Katie Kuester, left, a senior, and Noah Colon, a junior, both from Homewood, helped build the sculpture behind them that celebrates the visual arts. (Photo byTom Houlihan/The Chronicle)   The eyes have it this month, as a traveling three-dimensional installation celebrates the visual arts. More than 500 students at local schools helped create[Read More…]

Ryan Pitcock Dr. Ryan Pitcock, principal at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, has been nominated for the 2015 Golden Apple Stanley C. Golder Leadership Award. A member of the selection committee will visit Homewood-Flossmoor in future weeks to discuss and observe Pitcock’s leadership among staff, students, parents and community members.  This is only the second[Read More…]

Paul Braun In testimony to the Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee this week, Flossmoor Mayor Paul Braun said proposed state cuts in revenues that are shared with municipalities won’t just impact his community. Governor Bruce Rauner’s proposed 50 percent cut in the Local Government Distributive Fund (LDGF), Braun said, “will affect[Read More…]

From let, Kamrim Cox, Jason Ballard and Viver Ballard enjoytheir first DQ ice cream of the season Thursday, March 12.(Photo by Eric Crump/The Chronicle)   Kamrin Cox was one happy 9-year-old Thursday. The day was warm, the sun was shining, and he had a free ice cream cone in each hand.[Read More…]

Parker Junior High AssistantPrincipal Bruce Nieminski with(from left) Deon Davis, ArjunPatel and Perry Hoag, whowere recognized for theirperformance at the state chesstournament. (Photo by TomHoulihan/The Chronicle) Flossmoor School District 161 this week honored students who excelled at chess, geography and spelling. The students were recognized for their achievements during Monday’s[Read More…]

Homewood firefighters honored with certificates of honorTuesday, March 10, are, from left, Dave Vitolka, Joe Malik,  John Elashik, Ryan Tracy, Sean Sullivan, Jason Presnak,Bill Wright, Kevin Wake, Chris Kieta and Deputy ChiefSteve DeJong. (Photo by Quinn Crump/The Chronicle)   The Village of Homewood honored 10 firefighters Tuesday at the board of[Read More…]

Rehearsing a scene from the musical “Annie Jr.” are(from left) Laila Malak as Annie,  Emily Sziky as MissHannigan, and Leanna Lewis as Grace. The musicalwill be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 20 and 21.  (Photo by Marilyn Thomas/The Chronicle)   Depression-era Little Orphan Annie will find a happy ending when the Hart Drama Club stages the[Read More…]

Gardeners gearing up for the growing season, take note: Green Thumb Saturdays is back. At a Green Thumb Saturday session in 2014, Tree Committee ChairwomanMaureen Guger demonstrateshow to do “lasagna” gardening. (File photo) The Homewood Tree Committee is again hosting its series of gardening presentations starting Saturday, March 14. The series runs through[Read More…]

James Hart seventh grade volleyball team poses withthe trophy from their win on Monday, March 9, atParker Middle School in Flossmoor. Back row, from left,Jurni Tollerson, Alayna Moore, Rorie Dougherty, Anna Gsell,Haley Sawyer, Gretchen Schmidt, Catie Donohue and CoachRenee Rycraft. Front row, from left, Rebecca Brandt, AvaFreeman, Macy Campin, Kelly[Read More…]

PARCC-wise, it’s “so far, so good” in Flossmoor School District 161. Students in grades three through five started taking the new state-mandated exam on Feb. 25 and testing, so far, has gone smoothly, Superintendent Craig Doster said at Monday’s Board of Education meeting. The first round of testing is ending[Read More…]