Homewood-Flossmoor High School senior Arjun Patel thought he was invited to participate in a segment on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America” about high school students and their college choices. Arjun Patel Instead, Patel was part of a surprise national announcement on March 31 that he was the winner of a $40,000[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
H-F’s natural gas costs soar due to Texas winter storm
The “act of God” winter freeze in Texas had a direct impact on the cost that Homewood-Flossmoor High School paid for natural gas. The district’s winter gas bill would normally be $30,000 but this year it was $280,000 due to a spike in the gas commodity prices when about a[Read More…]
H-F board approves technology purchases
Pre-pandemic, Homewood-Flossmoor High School had racks of Chromebooks in each classroom for student use. The devices served as individual computers and were distributed by teachers. The system was an easy way to assure that all students were working from the same equipment for class assignments. When schools got notice in[Read More…]
District 233 board gets two new members
Homewood-Flossmoor High School will have two new board members. Voters selected Michelle Hoereth and Cynthia Turnquest to serve four-year terms on the board with incumbent Steve Anderson, board president, who was re-elected. The trio won in a hard-fought campaign that saw the defeat of incumbents Beth Larocca and Annette Bannon,[Read More…]
Critics raise questions about allegedly misleading campaign mailer in District 233 race
As Tuesday’s Election Day approaches, a campaign mailer that presents itself as representing a Homewood-Flossmoor High School teacher endorsing two candidates is being criticized as not a true representation of a staff member. The campaign piece, delivered to homes in Homewood and Flossmoor on Friday, goes on to state that[Read More…]
H-F student debater earns All-American honors
Should voting be compulsory in a democracy? Is intergenerational accumulation of wealth antithetical to democracy? Should the United States guarantee universal childcare? These weighty topics have been debated from both sides this year by Homewood-Flossmoor High School senior Alexandria Porter. Alexandria Porter She recently was notified that she’s earned Academic[Read More…]
Pastors say the pandemic can’t dim spiritual life; it can only change the presentation
Park district plans to open Lions Club Pool on June 5
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is getting ready to open the Lions Club Pool swim season on June 5. Passes go on sale April 1. After remaining closed last summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lions Club Pool will open for the season on June 5. Passes go on sale April[Read More…]
Churchill 4th graders turn school project into fundraiser
Two Churchill School fourth graders took a school project and turned it into a fundraiser for a nonprofit organization. Together the classmates raised more than $2,000. On Saturday, March 20, Ian Arseneau, 9, and Elijah “Eli” Olison, 10, sold yellow wristbands reading JoyStrong in honor of three-year-old Joy Arseneau, Ian’s[Read More…]
H-F staff plans for graduation and special senior event
Homewood-Flossmoor High School will have a graduation and an event for seniors, but COVID-19 regulations mean neither will look like the traditional events of past years. When members of the senior class petitioned in February for a graduation ceremony and something that would resemble the prom, administrators said they were[Read More…]
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