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National Merit Scholarship winners in Lake County May 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Sixteen high school students from Lake County were named National Merit $2,500 Scholarship winners for 2013.
District 128 Foundation 5K set for May 27 May 1, 2013 12:00 AM
The District 128 Foundation for Learning will host its third annual Lace Up 4 Learning 5-kilometer run and walk on Monday, May 27.
Dist. 128 board names new administrator Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM
The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 board on Monday named Rita Fischer the district's new assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction.
Libertyville High’s Mark Buesing working with NASA in GreenlandApr 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Veteran Libertyville High School science teacher Mark Buesing didn't go to Florida, Mexico or anywhere remotely tropical for spring break. Instead, Buesing packed some cold-weather gear and headed to glacier-filled Greenland, where he's part of a NASA mission to study ice in both of our planet's polar regions.
Libertyville High School orchestra headed to Cuba Mar 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Libertyville High School orchestra students will travel to Cuba during spring break in its first trip to the island Caribbean nation, which has been at political odds with the United States for decades. "I'm incredibly excited and intrigued by the idea of a country we aren't allowed to enter," violinist Alex Kratcoski, a 16-year-old sophomore.
LHS to host concert Sunday Mar 11, 2013 12:00 AM
The North Suburban Wind Ensemble will perform Sunday, March 17, in the Libertyville High School Auditorium, 708 W. Park Ave.
VHHS to get new principal in 2014: Feb 26, 2013 12:00 AM
The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 board on Monday named Jon Guillaume as Vernon Hills High’s next principal.
Stephen Arthur: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Candidate information for Stephen Arthur, running for Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128 School Board (4-year Terms)
Ellen Mauer: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Candidate information for Ellen Mauer, running for Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128 School Board (4-year Terms)
Karin Lundstedt: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Candidate information for Karin Lundstedt, running for Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128 School Board (4-year Terms)
Patrick Groody: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Candidate information for Patrick Groody, running for Libertyville-Vernon Hills High School District 128 School Board (4-year Terms)
Stevenson High considering going mobile with an app Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Stevenson High School officials are considering creating an app that would allow students and parents to access schedules, calendars and other information on smart phones and tablets. Neighboring Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools launched their first apps in December.
Libertyville teacher headed to Greenland to work with NASA Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
Libertyville High School science teacher Mark Buesing will travel to Greenland in April to participate in NASA’s Operation IceBridge. Operation IceBridge is a six-year mission to map polar ice in unprecedented detail to better understand processes that connect the polar regions with the global climate system.
Area schools not planning drill like Cary-Grove’s Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
School district officials across the region were well aware of the code red drill Wednesday at Cary-Grove High School, which drew criticism from near and far for including gunshots. No other schools contacted Wednesday plan to expose students to such stimuli, even in the name of safety.
Dist. 128 board meets Tuesday Jan 27, 2013 12:00 AM
The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 board will hold a rare Tuesday meeting this week.
Suburban schools: Disabled sports directive a surprise Jan 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Local officials have yet to receive U.S. Education Department letters requiring schools to include students with disabilities in sports programs, or provide equal alternatives. Elgin Area School District U-46 officials were among those unaware of the new mandate as of late Thursday. Patrick Mogge, director of school and community relations, said the impact on the athletic budget is still unknown.
Fired LHS band director had relationship with student, officials sayJan 15, 2013 12:00 AM
Libertyville High School band director Jeffrey Daeschler has been fired for having an “inappropriate physical relationship” with a female student, then 18, District 128 officials announced Tuesday. “The weight and the validity of the evidence clearly led to the conclusion we drew and I’ll have to leave it at that,” Superintendent Prentiss Lea said at a meeting for parents.
Power outage at Libertyville High: Jan 11, 2013 12:00 AM
An overnight power outage forced Libertyville High School officials to cancel classes Friday, but power was restored in time for after-school activities to take place as scheduled, officials said.
Brainerd group asks for tax hike question delay Jan 10, 2013 12:00 AM
A strategy to ask Libertyville voters if they would be willing to hike property taxes to convert a former high school into a community center will be deferred until March 2014. The Libertyville village board tabled a resolution that would have put an advisory question on the April 9 ballot, after project supporters said a better course would be to wait a year and present voters with a binding question.
LHS band director on paid leave, but officials won’t say why Jan 10, 2013 12:00 AM
Libertyville High School band director Jeffrey T. Daeschler has been on paid administrative leave since November, District 128 officials have confirmed. But district officials won’t say why, citing legal privacy concerns. “It is a personnel matter which we are not able to discuss,” Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 spokeswoman Mary Todoric said.