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Quest Academy in Palatine adding West Campus

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Hannah O'Brien, 14, eight-grader at Quest Academy, raises the American flag as a wind gust toppled banners and flags onstage at the school's ribbon-cutting ceremony for its outdoor West Campus in Palatine.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Quest Academy's Head of School Benjamin Hebebrand speaks during the school's ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 3.68-acre outdoor West Campus in Palatine on Thursday.

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Palatine Mayor Jim Schwantz, center with scissors, and Quest Academy's Head of School Benjamin Hebebrand, left holding ribbon, cut the ribbon for Quest Academy's West Campus.

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Quest Academy students welcome a wall of water on the athletic fields as the Palatine Fire Department christens the school's new 3.68-acre outdoor West Campus Thursday.

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Students that carried banners onto the stage during Quest Academy's ribbon-cutting ceremony race back onstage to catch the banners as they fall due to heavy gust of wind.

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Quest Academy in Palatine officially opened its new West Campus on Thursday.

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About 300 students, staff and guests were present Thursday morning as Quest Academy, an independent school for gifted students located in Palatine, officially opened its new West Campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The outdoor campus will "bring what we do inside to the great outdoors," said Head of School Ben Hebebrand.