Articles filed under Elgin Area Unit District 46
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2012-2013 Fox Valley Academic TeamJun 07, 2013 5:00 am - Emily Alessio Jacobs High School Hometown: Algonquin Parents: David and Laura Alessio Sponsor: Michael Bregy, superintendent Class rank: First out of 515 GPA: 5.96 ...
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Digging deeper: Science teacher’s wormy lesson yields resultsJun 06, 2013 7:02 pm - A few thousand worms wiggle through decomposed banana peels, vegetables, and scraps of bread, adding their own waste to a thick, black muck contained by layered plastic ...
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U-46 hires two new assistant superintendentsJun 06, 2013 11:00 am - Two principals are being promoted to assistant superintendent posts in Elgin Area School District U-46 this summer. Suzanne Colombe, principal at Bartlett High School, w...
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U-46 lunch supervisor policy causes safety concernsJun 05, 2013 4:45 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 will implement a new lunch monitor policy next year that has some parents concerned about safety. Layoffs of more than 500 “noon-hour sup...
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U-46 changes grading scale for failing studentsJun 04, 2013 4:00 pm - Middle and high school students in Elgin Area School District U-46 who don't do any work for an entire semester still will fail next year, but if a new grading policy is...
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U-46 applying for help for increasing number of low-income studentsJun 03, 2013 11:54 am - The low-income population grew almost 47 percent from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2013 in the collar counties, according to state report card data, and nearly half t...
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U-46 students encouraged to read this summerJun 03, 2013 8:50 am - Submitted by U-46 José M. Torres, superintendent of Elgin Area School District U-46, issued his Summer Reading Challenge, encouraging every student to participate in the...
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Principals will be central to U-46 restructuring processMay 29, 2013 4:38 pm - Principals are central to their schools’ achievement. Elgin Area School District U-46 is using University of Chicago’s “Five Essentials” model for success — which highl...
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Fate of charter appeal uncertainMay 29, 2013 11:00 am - When Gov. Pat Quinn signed a one-year moratorium on the establishment of new virtual charter schools into law, suburban administrators expected an end to the appeal proc...
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Turnquist retires as longest-serving male teacher in U-46May 22, 2013 5:00 pm - With 41 years in the classroom, Jerry Turnquist will retire as the longest-serving male teacher in Elgin Area School District U-46 history. That’s confirmed by Elgin his...