Sleepy Hollow Schools
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Lake in the Hills teen hit by car remembered for her 'lust for life'Aug 20, 2013 10:00 am - Emily Weyers wanted to turn a personal fight for equality into her career. The 18-year-old Dundee-Crown High School grad was planning to start in DePaul University's pol...
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Elgin native is state police's top copAug 19, 2013 5:30 am - Illinois State Police Special Agent Brion Hanley always was skeptical of law enforcement officials who talked on TV programs like “48 Hours” about being consumed by a ca...
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Some locals still fighting Common CoreAug 18, 2013 8:03 am - The new Common Core State Standards for reading and math are not without their critics. Erin Raasch, a Villa Park mom, runs the website StopCommonCoreIL.org. She aggrega...
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New curriculum standards change suburban classroomsAug 18, 2013 8:00 am - Times are changing, and classrooms are changing along with them. For this year’s start of the eighth-grade math class Evan Borkowski teaches at Algonquin Middle School,...
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The SoapboxAug 17, 2013 5:00 am - Here they come: With the return of today’s International Festival of Racing, once again Arlington International Racecourse gets a chance to show the world what a first-c...
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All systems go for Fox Valley football teamsAug 14, 2013 9:13 pm - St. Edward football coach Mike Rolando said Wednesday he might have panicked had the IHSA’s new practice acclimatization rules taken effect in a previous season. Institu...
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New beginnings — and endings — as football season kicks offAug 13, 2013 7:16 pm - Much has changed since the high school football season concluded last November in Champaign, including the ultimate destination. The state championships move this season...
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District 300 getting unexpected $4.4 million from the state?Aug 13, 2013 5:30 am - Community Unit District 300 school board members got some good news Monday night before approving a tentative 2013-14 budget. The Carpentersville-based district will ge...
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Dundee-Crown special education teacher stresses literacyAug 12, 2013 5:00 am - Schools teach children to read until third grade, when their education shifts. Lessons about the mechanics of reading fall to the wayside as textbooks are introduced and...
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Marmion Academy wants lawsuit for science experiment injury thrown outAug 01, 2013 5:38 pm - Attorneys representing Marmion Academy in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was injured during a science experiment in May 2010 want the matter dismissed. They arg...