Articles filed under Education
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St. Charles schools eye $354,000 in security upgradesMar 01, 2013 1:37 pm - St. Charles Unit District 303 schools may get a $354,000 security upgrade — including new locks on doors to 630 classrooms — in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shootin...
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ECC students get lesson in gratitude, engagementFeb 28, 2013 2:15 pm - When Yvette Argueta, 21, sat down for a presentation on philanthropy, she didn’t know exactly what she would be learning. The Elgin Community College student from Carpen...
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First lady brings fitness initiative to Chicago classroomsFeb 28, 2013 7:45 am - CHICAGO — Imagine students learning their ABCs while dancing, or memorizing multiplication tables while doing jumping jacks. Some schools are using both methods of instr...
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SHS choral concert:Feb 27, 2013 3:20 pm - Stevenson High School will host a winter choral concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the performing arts center at the Lincolnshire campus, Two Stevenson Drive. Before and a...
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MCC board set to approve $3-per-credit-hour tuition hikeFeb 27, 2013 3:14 pm - McHenry County College trustees are poised to approve Thursday a $3-per-credit-hour tuition price increase. In a report to the college board, President Vicky Smith said ...
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Senate rejects Quinn’s SIU board appointmentsFeb 27, 2013 2:28 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate hasn’t provided a single vote in favor of three appointments by Gov. Pat Quinn to the Southern Illinois University board of trustees. ...
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U-46 students raise $10,000 for teacher who’s had several strokesFeb 27, 2013 9:15 am - When Deb Daly taught Natalie Judkins how to organize a successful fundraiser she could never have imagined the Larkin High School graduate would later use those skills t...
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Elk Grove High School Japanese exchange program celebrates 25 yearsFeb 27, 2013 8:38 am - Elk Grove High School’s annual Japanese Exchange Program has reached the quarter-century mark with the March 8-22 visit of 10 exchange students and two faculty members f...
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District 50 student chosen as Tourette’s youth ambassadorFeb 27, 2013 6:29 am - Bradley Wilinski and his family are gearing up for their visit to Washington, D.C., in March. That’s because the Woodland Middle School sixth-grader was recently selecte...
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Local trivia bee helps change lives March 23Feb 26, 2013 10:00 pm - Local Trivia Bee Helps Change Lives St. Charles, IL-Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley is hosting its 14th annual Trivia Bee Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Q...