Articles filed under School Districts
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United Way gives schools helping hand to close achievement gapSep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - A trial program to improve academic performance and test scores in Waukegan elementary schools may soon be copied in Round Lake Unit District 116. The United Way of Lake...
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District 214 buys land so students can build a houseSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Some District 214 students will have great way to begin their college application essays. "I built a house." They'll have to elaborate, but that's the gist of it. The N...
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Grayslake High wants more students in advanced coursesSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Grayslake High School District 127 is continuing its push to have students take a higher level of courses designed to better prepare them for college. In a presentation ...
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Briefs: Plant & craft saleSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - The Wauconda Plant and Garden Club hosts a fall plant and craft sale, 9 a.m. to noon Sunday at the Cook Historic House, 711 N. Main St. For more information, call (847) ...
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Two teens charged in Waubonsie Valley fightSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Two teens from Aurora have been charged in connection with a Thursday afternoon altercation at Waubonsie Valley High School in which authorities say one threatened a tea...
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Fremd set to get new turf next weekSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Students at Fremd High School will find out next week if the artificial turf is really greener on their side of the fence. Fremd's new stadium playing surface should be ...
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Eighth graders challenged to show kindnessSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Earlier this week, I watched a presentation from Rachel's Challenge along with several hundred Jacobs High School students. The program uses the life and diaries of Rach...
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National Merit finalists at Barrington High SchoolSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A group of Barrington High School students is now considered among the country's brightest students. Barrington Area Unit District 220 school board members took time to ...
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Dist. 303 wish list for middle and high school tops $176 millionSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - If St. Charles Unit District 303 residents agree to every construction project on the district's wish list, they'll be looking at a cost of about $292 million in school ...
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Improvements planned for Itasca's nature centerSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Big plans are ahead for Itasca's Spring Brook Nature Center. The village of Itasca and Itasca Park District this month renewed their commitment to contribute to and impr...