Downers Grove Schools
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Special Talents America winner releases singleJun 24, 2013 8:00 am - When Breanna Alyssa Bogucki, a 15-year-old high school student with autism, took the stage during the four-state Special Talents America competition last November in Nap...
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District 203 studying drug testing for some studentsJun 19, 2013 9:00 am - Naperville Unit District 203 is edging toward possible random drug testing for students who participate in extracurricular activities, but in a manner one board member d...
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CUB: Illinois residents waste $1.4B on data plansJun 19, 2013 6:00 am - Illinois residents using mobile phones are wasting $1.4 billion a year by signing up for the wrong cellphone data plan, according to a consumer advocacy group's study re...
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Why $25,000 in food on Batavia school charge cards?Jun 19, 2013 4:30 am - It wasn't the more than $1 million in purchases that caught Carl Dinwiddie's eye, but rather the nearly $25,000 in food costs tucked among all the spending. After reques...
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Wheaton Academy grad backs leadership training programJun 18, 2013 2:37 pm - Brandon Ruggles is paying it forward — and backward. A member of Wheaton Academy’s Class of 2013, Ruggles is also a graduate of the J. Kyle Braid Leadership Foundation’s...
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A new generation of directors leads CTE in ‘iSing’Jun 18, 2013 11:18 am - When Allison Cherry stepped onto the Children’s Theatre of Elgin stage in 1992 as a second grader, she never dreamed that she would one day end up running the show. But...
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District 203 expanding all-day kindergarten programJun 18, 2013 10:00 am - Kindergarten will last longer next fall for more than 500 students in Naperville Unit District 203. Board members voted unanimously Monday to approve a 2013-14 budget th...
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Louisville Slugger exhibit features Lego stadiumsJun 17, 2013 6:55 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A baseball-themed exhibit built entirely from Legos is attracting adults and children to the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum. The exhibit occupie...
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St. Viator leads all-star effortJun 15, 2013 8:34 pm - St. Viator was best represented in this year’s Class A all-star game at Sandburg in Orland Park on June 6 as Mike Julius, Dan O’Malley, Andrew Romano, Billy Spingola and...
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Obama steps up military aid to Syrian rebelsJun 14, 2013 7:41 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s decision to authorize lethal aid to Syrian rebels marks a deepening of U.S. involvement in the two-year civil war....