The briefs

Wheaton students receive a great gift

A gift of vision was given to 30 students from Monroe and Franklin middle schools in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200.

School nurses Kathleen Schade and Suzanne Vasko coordinated gift certificates for eye examinations and glasses with LensCrafters at Wheaton's Danada Town Square. Laidlaw Bus Company provided free transportation for the students and Subway provided lunch.

Gift donation given in teachers' names

The fifth-grade teachers at Abraham Lincoln School in Glen Ellyn learned of their students' families generosity and the students learned the gift of giving.

The parents pooled their money for teachers' gifts for a total of $1,300 and donated the money in the teachers' names to World Vision.

The gifts will provide safe water, computers and technology and support for schools through the international agency.

For details, visit worldvision.com.

Library to give away magazines

The Warrenville Public Library will offer back issues of magazines free on a first-come, first-serve basis during regular library hours Saturday through Tuesday at the library, 28W751 Stafford Place, Warrenville. For details, call (630) 393-1171.

Students honored for achievements

Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream has announced the students who have had their literary work published in magazines, including Prairie Light Review, Westward Quarterly and the Mad Hatter.

The students are Jon Drummer, Kathleen Hernandez, Cat Sinks, Dan Valdez, Becky Maday, Laura Yeakey, Megan Sobotka, Nicolette Warczynski, Megan Oliveros and Lauron Kulikowski.

The students named Glenbard North Panthers of the Quarter for the second quarter are Angela Aiello, Nicole Audette, David Avila, Tyler Berry, Alex Biasella, Nick Biebel, David Brooker, Brianna Budner, Danny Connor, Faraz Chagani, Gianna Consalvo, Katrina Contreras, Jon Cudiamat, Shawn Dalke, Helena Daum, Olivia Edmundo-Diez, Laura Esparza, Vern Fagerberg, Giuseppe Fiduccia, Christine Florido, Dericka Fox, Anthony Gaba, Tyler Gatti, Brando Gomez, Ryan Hope, Veronica Houle, Emily Hufford, Jackie Jacobs, Dharmesh Kamdar, Zak Karim, Bryan Kraus, Lauren Langhammer, Faiza Limbada, Marc MacRae, Xavier Manuel, Walter Manzanarez, Afzal Masra, Matt Mckeown, Nichole Nguyen, Justin Nudi, Kate O' Connor, Mark Panhorst, Apeksha Patel, Parin Patel, Milica Pavlovic, Matt Pemberton, Nichole Pientka, David Reeves, Tony Riggio, Milo Roberts, Frankie Santapa, Tyler Schwichtenberg, Dan Shultz, Gabrielle Sherer, Punita Shukla, Jeff Smith, Megan Strawn, Brooke Stronsky, Zach Thomas, Kyle Winter, and Benjamin Yanaga.