The District 233 school board approved six new courses for the coming school year. Board member John Farrell said the changes and additions “reflect the ongoing effort to meet the needs of all the kids” at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. At the Dec. 19 board meeting, Nancy Spaniak, director of curriculum,[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
Homewood eighth grader takes TV role in stride
Homewood has a 14-year-old television star. The reality of that sinks in for Lyric Ross, an eighth grader at James Hart School, when people recognize her on the street as the character Deja on the NBC-TV hit show “This Is Us.” In her role, Lyric plays a pre-teen who[Read More…]
H-F passes 2017 levy with one ‘no’ vote
District 233 board member Annette Bannon cast a “no” vote on each of the five resolutions dealing with the 2017 tax levy for Homewood-Flossmoor High School. At its board meeting Tuesday, members voted 6-1 to approve the board approved the measures setting the levy and complying with state regulations. The[Read More…]
D233 board extends contracts for three top administrators
The District 233 school board extended the contracts of three top administrators at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. With the extensions, Principal Jerry Lee Anderson, who is completing her first year at H-F; Associate Principal Lawrence Cook, working in the South Building; and Jennifer Rudan, assistant principal at the North Building will[Read More…]
H-F’s chess team moving on to sectional competition
The challenging game of chess has attracted a strong following at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The H-F team is tied for first place and is anxious to show it can win it all at the last conference match to be played Jan. 9.
Homewood schools set tax levy at $14.4 million
Homewood School District 153 approved its 2017 tax levy of $14.4 million at the Dec. 11 board of education meeting. The district expects to collect an additional $400,000 over last year’s receipts. It is holding the increase within the required tax cap limitations. The amount stays within the 2.1 percent[Read More…]
School District 153 expects substantial benefit from Homewood home rule
If Homewood voters approve a home rule referendum March 20, it will have a special benefit for Homewood School District 153. The school board on Dec. 11 approved an intergovernmental agreement with the village and gave its approval to a resolution outlining the benefits from the proposed sales tax hike. [Read More…]
Homewood schools take long view with five-year plan
Homewood District 153 is preparing a path to the future through a new five-year strategic plan. The process began this school year with more than 400 responses to a survey, answered primarily by parents. 85 percent believed children in the district are receiving a good education for their tax dollars[Read More…]
Park district adjusting budget to fund new Splash Pad
Millennium Park will get a new Splash Pad in the spring, but it will cost more than what was budgeted. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is expected to approve a budget amendment at its Dec. 19 board meeting for another $100,000 to be added to the $200,000 already allocated for the project.
IPO maestro shares joy of music with H-F High orchestra
It was a wave of his hand, a lean in for emphasis, verbal cues and repeated “bravos” when Stilian Kirove, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra maestro, spent time with Homewood-Flossmoor High School Viking Orchestra. Kirov’s work at H-F on Nov. 16 is part of his outreach as the new conductor for the[Read More…]
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