Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School announced the students of the second quarter. The students were joined by their parents, teachers and administrators on Thursday, Feb. 5, for a breakfast celebrating their achievements in the classroom, according to news published by the school. Students were introducedby Principal Ryan Pitcock, and their teachers praised their[Read More…]
Author: HF Chronicle Staff
Homewood community science center project moves forward
Suenos performed at Ravisloe Country Club for the True Muse jazz concert series show. The photos are dark, but of course, it’s jazz-club atmosphere, so that’s what we have to work with.
Homewood trustees approve science center study, Village Hall renovation contract, street program
Paulinho Garcia With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, local lovers might want to set the mood with Brazilian guitarist Paulinho Garcia’s performance Thursday, Feb. 12, at Ravisloe Country Club of his “Beautiful Love” set. Garcia brings an understated bossa nova sensibility and jazz-steeped harmonic ear to a diverse collection[Read More…]
Sample PARCC tests give District 153 board members pause
Homewood trustees approved an $80,000 contract with Global Studios on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to begin the process of developing a community science center in the downtown area. Betsy Soehren-Jones talks about her experience withSTEM education programs Tuesday at the Homewood Board of Trustees meeting. Soehren-Jones expressed support for the communityscience center project. (Photo by Quinn Crump/TheChronicle)[Read More…]
District 161 board rejects computer purchase for PARCC testing
Quick look: Homewood trustees approved an $80,000 contract with Global Studios to conduct the first phase of the planning process for a community science center to be located in the former Ryan’s Funeral Home. Trustees approved a $402,000 construction bid for renovation of Village Hall. Village Manager Jim Marino announced[Read More…]
District 153 prepares for summer roof repairs
District 153 board member Tom Brabec proved just how difficult the PARCC test can be. Students will begin taking the new state mandated five-part assessment test Feb. 25, but at the school board’s meeting Monday, Brabec volunteered to come up to a computer and take a three-part practice test in math designed for[Read More…]
Special guests help Willow School celebrate 100th Day of School
Board of Education members in Flossmoor School District 161 Monday rejected an emergency administration request for new computers to be used during the state-mandated PARCC standardized test, which students will begin taking later this month. In a 5-2 vote, board members turned down the administration’s request to immediately spend $30,000[Read More…]
Up close and personal – Big Z and me
The Homewood District 153 school board agreed to sell $3.6 million in funding bonds, and hired an architectural firm and a project manager for its major life safety work this summer. James Hart Junior High School. (File photo) The biggest project will be replacing the roof over the James Hart Junior High, Millennium School,[Read More…]
Lyric tenor shares his talents with south suburban audiences
Willow School students and their loved ones gathered at the school Thursday, Feb. 5, to celebrate the 100th Day of School. They were joined by some very special guests. First, Orland Park children’s author Nancy Gee read her “Mom’s Choice” award-winning book, “The Secret Drawer.” The Homewood-Flossmoor High School poms squad and[Read More…]
H-F residency investigations helping to weed out cheaters
In the end, I didn’t get to drive Big Z. It’s probably for the best. I am pretty sure I know what would have happened if I had gotten behind the controls of the Homewood-Flossmoor Ice Arena’s Zamboni last Friday. Tom Houlihan behind the wheel of the (stationary) H-F Park District Zamboni.(Photo[Read More…]
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