Articles filed under Elgin Area Unit District 46
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'The heartbeat of Elgin High School': Friends gather to surprise former secretary for her 88th birthdayDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - Susan Fortner of Elgin often jokes with friends that the whole world celebrates her birthday on Dec. 31. It may not have been the whole world, but you wouldn't have know...
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Suburban school districts respond to unspecified social media threatDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - Area school districts are responding to a nationwide social media post about an unspecified threat, a TikTok post referencing "school shootings and bomb threats for ever...
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Elgin U-46 hiring new administratorsDec 12, 2021 12:00 am - Elgin Area Unit District 46 has hired a new administrator and a search firm to fill another position. Superintendent Tony Sanders announced Ann Williams will become the ...
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Fox Valley schools' report card shows declines, but leaders cite factors from the pandemicDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Mirroring a statewide trend, schools across the Fox Valley saw steep declines in students' English and mathematics proficiency during the pandemic-impacted past school y...
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One DuPage County district bucks trend of declining results on state report cardDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Schools across DuPage County saw declines in students' English and mathematics proficiency skills during the past pandemic-impacted school year, mirroring a statewide tr...
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U-46 offers COVID-19 vaccine clinics at all 40 elementary schoolsNov 08, 2021 10:00 pm - With federal health officials now recommending that children, age 5 to 11, be vaccinated against COVID-19, Elgin Area School District U-46 is holding optional vaccine cl...
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'Oh my God, where are these kids?': How COVID-19 obscured true picture of homeless suburban studentsNov 06, 2021 1:00 am - Months into the pandemic, school districts across Illinois braced for a rise in the number of students without stable housing. The COVID-19 crisis had unleashed widespr...
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Where's the peanut butter? Supply shortages are changing food menus at some suburban schoolsNov 03, 2021 5:30 am - From skipping peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to altering food menus in school cafeterias, suburban districts are scrambling to find enough supplies to feed students ...
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Bartlett bilingual kindergarten teacher's love for languages inspires her workOct 26, 2021 6:00 am - When Crissa Almughrabi started learning Spanish at age 12, it was just a hobby. She never thought it would become her calling years later. "I absolutely love the languag...
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Elgin Youth Symphony program aims to remove roadblocks to classical music educationOct 25, 2021 5:30 am - One by one, fourth-graders gasped with excitement as they each opened their recently acquired instrument cases and got their first looks at the prizes inside. The studen...