Algonquin Schools
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Jacobs focusing on defenseAug 23, 2013 2:07 am - Offense wasn’t an issue for Jacobs last season. The Golden Eagles averaged 28.7 points and 388 yards per game. With returning weapons like all-area senior quarterback Br...
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Huntley looking for bigger, better thingsAug 23, 2013 1:07 am - These aren’t your uncle’s quaint Huntley Redskins of yesteryear. With a successful, veteran coach in his second year at the high school, a recently finished, state-of-th...
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Tablets learning tool of choice in suburban schoolsAug 22, 2013 5:30 am - It's a scene that has played out repeatedly in Gretchen Rohr's classroom through the years. The language arts and reading teacher at Viking Middle School in Gurnee would...
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Lake in the Hills teen hit by car remembered for her 'lust for life'Aug 20, 2013 10:00 am - Emily Weyers wanted to turn a personal fight for equality into her career. The 18-year-old Dundee-Crown High School grad was planning to start in DePaul University's pol...
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Burlington C., Weber champs at CL SouthAug 19, 2013 4:50 pm - Burlington Central boys golf coach Deb Twenhafel is hoping Matt Weber would command more of a leadership role on the links for his Rockets teammates this season. The In...
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Elgin native is state police's top copAug 19, 2013 5:30 am - Illinois State Police Special Agent Brion Hanley always was skeptical of law enforcement officials who talked on TV programs like “48 Hours” about being consumed by a ca...
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Some locals still fighting Common CoreAug 18, 2013 8:03 am - The new Common Core State Standards for reading and math are not without their critics. Erin Raasch, a Villa Park mom, runs the website StopCommonCoreIL.org. She aggrega...
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New curriculum standards change suburban classroomsAug 18, 2013 8:00 am - Times are changing, and classrooms are changing along with them. For this year’s start of the eighth-grade math class Evan Borkowski teaches at Algonquin Middle School,...
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The SoapboxAug 17, 2013 5:00 am - Here they come: With the return of today’s International Festival of Racing, once again Arlington International Racecourse gets a chance to show the world what a first-c...
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Crystal Lake South to finish, use bleachers while lawsuit proceedsAug 16, 2013 7:22 pm - Attorneys agreed Friday to allow Community Unit School District 155 to complete a $1.2 million bleacher expansion at Crystal Lake South High School while a lawsuit is pr...