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  • Taxpayers in 27 suburban school districts paid salaries of teachers and staff attending a union conference, and paid some or all of the costs of substitute workers, as well.

    Union teacher conference costs some taxpayers twice Jun 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    Taxpayers in 57 suburban school districts spent more than $200,000 on the salaries of 276 teachers and other employees for days spent attending a union conference in April. In some of those school districts, taxpayers picked up the cost of substitutes, as well, while in others the union covered those costs.

     
  • U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin visits London Middle School on Thursday.

    Sen. Dick Durbin visits London Middle School May 31, 2013 12:00 AM
    Jack London Middle School students wrapped up a yearlong study of immigration last week with a visit from a sponsor of the DREAM Act. U.S. Sen. Dick Durban was there to explain the Act, as well as listen to students' proposals on immigration reform

     

  • Dist. 21 names new London School pirncipal May 24, 2013 12:00 AM
    Robert Gurney, the assistant principal of Cooper Middle School in Buffalo Grove, will become principal of London Middle School in Wheeling when school starts again this fall.

     
  • Buffalo Grove High School senior Michael LaRue was honored by HandsOn Suburban Chicago for his commitment to mentoring students at London Middle School in Wheeling. Here, he works with an eighth-grader last year.

    Buffalo Grove High School senior wins volunteerism award Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
    Among all those honored by officials with HandsOn Suburban Chicago earlier this month was a Buffalo Grove High School senio. Michael LaRue was singled out for his more than 100 hours of volunteering as an after school mentor at London Middle School in Wheeling. "The most part I've worked with the same student," he says, "however, there were times when I worked with up to four at a time."

     
  • Arlen Gould

    District 21 incumbents retain their seats Apr 9, 2013 12:00 AM
    Four incumbents are headed back to the school board at Wheeling Elementary District 21. Phil Pritzker registered 2,620 votes, followed by Debbi McAtee with 2,594, Bill Harrison with 2,480, and Arlen Gould with 2,286, according to unofficial vote totals. Newcomer Kelly Beerheide of Arlington Heights trailed with 2,148.

     
  • Seventh-grader Jonny Leeb gives his presentation Thursday as District 21 students present “Fair Pathways to Citizenship,” a culmination of their monthlong study of U.S. immigration.

    Wheeling students tell lawmakers how important citizenship isApr 5, 2013 12:00 AM
    It started with second-graders recreating the lives of early 20th-century immigrants, struggling through the indiginities of Ellis Island. It ended with seventh-graders making a thoughtful presentation to lawmakers on solving the current immigration crisis. In between, students in Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 learned a lot.

     

  • Endorsements: Gould, Harrison, Pritzker, McAtee for Wheeling Dist. 21 schools Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Daily Herald endorses Phil Pritzker, Arlen Gould, Bill Harrison and Debra McAtee for Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 Board of Education.

     
  • Kelly Beerheide

    Wheeling Dist. 21 candidates say budget, technology among top prioritiesMar 9, 2013 12:00 AM
    The five candidates running for the Wheeling District 21 school board agree that fiscal responsiblity and technology are among their top priorities. Some candidates stressed the importance of good communication with parents while others said it is necessary to work hard to maintain good relationships with teachers.

     
  • Christian Sanford playing a trombone solo at the Cooper School jazz band practice for the next competition.

    ‘We’re like a family’ Buffalo Grove school’s jazz band thrives on camaraderie, competitionMar 4, 2013 12:00 AM
    For the eighth time in 10 years, the jazz band from Cooper Middle School in Buffalo Grove won the junior high division at Jazz in the Meadows. Jazz band leader Cindy Severino, who grew up in Wheeling and attended Holmes Middle School, is a product of the music program at Wheeling Township Elementary District 21. Competition "motivates the kids to work really, really hard,” she said. “Traveling to all these festivals creates camaraderie. We’re like a family.”

     
  • Lazaro Lopez

    Suburbs boast top school principals in stateMar 1, 2013 12:00 AM
    Three of the four top school principals in Illinois for 2013 are from the North and Northwest suburbs, the Illinois Principals Association announced Friday. They are: Kim Zinman, principal of Joyce Kilmer School in Wheeling Township Elementary District 21; Lazaro Lopez, principal of Wheeling High School, Northwest Suburban High School District 214 and Jean Aucutt, assistant principal of Vernon Hills High School, Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128.

     

  • Principals of the year named: Mar 1, 2013 12:00 AM
    Jean Aucutt of Vernon Hills High School has been named assistant principal of the year for 2013-14 by the Horace Mann insurance company and the Illinois Principals Association.

     

  • Kilmer Elementary names new principal Feb 28, 2013 12:00 AM
    Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 has named Diana O’Donnell as the next principal at Kilmer Elementary School beginning in the 2013-2014 school year.

     

  • District 21 restructures debt Feb 27, 2013 12:00 AM
    Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 has restructured its current long-term debt, reducing the tax extensions for debt service by more than $8.5 million over the next five levies starting in 2012, the district says.

     
  • Chicago Alderman Joe Moreno visits Riley School.

    Dist. 21 students study immigration to create own reform proposal Feb 25, 2013 12:00 AM
    Dressed in old-fashioned shawls and hats, and clutching their passports while juggling cardboard boxes that served as their suitcases, the students filed through processing and inspection stations — to be approved, detained or deported. Ellis Island closed in 1954, but second-graders at Riley School in Arlington Heights experienced all of its uncertainties and tension firsthand earlier this month.

     
  • Buffalo Grove Fire Chief Terry Vavra reads a book to second graders at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School in Buffalo Grove. Money from a memorial fund established in honor of 2-year-old Grant Wonders, who died in a fire Jan. 27, 1994, was used to buy the book.

    Fire safety books memorialize Buffalo Grove fire victim Feb 20, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Buffalo Grove Fire Department presented books on fire safety and equipment to Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, 655 Golfview Terrace in Buffalo Grove Wednesday afternoon in the memory of 2-year-old Grant Wonders, who died in a house fire across the street 19 years ago.

     
  • Buffalo Grove Fire Chief Terry Vavra reads a book to second-graders at Joyce Kilmer Elementary School in Buffalo Grove. Money from a memorial fund established in honor of 2-year-old Grant Wonders, who died in a fire Jan. 27, 1994, was used to buy the book.

    Fire safety books memorialize Buffalo Grove fire victim Feb 20, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Buffalo Grove Fire Department presented books on fire safety and equipment to Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, 655 Golfview Terrace in Buffalo Grove in the memory of 2-year-old Grant Wonders, who died in a house fire across the street 19 years ago.

     
  • Arlen Gould, running for Wheeling District 21 School Board (4-year Terms)

    Arlen Gould: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    Candidate information for Arlen Gould, running for Wheeling District 21 School Board (4-year Terms)

     
  • Kelly Beerheide, running for Wheeling District 21 School Board (4-year Terms)

    Kelly Beerheide: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    Candidate information for Kelly Beerheide, running for Wheeling District 21 School Board (4-year Terms)

     
  • Bill Harrison, running for Wheeling District 21 School Board (4-year Terms)

    Bill Harrison: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    Candidate information for Bill Harrison, running for Wheeling District 21 School Board (4-year Terms)

     
  • Debra McAtee, running for Wheeling District 21 School Board (4-year Terms)

    Debra McAtee: Candidate ProfileFeb 15, 2013 12:00 AM
    Candidate information for Debra McAtee, running for Wheeling District 21 School Board (4-year Terms)

     
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