Education
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It's all about teamwork for Oak Grove seventh-gradersAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - Rope games, a climbing wall, teams course, boating, archery and more were all part of a team-building day for Oak Grove Middle School students Thursday. In all, 107 of 1...
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'Progress' in Huntley teachers contract mediation; talks to continue TuesdayAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - Huntley teachers made "significant progress" Wednesday in a mediation session with the school board over a new teachers contract, a union spokeswoman said Thursday. The ...
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New Archdiocese schools superintendent is from CincinnatiAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - Archbishop Blase Cupich announced Thursday the appointment of Jim Rigg as superintendent of the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic schools, effective Oct. 5. Rigg is curren...
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Grayslake Dist. 46 seeks to stop to last-minute student registrationAug 26, 2015 11:00 pm - Grayslake Elementary District 46 officials say they want to stem a trend of parents registering their children for school at the last minute before the start of classes....
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Small investment could make big difference in school safetyAug 26, 2015 5:30 am - A previous version of the story said Schaumburg District 54 used the magnets, they do not. Several suburban schools are making a small investment that could make a big d...
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CLC, Grayslake fire district to offer training programAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - College of Lake County and Grayslake Fire Protection District have struck a deal for a training program. Under the agreement, the Grayslake Fire Protection District/Coll...
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Educators: Learn how to borrow artifacts from ancient culturesAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is hosting a free workshop in September for instructors from all educational settings interested in borrowing educational mat...
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Huntley schools debut new facilities, principals on first dayAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - Huntley schools welcomed roughly 9,600 students and 650 teachers Wednesday on the first day of classes. Among the highlights this year is the opening of new a new cafete...
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District 214 kicks off a new school yearAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - More than 12,000 students in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 went back to class on Wednesday for the first day of the 2015-2016 school year. Buffalo Grove Hi...
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Batavia school board revisits offering full-day kindergartenAug 25, 2015 11:00 pm - The Batavia school board decided Tuesday it is willing to re-examine offering full-day kindergarten again in response to interest from residents. But it was a lukewarm d...