Downers Grove Schools
-
U-46 study finds shortcomings in middle school instructionJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Large class sizes, inconsistent structure and a lack of technology have left Elgin Area School District U-46 middle school students behind their peers, an internal study...
-
Naperville teens hospitalized after early morning crashJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Bolingbrook police believe a mix of speed and alcohol are to blame for an early morning crash today that hospitalized two area teens. John Kulhanek, 17, of the 100 block...
-
W. Chicago High School, feeder districts talk consolidationJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It was a lengthy lesson on the intricacies of consolidation. Nearly 40 school officials and parents from West Chicago Elementary District 94 spent Monday learning about...
-
First year provided challenges, surprises for DaeschnerJul 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Stephen Daeschner has spent 44 years as an educator. But his first year as superintendent of Indian Prairie Unit District 204 had to be one of the most unusual of his ca...
-
W. Chicago school districts to talk consolidationJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - School officials from West Chicago High School and its three elementary feeder districts will meet next week to talk about consolidating into one school system. The plan...
-
Local teen bands to battle at TasteJul 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The musical lineup at the Taste of Chicago this year includes Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Bonnie Raitt - and a bunch of teens from the Northwest suburbs. Five bands, incl...
-
Students earn state honors in tradesJul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Four area students earned the nation's highest awards this week at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo. The championship contest i...
-
Dist. 87 wants a Glendale Heights cop as liaisonJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Usually, high schools and police liaison officers are paired off by towns. Whatever town houses a school generally provides the police officer who works in the school fu...
-
Briefs: Model high school namedJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - West Chicago High School has been selected as one of 17 schools across the country to act as a model for civic education by the Civic Mission for Schools. The Maryland-b...
-
Dist. 204 teacher loses long fight against cancerJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - During her eight years working with special needs students at Indian Prairie Unit District 204's Patterson Elementary School, Beth Langley was described as both a "dynam...