Education
-
Olive-Mary Stitt School has a happy reason to feel 'blue'Dec 01, 2017 12:00 am - Alumni band students filled the hallways of Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School in Arlington Heights Friday with music to celebrate the school's 2017 National Blue Ribbon...
-
Chinese consulate hosting District 220 students and employeesNov 30, 2017 12:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 is doing its part to help strengthen U.S.-Chinese relations. District 220 announced about 70 students and employees will visit the Chin...
-
Cold-weather recess guidelines in District 15Nov 30, 2017 12:00 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 has announced its guidelines for cold-weather recess for the 2017-18 academic year. Officials said students generally will go ou...
-
Suburban schools losing students but adding teachersNov 29, 2017 4:30 am - During a decade in which suburban schools lost thousands of students, the number of teachers is growing. That's according to a Daily Herald analysis of Illinois State Bo...
-
Kaneland High keeping valedictorian status, but adding other honorsNov 29, 2017 12:00 am - The Kaneland High School Class of 2022 will have a valedictorian and a salutatorian, the school board decided. The school district will also recognize students' academic...
-
MCC digital media students develop, sell card gameNov 28, 2017 10:00 pm - When Tom Eggers became president of the McHenry County College Game Club, he set a new goal for club members to develop a game - instead of playing games - at their week...
-
U-46 could have co-op lacrosse teams starting in springNov 28, 2017 12:00 am - Elgin schools' officials are recommending starting cooperative lacrosse teams for high school girls and boys starting in the spring. If approved by the Elgin Area Schoo...
-
Technology use to triple at Round Lake 116 schoolsNov 28, 2017 12:00 am - The number of classrooms at Round Lake Area School District 116 with laptops or iPads will triple in January to 90, after the school board voted Monday expand the distri...
-
Harper College calls on Congress to give legal status to 'Dreamers'Nov 27, 2017 12:00 am - Harper College officials are calling on federal legislators to enact legal protections for undocumented youth brought to the United States illegally as children - a grou...
-
Buffalo Grove student among best of the best in nation's music ensemblesNov 26, 2017 10:00 pm - Buffalo Grove High School student Janelle Finton will join the "best of the best" for the National Association for Music Education's 2017 All-National Honor Ensembles at...