Education
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ECC awards degrees, certificates to more than 1,000 graduatesMay 21, 2016 1:00 am - Elgin Community College awarded 1,072 degrees and certificates to graduates during two commencement ceremonies held Saturday on campus. ECC President David Sam gave the ...
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Warren Township High School holds graduationMay 21, 2016 1:00 am - Northwestern University's Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston had plenty of energy Saturday morning for Warren Township High School's 99th graduating class. There were 1,025 ca...
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Dundee-Crown, Hampshire, Jacobs high schools celebrate Class of 2016May 21, 2016 1:00 am - Hundreds of students from each Community Unit District 300 high school were awarded diplomas Saturday. During graduation ceremonies at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estate...
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Woodland names new principalMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - The Woodland Elementary District 50 school board this week named Victorene "Vicki" King principal at Woodland Elementary West in Gurnee. King, has 14 years of educationa...
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District 300 board sets deadline for fixing charter school problemsMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - Community Unit District 300 officials have given the district's charter school a July 1 deadline to comply with state and federal requirements for supporting students wi...
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Groundbreaking Sunday for St. Theresa expansion in PalatineMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - St. Theresa Parish in Palatine will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday, May 22, for an expansion of its school and parish facilities, including the addition of a new ...
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Neuqua grads' invention makes final 5 on TV's 'Greatest Makers'May 20, 2016 1:00 am - Two Neuqua Valley High School alums from Naperville and a Chicago resident are coming down to the wire in their bid to win $1 million on the TBS-TV show “America's Great...
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Fremont Middle eighth-graders pull weeds, pack food on their service dayMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - Braving humidity, scratchy branches and the threat of bloodsucking ticks, eighth-graders from Fremont Middle School helped clear invasive plants at a nearby forest prese...
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Marmion Academy presents Class of 2016May 20, 2016 1:00 am - Marmion Academy in Aurora awarded 132 diplomas during a commencement ceremony Friday night. That included the one awarded posthumously to Stephen Woodcock of St. Charles...
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Storm drain stenciling meant to educate public on pollutantsMay 20, 2016 1:00 am - Eighth-graders were painting in Lake Zurich neighborhoods Friday, but the exercise was about science not art. The canvas for students from Lake Zurich Middle School Sout...