Maple Park Schools
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Special Olympics provides best gameJan 15, 2012 10:00 pm - Since the calendar still reads mid-January, there are plenty of big basketball games looming on the horizon. There's the Illinois High School Association's "Original Mar...
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Martin Luther King essayJan 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Martin Luther King Jr. is famous for his “I have a dream” speech. He dreamed of peace for everyone, which meant eliminating racism. While much effort has been made so r...
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Racial slur spray-painted at Bartlett HighJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - Someone spray-painted a racial slur inside Bartlett High School, but in an area the public doesn't see, a district official confirmed Saturday. School leaders discovered...
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King prayer breakfast in Elgin enjoys record turnoutJan 13, 2012 11:00 pm - “Either everybody counts or nobody counts” were the words Traci Ellis returned to over and over again during the keynote address she delivered Saturday at the prayer bre...
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Huntley beauty queen vying for Miss America crownJan 13, 2012 4:30 am - The highlight of Zachary Bohn's day is getting a text message or quick phone call from his girlfriend, Hannah Smith, who is in Las Vegas this week vying to become the ne...
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District 220 steeling for next round of budget cutsJan 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Barrington Unit District 220 is about to start its fourth annual process of identifying often painful budget cuts to counter uncertainties in economic growth and state a...
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D300 science fair founder shared passion for music and educationJan 11, 2012 11:00 pm - For more than five decades, Robert Hart shared his passion for science and education with students across Community Unit District 300. Hart, for whom the district’s ann...
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Wake, funeral next week for local soldierJan 11, 2012 12:00 am - The mother of Army Spc. Christopher Patterson, slain in Afghanistan last week, described her son as an “awesome” kid whose priorities were God, country and music, in tha...
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South Elgin High teacher injured trying to break up fightJan 10, 2012 12:00 am - A 17-year-old from Bartlett faces felony charges that she injured a teacher at South Elgin High School who was trying to break up a fight. Alana M. Jones, of the 100 blo...
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Marmion maintaining winning ways despite defectionsJan 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Eleven months after crowning five state champions, the Marmion wrestling team has an entirely different look this season. The Cadets, who did not lose any of their Class...