Vernon Hills Schools
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Work set to begin on $9.4 million expansion of Vernon Hills middle schoolMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Work on the next stage of a $48.7 million building program in Hawthorn Elementary District 73 is set to begin in earnest. With only finishing touches left for a $13.5 mi...
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Teachers from Lombard, Vernon Hills competing on 'Jeopardy!'May 19, 2020 1:00 am - The upcoming “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament has a definite local feel to it. Teachers from Lombard and Vernon Hills participated in the two-week tourney, which was reco...
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Route 12 resurfacing in RichmondMay 15, 2020 1:00 am - The resurfacing of Main Street (Route 12) from Route 173 to Tryon Grove Road/Kuhn Road in Richmond will require daily, intermittent lane closures, beginning, weather per...
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High school cast at Vernon High produces its quarantine version of its spring play, 'Clue'May 14, 2020 1:00 am - Was it Mrs. Peacock with the rope in the billiard room? Or, was it Professor Plum with the lead pipe in the lounge? Backlight Theater, the student production company at ...
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Vernon Hills High School's teen tech contest expands amid coronavirusMay 10, 2020 6:00 am - The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down a host of high school events, but it's also led Vernon Hills High School officials to expand their contest for teenage techies and sc...
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Hawthorn District 73, teachers reach 5-year pactMay 10, 2020 1:00 am - Teachers in Vernon Hills-based Hawthorn Elementary District 73 will begin the 2020-21 school year with a new five-year contract. The pact was overwhelmingly ratified by ...
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Grass Lake School students treated to drive-by paradeMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - Grass Lake School teachers and staff members faced a big challenge Thursday to reach the roughly 173 students with a drive-by parade. The 42 teachers and staffers of th...
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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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Appreciation planned for District 73 teachers and staffMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - Students, parents and the PTO in Vernon Hills-based Hawthorn Elementary District 73 plan to show teachers and staff they are appreciated with a series of actions next we...
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All's well for new Grayslake North coach AtwellMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - When he relinquished his longtime position as Vernon Hills offensive coordinator two years ago to accept a lesser role at Grayslake North, Corey Atwell did so for one re...