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Former Libertyville trustee dies Jan 7, 2013 12:00 AM
A former Libertyville trustee who also spent years working as a guidance counselor and director at Libertyville High School has died. Eugene Brakel, 85, of Libertyville, died Dec. 24.
Images: Stevenson vs. Libertyville, boys basketball Dec 26, 2012 12:00 AM
The St. Viator basketball team faced Libertyville High School Wednesday, December 26th, at the Wheeling Holiday boys basketball tournament.
Suburban superintendents offer safety assurances Dec 17, 2012 12:00 AM
Suburban superintendents offered condolences to the Connecticut victims and assurances of their districts' safety procedures through emails to parents and on websites. "I want to assure you that safety of our students is our top priority and that our schools have comprehensive crisis plans in place to guide us through a variety of emergency situations should the need arise," said Ed Rafferty, Schaumburg Elementary District 54
Mobile app created for Libertyville, Vernon Hills high schools Dec 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 officials on Monday unveiled a mobile app that will have information about lunch menus, sporting events and activities.
Libertyville taxpayers may be asked if they will pay to save Brainerd building Dec 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Supporters of a longstanding dream to convert the shuttered former Libertyville High School building into a community center will be asking if voters would be willing to pay more in property taxes to make that happen. The Brainerd Community Center Inc., has collected more than more than 1,000 signatures in support of an advisory referendum for the April ballot.
Dist. 128 teachers get grants for innovative projects Nov 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Sixteen innovative projects at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools have been awarded grants from a local community foundation. Many of the proposals will use iPads, webcams or other high-tech tools to help educate students. But a few are decidedly low-tech, focusing on the arts, physical education and other non-computerized subjects.
Campus security a top concern at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools Nov 13, 2012 12:00 AM
Video cameras, iPad-based monitors, swipe cards and lockdown drills are among the ever-changing security tools implemented at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools, administrators told the District 128 school board Monday night.
New ensemble to play at LHS Nov 9, 2012 12:00 AM
The newly formed North Suburban Wind Ensemble will perform its first concert Sunday, Nov. 11, at Libertyville High School.
Book drive at Libertyville High Nov 7, 2012 12:00 AM
Libertyville High School and the Interact club are conducting a book drive through Friday. Drop-off bins are located in the main office and in other locations.
Wauconda, Vernon Hills schools to host forums on heroin use Nov 6, 2012 12:00 AM
Two Lake County schools will host public forums about the dangers of heroin use in upcoming weeks. The first event is Monday, Nov. 12 at Vernon Hills High School. The second is Tuesday, Nov. 27 at Wauconda High.
Libertyville High teachers honored Oct 31, 2012 12:00 AM
Libertyville High School English teachers Anne Singleton and Rebecca Kinnee have been named co-recipients of the Outstanding General Education Teacher of the Year Award from the Illinois Council for Exceptional Children (ICEC).
VHHS to stage ‘Into the Woods’: Oct 26, 2012 12:00 AM
As he prepares for returement, Vernon Hills High School Fine Arts Director Frank Lestina will stage his final student musical this weekend.
D128 offers community classes this fall Sep 28, 2012 12:00 AM
The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 community education catalogs for the fall have been mailed and registration is in progress.
Editorial: The hopeful signs for workers in 2012 Sep 3, 2012 12:00 AM
Working people may not feeling like celebrating this Labor Day, but they have legitimate cause to hope for better things, a Daily Herald editorial says.
Raises, potential performance bonuses in District 128 teachers contract Aug 23, 2012 12:00 AM
Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 teachers will receive raises and have a shot at performance recognition bonuses under a new three-year contract. District 128 board members approved the contract during a special meeting Wednesday. Members of the District 128 branch of the Lake County Federation of Teachers union approved their end of the deal before it went to the school board.
D128 community education: Aug 22, 2012 12:00 AM
The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 Community Education office has released its Fall 2012 catalog.
CLC offers scholarships to engineering, computer science students Jul 9, 2012 12:00 AM
For the second time in six years, the College of Lake County has received a highly sought-after National Science Foundation grant that will be used to fund a program encouraging the enrollment, retention and transfer of students majoring in engineering and computer science.
District 128 offering first online courses to summer-school studentsJul 5, 2012 12:00 AM
A pair of computer-based English classes offered this summer at Vernon Hills High School mark District 128's first foray into the expanding world of online education. Twenty-two students are enrolled in the classes for the second semester of summer school, which began last week. Such e-classes already are used in Elgin Area School District U-46.
Local teens: Heroin is going to keep killing our friendsJun 24, 2012 12:00 AM
As deaths attributed to heroin use continue to rise in the suburbs, several groups of young adults have organized to try to reverse the trend before they lose more friends to the drug. They're using YouTube videos, creating awareness events and telling their stories to peers. "Your friends are going to do things you don't like and you don't know how to deal with, but our job is to help them anyway," said Jordan Weaver, 24, of Vernon Hills, whose 21-year-old brother Chris died in May of a heroin overdose. "Everybody strays and it's in those darkest times that you need a forever friend."
Vernon Hills High School hosts two summer theater classes for children Jun 12, 2012 12:00 AM
Phil Johnson, aka MooNiE the Magnif'Cent and a headliner at the Bristol Renaissance Faire for more than 20 years, will present two theater education classes at Vernon Hills High School this summer.