Libertyville District 70

Butterfield Elementary School
Address
1441 W. Lake Street Libertyville, Illinois 60048 United States
Information
School type	public elementary school
Opened	1917
Status	Open
School district	Libertyville District 70
Superintendent	Dr. Guy Schumacher
Principal	Candice Kehoe
Faculty	63
Grades	k-5
Gender	coed
Campus	suburban
School colour(s)	Green      Gold
Mascot	Buddy the Bulldog
Nickname	Bulldogs
Team name	Libertyville
Newspaper	Butterfield Newsletters
Yearbook	HR Imaging Partners Inc.
Website	http://d70schools.org/schoolsites/?sect=search&school_id=2

Highland Middle School
Address
310 W. Rockland Road Libertyville, Illinois 60048 United States
Information
School type	public middle school
Motto	If it's to be, it's up to me
Opened	1949
Status	Open
School district	Libertyville District 70
Superintendent	Guy Schumacher
Principal	Jon Hallmark
Faculty	99
Grades	6-8
Gender	coed
Campus	suburban
School colour(s)	Gold      Maroon
Athletics conference	Lakeside Conference
Nickname	Hornets
Team name	Libertyville
Newspaper	Highland Newsletters
Yearbook	Balfour
Website	http://www.d70schools.org/schoolsites/?sect=home&school_id=4

Libertyville District 70 is located in Libertyville, Illinois, about 35 miles north of Chicago in the suburbs.

The district includes four elementary schools and one middle school. The elementary schools run from kindergarten through fifth grade, while the middle school consists of sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

The district school year runs from mid- to late-August through early- to mid-June. District 70 is on the trimester system, uses parent-teacher conferences and also allows for student-led parent/teacher conferences.

The district superintendent is Dr. Guy Schumacher, who was hired by the Board of Education and began in the top slot on July 1, 2009. Before becoming superintendent, he was principal of Butterfield School, the largest elementary school in the district. In 2010, Dr. Schumacher was awarded the National-Louis University Distinguished Alumni Award for Educational Leadership. (see ref. below)

Students in the school district placed in the 93-95 percentage for meet or exceeds in the ISAT scores released for the 2009-10 school year. This is a high achieving school district with very involved parents. More than 80 percent of the teachers have master's degrees. (see ref. below, also see d70schools.org, school report card for more information.) All classes are taught by Highly Qualified Teachers. The district schools have always made AYP.

Adler Park, Butterfield, Copeland Manor, Highland Middle and Rockland schools were honored in 2011 and 2010 with the highest academic award given from the Illinois State Board of Education for providing students with a high quality education. Each of the five schools in Libertyville Elementary District 70 received the highest award, an “Academic Excellence Award.” In 2010, Academic Excellence Awards recognized 459 schools that have sustained very high academic performance over at least three years. In 2009, the District 70 schools were included with only 438 schools in the state to receive the award. In order to qualify for the award, those 438 schools showed they could sustain high student performance over at least three years. The award was given to schools where at least 90% of students met or exceeded state standards in 2007-2009 and 2008-2010. (Ref. Illinois State Board of Education website.)

Adler Park has the smallest student population in the district, with 240 children attending for the 2014-15 school year. Adler has been recognized as a U.S. Department of Education's National Blue Ribbon School twice, once in 2001 and then in 1991. The school opened in 1959, but closed in 1980 due to declining enrollment; it reopened in 1987, as a kindergarten through third grade building. Over time, the population grew and fourth and fifth grades were added. The school is located at 1740 N. Milwaukee Ave. The principal is Kerri Bongle. The school mascot, The Adler 'Gators' was named by 1987 reopening inaugural student Andy Bokalders.

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