Education
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'This just feels right': Streamwood teacher trades marketing career for a classroomDec 12, 2022 10:00 pm - Meagen Balzer was enjoying life as a 20-something advertising and public relations executive in Chicago. A conversation with her father changed everything. "I told my da...
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Muslim nonprofits receive grants to help serve suburbsDec 12, 2022 4:30 am - Several Muslim nonprofits serving suburban communities recently received grants from the Community Collaboration Initiative, a research-based project through Indiana Uni...
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Special needs students learn a latte of valuable life skills running coffee businessesDec 12, 2022 4:30 am - Every Wednesday morning at Lincoln Middle School in Mount Prospect, special needs students and their teacher don green aprons and become baristas. Their SOARBucks coffee...
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Another year, another poor audit for McHenry County education officeDec 11, 2022 12:00 am - The latest financial audit of the McHenry County Regional Office of Education shows much of the same picture as previous years: poor internal processes and incomplete ac...
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Judson U. celebrates 117 gradsDec 10, 2022 12:00 am - Judson University celebrated 117 students who graduated at Judson's 88th commencement ceremonies held at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, at Herrick Chapel on the Elgin c...
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'His passion for music was contagious': Wauconda school community remembers band teacherDec 09, 2022 12:00 am - Jack Holt, a popular band teacher at Wauconda High School, is being remembered as a kind spirit who grew the program and inspired students. Holt, 40, died Dec. 3 about a...
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MCC gallery shows feature thought-provoking art by facultyDec 07, 2022 12:00 am - Two exciting exhibits are on display at McHenry County College. "I'm Not an Artist, I'm a Beggar" by MCC art instructor Violet Luczak and "Unstitched," a two-person exhi...
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Turning Pointe car raffle funds education, respite for people with autism and their familiesDec 06, 2022 5:00 am - Enter Turning Pointe Autism Foundation's raffle and you could win a sweet ride from Toyota of Naperville. Even better? You will be helping people with autism and their f...
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The Constitution: Executive Branch responsibilities, powersDec 06, 2022 5:00 am - This is the seventh in a series of essays about the Constitution and the second of two about the Executive Branch. It covers the responsibilities and powers of the Execu...
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Muslim Civic Coalition marks historic firstsDec 05, 2022 4:30 am - The Muslim Civic Coalition hosted its annual State of the Coalition Brunch Saturday, marking a year of historic firsts for the community and its successes of the past ye...