The #DadSquad took over the halls at Homewood-Flossmoor High School to celebrate all that students and staff accomplish each day. Starting at 7 a.m. dads were on campus decked out in #DadSquad T-shirts designed by student Caris Pryor. Throughout the day on March 20, the visitors were giving students high-fives,[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
Election 2023: Three H-F incumbents will be joined by newcomer
Newcomer Christopher Riedel won election Tuesday and will be serving on the District 233 school board with three incumbents who were re-elected to serve Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Nathan Legardy, Gerald Pauling and Pam Jackson won re-election to second terms. Beth Larocca came in fifth place. She had served on the[Read More…]
Election 2023: Incumbents win re-election to Flossmoor board
The work of the Flossmoor Village Board will continue under the direction of the current board members. Incumbent Jim Mitros was re-elected, and incumbents Rosalind Mustafa and George Lofton, who were appointed to the board, won election to full four-year terms. Newcomer Arlene M. “Sugar” Al-Amin finished in fourth place.[Read More…]
‘Concert of Hope’ April 17 dedicated to musicians of the Holocaust
Musicians will perform a “Concert of Hope” on Monday, April 17, at Prairie State College to honor those who played violins before and during the tragedies that beset the Jewish people during the Holocaust and World War II. Musicians from the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and[Read More…]
H-F’s Nyla Bishop selected for Disney Dream Academy
Nyla Bishop, a sophomore at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, dreams of being a filmmaker. She got lots of encouragement at the Disney Dream Academy March 22-26. Nyla was one of 100 high school students selected for the program at DisneyWorld. The motivational program is designed to offer students the guidance they[Read More…]
H-F senior wins college scholarship from the Blackhawks
Makenzie Russell, a senior at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, was awarded the Keith Magnuson Blackhawk Alumni High School Hockey Scholarship Award. The award will give Makenzie $30,000 over her four years in college. She plans to attend Western Michigan University majoring in aviation flight science. Makenzie was selected based on her[Read More…]
Algebra and geometry get new emphasis in H-F curriculum
The class schedule at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will no longer list Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II as core courses. The District 233 school board agreed to move to a new model for math courses in the 2024-25 school year that integrates rather than segregates math learning. The vote approving[Read More…]
District 153 superintendent announces retirement, board hires business manager
The District 153 school board accepted with regret the announcement from Superintendent Scott McAlister that he will be retiring in June 2026. “Obviously not an easy decision for me, but I will have been in education for 34 years,” he said as he went through the district’s Personnel Report at[Read More…]
Rep. Kelly announces $1 million grant for PSC dental hygiene program
A $1 million federal grant will enable Prairie State College to expand its dental hygiene and dental assistant programs after updates are made to the clinic’s space on the Chicago Heights campus. PSC recently remodeled the current clinic space. Each student works in an operatory set up like a dental[Read More…]
Three legislators push for cargo airport for South Suburbs
Three legislators representing Homewood and Flossmoor are working to get a cargo airport built in the south suburbs. Rep. Will Davis (D-Homewood) sponsored HB2531 with support from Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin (D-Olympia Fields) and Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D-Chicago Heights). The bill would direct the State of Illinois to prepare and issue[Read More…]
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