Education
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U-46 to test 3,000 students for gifted servicesFeb 12, 2013 11:00 am - More than 3,000 third-graders will be tested this week and next for inclusion in the Elgin Area School District U-46 gifted and talented programs. This is the first year...
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Suburban schools could get more money in proposed budgetFeb 12, 2013 9:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 would have had $7.55 million more this year had the state paid its full per-pupil aid amount. Under a proposed budget by the Illinois Sta...
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Hawthorn kindergarten registration:Feb 11, 2013 3:22 pm - Children who turn 5 by Sept. 1, are eligible for Hawthorn Elementary District 73 kindergarten in the fall. To enroll for kindergarten, a parent/guardian must appear in p...
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More details out on District 116 restructuringFeb 11, 2013 3:00 pm - Shifting decision-making from the district level to school principals is one of the details that have emerged on how Round Lake Area Unit District 116 intends to change ...
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MHS singers win bigFeb 11, 2013 3:00 pm - Mundelein Lights, Mundelein High School's all-female show choir, was named Grand Champions at the Manteno Main Event Show Choir Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 9. Second ...
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Harper’s partnership with high schools netting positive resultsFeb 11, 2013 10:16 am - In fall 2010, Harper College and its feeder high school districts formed an unprecedented partnership to shrink student success gaps and better prepare students for coll...
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Preschool screenings set in Dist. 95Feb 10, 2013 12:50 pm - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 will offer a preschool screening for 3- and 4-year-old children on Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday, March 20. The screenings are for childr...
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New Wauconda Middle School principal namedFeb 10, 2013 12:50 pm - Wauconda High School English teacher Bob Taterka has been named Wauconda Middle’s next principal. He’ll replace David Wilm, who’s been named Wauconda Unit District 118’s...
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MHS jazz bands to performFeb 10, 2013 12:47 pm - The Mundelein High School jazz bands will present a winter concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 in the auditorium. Admission is free. The concert will feature performances by both ...
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Massachusetts campus searches for answers to gun violenceFeb 10, 2013 10:40 am - BOSTON — On a Friday afternoon in December, Lee Pelton was driving home with his 13-year-old daughter in the passenger seat when radio reports of the Newtown school mass...