Manteno Quarry
6141 N Route 50
Manteno, IL 60950
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Adopt-a-School
 | | Schoolhouse Rocks! (L to R): Dawn Russert, Superintendent; Gale Dodge, School Board Member; Tony Swafford, High School Earth Science Teacher; Roger Schnitzler, Elementary School Principal; Tim Theobald, VMC Manteno Plant Manager. Back row: Nichole Whitten, Middle School Science Teacher; Mark Stauffenberg, School Board President; Paul Russert, High School Principal; Joe Palicki, Primary School Principal | | |  | | Plant Manager Tim Theobald presents to Mrs. Kane's 5th Grade students. |
In July 2006 Vulcan Materials Company's Manteno facility announced their partnership with Manteno Community Unit School District 5 as part of their Adopt-a-School program at the school board meeting.
Tim Theobald, Vulcan's Manteno's plant manager, and Doug Lacke, the company's Southern Region Vice President, presented the principals of Manteno Elementary and Manteno Primary schools with an initial $1,500 grant to jumpstart geology-related programs for students in the district. Dawn Russert, Manteno schools' superintendent, was also present at the meeting to accept the grant and launch the collaboration.
"This partnership essentially binds Vulcan and Manteno schools together as business partners who will continually search for new ways to improve student learning," Russert said. "This is only the first step in bringing our schools to a new level." The new partnership builds on Vulcan's history of reaching out to neighbors, schools, community organizations and local officials surrounding the quarry.
The school district intends to use the grant money to establish a geology curriculum in the primary and elementary school. The funding will also pay for hands-on tools to further educate students.
"We're very proud and excited to launch this new chapter in our community," Theobald said. "We hope to improve the quality of education with the new partnership."
More importantly, however, Vulcan's adoption of the Manteno school district will forge a long-lasting relationship between the quarry and its neighborhood schools. Both Vulcan and the Manteno schools plan for the partnership to yield two major annual events - a classroom presentation led by a Vulcan employee and a tour of the quarry that will teach students about different rock formations.
"The programs being created for the partnership are both fun and educational for Manteno students,"said Joseph Palicki, principal of Manteno Primary School. "It's another step in improving the overall educational experience for our students by linking science with the natural resources found within our community."
Vulcan officials intend to greet students on the first day of school with school supply goodie bags in an effort to establish a bond with the schools. The company will also literally become a cemented fixture in the school - students will take an active role in selecting fossils from the quarry to be built into the Middle schools' walls.
"Students at Manteno will become more aware of their surroundings, and feel more connected to their neighborhood," said Roger Schnitzler, principal of Manteno Elementary School. "Pairing that with an understanding and interest in geology, the collaboration couldn't be a better move for our community."
Adopt-a-School Brochure
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