Gower West School

Prospect School offers various academic and cocurricular programs. It provides various services, including special education and gifted education. Its curriculum is associated with the Illinois Learning Standards. The school has more than 20 classrooms, a gymnasium, multipurpose room, media resource center and room for group instructional programs. It is spread over an area of more than 55,000 square feet. It also provides special education programs to students with disabilities. Its special education programs include an assessment matrix, checking fluency scales of oral reading, and district literacy assessment and documentation. Additionally, the school offers Martin Luther King Day celebrations, Thanksgiving Day ceremonies and institute day programs. Prospect School is located in Clarendon Hills, Ill.

Gurrie Middle School serves students in grades seven through eight and enrolls more than 240 students. Its academic offerings include studies in mathematics, science, social studies, language arts and reading. The school offers a foreign language program that includes Spanish and French. It also provides classes for arts, family and consumer science and music. Gurrie Middle School offers a variety of extracurricular programs that include sports activities in basketball, cross-country, soccer volleyball and softball. The school s fine arts department features a concert and jazz band, orchestra and choir. It publishes a monthly newsletter, Tiger Tracks, as well as has a parent-teacher organization. The school offers several student clubs, including science, chess, art, writing and sewing. Gurrie Middle School is located in LaGrange, Ill.