Schools Stories from April 1, 2020 (Change date)
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East Leyden students honored at Exceptional Eagle BreakfastApr 02, 2020 9:55 pm - East Leyden High School students were honored at the February Exceptional Eagle Breakfast held at the school in Franklin Park. The monthly breakfast recognizes student...
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First place, Poetry - 'Farmer's Market Club'Apr 01, 2020 11:58 am - Dreaming of growing maitakes from my cheeks Of walking through a layer cake of limestone The American West. Tired of being Corn leaves. Or Gala apples. Haven't called ...
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First place, Prose: 'A Puncher's Chance'Apr 01, 2020 11:58 am - Seated at a small Formica table in a sparse dining room, Ronny Felton stared at the phone resting before him. He licked his lips and reached for the phone, but his hand ...
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Stevenson postpones prom; graduation, Spring Fling may followApr 02, 2020 1:00 pm - Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire is postponing its prom and may do the same with graduation and the annual Spring Fling event, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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District 214, Harper College making face shields for health care workersApr 03, 2020 8:07 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214, Harper College and other community partners are working together to produce much-needed personal protective equipment for ho...
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Zoom, other social media sites becoming a way of life for local coaches, athletesApr 03, 2020 4:46 pm - Staying at home or social distancing, high school coaches and athletes hold out hope for spring sports. Far from twiddling their thumbs, they use a variety of communicat...
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Second place, Prose - 'March Rain, Year 2 Scholars, New South Wales'Apr 01, 2020 11:58 am - Miss Flossy spoke to her class. "Alright, children, we've a few minutes before noontide, let's clear your workplace and rearrange them into a square or rectangle, you de...
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Third place, Prose - 'True Friends'Apr 01, 2020 12:15 pm - Infinite stars stared clearly through the warm summer air, like holes punched out of a taut fabric. A wide expanse of desert stretched untouched, save for a single road....
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Second place, Poetry - 'Starlight'Apr 01, 2020 11:58 am - I found a poem in a moment you've forgotten, when your eyes met mine then shifted up to splattered silver brightness hanging still against the ink-smeared sky. Lines c...
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Third place, Poetry: 'Childhood Bedroom'Apr 01, 2020 12:15 pm - I love the way you sit there on my bed, stuffed monkey, untouched by teenage perils and inevitable growing pains. I still hold you at night, dear Blankie, because I'm a...
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