Education
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Seven suburban educators among Golden Apple 2018 finalistsFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - Seven suburban educators are among Golden Apple's 2018 finalists for its Excellence in Teaching and Stanley C. Golder Leadership awards. Jose M. Torres, president of the...
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Schools, businesses announce closings for FridayFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - A number of suburban schools, day care centers, senior centers and other businesses are not opening Friday morning, the Emergency Closing Center is reporting. For exampl...
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Report: Illinois to drop unpopular PARCC examsFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - Just three years after they launched, the use of controversial standardized tests known as Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers will be discon...
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Elgin High bio-diversity webinars draw thousands of global viewersFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - Elgin High School environmental science students help bring global experts virtually into the classroom as part of the third annual National Biodiversity Teach-In this m...
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District 73 kindergarten registration Feb. 22, 23Feb 07, 2018 12:00 am - Hawthorn Elementary District 73 will hold its kindergarten registration for the 2018-19 school year from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday...
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Stevenson High students focus on the arts for OdysseyFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - Stevenson High School students painted, danced and even pruned tiny bonsai trees Wednesday as the two-day Odyssey fine arts festival drew to a close. Held every two year...
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'Crosstown Corridor' idea nets marketing competition win for Waubonsie ValleyFeb 07, 2018 12:00 am - The strip of shops along Route 59 through Naperville and Aurora should be rebranded as Crosstown Corridor - at least in the eyes of a team of students from Waubonsie Val...
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St. Pius X School crowns Food Wars winnersFeb 06, 2018 10:00 pm - Lombard's St. Pius X Parish School recently honored junior high students who participated in the school's Food Wars Challenge for Charity in celebration of National Cath...
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Get ready for Street ScenesFeb 06, 2018 10:00 pm - Held the second weekend of February each year, more than 1,000 volunteers help transform Carmel Catholic High School into Lake County's premiere winter event. "We trans...
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COD students learn through partnerships with Fermi, ArgonneFeb 06, 2018 10:00 pm - Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi once said, "It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge." Every educa...