Donovan Jr. /Sr. High School

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School Cancellation Update

The Boys' Varsity Game is cancelled for tonight- The game is rescheduled for Friday, February 19th

All after-school activities are cancelled for Tuesday, February 9th, 2010.

District Demographic Information
Donovan is a small rural district, which encompasses the northeastern corner of Iroquois County. Current enrollment for the district is 409 students (K-12). It is predominantly agricultural and commuter in orientation. Most of the commuters travel ten miles south to Watseka or thirty miles north to Kankakee for employment, shopping, and social activities. The Donovan district covers one hundred thirty-five square miles, which includes the four small towns of Beaverville, Martinton, Iroquois, and Donovan. Few businesses exist in the four communities. Those that do are predominantly family owned. The combined four communities are still lacking the basic neighborhood necessities such as; gas stations, grocery stores, and local community and activities centers. Of the four communities, only one (Iroquois) has access to a public library.
The Jr.- Sr. High School building is in the town of Donovan while the elementary building is two miles west of Donovan in an agricultural setting. The communities as a total package can be classified as rural blue collar in nature.

Mr. Robert Abney Jr. / Sr. High School Principal E-mail Mr. Abney	Greetings from Mr. Abney "Our mission in the Donovan School District is to teach students skills and values while encouraging them to gain the knowledge necessary to empower them to be contributing, responsible citizens confidently adapting to our changing society. As a staff we are aiming at success, teamwork, and achievement. Each of our students is striving to reach higher ground as they prepare themselves for post secondary opportunities, including college, and the career world. We are committed to producing more caring, culturally and socially aware, and committed citizens who believe that education is truly the key to their future. We welcome you to our website and invite you to browse. Your input is valued so please feel free to give us any feedback. We are proud to be a positive educational institution preparing this generation of students to be purposeful, peaceful, and productive citizens in our changing world. Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: "I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it." Groucho Marx
	www.KAN-I-HELP.org Reaching out to help families and individuals identify resources. The Kankakee-Iroquois HELP network is a comprehensive community information system designed to connect the residents of Kankakee and Iroquois counties, in north central Illinois, with governmental agencies, publicly financed human services and non-profit organizations.
	New State Legislation requires schools to notify parents of the availability of sex offender information including offender registration information and the searchable database. Please be advised that sex offender information can be obtained at www.isp.state.il.us/sor. This is updated daily and allows searching by name, city, town, county, zip code, compliance status or any combination thereof.
	Community Outreach & Resource Webpage! Follow the link to find great opportunities for parents, students, and community members in your area.
	The Parent Page Newsletter The Parent Page monthly newsletter is sponsored by the Regional Office Of Education as a helpful resource for families activities and tips for the surrounding communities. Click on the link above to view the November 2009 newsletter.

School Closings
The Donovan School district is currently using the One Call Now messaging service to notify parents, students, staff and community members of school cancellations, delay of sporting events, event reminders, pick-up times and much more. In the event of a cancellation, you will receive a phone call from the Call One Now messaging service stating the reason for the cancellation, delay, etc...If you receive the call in error or would like to be removed from our call list, please use the hyperlink to login to the Call One Now system to edit you "family Profile" settings.


One Call Now - Send a phone message to parents with one call to our call blast service

School cancellations, early closing or late starts due to weather conditions will also be announced over the local radio stations as soon as decisions have been reached.
DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL.
WFGA(94.1)..Watseka and WKAN(1320), WVLI(95.1)...Kankakee, (WHPO)..Hoopeston, and WIVR (101.7)..on your radio dials.

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