Des Plaines Schools
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Service learning helps elementary students see ‘big picture’Mar 11, 2012 8:00 am - Plenty of schools collect cans for food pantries. Others encourage students to volunteer in the community at charities, senior centers or shelters. But some take their g...
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Wheeling High School concert Monday nightMar 10, 2012 5:48 pm - The Wheeling High School Fine Arts department presents a choir concert 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, in the school’s Robert Sang Theater. Directed by Kirstin Snelten, the ...
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Great start for Hersey at LibertyvilleMar 10, 2012 5:27 pm - The boys gymnastics season got underway for Hersey on Saturday morning with a strong performance at Libertyville. The Huskies (2-0) rolled to nonconference victories ove...
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Northwest/Scouting boys gymnasticsMar 10, 2012 5:05 pm - By Dick Quagliano Daily Herald Correspondent Whoever said that gymnastics is a dying sport has not been to the Northwest suburbs. The sport is flourishing behind a group...
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Bulls’ Watson to help fundraiser for Maine West studentMar 10, 2012 12:17 pm - Chicago Bulls point guard C.J. Watson will headline a bowling fundraiser Sunday in Algonquin to benefit a Maine West High School student who has been diagnosed with an a...
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District 207 special ed program won’t change, officials sayMar 10, 2012 7:00 am - Maine Township High School District 207 officials say special education students won’t notice much of a difference with the program this fall even with the district pull...
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Hundreds sickened by norovirus at Algonquin schoolMar 09, 2012 5:00 pm - An outbreak of norovirus, commonly known as the stomach flu, is the suspected culprit behind hundreds of illnesses at Westfield Community School in Algonquin. More than...
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Larkin varsity poms takes first-place trophyMar 09, 2012 1:00 pm - For the first time in the history of Larkin High School in Elgin, the school's varsity poms team has finished in the top three in a state competition. That includes fir...
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Girls basketball: Northwest all-area teamMar 08, 2012 6:00 pm - Maura Benson Prospect Benson's boards (9.5 rebounds per game) helped keep Prospect in the Mid-Suburban East right to the very end. Her 269 rebounds were 20 shy of t...
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Boys basketball: Northwest all-area teamMar 08, 2012 6:00 pm - Austin Amann Elk Grove Amann has another year to be the man for Elk Grove. He certainly was as a junior by leading the resurgent Grenadiers in scoring (16.2 ppg), r...