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  • 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.

     
  •  Donald McCormick, 10, a fourth grader at Thomas Dooley Elementary School in Schaumburg, hooks up his rocket called the Red Eagle at Olympic Park in Schaumburg Tuesday. His was one of 450 rockets that took to the sky as part of Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54’s rocket launch day. Next to him is Joann Delmedico, who was the rocketeer club facilitator on site.

    District 54 students have a blast launching rockets May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Students from Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 launched 450 rockets throughout the day Tuesday as the culmination of a yearlong learning project. The launches at Schaumburg's Olympic Park involved students from all 27 of the district's schools who began exploring aerospace engineering through the NASA Rockets curriculum in September.

     
  •  Dominic Szymanski, 11, basks in the cheers of his classmates as he made a surprise visit to Hough Street School in Barrington Tuesday, his first day back after being hit by a train in March.

    Barrington boy rejoins classmates after train accident May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Classmates cheered as Dominic Szymanski, a fifth grader at Hough Street School in Barrington, made a surprise visit Tuesday, almost two months after the 11-year-old survived being struck by a train. The unexpected reunion came during an all-school assembly for a student performance of "Romeo and Juliet," and a day after Dominic personally thanked the first-responders and good Samaritans who came to his rescue.

     
  • St. Viator, Vernon Hills to meet for 2A regional title May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    St. Viator and Vernon Hills started out their girls soccer postseasons with victories in opening-round games of the Class 2A state tournament on Tuesday afternoon. Fourth-seeded St. Viator shut out No. 13 Amundsen 8-0 in the first semifinal, and No. 5 Vernon Hills picked up a forfeit win over No. 12 Mather in the other semifinal in Amundsen regional action at Chicago's Winnemac Stadium. St. Viator (10-7) next plays Vernon Hills (10-4-2) in the regional championship at 10 a.m. Saturday at Winnemac Stadium.

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

     
  • O’Keefe, Celarek pace Conant victory May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    Hat-trick heroes Sidney O'Keeffe and Leah Celarek helped No. 4 seed Conant roll to an 8-0 victory Tuesday afternoon against No. 14 Streamwood in a Class 3A regional opener hosted by the Cougars in Hoffman Estates.

     
  • 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.

     
  • Mundelein's Allie Boothe holds the girls water polo sectional plaque and gets hugs from her sister Amanda, far left, and friend Megan Casali Saturday. Mundelein defeated Stevenson in the match.

    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.

     
  • From left to right- Village President Ed Ritter from Carpentersville, Village President Christopher Nelson from West Dundee, Business Recruitment Coordinator Victor Narusis from the Village of Huntley, Director of Community Development Daniel Olson with the Village of Lake in the Hills, President/CEO Kimberly Bless with the Elgin Area CVB, Mayor David Kaptain with the City of Elgin, Director of Community Development Steve Super with the Village of South Elgin and Village Administrator Ray Keller with the Village of Gilberts

    Elgin Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Kicks-Off National Travel & Tourism WeekMay 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Elgin Area Convention & Visitors Bureau kicked-off the 30th annual National Travel & Tourism Week, May 4- May 12, with the 6th Annual Mayors’ Luncheon. Tourism is Illinois’ hidden revenue generator; $1,110 is the amount the average Illinois family saves in taxes each year because of Illinois tourism according to the Illinois Council of Convention & Visitors Bureau.

     
  • Hoffman Estates photo contest looks at mental health May 14, 2013 12:00 AM
    May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it's time to think about what mental health means to all of us. One out of every two Americans has a diagnosable mental disorder, and 80 to 90 percent of mental disorders are treatable. However, fewer than half of adults and only one third of children get help.

     
  • Students from Elk Grove, Buffalo Grove and John Hersey high schools listen to 18-year-old IndyCar driver Zach Veach talk about his career during a visit to DMG/Mori Seiki in Hoffman Estates Friday. He said he wouldn't be racing if it wasn't for DMG/Mori Seiki, which provides many of the parts that go into his vehicle.

    DMG/Mori Seiki opens doors to students, others during Innovation Days May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    Nearly 3,000 business and manufacturing executives as well as students and educators filled the demonstration hall this week at Hoffman Estates-based DMG/Mori Seiki to learn about new technology, training and jobs in manufacturing. From Tuesday through Friday, the company demonstrated 41 robotic machines and devices for suppliers, new buyers, engineers and others for its third annual Innovation Days event, said President Mark H. Mohr.

     
  • Nancy Gianni with daughter, Gigi.

    Life not the same for Hoffman mother as GiGi's Playhouse expands May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    Kukec's People featuresNancy Gianni, who started Hoffman Estates-based Gigi's Playhouse, a facility for children with Down Syndrome. Her daughter, now 10, was the inspiration for what now has turned into a national chain of playhouses that help both children and adults with Down's.

     
  •  Dominic Szymanski, 11, thanks his well-wishers and rescuers Monday at Barrington village hall while supported by his mother Gayle, left, father Luke, and younger siblings Max and Gabrielle, both 7.

    Barrington train accident survivor thanks rescuersMay 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    Dominic Szymanski, the 11-year-old Barrington boy who survived being struck by a train in the village on March 15, made his first public appearance Monday night as the police officers, paramedics and good Samaritans who came to his aid nearly two months earlier were honored. "Thank you very much, everyone!" Dominic told the group of well-wishers who gathered outside the meeting room at Barrington village hall.

     
  • 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.

     
  • Hoffman, Schaumburg Memorial Day Observance May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    The public is invited to a Memorial Day Observance in Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg on Monday, May 27. The Hoffman Estates Memorial Ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. at the Hoffman Estates Veterans Memorial, 411 W. Higgins Road. Immediately following that event, the observance will move to Schaumburg and continue at 10:45 a.m. at St. Peter Church and School, 202 E. Schaumburg Road.

     
  •  Hampshire High School senior Danny Heck has been doing video and photography work during his high school career, and hopes to make video his life’s work.

    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.

     
  •  Andrew Chambers, 10, and his younger brother Jeremy, 5, of Vernon Hills, use a net to fish off the pier Monday on Big Bear Lake in Century Park in Vernon Hills.

    Images: The Week in Pictures May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    This edition of The Week in Pictures features a lot of warm weather activities, including fishing, biking, rowing, power washing, ice cream eating, garage sale and art show browsing, and benefit walking.

     
  • Mike Ramser, right, shows his mom, Laura, parts of a living room he helped build during last year’s open house at a student-built home on Brockway Street in Palatine. The district will hold another open house this year for three new Palatine houses from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19.

    District 211 students ready to show off houses they built May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    After two years of work, three homes built by Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 students are ready for families to move in. An open house will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at the homes, located at 72 W. Illinois Ave., 86 W. Illinois Ave. and 151 Boynton Ave. in Palatine. The public will have an opportunity to bid on the houses at the open house events.

     
  • Buffalo Grove clinches in MSL East May 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    For the first time this century, Buffalo Grove will play for the Mid-Suburban League softball championship. Under third-year coach Jamie Paul, the Bison clinched the MSL East on Monday with a 6-5 victory over visiting Hersey.

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

     
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