A $3,000 equipment donation from Amazon in Matteson is making a difference for the H-F Robotics team meeting at the Homewood Science Center. LaMonte Heyward, general manager at the Amazon facility, asked what the team’s needs were and brought a portion of the donated equipment to an H-F Robotics meeting[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
H-F students say school staff needs to hear concerns on sexual assault
Students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School conducted a walkout Thursday afternoon to draw attention to issues around sexual assault on campus, calling on the administration to take immediate steps to address the issue. Police estimated the crowd at about 300 students who left during sixth period and marched from the school’s[Read More…]
H-F park board refinances debt, reviews tax levy and accepts latest audit
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park Board handled major money matters at its Oct. 18 board meeting, reviewing a 2022 tax levy, selling general obligation bonds and accepting the audit report for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2022. Tax levy Karen Garrity, superintendent of finance and administration, did her best to “guesstimate”[Read More…]
Proposed cuts would eliminate teachers, staff and extracurriculars
Marc Fishman told his fifth grader that the Robot Club he enjoys after school may not be available to him next year. “Just the look on his face when I told him that could go away, he was wide-eyed,” Fishman said. “Then he asked ‘Why? I don’t understand.’ And on[Read More…]
H-F High accepts 2nd National Unified Champion Banner
Homewood-Flossmoor High School has earned repeat honors as a National Unified Champion Banner School from Special Olympics Illinois. A special presentation ceremony was held Monday, Oct. 24, with about 150 H-F students cheering as the banner was unfurled. Kim Riddering, Special Olympics Illinois’ chief operating officer, said H-F is one[Read More…]
Bands bring joy of music to Willow School
There was a bright sound inside and outside Willow School on Friday, Oct. 21, when the bands started playing. Homewood-Flossmoor High School Marching Band director Sarah Witlock and 14 band members carried the tune, and the 18 members of the Willow Band had the beat for their first joint performance[Read More…]
Michelle Chen’s curiosity helps lead to new discoveries — including bopping an asteroid
Curiosity is something Michelle Chen has always thrived on. As an engineer at the Applied Physics Lab (APL) at Johns Hopkins University, Chen has worked on a host of interesting research projects. Most recently, she was on the team that developed the autonomous navigation techniques for NASA’s DART Mission that[Read More…]
Ice Arena filled with concrete for rink floors
The robots did the heavy work, but a 25-member crew from Raffin Construction Co. followed behind to get the concrete slab at the H-F Ice Arena in perfect condition. The park district is using a new system recommended by American Arena. It layers a heating system covered by sand, then[Read More…]
Skyrocketing costs put H-F culinary, fashion design projects on hold
The District 233 school board has decided now is not the time to launch a major renovation project for its culinary and fashion design programs. Supply chain issues, labor shortages and federal dollars generating construction work in schools are impacting efforts to get the work at Homewood-Flossmoor High School off[Read More…]
Filling teacher positions is getting harder for Homewood, Flossmoor schools
Teaching is a rewarding job. Yet, despite the accolades about the profession, the number of persons preparing for the profession is dwindling. “We have a crisis in education and our district is starting to see that,” Homewood District 153 Superintendent Scott McAlister told school board members at a recent meeting.[Read More…]
