In the district «s tentative plans, what is now a wheat
field with patches of 100 - year - old
oaks would include a museum for the Grayslake Historical Society and playing
fields easily accessible from the junior and senior high
schools.
Creating shade Most of us will have a memory of sultry summer days sat under a large
oak or horse chestnut at the edge of the
school playing
field listening to the teacher deliver a poem or a lesson on conkers.