Education
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14-year-old boy charged after gun recovered in Glenbard East restroomSep 11, 2024 8:06 am - A gun was found inside a Glenbard East High School restroom Tuesday afternoon just before dismissal and 14-year-old student was subsequently charged.
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Sowing the seeds: Farmer leads pathway to agriculture course at Grayslake District 127Sep 11, 2024 6:00 am - Longtime organic farmer Jeff Miller, the first agriculture teacher in Grayslake Community High School District 127, is sharing his knowledge and helping to develop a districtwide pathway for careers in the field.
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‘They've earned it. They deserve it’: 2-year contract extension ratified for Oak Grove District 68 teachersSep 10, 2024 7:02 pm - Teachers in Oak Grove Elementary District 68 have agreed to a two-year contract extension well before the current agreement ends.
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West Chicago High’s Leslie Fireman honored as JEA Rising StarSep 09, 2024 1:07 pm - Leslie Fireman, a teacher and adviser for West Chicago Community High School’s online publication, The Chronicle, has been recognized as one of nine recipients of the Jo...
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GPS Parent Series community read focuses on family relationships and forging one’s own identitySep 09, 2024 11:30 am - The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present its 2024 community read, "Crying in H Mart: A Memoir," with musician, author and director Michelle Zauner on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
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Social worker Yahtzeni Gonzalez to give 2024 César Chavéz lecture on Sept. 11Sep 06, 2024 7:30 pm - Yahtzeni “Zeni” Gonzalez will talk about her life and work when she presents “Born Out of … and the Struggle Continues,” this year’s César Chavéz Intercultural Lecture at Elmhurst University.
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GPS speaker to celebrate leadership skills and highlight overcoming challenges Sept. 17Sep 06, 2024 5:41 pm - FUSE: Families United in Support of Excellence for all, especially students that identify as African American, Black or biracial and the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will host VaLarie Humphrey in a program titled “Own Your Own Future.”
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Former NBA player to share journey of recovery at GPS Parent SeriesSep 06, 2024 5:28 pm - The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Prevention Starts With All: The Chris Herren Story” with former NBA player Chris Herren on Thursday, Sep...
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Coming home: Two District 99 faculty members return to teach at their alma mater
Sep 06, 2024 11:09 am - Two new faculty members at Downers Grove Community High School District 99 are coming home again as they return to the schools they once attended as students.
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New middle school in Hoffman Estates a big step forward for District 15Sep 05, 2024 10:13 pm - Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 has officially moved forward.Improvements at all 12 buildings targeted by the successful $93 million Moving 15 Forward 2022 referendum are complete, on time and on budget.The district celebrated one of the projects, the building addition to Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Hoffman Estates and its conversion to a middle school, with a ribbon cutting Thursday.