Jon Kirschner, Hamilton Heights High School Social Studies teacher, head football coach, and strength and conditioning coach, will be the guest speaker at this Saturday’s Cicero Kiwanis Club breakfast meeting.
Thanks to a Teacher Creativity Fellowship Grant through the Lilly Endowment, Kirschner realized a dream of traveling through parts of America’s last frontier. Through this opportunity, Kirschner was able to combine three of his favorite things: Running, photography and teaching. Kirschner, whose grant request was entitled, “Running and Flipping through the West,” was among the 100 selected from a competitive pool of 520 qualified applicants throughout the state.
Kirschner said the trip was one of the most remarkable experiences of his life and he was able to check off a few items on his bucket list including seeing several animals in their natural habitats.
Kirschner brought back a plethora of educational opportunities from his travels to supplement many of his current chapters. The lessons and information from this once-in-a-lifetime experience have helped him to bring history and geography to life for his students through a first-person account.
He will share highlights from the adventure and the impact on his life and on his students since then.
The meeting is set for 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2 at the Red Bridge Park Community Building in Cicero.
About the Cicero Kiwanis
The Cicero Chapter of the Kiwanis International as a part of a non-profit global organization with members who are dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. In the greater Cicero-area community, the Cicero Kiwanis provide scholarships to local high school students, support local schools through donations to various programs and manpower, provide food and assistance to local food pantries, support families and individuals in need or in crisis and help the community at large through donations to Riley’s Children’s Hospital. Weekly meetings begin at 7:30 a.m. on Saturdays at the Red Bridge Community Park Building in Cicero.