Creativity got a boost this semester when Homewood-Flossmoor High School opened two newly designed spaces for students in Clothing Construction and Interior Design classes. The nearly $4 million remodeling project in the North Building converted what had been a wrestling room before the Career and Technical Education programs took it[Read More…]
Author: Marilyn Thomas
NICOR grant helps Coyote Run replenish oak ecosystem
Within the next two months, 45 oak trees and hundreds of shrubs will be planted at Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor funded with a $10,000 NICOR grant. The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District opened the golf course 20 years ago this June. Since then, invasive species had taken over along the[Read More…]
Entrepreneurs espouse the joys of owning their businesses
A great idea can lead to a successful business. Believe in it. Black entrepreneurs from Homewood and Flossmoor told Homewood-Flossmoor High students that dreams can become reality with hard work and determination during the Black History Month program Roots to Success: Bringing Generations in Black Entrepreneurship on Feb. 19 jointly[Read More…]
2 H-F students part of a juried art exhibition
Art works by two Homewood-Flossmoor High School students are on exhibit in the Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry. Javiyah Israel, a junior from Homewood, and Isaiah Cole, a sophomore from Flossmoor, each submitted two pieces for the show that runs through April 21.[Read More…]
March 19 election forces District 153 to schedule e-learning
Schools are routinely used as polling places. In District 153, James Hart and Churchill Schools will be polling places for the primary election March 19, over the objections of district administrators. The Cook County Board of Elections has, in the past, notified school districts well in advance that schools will[Read More…]
D233 will use its reserves account for capital projects
The District 233 school board agreed to make changes to its reserve fund policy that will allow it to spend down excess cash on-hand to fund capital projects at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The board has been discussing the possibility of a board policy change that stipulated the district retain enough[Read More…]
D153 gets high marks in staff survey
A staff survey of Homewood District 153 staff got positive responses, and nearly 150 additional comments on the workings of Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools and the district office. The district received 183 responses, or approximately two-thirds of the 300 teachers and support staff. The climate and culture in[Read More…]
New principal selected for Homewood’s Willow School
Ryan Gordon, a principal in Oak Park District 97, was selected by the Homewood District 153 school board to serve as the next principal at Willow School. Her appointment was unanimously approved at the Feb. 12 board meeting. The board started with 12 finalists for the principal’s job and winnowed[Read More…]
H-F park board will reconsider Rover’s Run decision
The Homewood-Flossmoor Park Board agreed to take a second look at its earlier decision to make Rover’s Run a free amenity. “Nothing is ever set in stone,” Brent Bachus, president of the board, told about a dozen dog park users at the Tuesday, Feb. 6, meeting. He admitted the park[Read More…]
H-F needs to make parking lot safety a priority
On a list of 15 possible improvement projects at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, members of the board’s Finance Committee said the No. 1 priority should be improving the drop-off routes and bus lanes. The high school’s campus is at the north edge of Flossmoor. The South Building at 999 Kedzie Ave.[Read More…]