![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y0lynNnwOus/default.jpg "On 9/22/07 Willie Nelson and Family performed a benefit concert in Peru, Illinois, with profits going to help build a new playground for the Peru Catholic School. Children of the school created posters to thank Willie and the band, and they are featured here in this slide show. The concert was sponsored by Lou's La Grotto Restaurant in Peru, Illinois as part of their "Concerts for a Cause" series. Staff and students from 62 schools in the Illinois Valley wrote to Merry Noonan and her six-member committee that work on Lou's La Grotto's "Concerts For a Cause." While all those schools needed help, one stood out. The letter written by Billy Samek of Peru Catholic School was chosen. Billy wrote a letter about the lack of a playground at his school. "I like art and PE classes. I really like recess but all we do is walk around and kick a ball around on the blacktop," he wrote. "We usually end up moving because we get in the way of the big kids. If we had a playground, we could share it with the big kids." That letter touched the hearts of all the committee members. "Each person went behind closed doors with the letters and each one came out with that letter as the winner," said Noonan. "It was unanimous."")
Published
April 15, 2013
Here are a dozen or so girls' schools' public thoughts about themselves and their missions.
Make Summer a Special Time!
If you have children in private school, then you are most likely looking at three months, perhaps even longer, which you must fill with activities of one kind or another during the long summer break.
Are You Liable?
Is your DEL key about to get gaveled? It doesn't matter whether you teach in a public or private school setting. You expose yourself to legal risks every single day on the job.
