Des Plaines Schools
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‘This is harming our students’: District looks to power down on cellphones in the classroomsAug 02, 2024 10:26 pm - As concerns mount over the ill effects of social media on adolescents, schools across the country are taking another look at cellphones — and other smart devices — in the classroom. For some suburban school districts, that means new policies this year.
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Summer biking offers riders, spectators a variety of fun eventsJul 31, 2024 12:32 pm - Chicago area biking offers an exciting, varied summer menu: Racing, race spectating, club rides and unique community events.
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Virtual reality: Local college football players thrilled to be in video gameJul 28, 2024 6:00 am - It’s been a thrill for local college football players to be in the new EA Sports College Football 25 video game.
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Des Plaines District 62 buying land near North ElementaryJul 23, 2024 2:51 pm - Des Plaines School District 62 is buying land for a future expansion of the North Elementary School campus.
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Looking at six of the area’s top high school senior football recruitsJul 19, 2024 6:00 am - Six weeks away from opening night for IHSA prep football, we’re looking at six of the area’s top senior recruits.
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Tee up for Sept. 5 D214 Education Foundation benefitJul 18, 2024 9:02 am - Outdoor golf benefit events are fun but also subject to the whim of whatever form of weather happens to descend on the course that day. Storms? Extreme heat? Historically early snowfall? Who wants any of that? No one.
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Check out The Week in Pictures photo gallery for good news from the Chicago suburbsJul 17, 2024 3:48 pm - Daily Herald photographers found the best and most colorful moments that reflect you and your neighbors in the past week. ...
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U-46 music teacher hopes to take crown at pageant in RosemontJul 17, 2024 11:39 am - Justine Izewski — a music teacher at a Hanover Park elementary school by day who gives private music lessons by night at a Schaumburg coffee shop — hopes to have a homefield advantage on the hundreds of other competitors who will descend on a Rosemont hotel later this month for the Petite USA Pageant.
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Second District 59 board member resigns in as many weeksJul 12, 2024 12:16 pm - A second Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board member has stepped down in as many weeks. Daisy Espino, elected in April 2021, announced her resignation i...
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Counting down: Here are 7 prep football opening games we’re looking forward to watchingJul 12, 2024 6:00 am - We’re beginning our countdown to prep football this week, starting with the area’s top seven season openers.