Heather Hill Elementary school opened its doors on Jan. 16, from 10 a.m. to noon. Destiny Watson, founder and CEO of You Matter 2, sought out community members and volunteers to make lunches for the homeless served by South Suburban PADS and tie blankets for Project Kennedy, a nonprofit helping cancer patients and[Read More…]
Education
Homewood District 153 wraps up 5-year strategic plan in preparation for next proposal
District 153’s five-year strategic plan will close with a review of major accomplishments district-wide and at Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools. In 2018, the Homewood school board wrote a strategic plan with with input from a group of 55 people, including staff members, interested parents and residents. At the[Read More…]
MLK Day: H-F author Nichelle Joi shares her writings with kids
Homewood-Flossmoor High School junior Nichelle Joi started her day off on Monday reading a book for young students as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service program. But it wasn’t just any book she was reading. It was “My Camera and Me,” the fourth book she’s authored. [Read More…]
PSC names Bernard Little VP of student affairs
Bernard Little is serving as vice president of student affairs at Prairie State College. He started in the position Jan. 9. He comes to PSC from Waubonsee Community College where he served as chief diversity officer and executive dean for academic support. “After a thorough and intensive national search, we’re[Read More…]
H-F High School’s 7th annual Pursuing the Dream conference features music, poetry and essays
Homewood-Flossmoor High School students performed music and read their poetry and essays at the seventh annual Pursuing the Dream conference in H-F High School’s Mall Auditorium on the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 11. The Martin Luther King Day event also featured a panel of local authors, a speech about Black[Read More…]
Three Homewood schools collecting items for MLK Day
The community is asked to be part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Monday, Jan. 16, by donating to projects hosted by District 153’s Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools. Items for Respond Now, ANEW and South Suburban Humane Society can be dropped off at James Hart[Read More…]
Math coach Cathryne Czarnecki receives Morin Award
The Homewood District 153 School Board presented math instructional coach Cathryne Czarnecki the Morin Award. It is the second time Czarnecki has won the honor. She previously received it as an outstanding math teacher and Response to Intervention (RTI) coordinator at James Hart School. The Morin Award is given in[Read More…]
Prairie State College opens spring registration
Registration is open for the spring 2023 semester at Prairie State College (PSC) with various options, including in-person, online and hybrid classes; flexible scheduling options; and convenient start dates throughout the semester. Some classes begin Jan. 17. PSC President Michael Anthony said the college is a great place to start[Read More…]
H-F school board gives taxpayers another break
The District 233 school board approved a tax abatement in the amount of $2,076,500 at its December meeting. The board agreed to reduce taxes by that amount following the district’s acceptance of the state’s Property Tax Relief Grants. The district was required to abate $1.8 million as part of the[Read More…]
Churchill School student starts a period kit business to help girls
Fifth grader Hannah Bryant’s resiliency, developed after a tragedy, led her to designing a business that is helping other girls as they grow into womanhood. Hannah, 10, has organized EHN Creativity, a kids-run business selling period kits for young girls who will be starting their menstrual cycle, and a girls[Read More…]