West Chicago Schools
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Two local teens to set sail with the Shedd AquariumAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Living, eating, sleeping, working and doing scientific research on at 134 foot schooner - it's a dream come true for two local high school students and soon to be a real...
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Schools look for private investment to help fund wind farmAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - When state Sen. Michael Noland and state Rep. Fred Crespo went to bat for wind power last year, they predicted a hard-fought battle against Illinois' electric utilities....
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West Chicago High School 2009 Spirit GalleryJul 31, 2009 11:00 pm - ...
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What state budget cuts mean for U-46 programsJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The State Board of Education's recently approved budget would slash funding for a number of Elgin Area School District U-46 programs serving needy students. District of...
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More community colleges to get help developing green programsJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - This spring, I wrote about Elgin Community College purchasing several hybrid cars for their automotive program. Several readers heralded the idea, commenting that the mo...
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Glenbard North scholar bound for ChinaJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - You'd be hard-pressed to find a better representative of our country's best and brightest than Benjamin Crosby. The Yale-bound Glenbard North High School graduate scored...
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Fans gather early to cheer Parker, snare autographsJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Roughly 400 basketball fans of all ages came to Naperville's Spring-Field Park Thursday to cheer hometown girl Candace Parker and, in many cases, snare an autograph from...
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Elgin-based soldiers return home after Afghanistan tourJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - They marched onto Streamwood High School's football field Monday morning armed with yellow roses instead of rifles. Families of the 110 men of Elgin-based Company B, 1st...
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Tri-Cities briefsJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Library open house The new Sugar Grove Public Library and the Janice Katherine Rich Technology Learning Center will have an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at...
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For pregnant teen, homelessness adds to 'some really rough times'Jul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - She puts on a brave face, her arms calmly around her baby bump. But as Angelica Ortuno recounts the upheaval in her life recently, a tremor can be detected in the 17-yea...