Articles filed under Indian Prairie Unit District 204
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Students giving lessons in democracyMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Sixth-grader Ryan Patterson, high school sophomore Spencer Armstrong and college junior Stacey Stolz all may be good students in school but they also realize that commun...
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Cool Cat Cafe puts spotlight on writing, musicMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The room stood dark, except for tea-lights glowing from tabletops filling the center. At those tables - all covered with tiger-print cloths - crowds of students and pare...
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Yale a cappella group Shades visits District 204 schoolsMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - It's not uncommon for Indian Prairie Unit District 204 alums to give back to their home schools, but few do it as quickly as 2009 Neuqua Valley High School graduate B.J....
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Growing chorus decries music cuts among suburban schoolsMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Recent studies resoundingly show that music education is one of the keys to higher test scores and engaged and well-rounded students. Among them, a 2007 Northwestern Uni...
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Dist. 204 groups rally for music programMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Music is a way of life for many of Indian Prairie Unit District's 29,000 students, with a rich history of Grammy nods under their belts through the years. So many parent...
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Dist. 204 board presents new phase of budget austerity planMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Indian Prairie school officials made their first step toward cutting an additional $12.2 million from next year's budget Monday by approving the release of 145 nontenure...
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Indian Prairie Dist. 204 cuts 145 teachersMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Nearly 7 percent of Indian Prairie Unit District 204's teaching staff was released Monday night. Facing a $21.4 million deficit next year and an austerity plan that woul...
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Tribute garden at Aurora school took some determination to sproutMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The first phase of the new reading garden at Nancy Young Elementary School in Aurora took only about a week to build. But the seeds for the outdoor classroom, which open...
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School districts suffer while state funds lag, but severity may varyMar 21, 2010 11:00 pm - With varying levels of student poverty, property taxes rates and local revenues, no two suburban school districts are funded exactly the same way. Years ago, complicated...
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Music lessons go beyond band roomsMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - I started playing flute in fifth grade at Kendall Elementary School. I moved on to play at Crone Middle School and Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville. In my eight y...