Wilmette Schools
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Beloved Loyola physics teacher diesFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Loyola Academy in Wilmette recently suffered the loss of faculty member Kevin Warnke on Feb. 8. A physics teacher and former Naval reservist who retired a captain, Mr. W...
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Candidates zoom to fill openings on local school boardsDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - The Dec. 14-21 filing period for the consolidated election of April 6, 2021, produced plenty of competition for openings on area school boards. For example, 11 candidate...
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Loyola Academy shifts back to fully remote learningAug 24, 2020 1:00 am - Due to what it called "off-campus social exposures" to COVID-19, Loyola Academy on Monday switched to remote learning from its planned hybrid schedule. The private Wilme...
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Teens in isolation finding ways to 'be social with each other'Apr 06, 2020 1:00 am - Passing periods. The lunchroom. Softball practice. Musical rehearsals. It's not just history and science classes that are suddenly gone or switched from in-person to onl...
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Constable: 1988 school shooting in Winnetka was differentFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - "This shouldn't happen. Not here. Not anywhere," I scribbled in a notebook as I stood outside the Hubbard Woods Elementary School in Winnetka on May 20, 1988, struggling...
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Constable: Murray brother knows Cubs, golf fashionApr 10, 2017 5:30 am - On the cusp of the most talented Cubs team in more than a century raising the 2016 championship banner Monday at Wrigley Field, a comedian/actor/Cubs fan with the last n...
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A-minus at Loyola Academy fueled 'Westworld' creatorOct 18, 2016 5:00 am - An A-minus on a freshman high school creative writing assignment may not seem like such a big deal, but for future filmmaker Jonathan Nolan, that grade changed his life....
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Northwest suburban teens win National Merit scholarshipsJul 18, 2016 1:00 am - More than 800 winners of college- and university-sponsored National Merit Scholarships from across the U.S. were named on Monday. These 800 are in addition to the 3,000 ...
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For Disney star from Wilmette, business comes first in showbizJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - "It's amazing how quickly you can go from not knowing what you want to do ... to instantly falling in love with something and knowing exactly what you want to do!" Kevin...
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Wilmette native to star in 'Adventures in Babysitting' remakeJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com In addition to playing Xander, the good-time Charlie character on the Disney Channel series "Bunk'd," Wilmette native Kevi...