When John Hersey High School teacher Megan Brownley pitched the idea of an app to help student staffers at the school s coffee cart, Rachel Rafik stepped up to the challenge.
Programs like SOARBucks at Lincoln Middle School in Mount Prospect are teaching special needs students valuable life skills through operating their own coffee business on campus.
The District 214 team has rebranded what used to be a Special Olympics team based at Hersey High School into a Districtwide Special Olympics team - complete with a new logo.