Education
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Fox Lake musician to perform at Macy's Thanksgiving Day ParadeNov 25, 2015 12:00 am - A former Grant High School student parlayed her lifelong love of music into a $5,000 scholarship and a performance front and center at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...
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How to watch Libertyville High football team's title gameNov 25, 2015 12:00 am - The undefeated Libertyville High School football team got a pep talk from Principal Marina Scott on Wednesday, just a few days before the Wildcats' state-title showdown ...
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Batavia schools seek tax levy increaseNov 25, 2015 12:00 am - The Batavia school district plans to ask for $2.88 million, or 3.97 percent more, in taxes next year than it collected this spring. The school board has approved asking ...
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U-46 teachers to address students' stress levelsNov 24, 2015 4:40 am - The stresses students face in school often goes beyond the pressures of meeting academic expectations, experts say. Experts say brains of children who live in a constant...
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Dist. 41 continues reviewing property tax levyNov 24, 2015 4:33 am - The Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 school board continues to crunch numbers as they try to make their "best guess" in what they expect the district will collect in pr...
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U-46 seeks to spark interest for 2016 STEM expoNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Elgin, Bartlett and Streamwood-area students and families seeking to learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education can attend four i...
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Illinois considering offering SAT to high school juniorsNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - The state of Illinois is closing in on a deal to give high school juniors the SAT college entrance exam next spring, potentially ending decades of regional preference fo...
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South Elgin H.S. auto club 7th in national competitionNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - The South Elgin High School Auto Club earned seventh place at the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge earlier this month in Las Vegas. The U-46 team took apart and...
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Former Barrington principal named new superintendent in District 102Nov 24, 2015 12:00 am - A former Barrington school principal and current administrator in the Lake Forest school system has been named the next superintendent of Buffalo Grove-based Aptakisic-T...
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A new approach to parent-teacher conferences in GlenbardNov 23, 2015 10:00 pm - We recently completed our first semester parent-teacher conferences and this year we added a new feature - student interpreters for parents who only spoke Spanish. Thr...