Education
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Get ready for Street ScenesFeb 06, 2018 10:00 pm - Held the second weekend of February each year, more than 1,000 volunteers help transform Carmel Catholic High School into Lake County's premiere winter event. "We trans...
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COD students learn through partnerships with Fermi, ArgonneFeb 06, 2018 10:00 pm - Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi once said, "It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge." Every educa...
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Singer has strong message of kindness for Fremont studentsFeb 06, 2018 12:00 am - Almost 500 students clapped and sang along with singer and songwriter Stu Jacobson during his motivational program, "Be Kind, Be Positive, and Read!" Tuesday at Fremont ...
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Vernon Hills High School turns foyer into skating rinkFeb 06, 2018 12:00 am - Vernon Hills High School students traded sneakers for ice skates during lunch periods Tuesday as the building's foyer was temporarily turned into a skating rink. The 32-...
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No curtain call planned for 'Street Scenes' Waukegan Room performersFeb 05, 2018 10:00 pm - They've brought Superman, Peter Pan and Shrek to the stage, as well as some shows that sounded familiar but featured a unique twist, such as the "Wizard of Odd" and "Gon...
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4 Aurora Catholic schools will consolidate to 2 campusesFeb 05, 2018 4:30 am - Four Aurora Catholic schools are among the first to be consolidated within the Diocese of Rockford starting next school year due to declining enrollment. There is no pla...
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After nearly six decades, Mundelein school ready to put on first musical productionFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - After months of rehearsal, students at Carl Sandburg Middle School in Mundelein this weekend will perform "Beauty and the Beast," the first musical in the school's histo...
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Preparing for kindergartenFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - The Nurture, Explore, Speak, Teach program wants to help future Hawthorn Elementary District 73 students acquire early literacy and language skills so they are prepared ...
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Role reversal for students, teachers at Mundelein-area schoolFeb 05, 2018 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story was changed to say students interact with multiple teachers during the school day. Most days, elementary school students are closely watch...
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ECC talk to focus on minorities in prison pipelineFeb 04, 2018 12:00 am - Why are American prisons disproportionately filled with blacks and minorities? In 2016, the imprisonment rate for black women was almost double the rate for white women ...