Admissions Team, Beacon Administration, and Beacon Faculty
Beacon Academy Prospective Parent/Guardian Coffee with School Tour
Join us for a Prospective Parent/Guardian Coffee this fall! Our Parent Coffees are an opportunity to learn more about Beacon Academy from the Admissions Team, Beacon Administration, and Beacon Faculty. Prospective Parent Coffees will end with student-led school tours. Come to learn more about Beacon’s core values and its student-centered approach.
Please reach out to the Admissions office (admissions@beaconacademyil.org) with any questions. We are happy to help!
Upcoming Events
“Hold These Truths”: A Table Reading
Joel de la Fuente
Award-winning stage and screen actor
Jeanne Sakata
Award-winning actor and playwright
Lisa Doi, Ph.D.
Assistant curator and project manager at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles
North Shore Country Day Auditorium
Note: Event start time is Central Time (CT).
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Parenting Anxiety: Breaking the Cycle of Worry and Raising Resilient Kids
Meredith Elkins, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist, faculty member of Harvard Medical School, and co–program director, McLean Anxiety Mastery Program, McLean Hospital
Rebecca Jenkins
Superintendent of Libertyville School District 70 in Libertyville, IL
ON ZOOM
Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose (Event 1 of 2)
Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Award-winning journalist and bestselling author
Robert Waldinger, MD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, co-director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, and co-founder of the Lifespan Research Foundation
ON ZOOM

