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'Sensational 7' Retiring From Southwest Elementary School
Seven staff members at Southwest Elementary School are retiring at the end of the school year.
EVERGREEN PARK, IL — Southwest Elementary School is saluting seven of its staff members who are retiring at the end of the 2019-2020 school year.
The final page of this year's school yearbook is dedicated to the "sensational seven": Principal Patricia Bogdan, first grade teacher Sheila Brew, first grade teacher Linda Malone, second grade teacher Lori Doyle, technology teacher Eileen Foley, building secretary Therese O'Toole and Mark McDonnell, a longtime custodial helper at Southwest.
In a letter to parents earlier in the year, Bogdan said she hit the "jackpot" when she landed at Southwest.
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"I've had a great career and I will truly miss playing a role in the students' academic journey," she said.
A parade of cars rode through the neighborhood and past Brew's home this past Sunday to congratulate her on her retirement.
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On the other end of town but in the same school district, another car parade is scheduled for Thursday, May 21 to salute Northeast Elementary School Principal Jackie Janicke, who is leaving Evergreen Park School District 124 at the end of the school year for a position as a director of special education in Flossmoor.
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