Articles filed under Carpentersville

• Dist. 300 elementary teacher named Reading Educator of the Year Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Perry Elementary School literacy teacher known for an ability to foster a passion for learning in her students was named an Illinois Reading Educator of the Year. Barbara Malinger will receive the award from the Illinois Reading Council at a ceremony in March but was recognized Monday night during the Community Unit District 300 board of education meeting.
  

   

• Harper’s partnership with high schools netting positive resultsFeb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  In fall 2010, Harper College and its feeder high school districts formed an unprecedented partnership to shrink student success gaps and better prepare students for career and college readiness. More than halfway through the four-year pilot program, leaders believe they're onto something. "We think we have a model worth emulating," Harper President Ken Ender said of the Northwest Educational Council for Student Success.
  

   

• St. Edward posts regional win Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Healthy at last, the St. Edward girls basketball team cruised to its most convincing win of the year in Monday's postseason opener in Lake Villa. No. 18 St. Edward took a 19-point lead after one quarter and held No. 15 Chicago Senn to 2 points in the third quarter of a 66-28 victory in a Class 3A Lakes regional play-in game.
  

   
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  Dundee-Crown tops rival Jacobs Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Play-in games for any type of team can be a pressure-cooker. Try it on for size when you bring in a District 300 rivalry into mix. Jacobs sought its third win against rival Dundee-Crown this season Monday night at the Class 4A Streamwood girls basketball regional and for the first 8 minutes, leading by as many as 9 while making 4 of its first 5 shots, the Golden Eagles looked as if they were on their way to completing that feat. But D-C flipped a switch and Jacobs went ice cold. The Chargers outscored the Golden Eagles 57-35 from the second quarter on in a 61-45 victory over Jacobs,
  

   

• Westminster moves on to sectional final Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Providence St. Mel gave the Westminster Christian girls basketball team fits Monday night. But not for long. Trailing 7-4 with 2:17 to play in the first quarter, Westminster went on a 20-0 run and eventually rolled to a 58-25 win over St. Mel in the first semifinal of the Class1A Westminster Christian sectional. The Warriors (25-4), who lost in the sectional finals last year, will take on the winner of tonight's game between Morgan Park Academy and North Shore Country Day on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., with the winner advancing to the DeKalb supersectional next Monday.
  

   
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  Images: Jacobs vs. Dundee-Crown, girls basketball Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Rivals Jacobs and Dundee-Crown met up in a girls regional first-round matchup Monday night in Streamwood. Dundee-Crown won 61-45.
  

   
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  Wilson keynotes Barrington baseball banquet Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Major League Hall of Famer Dan Wilson is coming back home on March 2 to serve as the keynote speaker for the Barrington High School Baseball Booster Club banquet at Concorde Banquets in Kildeer.
  

   

• BMO’s Ablin to highlight Economic Forecast Breakfast Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Harper College this month will offer a free public economics lesson aimed at deciphering the economy and the financial market for 2013.
  

   

• W. Dundee church’s youth mission team to host Italian dinner Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  In the mood for an Italian dinner while supporting a good cause? The St. Catherine of Siena Church Youth Mission Team is hosting its second annual Italian dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at the St. Catherine of Siena School gym in West Dundee.
  

   

• Find better approach to spending cuts Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Carpentersville letter to the editor: Robert Meale's letter, "Three myths about the debt ceiling," suggests that it is unnecessary to raise the debt ceiling since it would not force the nation to default on the official public debt. He argues that Social Security, Medicare and other intergovernmental debt obligations are not included in the public debt, which is correct.
  

   

• Time to fight theft by taxation Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Carpentersville letter to the editor: I see where the always hungry lion is hungry once again, as evidenced by his mighty roar. "We've got to tax more, we are always out of money."Yes, Kane County Forest Preserve District, the hungriest lion, has declared that they have spent nearly all the $30 million that they stole from the taxpayers (fools who voted for it) in the 2011 referendum and they, like all good hungry lions, need more.
  

   
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  Arlington Hts. man has app for fighting off attacker Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Peter Cahill of Arlington Heights is marketing a smartphone application that is designed to summon help immediately if someone is being attacked or robbed, and he wants to offer it free for a year to Barrington Unit District 220.
  

   

• The Soapbox Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Read editors' comments about a tiny new river resident, pocked roads and other winter hazards, and an amazing acronym.
  

   

• Dundee-Crown snaps Huntley’s Valley streak at 29 Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Huntley’s 29-game winning streak against division opponents was gone in 29 seconds. Consecutive Dundee-Crown 3-pointers by seniors Dylan Kissack and Brandon Rodriguez 29 seconds apart turned a tenuous 2-point lead into an 8-point cushion with 1:49 to play and propelled the Chargers to a 47-38 victory in Carpentersville Saturday night.
  

   

• Bartlett wins big; St. Edward falls Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Orange, Jacobs take care of Cary-Grove Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  It’s scary how good Jacobs sophomore guard Chrishawn Orange could become by the time he’s a senior. Connecting on 11-of-13 shots from the field, Orange poured in a career high 25 points to lead Jacobs to a 77-63 win over Cary-Grove in Fox Valley Conference Valley Division boys basketball action in Algonquin Saturday night.
  

   
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  Make it 3 for Hersey’s Rollins, after 3 OTs Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Hunter Rollins put the finishing touches on a brilliant regular season before a packed house. With a brave effort during a gripping contest, Rollins struck late to seal his passage into next weekend’s Class 3A wrestling state tournament. In doing so, Rollins won his third straight sectional crown. He’s the first to do so since Barrington began hosting in 2009. The No. 3-rated Hersey senior outlasted No. 4 Kayne MacCallum (40-3) of Libertyville in the third OT period of the 160-pound final Saturday. Rollins, along with seven others from the Mid-Suburban League, earned their trips to the Assembly Hall in Champaign, where preliminary matches start Thursday.
  

   

• St. Edward rolls over Chicago Christian Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  St. Edward 55, Chicago Christian 28: In its regular-season finale, St. Edward scored its biggest win of the season Saturday in this Suburban Christian crossover. Rena Ranallo led the Green Wave (3-24) with 19 points, while Cece Rapp added 10 and Chelsea Gnan 8.
  

   

• Westminster 2nd, Harvest 5th at NAC tourney Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Westminster Christian boys basketball coach Bruce Firchau couldn’t fault his team’s effort, but his Warriors simply had no answer for Makur Puou. Mooseheart’s 6-foot-10 junior was a beast, scoring 32 points and grabbing 9 rebounds to lead the Ramblers past Westminster 55-31 Saturday to win the Northeastern Athletic Conference tournament hosted by Rockford Christian Life. Colin Brandon scored 14 points for Westminster (16-11), which saw its 9-game winning streak snapped.
  

   
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  Cary-Grove’s Cullen the man at Barrington Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  How do you improve on perfection? Don’t ask Michael Cullen, because the Cary-Grove sophomore still feels he’s a long way from being there. Of course his opponents might feel a little differently if they were asked. Another simply smashing performance from Cullen was put in the books following a dominating 11-1 major decision in his 113-pound final against Colin Kenyon (New Trier, 33-8) at the Class 3A Barrington sectional Saturday. The win sends the Trojans’ star into the 3A state tournament on the front foot, and a well-deserved top 4 seed when things begin Thursday on the big floor of Assembly Hall in Champaign. Cullen (42-0) will be joined by teammate Michael Underwood (138) and Logan Hanselmann (120) both for the first time, after each won in dramatic style in their afternoon state qualifying bouts.