBLOCAL REPORTER
Naperville North High School Principal Kevin Pobst withstands the charge into school blowing his little noisemaker. Seniors began their final years with a morning celebration of festivals— costuming, cookouts and a run through the hallways on late arrival Aug. 25. To read more about this morning-tailgate tradition, please see Page 3.
Chicago Tribune photo by Chuck Berman
Last Fling organizers expect crowd for Disney Channel stars
By Mick Swasko
TRIBLOCAL REPORTER
Last Fling organizers are anticipating attendance will be on par with previous years for the Labor Day weekend celebration — and lines are expected to form early for a chance to meet child stars. Co-organizer Mike Kreger said he expects parents and kids will be lining up Sunday, Sept. 5 to get wristbands to see Chelsea “Stella” Staub and Nicole “Macy” Anderson of the Disney Channel series
JONAS LA. “I
expect a line at 8 a.m.,” he said of the
limited wristbands that will be handed out beginning at 10 a.m. to the first 1,000 fans. He expects to see no drop in attendance from previous years and hopes the mostly free festival and entertainment lineup for adults will attract attention. “We’re very excited to have Buddy Guy,” he said. “We just think that’s going to be a huge draw for everybody.” He said tickets for the shows are selling steadily, but have not sold out yet. At \$15, he hopes people will take advantage of seeing Guy, Clint Black and Collective Soul on the fest’s main stage.
“To see Buddy Guy for \$15, that’s a pretty incredible deal,” he said. Kreger also said parents with kids that like carnival rides can take advantage of a weekend long pass that allows unlimited rides. “If you ride about ten rides, you’re in the clear,” he said of the \$55 Mega-Passes, being sold online and at some Naperville locations for \$50 in advance. The Last Fling begins Friday, Sept. 3 and wraps up on Labor Day Monday, Sept. 6. For more information on the Last Fling, go to lastfling.org.
ACT scores in Naperville’s Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 have again reached a new high. The average score for a Dist. 204 student reached 23.9, a .1 increase over last year’s scores. Officials say the new record is on pace with a districtwide goal of attaining a 25 composite score in five years. “Our students today are even more college ready than even five years ago,” said Dist. 204 school board president Curt Bradshaw. Bradshaw said he thinks the goal of reaching a composite score of 25 is attainable, meaning students will need to gain a .2 increase each year for the next five years. “The more you can align what students need to know with ACT values, the more students are going to be prepared for that all-important test,” he said. Since 2005, the district has seen a 1.1 point increase on average for the test, which has a maximum of 36 points. The average score in Illinois is 20.7. “Although test scores are not the only measure of student success, it shows that our curriculum helps to prepare students for college,” said Dist. 204 Superintendent Kathy Birkett in an announcement to parents. “The work comes not only from our high school teachers, but teachers at lower grade levels who lay the foundation for our students’ success in high school.”
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