Articles filed under Education
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Kids bored? Show them how to freeze bubbles, preserve snowflakes and moreDec 22, 2017 12:00 am - It's only a matter of time until kids get B-O-R-E-D with their winter break. Freezing a few bubbles or preserving snowflakes will cure that. Grayslake scientist and Na...
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Des Plaines school named Apple Distinguished SchoolDec 21, 2017 12:00 am - Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 has announced that Iroquois Community School is now recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for 2017-2019 for its visionary...
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Libertyville students build gingerbread housesDec 21, 2017 12:00 am - What's a Christmas celebration without a gingerbread house? Around 50 parent and grandparent volunteers gathered in the Butterfield School commons room in Libertyville T...
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Why suburban schools are embracing lessons in cursiveDec 20, 2017 4:30 am - Using a technique of looping and grouping letters favored by occupational therapists, third-graders in Rebecca Lunak's classroom at Liberty Elementary School in Bartlett...
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Boundaries change to be phased in for District 89Dec 20, 2017 12:00 am - Incoming preschool and elementary students in Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 will be assigned to schools differently based on new boundaries the school board approved...
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'The Polar Express' pulls into Libertyville schoolDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - Butterfield Elementary School kindergarten students got a holiday treat Tuesday when they heard the tale of "The Polar Express." About 60 students listened as Libertyvil...
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No Coke, just Pepsi, at Stevenson High for at least five more yearsDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - Soda machines at Lincolnshire's Stevenson High School will remain exclusively stocked with PepsiCo products for at least five more years, thanks to a newly renewed contr...
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Editorial: We're intrigued by Ives' unit district proposalDec 18, 2017 10:00 pm - State Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton is not the first candidate for governor to advocate consolidation of Illinois' record number of local governments. Her opponent in the ...
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A program to gauge mental health in middle schoolsDec 18, 2017 4:34 am - YouTube This month the district rolled out a suicide prevention and depression awareness program, known as Signs of Suicide or SOS, for seventh- and eighth-graders. It's...
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Elves make successful landings at Libertyville schoolDec 18, 2017 12:00 am - First-graders at Copeland Manor School watched breathlessly as elves in handmade parachutes were dropped from a lift high in the gym Monday during the Elf Drop. Almost 6...