Wheeling Schools
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2023 brought sad farewells, stunning closures and school controversies to the suburbsDec 26, 2023 9:54 am - In 2023, scores of teens mourned classmates killed in horrific car crashes. Some iconic suburban buildings met the wrecking ball. And controversies swirled around the eli...
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Still in the game: These suburban students find competition as practice players for some of the country’s best women’s basketball teamsDec 24, 2023 6:15 am - Sloan Kipley and Sam Millstone were not ready to stop playing highly competitive basketball when they headed off to college. Both of them played on successful high school...
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Team effort leads to another Rolling Meadows winDec 22, 2023 8:32 pm - The Rolling Meadows boys basketball team reeled off its 34th straight MSL East victory Friday with a 58-33 decision over visiting Buffalo Grove. To the untrained eye one ...
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Trying to ‘make it happen’: How Arlington Heights is working to resolve tax dispute between Bears, schoolsDec 22, 2023 6:33 am - Though they’ve mostly been quiet publicly, Arlington Heights and Bears officials have been working for months to resolve a property tax dispute over the NFL franchise’s 326-acre Arlington Park property, according to records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
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D23 teachers build opportunities for peers in Guatemala, return with lessons of gratitude for students at homeDec 21, 2023 12:40 pm - A group of Betsy Ross Elementary School staff members spent part of last summer bridging cultures and building opportunities for teachers and students in Guatemala, and t...
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Prospect Hts. District 23 plans referendum to fund full-day kindergarten, other improvementsDec 20, 2023 3:53 pm - With a state deadline to offer full-day kindergarten approaching, Prospect Heights Elementary School District 23 will again ask voters to approve a tax hike to pay for ad...
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One Grove Gallery lamp exhibit illuminates student learning and creativityDec 20, 2023 1:05 pm - Teacher: “Okay, your mission is to create a lamp base and shade using a 1- by 2-foot sheet of plywood and tissue paper, applying what we’ve learned.” Students: “Great, wh...
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Inspire Through Flowers donates 88 ‘Bouquets of Gratitude’ to Frost staffDec 18, 2023 2:57 pm - The entryway of Frost Elementary School was a little more floral during the early afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 7, as 88 “Bouquets of Gratitude” were wheeled in to distrib...
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CCSD21 promotes Melissa Scaletta to director of early childhood educationDec 18, 2023 2:15 pm - The Community Consolidated School District 21 Board of Education on Dec. 14 voted in favor of naming Melissa Scaletta as the new director of early childhood education, e...
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CCSD21 extends pupil transportation services agreement with First StudentDec 18, 2023 2:06 pm - The Community Consolidated School District 21 (CCSD21) Board of Education on Thursday, Dec. 14, formally approved an extension of the pupil transportation services agreem...