Articles filed under Palatine-Schaumburg High School D211

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  D211 Golden Apple Scholars honoredMay 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Schaumburg Palatine High School District board of education honored three students at a meeting Thursday for being named Golden Apple Scholars. The three students will each attend an Illinois university in the fall and receive thousands of dollars in scholarships, along with mentoring and support as they pursue their degrees in education. The winners are Lizbeth Arreola, Palatine High School; Maya Lane, Conant High School; and Jae Eun Shin, Conant High School.
  

   
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  Conant students win first place for electric vehicle May 20, 2012 12:00 AM
  Within a matter of months, students at Conant High School successfully converted a gasoline go-cart into an award-winning electric vehicle. Members of the school's Engineering and Electronics Club attended a competition in Michigan won two first place trophies for onboard electronics and presentation. “I think they set the bar extremely high for themselves,” said Peter Goss, applied technology teacher at Conant.
  

   

• Juvenile charged with aggravated arson in Schaumburg High School fire May 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  A juvenile, whose name and age hasn't been released, has been been charged with aggravated arson after authorities said he set a fire Friday afternoon in a Schaumburg High School hazardous materials closet. The blaze caused an estimated $2,000 in damage.
  

   
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  Hoffman H.S. questions T-shirts’ intentMay 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  Students and administrators at Hoffman Estates High School Friday briefly disagreed over whether the distribution of anti-bullying T-shirts was the proper way to honor the memory of a freshman girl who committed suicide last weekend. Students were asked to stop distributing and wearing the T-shirts near the entrance to the school at the start of the day Friday morning.
  

   

• Small Schaumburg High fire may have been intentionally set May 11, 2012 12:00 AM
  A small fire in a wood shop at Schaumburg High School Friday may have been intentionally set, authorities said. Schaumburg police were questioning a juvenile Friday night, though its unclear if any charges would be filed.
  

   
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  Schaumburg woman’s memory honored in musicMay 10, 2012 12:00 AM
  Allison Zaks passion for music is continuing to help other students pursue their own musical callings, six weeks after the 19-year-old Schaumburg womans death at Illinois State University. More than $11,000 in donations given in her name is helping the band programs at three schools she attended ISU and Hoffman Estates Conant High School and Lincoln Prairie Elementary School.
  

   
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  Hoffman Estates student named Presidential Scholar May 9, 2012 12:00 AM
  Mengran Meran Liu, a senior at Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffman Estates, was one of two Illinois students named Presidential Scholars.
  

   
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  Hoffman Estates student named Presidential Scholar May 7, 2012 12:00 AM
  Mengran Meran Liu, a senior at Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffman Estates, was one of two Illinois students named Presidential Scholars. She will be recognized June 16 at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., where she will receive a Presidential Scholar Medallion.
  

   
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  Hoffman Estates teen wins governor’s volunteer award May 7, 2012 12:00 AM
  Isha Jog, 17, a junior at Hoffman Estates High School, was recently awarded the Governors Volunteer Service Award during a ceremony held at the Executive Mansion in Springfield.
  

   
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  District 211 pilots use of electronic devices May 5, 2012 12:00 AM
  Fifteen hundred District 211 students are part of a pilot program that will give them personal use of an Apple iPad or Google Chromebook during one semester. The One-to-One pilot program will give students endless access to teachers, and a library card to the world," said Daniel Cates, associate superintendent for administrative services.
  

   

• Hoffman Estates hosts college readiness seminar May 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Hoffman Estates Youth Commission will present a College Readiness Seminar and Scholarship Panel from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5 at Village Hall, 1900 Hassell Road. The event will explain how three different families were able to get their four children through college without any major out-of-pocket expenses or student loans.
  

   

• Help Palatine HS boosters by test-driving a Ford Apr 25, 2012 12:00 AM
  You can help Palatine High School buy a new marquee sign, and test-drive the latest Fords at the same time, at the Drive One 4UR School fundraising event at Palatine High School Saturday, April 28.
  

   

• Palatine High School boosters, Arlington Heights Ford team for fundraiser Apr 23, 2012 12:00 AM
  Arlington Heights Ford will sponsor a Drive One 4UR School fundraising event from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 28, at the Palatine High School stadium parking lot, 1111 N. Rohlwing Road. The event will raise money for the high schools marquee, which needs to be replaced.
  

   
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  Drugs found in only one of eight D211 searchesApr 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Out of eight searches at District 211 schools this year, only one turned up drugs, but Hoffman Estates Police Sgt. Darin Felgenhauer still thinks it is worthwhile. "Whether or not they find drugs is a side note. It deters kids from bringing drug material onto school grounds.
  

   
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  Parent, trainer save Schaumburg softball coach’s life with CPR, AED Apr 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  Thanks to the quick thinking of an athletic trainer and a parent, Rich Keller, a volunteer assistant coach for the Schaumburg High School freshman girls' softball team, is alive and doing well after collapsing in an apparent cardiac arrest Monday. "Every doctor we've seen has commented on what a great job they did and how amazing the results are," Chris Keller said. "They cant even tell that his heart was shocked, yet alone stopped."
  

   

• Don’t put pension reform on my back Apr 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  Letter to the editor: John Parker is all for pension reform, as long as taxpayers don't get soaked. "To the D-211 school board: What are you all doing to prevent this from happening?" he writes.
  

   
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  D211 discusses new way to name academic scholars Apr 13, 2012 12:00 AM
  Students at all of Schaumburg-Palatine High School District 211s five high schools must now reach a regular grade point average of at least 3.90 or a weighted grade point average of at least 4.70 to be named academic scholars. The change comes after the District 211 board of education approved the elimination of class rank in December.
  

   

• Hoffman Estates event promotes manufacturing career as student option Apr 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  Representatives from local manufacturing companies will be on hand to discuss career options with parents and students from local high schools on April 18 during a manufacturing open house at Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. in Hoffman Estates. Village officials, educators and people in the industry are hoping that the event will get more young adults to consider a career in manufacturing.
  

   

• No merit to hazmat call at Schaumburg High School Apr 6, 2012 12:00 AM
  Firefighters found no hazardous conditions during an approximately two-hour hazmat call at Schaumburg High School, while it was not in session Friday afternoon. The call was prompted by a chemical smell detected by concrete contractors doing work on the building's lower level.
  

   
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  NWSRA to host dance-a-thon April 14 Apr 4, 2012 12:00 AM
  All are invited to travel back in time with Northwest Special Recreation Association and Special Leisure Services Foundation at the second Back to the Amazing '80s Dance-a-Thon. The event is being held on Saturday, April 14, at the Park Place Family Recreation Center in Streamwood.