Des Plaines Schools
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MLB throws curveball to high-school draft prospectsMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - At 6 feet 4 and nearly 225 pounds, with a mid-90-mph fastball and belief that he's professional-baseball ready, Ben Wiegman couldn't wait to unleash his potential this s...
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District 59 hires business official, two principalsMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 has hired three new administrators, including a new chief school business official and two principals. Starting July 1, Ronald ...
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Des Plaines Community Foundation awards scholarshipsMay 11, 2020 11:00 pm - The Des Plaines Community Foundation awarded four $1,500 scholarships and a $1,000 scholarship to 2020 Des Plaines college-bound students. This is the eighth year the fo...
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Bergen's reward was watching students growMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Tom Bergen has a simple explanation for his 42 years coaching and teaching at Lake Park. "I'm a little traditional," said Bergen, who is retiring from the Roselle high s...
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Water polo: Cancellation of season that had begun a bitter pill to swallowMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Everybody out of the pool. That was the edict to water polo teams from the Illinois High School Association on March 12, when all spring sports were suspended due to the...
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Girls track and field: Glenbard West's Hart, others miss out on more successMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - It came to this - arguably Illinois' best female high school distance runner ever, running a time trial on a nearly empty track in a wide-open field with no spectators. ...
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Aloha for Ridge: Elk Grove football star Ian Ridge invited to Tiki BowlMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - A trip to Hawaii around the holidays sounds pretty good, and Ian Ridge got his official invitation for beachy, sunshine bliss on Wednesday. Now all he's got to do is hop...
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Schools, local governments support proposal for new Arlington Heights TIF districtMay 05, 2020 1:00 am - Representatives of local governments in and around Arlington Heights have endorsed the village's plan to set up a special taxing district aimed at jump-starting redevelo...
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Long-running Google partnership prepared District 207 for remote learningMay 04, 2020 5:30 am - Long before most ever imagined a pandemic closing every school in the state, Maine Township High School District 207 was getting a jump start on e-learning capabilities ...
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'We want to give hope to kids': How schools are creating special moments for graduating seniorsMay 04, 2020 5:30 am - Yard signs. Banners in the town center. Car parades. Lots of virtual recognitions. These are some of the ways suburban high school educators are making the final school ...