Downers Grove Schools
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Students learn lessons from Walk to School DayOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Traditionally when parents tell their children about walking to school it includes woeful tales of hiking uphill in the snow. Both ways. But these days, area students ar...
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Glenn Westlake teacher makes math funOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Data. Just the sound of the word can be unappealing, especially to young students. Sixth-grade teachers at Glenn Westlake Elementary School recognized that and created a...
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SCC perfection deniedOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Emily Weber had her best match of the season. The junior on Rosary's volleyball team picked the right match to do so against Suburban Catholic Conference rival St. Franc...
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Naperville swimmers helping kids with cerebral palsyOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Aidan Kerr's cerebral palsy makes his life more challenging than most 7-year-olds. But on the days he gets to swim with Naperville Central High School students, he's fl...
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No laws require districts to keep nurses in schoolsOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Peanut allergies. Insulin spikes. Epileptic seizures. Asthma attacks. School nurses have much more than runny noses and stomach aches on their plates these days. Despit...
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Preview: Marian Central (4-2, 3-1) at Montini (6-0, 4-0)Oct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Marian Central (4-2, 3-1) at Montini (6-0, 4-0) Suburban Catholic Conference Game time: 1 p.m. Saturday. Last year: Montini 33, Marian 0; Marian 29, Montini 15 (playoffs...
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Preview: Joliet Catholic (4-2, 4-0) at Benet Academy (2-4, 2-2)Oct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Joliet Catholic (4-2, 4-0) at Benet Academy (2-4, 2-2) East Suburban Catholic Conference Game time: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Benedictine University. Last year: Joliet Catholi...
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Kennedy talks history with Naperville fifth-gradersOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - An interest in U.S. history may seem to be a given for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but his passion for the past goes far beyond his family name. His childhood, he recalls, in...
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District 204 selects familiar face for Fischer Middle SchoolOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials Wednesday selected Still Middle School Principal Jennifer Nonnemacher to open the district's seventh middle school. The new Fi...
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Neuqua Valley High offers its version of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'Oct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - In Neuqua Valley High School's production of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," five young Golden Ticketholders redeem their ducats for a tour through the fantastical ...