Author: Marilyn Thomas
H-F athletes get shorten schedules due to pandemic
Matthew Lyke, athletic director at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, intends on giving H-F student athletes “memorable experiences” despite shortened schedules and COVID-19 precautions. “The kids may not have the same amount of contests, and tournaments and invitationals like they used to, but we are still providing competitive, memorable moments for these[Read More…]
Park district proposes estimated levy
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is proposing an estimated 2020 levy of $5,479,473, reflecting a slight increase. Under Illinois’ tax cap law, government bodies are allowed to increase taxes yearly by 5% or the Consumer Price Index, whichever is less. The CPI for this year is 2.3%. Sharon Dangles, superintendent of[Read More…]
Willow School librarian using prize money to diversify collections
H-F High surveys show students, staff adapting to remote learning
The general consensus at Homewood-Flossmoor High School is that remote learning is working for the majority of students. Administrators reviewed data with District 233 school board members Oct. 20 that was collected through surveys with 1,226 parent responses, 922 student responses and 118 teacher responses. In going over the survey,[Read More…]
A bird’s eye view of (pandemic) classroom instruction
(H-F High is closed to students and visitors, but the Chronicle was invited in to see how teachers are teaching from their classrooms. Other faculty are teaching from home.) Homewood-Flossmoor High math teacher Dana Noble greets the 21 students in his pre-calculus honors section as they pop up on his[Read More…]
Marian Catholic teacher doing double duty: in-person and remote
Marian Catholic serves students on campus and virtually
H-F’s first quarter over, on to opening school for 2021?
The Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 board of education is considering options for bringing students back to the Flossmoor campus for the spring semester, but the final decision hasn’t been made. A decision to move away from the remote learning format to a plan that calls for returning to school one day[Read More…]
H-F volunteers move forward to host annual Operation Snowball event
Activities at Homewood-Flossmoor High School haven’t stopped – they’ve just gone virtual. Registration ends this week for the annual Operation Snowball event, a program H-F has run for nearly 40 years. Operation Snowball is an international alcohol, tobacco and other drug-use prevention program that focuses on leadership development to help[Read More…]
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