Algonquin Lifestyle
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Innovation amid separation: How three suburban teachers keep kids engagedMay 06, 2020 5:30 am - With e-learning, teachers are reinventing how to engage and inspire students using new tools since the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools. Three suburban educators share t...
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MCC bookstore collecting donationsMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - The McHenry County College Store is accepting donations to help students in need during the COVID-19 crisis. On its website, mccbookstore.mchenry.edu, shoppers can selec...
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Dining in: Mother's Day to-go specials bloom across the suburbsMay 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Mother's Day While you won't be able to dine in at a suburban restaurant for Mother's Day, you can still do the next best thing: Order brunch, lunch or dinner to-go from...
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Two Hampshire Elementary students pen over 100 cards of supportMay 04, 2020 11:00 pm - Two young students from Hampshire Elementary School are being recognized by Principal Lisa Van Wageningen for their recent “Acts of Kindness.” Ace Mikos, a first-grader,...
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Hilltop Suppers return May 12 as a 'to-go' eventMay 04, 2020 11:00 pm - First Congregational Church of Dundee in West Dundee is continuing its monthly Hilltop Community Suppers. It will be offered to-go from the parking lot driveway of the c...
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Carrie Lee Photography organizing fundraiser for food pantry during MayMay 03, 2020 11:00 pm - Carrie Olinger, owner of Carrie Lee Photography, is joining forces with Food for Greater Elgin to host a fundraising event to support the charity and benefit those in th...
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Fox Valley educator, author shares his vision for family learningMay 01, 2020 6:00 am - For the better part of two decades, William Russell made the pitch through a newspaper column that parents should extend learning beyond school walls by educationally en...
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St. Francis de Sales' Father Ryan gets 69th birthday paradeApr 30, 2020 11:00 pm - A grass-roots event came together on Sunday, April 26, at St. Francis de Sales parish in Lake Zurich. A surprise drive-by birthday parade was held in the church parking...
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Sycamore Speedway to host drive-by Pandemic Race Car Parade May 2Apr 30, 2020 6:00 am - Sycamore Speedway in Maple Park has been closed since March due to COVID-19 pandemic. But the owners of the 56-year-old clay racetrack still want to maintain a connectio...
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Birthday salute: South Elgin gives WWII, Korean War veteran a 95th birthday to rememberApr 29, 2020 11:00 pm - Veteran David McClure said the parade he got for his 95th birthday was such a fantastic surprise, he was still recovering from the celebration a day later. The parade on...