Thirteen track-and-field athletes from Maryville’s Therapeutic Residential Programs will be among the Special Olympics competitors on Sunday, April 17, when the Area 18 Spring Games take place at Prospect High School. Boys from the Maryville Des Plaines Campus and girls from the Maryville Bartlett Campus will participate in two events: the 50-Meter Dash and the…
Responsibility, respect and ambition were just a few of the topics covered when the Maryville Jen School hosted a Teen Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, March 19, featuring the Next Generation of Leaders (NXG), a community and education-driven outreach program. Founded by music industry executive Michael Mauldin in 2008, NXG was created to engage youth…
All-Pro Chicago Bears Kicker Robbie Gould recently learned that his teammates thought a lot of him. This realization came about when it was announced that Gould’s fellow Chicago Bears had nominated him to receive the 2016 Ed Block Courage Award. Each year, the Ed Block Courage Awards honors those National Football League players who exemplify…
Children who bring home excellent report cards have every right to be proud of their hard work, dedication and achievement. And yet, for some students, high grades are indicative of so much more than test results. Such is the case with Antoine Cochran, 14, who enrolled at the Maryville Jen School late in 2015. He…
Recently, we posted a photo on the Maryville Facebook page of the artwork that had been created at our Crisis Nursery in honor of Black History Month. We received this wonderful anecdote from Bill Coyne, a Maryville Alumni, in response to that post. Bill shared a story with us about his life at Maryville in the…
Jen School faculty members Mr. Williams and Ms. Holland were on hand to sell baked goods at the Coffee Cart on Friday, February 5, as part of the school’s “Water for All” fundraiser. Jen School students have been learning about the water crisis taking place in Flint, Michigan and have decided to help. Flint’s drinking water…
Maryville was the recipient of a large donation of toys before Christmas, courtesy of our friends at Tow Trucks for Tots. They also underwrote the food for our all-program Christmas Banquet in Des Plaines. We couldn’t have been more grateful! So, imagine our surprise on January 4 when we received six large boxes of sporting…
A resident of the Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, Dalphne Sommario travels more than 200 miles every week to work with the young women at Maryville’s suburban Bartlett Campus. “Depending on traffic and weather conditions, the trip can range from 1 hour to 2 ½ hours each way,” Dalphne said. “If I take a train…