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Swimming clinics offered for competitive swimmers Apr 9, 2013 12:00 AM
District 214 Community Education is now accepting registration for the Spring Stroke Clinic and Summer Swim Clinic for swimmers ages 8 to high school age groups.
New operations head in D214 Apr 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Ted Birren, central maintenance supervisor for Northwest Suburban High School District 214, has been promoted to Director of Operations, and Kevin Liebe, the director of buildings and grounds at Warren Township High School in Gurnee, has been hired as assistant director of operations.
Wheeling H.S. principal moving upApr 5, 2013 12:00 AM
This year's High School Principal of the Year is moving higher into the administrative ranks. Lazaro Lopez, who has led Wheeling High School for six years, will become Northwest Suburban High School District 214's associate superintendent for teaching & learning as of July 1.
Concert to salute songs of the Academy Awards Apr 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Peter Oprisko and his Silver Screen Gold Quartet will perform Sunday, April 14, in Arlington Heights.
Supporters keep fighting for more athlete insurance in Dist. 214 Mar 25, 2013 12:00 AM
In the wake of Rob Komosa's death, the Northwest Suburban High School District 214 school board is again being urged to provide catastrophic accident insurance for its student athletes. Members of the Gridiron Alliance made the plea at last week's board meeting, a day after legislation requiring high schools to provide coverage moved through a state senate panel, and five days after Komosa — a former Rolling Meadows High School football player paralyzed during a 1999 practice — died.
Suburbs say farewell to Rob Komosa Mar 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Relatives and friends gathered at St. Thomas Becket Church in Mount Prospect Saturday to say farewell to Rob Komosa, who inspired hope among many in the 13 years after a freak accident in high school left him paralyzed from the neck down. "My brother wasn't one in a million; he was one of a kind," said a tearful Ann Phister.
District 214 fees will increase, then freeze Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Registration fees in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 will be going up each year for the next few years but will be frozen for the duration of a student's high school career. The proposal approved unanimously by the District 214 school board on Thursday night differs from one presented a few weeks ago that would have incrementally raised fees for all students each year over a number of years.
District 214 to host 2013 College Fair at Harper College Mar 19, 2013 12:00 AM
All District 214 and St. Viator High School college-bound juniors and their parents are invited to attend this year's annual District 214 College Fair from 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2. The fair takes place in the Wellness and Sport Center - Building M at Harper College, located at 200 W. Algonquin Road, in Palatine.
Rolling Meadows High School loses well-known journalism teacher Mar 14, 2013 12:00 AM
A popular and nationally-recognized journalism teacher at Rolling Meadows High School was told he doesn't have a job next year, but school officials said the award-winning program he helped build will continue. Stan Zoller, who has been the journalism adviser for student newspaper The Pacer at Rolling Meadows High School for eight years, was told last week that he would not be asked back for his position.
Hersey debaters nearly qualify for national tournamentMar 13, 2013 12:00 AM
The top 60 high school debaters from Northern Illinois convened at Niles West High School Friday and Saturday, March 1-2, to select speakers who will represent Illinois in the National Congress.
D214 should insure student athletes Mar 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Letter to the editor: Don Grossnickle of the Gridiron Alliance says District 214 has an obligation to insure its student-athletes against catastrophic injury. "Anyone agree that it is not the community burden alone, to pick up the pieces and help broken kids and families like we did in 1999?" he writes
Wheeling students win Best in State for Verizon Innovative App Challenge Mar 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Five math students from Wheeling High School recently competed in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge and won "Best in State." The students, Gosia Markiewicz, Kamila Sikora, Skyler McLenahan, Pranati Mondkar and Jessica Mamalio, along with their faculty advisor and math teacher, Kate Weber, will now move forward in consideration for the National award.
Rolling Meadows HS mourns two staffersMar 7, 2013 12:00 AM
A popular P.E. teacher and an administrative staff member at Rolling Meadows High School both died Wednesday, leaving the school's staff and students stunned at the losses. Patricia Schreiner and Ken Cooper had both been at Rolling Meadows for several decades. "It was a really difficult day yesterday," said Principal Eileen Hart.
District 214 administrator named one of “20 to watch” Mar 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Northwest Suburban High School District 214's Director of Technology Services Keith Bockwoldt has been selected as one of "20 to Watch" Educators for the 2012-2013 school year by the National School Boards Association.
District 214 discusses fee hikes, vote likely in two weeks Mar 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Student fees may be going up in Northwest Suburban High School District 214. On Thursday, the District 214 school board discussed a plan to raise student fees incrementally through 2016. But based on that discussion, the recommendation board members vote on in two weeks may look somewhat different, district spokeswoman Venetia Miles said Friday.
Wheeling’s Jazz Band I earns high score at contest Mar 7, 2013 12:00 AM
In a field of more than 90 Jazz Band performances at this year's Jazz in the Meadows, held on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Rolling Meadows High School, Wheeling High School's Jazz Band I earned the highest scores of the day. The Wheeling Jazz Band I, directed by Brian Logan, won Class "AAA" for the sixth consecutive year, and qualified to participate in the Finals.
Prospect show choir sweeps Wisconsin invitational Mar 6, 2013 12:00 AM
Prospect High School's show choirs traveled to Brodhead, Wis., to compete in their first show choir invitational of 2013 on Saturday, Feb. 23, where they wowed the judges and audience with their performances.
Dist. 214 college financial aid program on March 19 Mar 3, 2013 12:00 AM
District 214 will present its annual free Financial Aid Night for juniors and their parents March 19 at Forest View Educational Center in Arlington Heights, hosted by veteran college counselor John Hammond of Wheeling High School.
Wheeling students ace Real World Design Challenge Mar 1, 2013 12:00 AM
A talented team of students from Wheeling High School have won the Illinois state-level Real World Design Challenge with their design for an unmanned aircraft system. The team will now travel to Washington, D.C., for the national competition in April.
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.