Island Lake Schools
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Buffalo Grove mom turns grief into passion for anti-opioid causeDec 01, 2018 12:00 am - The world could have gained another nonprofit organization when it lost 28-year-old Jared Voss of Buffalo Grove in 2015. Instead, at least 10 organizations - all involv...
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Enchanted Backpack brings bounty of supplies to Gavin Central schoolNov 16, 2018 12:00 am - Students at Gavin Central Elementary School in Ingleside are unpacking a special delivery of needed supplies. Two large vans filled with winter coats, hats, classroom ne...
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Locker room fire sends Wauconda High School students home earlyNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - Wauconda High School students were sent home early Thursday after a small electrical fire in a student locker room. Four school employees who were near the fire were ex...
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D214 Community Education offers shorter and affordable fitness classes starting Nov. 5Oct 31, 2018 11:00 pm - District 214 Community Education rolled out this week its very popular and affordable JUMP-IN FITNESS CLASSES scheduled to run November 5 to December 22. These classes w...
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Where Lake County middle schools are 'underperforming' on state report cardOct 30, 2018 1:00 am - The needs of the many often can outweigh the needs of the few. But now in Illinois, the performance of a small group of students can affect how schools are graded by th...
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22 Fox Valley schools deemed 'underperforming' by state ratingOct 30, 2018 1:00 am - It is a little shocking to see the word "underperforming" assigned to a Geneva elementary school. Harrison Street Elementary - in a middle-class suburb with median h...
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Former Vernon Hills soccer coach pleads guilty to sex assault, gets 6 yearsOct 25, 2018 1:00 am - A former Vernon Hills High School soccer coach was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday after admitting to sexually assaulting an underage teen she once coached. Co...
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MCC alum becomes Manufacturing Technology instructorOct 03, 2018 11:00 pm - McHenry County College alum Broc Ungaro loves the manufacturing field so much that he quit his highly-paid job as a tool room manager to become a full-time manufacturing...
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Prairie Ridge alum brings Yale a capella group to Crystal LakeOct 03, 2018 6:00 am - Later this month, the nation's oldest underclassmen a cappella group, the Yale University Spizzwinks, will perform a joint concert with the A Cappella Choir from Prairie...
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Wauconda students travel back to Civil War eraOct 02, 2018 1:00 am - Fifth-graders at Wauconda Grade School learned about the Civil War on Tuesday through presentations about weaponry, period music and battlefield medicine. Students also ...