The District 233 school board approved a budget of $922,548 for technology purchases at Homewood-Flossmoor High School for the coming year. That reflects an E-rate discount of approximately $22,200. Overall, the budget increased just $2,748 over the previous year. The majority of the budget, given the green light at the[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
Parade opens baseball season in Homewood
The tradition continued Saturday, April 26, when hundreds of kids and adults walked along Ridge Road for the annual Homewood Baseball & Softball League parade. Cloudy skies turned sunny as the parade stepped off from Irwin Park around 11 a.m. Players ages 3 through 18 are part of the league[Read More…]
Joseph Francis is ready to take the lead at Infant Jesus of Prague School
Starting July 1, Flossmoor’s Catholic grade school, Infant Jesus of Prague School, will welcome Joseph Francis as its new principal. He pledges to be a leader who will be accessible to the school’s 150 students, its staff and the community. Francis, a native of Massachusetts, has been a teacher at[Read More…]
Love of trees brings students out for Arbor Day planting
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District invited second grade students from Willow School, and a third grade class at Churchill School, to come to Indian Trails Park in Homewood on Thursday to plant trees as part of its Arbor Day celebration. Blue skies and balmy temperatures made the walk of several blocks[Read More…]
H-F school board appoints two new administrators
The District 233 school board approved appointments Tuesday, April 15, of Dr. Lisa Marie Dallacqua as director of Career and Technical Education, Career Pathways and Workforce Development, and Jalitza Martinez as assistant superintendent for staff services. Dallacqua will be the fifth CTE director in five years. She comes to H-F[Read More…]
District 153 makes staff cuts due to budget constraints
Despite its best efforts to reduce costs, the District 153 school board agreed, at its Monday, April 7, meeting, to cut positions through a reduction in force (RIF) process. One full-time and one part-time music teacher and 17 paraprofessionals working in classrooms at Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools will[Read More…]
Health & Wellness 2025: PSC uses classes, clinics, simulation to prepare future nurses
Prairie State College sets a high bar for its nursing students, but the last class proved it could meet the challenge. All 32 of the Class of 2024 got a 100% pass rate on the national nursing exam after completing their associate’s degree in nursing. Marie Hansel, acting director of[Read More…]
H-F Parks to host meeting April 23 on preliminary master plan
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District is in the final stages of developing an updated comprehensive master plan and invites the community to attend a meeting on Wednesday, April 23, to share its findings. Representatives from Upland Design, a landscape architecture and park planning firm working with the park district, will conduct[Read More…]
Homewood, Flossmoor libraries celebrating National Library Week
This week – National Library Week – the numbers tell the stories about how important the Homewood and Flossmoor Public Libraries are to the communities. Estimates are more than 200,000 visits were made to the libraries in 2024. National Library Week, April 6-12, is sponsored by the American Library Association.[Read More…]
Posse Foundation names three H-F High seniors scholarship winners
Three Homewood-Flossmoor High School seniors are receiving scholarships through the Posse Foundation. Rickie Lockett Jr. and Pedro Lugo will be attending Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Vianney Martinez will attend Panoma College in Claremont, California. They were selected for the merit-based scholarship based on their academic records and leadership abilities. The[Read More…]
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