At 4 p.m. on Friday the Homewood-Flossmoor High School varsity baseball team will try and move up a notch toward state tournament play when it takes on Providence Catholic High of New Lenox at home. The Vikings beat No. 1 ranked sectional team Lincoln-Way East 9-6 on Wednesday advancing to[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
H-F’s Jill Bonavia-Galligani stepping away from the stage
There aren’t many teachers who would start their retirement letter with a reference to showtune lyrics, but Jill Bonavia-Galligani isn’t just any teacher. She has been teaching theater at Homewood-Flossmoor High School for more than 20 of her 32 years on staff.
H-F baseball team wins state regional championship title
Long-time Irwin Center staffer Jeff Liedtke retires
Jeffrey Liedtke has been the face of the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District’s Marie Irwin Center for 32-plus years. Friday, June 4, was his last day on the job. Liedtke got hired for janitorial work at the building that had been open for about two years when he arrived in December 1988.[Read More…]
Sabrena Lopez takes seat on Homewood Public Library board
The Homewood Public Library welcomed its newest board member, Sabrena Lopez, at the May 19 meeting. Nancy Gildart ran for election to a full six-year term in the April 6 election. She won a two-year term as a write-in candidate in 2019. There was one seat open on the board[Read More…]
District 153 summer program draws 325 students
The demand for summer school was so overwhelming that District 153 has a waiting list this year. The district will have 40 teachers and 15 assistants staffing two sessions of summer school to serve 200 general education students and 125 special education students. The district sent notes to families giving[Read More…]
Happy retirement: Tammy Green retires from 30-year social worker career
For 30 years, social worker Tammy Green has helped Homewood-Flossmoor High School students work through their major issues with personal attention.
H-F Park District accepts Rotary gift, contractor bid for Homewood Estates work
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District accepted a bid for the redesign of Homewood Estates Park, and received a $70,000 gift from the Rotary Foundation Board to help with expenses to redevelop two ball fields and a soccer field there. The gift is in addition to a $292,700 Open Space Land and[Read More…]
Happy retirement: Second career choice brought science teacher to H-F
Michelle Piper, who for 18 years has shared the world of science with students at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, will be retiring at the end of the school year. “It went by lickety-split. I can’t believe how fast it went by,” she said. “It seems I just got there.”
Contest winner gets to ride in Prairie State’s fire truck
Willow School student Liz Riley points to the name she gave Prairie State College’s fire truck, “Brave Pioneer.” (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle) Willow School first grader Liz Riley got the ride of her life on Thursday. She came to school on a fire truck! Liz won a contest to name the[Read More…]
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