John Hersey High School Lifestyle
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Hersey helps injured veteran build accessible homeDec 19, 2015 5:30 am - The worst day of Lance Cpl. Cody Evans' life came almost exactly four years ago. An IED exploded beneath him in Afghanistan on Dec. 15, 2011. Both of the 27-year-old Mar...
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Longtime teacher brought the world into his classroomsNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - Richard O'Brien was a fixture at Sunny Hill Elementary School in Carpentersville, where he volunteered three days a week as a tutor and teacher's assistant. It wasn't ju...
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Hersey seniors meet Arlington Hts. seniors for fun and gamesOct 21, 2015 1:00 am - Nobody is ever too old for fun and games. On Wednesday - just as they have every year for the last 11 years - Hersey High School's Service Over Self Club organized the S...
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Hersey alum among Chicago singers chosen on “The Voice”Oct 01, 2015 1:00 am - Before she auditioned in front of the celebrity judges on NBC's "The Voice," Mount Prospect native Hanna Ashbrook remembers looking at the ground and focusing on her bre...
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ROTC cadet from Arlington Hts. raising funds for vetsJul 26, 2015 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights college student Erik Stoltzner attributes his dream of serving in the military to the inspiration of his grandfather, an Army medic in the Philippines ...
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Hersey kids treat seniors for a dayApr 17, 2015 1:00 am - They've been doing it for 45 years, and on Friday, the John Hersey High School Service Over Self club did it again - held Senior Day. On Senior Day, they serve breakfast...
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Constable: Sports legends helping paraplegic get moving againApr 14, 2015 5:30 am - After the speeding car smashed through a fence, plunged off a bridge and landed on its roof in a Chicago rail yard, 25-year-old passenger Kelsey Ibach decided that death...
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Close shave: Hersey staff raises money for St. Baldrick's FoundationMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - Hersey High School in Arlington Heights raised more than $21,000 Wednesday when teachers - including women - and a school board member all had their heads shaved by cosm...
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Hersey students help wounded soldier build new homeDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - Students at John Hersey High School raised more than $18,000 in just one month to build a new home for an injured Afghanistan War veteran. The project, "Team Jason" in c...
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District 214's centennial food drive sets ambitious goalNov 03, 2014 10:00 pm - When Mark Gunther joined John Hersey High School's food drive more than 10 years ago, he saw potential to better serve the community. By reorganizing, creating a new str...