Articles filed under Maine Township High School District 207
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Flag ceremonies across the suburbs, country honor last request of Iwo Jima veteranFeb 24, 2021 4:00 am - Elwood "Woody" Hughes intended to raise a flag at a local school Tuesday, 76 years to the day he witnessed his fellow Marines make history with their iconic flag-raising...
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Maine South teacher part of Library of Congress projectFeb 21, 2021 10:00 pm - Michael Biondo, a social science teacher at Maine South, was recently selected as one of only 15 educators who will create a valuable new classroom resource for students...
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Schools, others to honor Iwo Jima veteran's last request to raise the flag on TuesdayFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Seventy-six years to the date of the historic flag-raising during the Battle of Iwo Jima, people will raise flags Tuesday morning to honor the last request of a suburban...
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After 76 years, pieces of WWII plane finally return to Des PlainesFeb 15, 2021 4:30 am - Len Johnson achieved his decadelong quest to reclaim, preserve and display important vestiges of Northwest suburban wartime and aviation history when the artifacts of a ...
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Good News Sunday: Elgin funeral home collected valentines for veteransFeb 14, 2021 5:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: An Elgin funeral home i...
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District 207 receives equipment donation from alumnus for new radio studioFeb 09, 2021 10:00 pm - The Maine Township High School District 207 radio station is getting a new studio as part of a $240 million, districtwide construction project - and a man close to the o...
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Woody Hughes, former Maine West coach and witness to Iwo Jima flag-raising, dies at 95Feb 03, 2021 12:00 am - Elwood "Woody" Hughes, one of the state's last survivors of the Battle of Iwo Jima and a witness to the iconic flag-raising by his fellow Marines, died Tuesday. After th...
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Maine East High School could become COVID-19 vaccination site for educatorsJan 27, 2021 12:00 am - As Maine Township High School District 207 officials wait to learn if Maine East High in Park Ridge will be a COVID-19 vaccination site, volunteers are being sought to h...
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Dist. 214 may join vaping lawsuit against JuulJan 22, 2021 4:30 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 could be the latest school system to join a class-action lawsuit against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs that alleges the ...
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How North, Northwest suburban schools could serve as vaccination sitesJan 22, 2021 12:00 am - A group of North and Northwest suburban high school districts are coordinating efforts to host mass vaccination clinics for their teachers and staffs inside school gymna...