logisticsMay8

We are very excited to welcome you to Marie Murphy School and the Avoca School District! Below I have put together some information that you may find helpful especially if you are traveling a long distance to get here

My contact information: Chris Brownbrownc@avoca37.org or cmbrown@mac.com Office Phone847 728 4160 Cellphone847 401 5912 iChatcmbrown@mac.com Skypebrownc847 District Web Site http://avoca37.org

Meetings will be held at Marie Murphy School Address:2921 Illinois Road Wilmette IL 60091 847 251 3617

Hotel Info: There are two options I see if you need to stay overnight. Evanston - adjacent to Wilmette. Many of great hotel options and restaurants since it is the home of Northwestern University. Even if you are planning on spendingthe weekend in Chicago there are "L" stops in Evanston that can have you in the center of downtown in about 30 minutes. Here is a link to many options:http://www.cnscvb.com/visitors_lodging.cfm I would recommend the Hilton Garden Inn - free internet and walking distance to downtown Evanston.

Chicago - if you are planning on staying the weekend and want to stay downtown you can do that as well and there are many options - one inexpensive(relatively) option is Fairfield Inn and Suites http://www.fairfieldsuiteschicago.com/

Travel: If you are flying OHare is the airport to fly into - taxi to Evanston is about $30-35.

Food

Breakfast - Continental, coffee, tea, etc.

Lunch - Pizza(Cheese, Veggie, Sausage) from Pieros(our favoirte local pizza shop) and tossed salad.

Parking Parking is plentiful at the school - lot is directly in front of the building so there should be no problem - there is also an auxiliary lot on the west side of the building just in case. I have secured overflow parking a short, few-minute walk away just in case the lots here get too full at the following address: [ http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&q=winnetka+covenant+church&fb=1&cid=0,0,11124930048558395166&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image ]Winnetka Covenant Church1200 Hibbard RdWilmette, IL 60091

Please feel free to park there throughout the day as they are aware we are having this event.

Notes for May 8 On the logistics page there are addresses and phone numbers if you need them. The school district is Avoca School District - we will be meeting at Marie Murphy School which is our middle school building. I'll try not to refer to them interchangeably but all of our meetings will be held at Marie Murphy School.

Just a quick note for everyone that we all attendees will need to bring their own laptops for this experience. We will spend much of the second half of the day in the virtual learning environment and everyone will need their own laptop for access.

We will have extension cords and power strips as needed and our IT team will be on site to assist you with accessing our guest network. Please be sure to bring your power adapter and an extra battery if you have one.

Thanks - let me know if there are any questions and I will post this and the previous email on the wiki for reference.

Chris