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U-46 considering April referendum seeking funds to replace aging schoolsDec 13, 2022 12:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are considering seeking voter approval in April for funds to replace aging schools. Members of Unite U-46, a group exploring b...
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'This just feels right': Streamwood teacher trades marketing career for a classroomDec 12, 2022 10:00 pm - Meagen Balzer was enjoying life as a 20-something advertising and public relations executive in Chicago. A conversation with her father changed everything. "I told my da...
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McHenry High School students produce tree display for McHenry-area dispatchersDec 12, 2022 10:00 pm - McHenry Community High School's graphics department recently installed a new Tree of Life display at the McHenry Police Department to honor the lifesaving work of region...
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Special needs students learn a latte of valuable life skills running coffee businessesDec 12, 2022 4:30 am - Every Wednesday morning at Lincoln Middle School in Mount Prospect, special needs students and their teacher don green aprons and become baristas. Their SOARBucks coffee...
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Conant student wins 211 CAD CompetitionDec 11, 2022 10:00 pm - When Emma Martchenkov was young, she enjoyed playing a game on the video platform Roblox called "Bloxsburg," in which the player designs and builds houses in a virtual c...
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'His passion for music was contagious': Wauconda school community remembers band teacherDec 09, 2022 12:00 am - Jack Holt, a popular band teacher at Wauconda High School, is being remembered as a kind spirit who grew the program and inspired students. Holt, 40, died Dec. 3 about a...
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Deadline extended to apply for scholarshipsDec 08, 2022 10:00 pm - The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley is accepting applications for scholarships for the 2023-24 school year. The deadline to submit an application has been e...
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Gamma Xi Chapter Foundation grants available for eligible high school senior womenDec 08, 2022 10:00 pm - The Gamma Xi Chapter Foundation for Educational Pursuits announces recruitment grant monies are available to high school senior women who intend to prepare for a career ...
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COVID, CNBC interview inspired couple to pursue suburbs' first Chicken Salad Chick franchiseDec 08, 2022 12:00 am - The path to January's opening of Chicken Salad Chick in Batavia started with a CNBC interview featuring the CEO of the restaurant chain. St. Charles residents Kim and Ga...
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Lake Park High Theatre to stage holiday comedyDec 07, 2022 5:00 am - Shake off the holiday blues with Lake Park High School Theatre's production of the comedy "A Good Old-Fashioned Big Family Christmas" this weekend. Director Kathy Weber...