Island Lake Schools
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Math scores fall as focus shifts to reading skillsOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Year after year, Illinois high schools fall short of meeting federal No Child Left Behind bench marks on standardized tests. Usually, flat or declining reading scores ta...
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All-area team profiles: Lake CountyOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Albert Acosta Grayslake C. (13 goals and 15 assists). Playing the game wasn't the only area in which he excelled. Acosta also showed heart and endurance for the Ra...
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Lake County briefsOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Student wins award: Warren Township High School senior Daniel Werst has won a prize in the 2009 National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing con...
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New life for an old Libertyville programOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Visitors to downtown Libertyville may enjoy the streetscape and the new parking garage, but likely have no idea how those improvements came to be. Or how long it took. T...
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Dist. 56 weighing whether to abandon flood-prone Gurnee schoolOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Every spring, District 56 Superintendent John Hutton walks out onto the playground at Gurnee Grade School and determines whether to give the go ahead to start sandbaggin...
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Lake County briefsOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Walmart opens: A new Walmart supercenter will open after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Route 83 and Monaville Road in Round Lake Beach. The new sto...
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Fremont schools, Lake Co. forest district explore land swapOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The term "win-win" is so overused it's become a cliché - but it's a perfect description for a planned land swap in central Lake County. The proposed pact, between the Fr...
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Lorenzini, cast and all, breaks Antioch rushing recordOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Antioch senior fullback Steve Lorenzini proved sure-handed, even in a season when his left hand was casted for most of it. Lorenzini became Antioch's all-time leading ru...
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Vernon Hills HS orchestra leader to retireOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Vernon Hills High School's longtime fine arts supervisor and orchestra leader is planning to lay down his baton. Frank Lestina, who's been at Vernon Hills since it opene...
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Lake County in 60 secondsOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Warren Township vote on land purchase: Warren Township government hosts a meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 allowing registered voters to decide whether $4 million sh...