Better Makers: The Cove School Hosts Annual Benefit

On Feb. 24, The Cove School hosted its 2018 annual benefit, “Find Your Outstanding,” at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel. The evening raised a record amount, more than $690,000, for its work providing “the highest level of support for students with learning disabilities.”   More from Make It Better:  Better Makers: Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation’s […]

Toss a Coin: Help Wishes Come True for Students With Learning Disabilities

Ron of Japan Steakhouse dining guests of all ages have sought good luck or gambatte kudasai (a.k.a. “Do your best”), by tossing a coin into the ornate Ron of Japan fountain. Now the restaurant’s Northbrook location is sharing the wealth as part of an upcoming remodeling. Scheduled to begin in mid-September, the project will be […]

Terrific Teacher: Dan Polonsky

“The relationship you have with a student has to be based on trust,” says Dan Polonsky, who teaches junior high students at The Cove School. The students in his classes all have significant learning disabilities. Polonsky describes Cove as a place where “students who have experienced a lot of difficulties can show what they’re capable […]