Mettawa Lifestyle
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Innovation amid separation: How three suburban teachers keep kids engagedMay 06, 2020 5:30 am - With e-learning, teachers are reinventing how to engage and inspire students using new tools since the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools. Three suburban educators share t...
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Seven suburban educators to celebrate during Teacher Appreciation WeekMay 05, 2020 5:30 am - Remember that teacher who became a role model and helped you think for yourself? Or the one who built your child's confidence and helped them find their calling? Teacher...
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'We want to give hope to kids': How schools are creating special moments for graduating seniorsMay 04, 2020 5:30 am - Yard signs. Banners in the town center. Car parades. Lots of virtual recognitions. These are some of the ways suburban high school educators are making the final school ...
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Kids can travel to outer space with Peoply and Rocket LabApr 29, 2020 11:00 pm - As kids all over Chicago are adjusting to social distancing at home, their learning environments have been impacted and the way that they socialise has changed. More and...
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How educators are preparing for fall if schools don't reopenApr 28, 2020 5:30 am - Uncertain over whether students will return to classrooms this fall or continue virtual learning from home, some suburban school leaders say they are working on continge...
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Hawthorn District 73 PTO donates $25,000 to close technology gapApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - As part of the Hawthorn Parent Teacher Organization's annual distribution to Vernon Hills-based Hawthorn Elementary District 73, $25,000 is being provided to offset the ...
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The Virtual Therapist Network puts counselors back to work helping anxious clients during COVID-19Apr 20, 2020 11:00 pm - The Virtual Therapist Network announced that it is helping put licensed counselors and therapists back to work helping people deal with the stress and anxiety that may h...
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Sign up for Northern Illinois Food Bank's Virtual Foodie 5K April 18Apr 16, 2020 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois Food Bank has transformed its annual Foodie 5K into an entirely virtual event on April 18. The 7th annual Foodie 5K, presented by Kellogg's still has s...
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Chamber Music on the Fox continues online mini concertsApr 15, 2020 11:00 pm - With social distancing and shelter-in-place orders in place, Chamber Music on the Fox is offering a new series of digital mini-concerts: a series of very short 5- to-15-...
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#HawthornCares: District 73 students, teachers support each other with signs of hopeApr 15, 2020 6:00 am - Teachers and students at Hawthorn School District 73 in Lake County united to share the message "Hawthorn Cares." Hundreds of signs, collages, posters and sidewalk chalk...