Two Homewood-Flossmoor High School students are now published authors, with their works having been published in the October 2018 issue of Teen Ink magazine. The poem “Let This Love Be a Lesson” by Jada Seaton was done for a class assignment, and the essay “I Have Two Names” by Oyindasola Chelsea[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
H-F cafeteria workers look to school board for help with wage increases
Cafeteria workers at Homewood-Flossmoor High School asked board members to intercede on their behalf as their union bargains for higher wages. “Local 1 members are coming together to urge Chartwells Food Service to do the right thing for the Homewood-Flossmoor community by offering food service workers the raises they[Read More…]
Districts plan Pulaski Day as polar vortex makeup
Homewood and Flossmoor students will forfeit the March 4 Casimir Pulaski Day holiday so the districts can get to the required 176 days on the school calendar. While students will learn of the heroism of Pulaski, this year it won’t mean a day off.
S&P improves H-F Park District’s financial rating
The financial picture at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District has improved enough that Standard & Poor’s has upped the bond rating for the district. Standard & Poor’s gave the park district an A- rating, a step up from its previous BBB rating. Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC is one[Read More…]
H-F Superintendent Mansfield chooses education for career of a lifetime
Homewood-Flossmoor High School Superintendent Von Mansfield knows his five years in the National Football League stand out on his résumé, but it’s his 30 years in education that have been the career he’s cherished. He grew up with four brothers and a single mom in a housing project in Milwaukee and[Read More…]
District 233 forum offers insights into 10 candidates positions
The Homewood-Flossmoor League of Women Voters candidate forum on Sunday drew a crowd of about 50 people who got to hear 2-minute introductions, 1-minute answers to audience questions and 2-minute closing statements from Debbie Berman, Jonathan Cook, Pamela Jackson, Jimo Kasali, Merle Kimbrough-Huckabee, Nathan Legardy, P. Andrew Lindstrom, Gerald Pauling,[Read More…]
H-F teacher travels circuitous route to the classroom
Taking a job at Homewood-Flossmoor High School changed Catherine Ross-Cook’s life. Now she is one of 32 finalists from across Illinois nominated for the 2019 Golden Apple Award given in recognition of excellence in teaching.
English teacher inspired Marian’s Kathleen Mesterharm to choose her career
Kathleen Mesterharm has never wanted to be anything but a teacher. Now she is one of 32 high school teachers who are finalists for the 2019 Golden Apple Award given for excellence in teaching.
District 153’s Mitchell named ‘Superintendent of Distinction’
Dale Mitchell got a Superman cape Monday to recognize him as a “super superintendent” as part of the Homewood District 153 celebration marking his selection as the 2019 Superintendent of Distinction from the South Suburbs. His peers in the Illinois Association of School Administrators voted for Mitchell to receive the honor[Read More…]
District 233 board sets goals through 2024 using strategic plan
Over the next five years, the District 233 school board will be working from a set of six goals geared to continuously improve Homewood-Flossmoor High School’s educational offerings, finances and community relations. The goals were accepted at the Jan. 15 school board meeting when the new strategic plan was[Read More…]
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