Articles filed under Algonquin

• District 300 first to offer fourth-year math course May 15, 2013 12:00 AM
  Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year.
  

   

• District 300 first to offer fourth-year math course May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Seniors at Jacobs, Hampshire and Dundee-Crown high schools will have the opportunity to take a new math class next year with a textbook designed especially for them. The course was developed by the Alliance for College Readiness which includes Elgin Community College and all of its feeder high school districts — Elgin Area School District U-46, St. Charles Community Unit District 303, Burlington-based Central Unit District 301, and Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, the only district to offer the course next year.
  

   

• Huntley opens regional with win May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Softball/Fox Valley roundup May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• St. Edward stays true to form in sectional semi May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  What has become evident through three postseason games for the St. Edward girls soccer team is that at the very least, seven-goal wins are simply the norm. And Tuesday's win over Woodlands Academy was no exception. Just as they disposed of Elgin Academy (8-0) and Westminster Christian (7-0) similarly last week in regionals, the Green Wave yet again put on a show early in a 7-0 win over the Wildcats in a Class 1A Westminster Christian sectional semifinal in Elgin.
  

   

• Crystal Lake South blanks Dundee-Crown May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The postseason couldn't have started out any better for the Crystal Lake South girls soccer team. The Gators dominated possession and kept Dundee-Crown from getting any good scoring opportunity Tuesday as CL South defeated the Chargers, 5-0, in the semifinals of the Class 3A Crystal Lake South regional. "It's good motivation to help us get through," said Gators senior Mackenzie Taldone, who scored the final 2 goals. "We've definitely been put as underdogs during the conference so we're definitely going to push through regionals and show people who we actually are."
  

   
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  Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers. This week's gallery features photos from water polo, track, baseball, softball, gymnastics, volleyball and soccer.
  

   
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  Barrington Art FestivalMay 14, 2013 12:00 AM
  Amdur Productions, a nationally recognized art festival production company, in collaboration with the Village of Barrington and the Barrington Cultural Commission, proudly presents the fourth annual Barrington Art Festival.
  

   

• Dist. 300 considers second online charter school plan May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Community Unit District 300 board members have moved from one charter school proposal to another, holding a public hearing for the Illinois Online Charter School. The charter would be for Northern Kane Educational Corp., which already runs the Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove and serves District 300 students, but also extend to others in the state.
  

   

• Fox Valley police reports May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  John Giesing, 74, of the 700 block of Coventry Lane, Crystal Lake, was charged over the weekend with solicitation of a sexual act, after police said he offered to pay a 16-year-old boy to perform a sexual act, according to a police report.
  

   
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  Hampshire HS senior hopes to make a career out of film May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  When Danny Heck was in eighth grade, he and his friends made an Indiana Jones movie with a camcorder. He had such a good time it prompted some research into the film industry and how one could go about breaking into it. Heck, now a senior at Hampshire High School, has worked with Nicole Thompson, the high school librarian, and the District 300 Foundation over the last year on videos for school and district events. "That's when I really knew that this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life," Heck said.
  

   

• Baseball/Fox Valley roundup May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Burlington Central downs DeKalb May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   
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  Who needs practice? Apparently not Jacobs May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Consider it one of the oddest facts of an unusual spring: it's the final week of the regular season and the Jacobs baseball team has yet to hold a full, outdoor practice. Persistent cold, wet weather throughout late March and April kept the Golden Eagles off their own unplayable infield and in their field house for weeks on end. When the weather finally did improve enough to play outdoors, coach Jamie Murray's team took advantage of any dry day by eating into the backlog of postponed games. No time to practice. Just play, play, play. Though they haven't had the opportunity to work on cutoffs from the outfield or pitchers covering first base, the Golden Eagles have nevertheless managed to win 18 of 28 games, including Monday's 7-0 whitewash of District 300 rival Dundee-Crown in a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division tilt in Carpentersville.
  

   

• Prairie Ridge denies Cary-Grove FVC Valley crown May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Lauren Stanley deserved better. Allowing only an unearned run in the sixth inning, Stanley was the hard-luck loser as Cary-Grove dropped a gut-wrenching 1-0 decision to Prairie Ridge in Fox Valley Conference Valley Division softball action in Crystal Lake Monday afternoon. The victory gave the Wolves the outright Valley championship with a 10-2 record. The Trojans end league play with a 9-3 slate.
  

   

• North Boone ousts Westminster Christian May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  The youth of the Westminster Christian baseball team showed Monday in the team's regional opener. Warriors coach Tim Dunderdale said only two players had played in the postseason before Friday's Class 2A Westminster Christian regional play-in game. No. 4 seed Westminster managed 4 four hits as its season ended in a 5-2 loss to No. 5 North Boone.
  

   
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  The Dow Jones and the Industrials sell out 'the Listening Room at Lakeside Legacy Foundation in Crystal Lake, IL on May 11th.May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  On Saturday, May 11th, the Dow Jones and the Industrials played to a sold out crowd at ‘the Listening Room’ at Lakeside Legacy Foundation in Crystal Lake, IL. The Dow Jones and the Industrials are the veritable Who’s Who in the Crystal Lake area. The Dow Jones and the Industrials is a local band featuring the talents of Chuck Stevens, J.T. Wheeler, Wenzel Rossler, Penny Johns-Thompson, and Bob Blazier. Marti Bonne the pianist from Together Again and Geoff Demuth a pedal steel guitar player sat in with the band.
  

   
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  Woodlands Academy Celebrates Community ServiceMay 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  Students recognized for various community service projects. Many did 50+ hours more than they needed.
  

   
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  West Chicago's Community Art Banner Project Answers A Question of Balance From the Perspective of Eleven ArtistsMay 13, 2013 12:00 AM
  West Chicago's Community Art Banner Project Answers A Question of Balance From the Perspective of Eleven Artists