Northbrook Schools
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Medal of Honor winners to visit Barrington High SchoolJul 19, 2011 12:00 am - Barrington High School, through the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, will be welcoming two medal recipients at 11 a.m. Friday as part of an event to highlight th...
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No tax increase in sight for District 57Jul 18, 2011 3:00 am - Dist. 57 and Supt. Aumiller just don’t get it. Too many Mt. Prospect residents have lost their jobs during this horrible recession (Depression to many of us). Homeowners...
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DREAM Act would give teens hopeJul 17, 2011 3:00 am - As a Palatine junior high math teacher, I fight the issues in my classroom daily that accompany poverty (52 percent of my school) and English-speaking status (46 percent...
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Naqvi bids farewell to suburbsJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - I recently visited Cesar Vega, also known as Inca de la Vega, at his home in Del Webb’s Sun City, Huntley. Vega is an artist who works in a variety of mediums, including...
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Elgin Walkabout celebrates the artsJul 11, 2011 1:00 am - Submitted by Elgin Cultural Arts Commission The Elgin Cultural Arts Commission continues its fourth annual “Walkabout: Theater on Your Feet” in downtown Elgin Saturdays,...
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Elgin Walkabout celebrates the artsJul 11, 2011 1:00 am - Submitted by Elgin Cultural Arts Commission The Elgin Cultural Arts Commission presents the fourth annual “Walkabout: Theater on Your Feet” in downtown Elgin Saturdays, ...
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U-46 students explore inner turmoil in operaJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Mozart wrote his first complete opera, “La finta semplice,” when he was 12. A group of talented students from Elgin Area School District U-46 are giving Mozart a run for...
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Don’t extend tax deal to SearsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Today, I read in the Daily Herald that the state is in discussions with Sears attempting to keep them at their Hoffman Estates campus. I have lived in the same house in ...
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ECC works to close achievement gapJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - I reported this week on a recent survey by “Community College Week.” In the survey, Elgin Community College was ranked third in the state in awarding one-year certificat...
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What’s a fair wage for a good teacher?Jul 06, 2011 12:00 am - On Sunday, the Daily Herald published the results of a study that staff writer Larissa Chinwah undertook examining the salaries of the 14,217 public school teachers empl...