At the Homewood PTA Winter General Meeting, we had the pleasure of hosting speakers from several organizations that partner with the Southland Juvenile Justice Council of Cook County to provide resources to schools. The PTA believes these resources could benefit Homewood schools. Here is a brief summary of some of the organizations and the resources they offer.
The Midwest Family and Community Resources is a grant supported program to provide support to children with at-risk behaviors. The program is a 12 week, in school, therapeutic course that helps promote attendance, addresses peer pressure, and helps with working through emotions to make better choices. In addition to the therapy, the program also offers resources such as meditation, yoga, and crafts. Resources are also available to support teachers, staff and parents to better understand the challenges students face and help promote communication to best suit individual student’s needs. Speaker: Amelia Fulgham,Senior Project Coordinator
Midwest Family and Community Resources (mfcr.info)
Phone: 708-745-3040
Email: rthurman@mfcr.info
South Cook Intermediate Service Center provides administrator academies, professional
development, and educational workshops. In addition to assisting school districts
enhancing or implementing programs that will reduce chronic absenteeism and truancy. Speaker: Garrett Podgorski, Professional Development & Instructional Specialist, South Cook ISC
South Cook Intermediate Service Center (s-cook.org)
Phone: 708-754-6600
Hit It Straight Golf Academy is a program at Ravisloe Country Club in Homewood that uses golf to help kids gain new confidence in themselves and help them explore new techniques and feel comfortable learning. Hit It Straight Golf Academy provides mentoring and enhances athletic skills for youth through golf participation. HISGA offers two-hour training sessions for youth which includes fundamentals, coaching, and life-enhancing skills to use outside the golf range. Speaker: Dion Madkins, Founder & Owner, Hit It Straight Golf Academy
Hit It Straight Golf Academy (hititstraightgolfacademy.com)
Phone: 708-323-9980
Wiseworks is an in-school program that helps provide proactive restorative practices to address the needs of students, educators and community stakeholders. The system of using language and empathy and advocacy helps retrain administrators and teachers to be more effective in the role of educator. Wiseworks works on a case by case basis to tailor the solutions to the individual needs of students. The focus is to create individualized interventions to respond to a variety of infractions to help the cause of the individual misbehavior. Speaker: Algenoy Alexander, Founder & CEO, Wiseworks
Wiseworks, Algenoy Alexander (algenoyalexander.com)
Phone: 773-742-3674
Email: algenoy@gmail.com
