Oak Grove School District 68 (Lake County, Illinois)

This article is about the district in Lake County. For the district in Peoria County, see Oak Grove School District 68 (Bartonville, Illinois). For other school districts with similar names, see Oak Grove School District.

Oak Grove School District 68 is a single-school grade school district in the central Lake County village of Green Oaks; it is located in the township of Libertyville. Its one school is called Oak Grove Grade School, alternatively referred to as Oak Grove Elementary School or simply Oak Grove School by most. The school has three principals: Julie Waehner serves as K-2 Principal, Dave Karolewicz serves as principal for students in third through fifth grade; and Mark Clement directs the junior high wing (grades six through eight). Dr. Janice Matthews is the superintendent of the school district.^[1] The mascot is the eagle.

The school and district sports a band and chorus.^[2]

In September 2010, the school was identified by Chicago Magazine as third on the list of Best Elementary Schools in the Lake County. In years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, Oak Grove School was identified in the top 5% of all Illinois Schools by Searchlight A+ Award for high student achievement as measured by Illinois Standards Achievement Test,

In 2007, student Gokul Krishnan won an award in the Discovery Channel Science Competition.^[3]

References

1. ^ Oak Grove School Personnel Listing, retrieved 2008-6-12
2. ^ Oak Grove School Band and Chorus Link Page, retrieved 2008-6-12
3. ^ [1] Daily Herald, October 25, 2007

• GreatSchools.net Information on Oak Grove School District 68

External links

• Oak Grove School District 68 Web Page