Schools Stories from December 18, 2012 (Change date)
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Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundupDec 18, 2012 11:18 am - Burlington Central 64, Genoa-Kingston 41: Moter Deng had 14 points and Bryce Warner and Duncan Ozburn added 12 each as the Rockets won their second straight, taking this...
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Dundee-Crown dumps Larkin for 1st winDec 18, 2012 11:16 am - Dundee-Crown’s girls basketball team wasn’t about to let a season-starting 9-game losing streak reach 10. Sparked by a 20-point effort from Jillian Weichmann, the Charge...
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Big second half carries Burlington CentralDec 18, 2012 11:15 am - With freshman scoring leader Shelby Holt out sick, the Burlington Central girls basketball team knew it would have to step up its game Tuesday night when the Rockets hos...
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Jacobs eases past South ElginDec 18, 2012 11:14 am - As the Jim Hinkle farewell tour rolls on, the classic one-liners just keep on coming. And one line he’ll never relinquish is that a win is never ugly. Hinkle used the ...
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Hampshire gets past Crystal Lake S.Dec 18, 2012 10:46 am - Hampshire’s 54-49 Fox Valley Conference boys basketball crossover victory against visiting Crystal Lake South on Thursday bordered on the surreal, but it was hardly a wo...
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Six habits of fiscally responsible school districtsDec 18, 2012 10:31 am - The recent news of the various pension reform proposals being presented in Springfield reminds me of the importance of fiscal stability within a public sector organizati...
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Ancient Egyptians used pulley system to build pyramidsDec 18, 2012 10:28 am - A student in Gregg Thompson’s sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee asked, “How did the ancient Egyptians carry blocks that were 1,000 tim...
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Victim in Vegas hotel murder-suicide graduated from Grayslake HighDec 18, 2012 10:11 am - A woman killed in what’s believed to have been a murder-suicide in a Las Vegas hotel lobby was a Grayslake High School graduate, officials confirmed. Jessica Kenny, 30, ...
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R.M.H.S. celebrates Italian WeekDec 18, 2012 10:05 am - For the first time at Rolling Meadows High School, the Italian Club sponsored and organized “La Settimana Italiana” or Italian Week from Tuesday, Nov. 26 through Friday,...
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District 59 names new superintendentDec 18, 2012 9:20 am - The Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board has selected Art Fessler as the new superintendent, effective July 1. The appointment was announced Tuesday. F...