Plainfield
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Curtain rising on Metea Valley HighAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Whether working with teachers to gather classroom supplies or getting spirit wear in the hands of Metea Valley students, parent groups began laying the groundwork early ...
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Curtain rises today on new Metea Valley High SchoolAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - In a moment at least 442 days in the making, Metea Valley High School will open its doors for the first time this morning to roughly 1,300 freshmen and sophomores. And f...
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New Metea Valley High School opens without a hitchAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Even as the sun rose Thursday morning on Metea Valley, officials were busy making last-minute adjustments to prepare for the arrival of the first students on opening day...
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Voices of praise for the new Metea ValleyAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - "The fact that more than 1,200 students will be able to spread out in a brand new, state-of-the-art building in Aurora for their first two years of high school is extrem...
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'Waubonsie guy' opening Metea ValleyAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - When Jim Schmid, a self-professed "longtime Waubonsie Valley guy" was chosen as principal of the new Metea Valley High School in February 2008, he had just five months t...
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Mural artist strikes (black and) gold at Metea ValleyAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - As a young boy growing up in Chicago, muralist Eulojio "Joe" Ortega spent endless hours watching his father draw horses. Eventually he developed his own incredible eye ...
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Dist. 204 working its way back to energy conservationAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - In a time when "going green" is the thing to do, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials were told Monday the staff and students "appear to have lost some of their en...
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Key ingredients to institutional successAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Every year, in my role as president of Waubonsee Community College, I analyze trends in higher education, the needs of the community and our internal college landscape t...
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Dist. 204 rally celebrates student achievementAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - New Superintendent Kathy Birkett stole the show Monday during a back-to-school celebration with roughly 3,000 Indian Prairie Unit District 204 staff members. Most of In...
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Plainfield soldier found dead at Ft. BraggAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Officials with the 82nd Airborne Division say a Fort Bragg soldier has died after he was found unresponsive in his barracks room. Sgt. Jeffrey A. Van...