Kyla Emory, a recent graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High, spent eight weeks this summer working with students in Ford Heights, as well as being mentored on business and leadership strategies as a 2022 Bank of America intern. Emory was one of 300 students participating in the internship program developing leadership experience[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
H-F’s ‘Profile of a Viking’ placing emphasis on more than academics
Homewood-Flossmoor High School has long been known for its outstanding academic programs. Administrators now are developing a new program that will continue the academic focus coupled with personal goals, such as a strong character and practicing good citizenship. “Profile of a Viking” is what District 233 Superintendent Scott Wakeley has[Read More…]
District 153 construction work underway
Homewood schools staff and outside contractors have been working on the first half of the $9.4 million in improvements to Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools in Homewood. The school board approved a number of improvements to update the aging buildings, dating to the 1950s and 1960s. The board sold[Read More…]
Rotary Club donation helped H-F Parks with redesign of Homewood Estates Park
Homewood Estates Park got its official reopening on July 19 when members of the Homewood Rotary Foundation joined with park officials to unveil Rotary Fields, celebrating with an ice cream party. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District gave the park, at 18200 California Ave., a complete makeover using a $70,000 donation from[Read More…]
Kids get up-close look at bats and other wild animals at library program
Sharon Peterson introduced the crowd to Maxie the skunk, Harriett the parrot, Virginia the possum, Togo the bat, Lulu the hedgehog, a trio of sugar gliders she calls the Powder Puff Girls, and Navoo the bald python. Peterson took kids and their parents around the world during her presentation “Incredible[Read More…]
Peewee hockey Vikings win summer league championship
It came down to a shoot-out. After playing in regulation time to a 2-2 tie, the fifth through seventh graders on the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings youth hockey team won the Northwest Summer Hockey League championship June 12 by holding their opponent scoreless. The Vikings had completed the winter league play and[Read More…]
New H-F High administrative team now in place
District 233 has a new superintendent and Homewood-Flossmoor High School has a new principal and a new associate principal working with administrators at both the North and South Buildings. Superintendent Scott Wakeley officially stepped into the top leadership position for the district July 1 after serving for a year as[Read More…]
District 233 to be part of proposed South Career and Technical Education Center
Homewood-Flossmoor High School students may have new career opportunities later this decade as District 233 joins with five other high school districts, Prairie State College and the SPEED Cooperative in forming the South Career and Technical Education Center. Johnnie Thomas, superintendent of Rich Township District 227, made a presentation on[Read More…]
Homewood schools will ask for a tax increase through Nov. 8 referendum
Voters in Homewood School District 153 will be asked to approve a Nov. 8 referendum to put more money into the school budget by increasing the limiting tax rate. At the District 153 board meeting July 11, board members approved a resolution calling for the referendum because they wanted to[Read More…]
Crowd gathers for solemn ceremony at the Wall That Heals
A solemn ceremony Thursday afternoon opened the Bloom Township display of The Wall That Heals, a replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. The memorial will be on display 24 hours each day through 2 p.m. Sunday on the grounds of Marian Catholic High School, 700 Ashland Ave.[Read More…]
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