Would you trust your 13-year-old to operate a power tool? There’s no worries at James Hart School in Homewood in teacher Tom Jaminski’s Industrial Arts class. Jaminski was recently awarded the Middle School Teacher of the Year Award from the Technology Education Association of Illinois. He will be honored during[Read More…]
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H-F agrees to reimburse theater students for festival costs
Homewood-Flossmoor High School will be reimbursing seven students the $600 fee they paid to participate in the Illinois High School Theater Festival’s All-State Production. The school board instructed administrators to review past policy after parent Meghan Hoyt asked at the Sept. 17 board meeting why the school was covering fees[Read More…]
D161 discusses needs, costs of expanding PreK
The Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education is examining the pros and cons of a possible expansion of the district’s prekindergarten (PreK) and early childhood (EC) programs. At its Sept. 23 meeting, board members requested a cost estimate for expanding the district’s PreK and EC offerings as part of[Read More…]
League of Women Voters shares how to get beyond disinformation this election season
This election season, the airwaves, print publications and social media are full of information, but beware – not all of it is true. Barbara Laimins, co-chair of the League of Women Voters of Illinois task force on the proliferation of misinformation and disinformation, said there is a way to sort[Read More…]
H-F senior awarded $25,000 scholarship
Homewood-Flossmoor High School senior Elliot Simpson was named a Horatio Alger National Scholar and will receive a $25,000 scholarship. Simpson is still in his college search, but he’s impressed with Purdue University-Indianapolis and Clark College, an HBCU in Atlanta. He’s been consulting with his counselor, Karen Olson, since his sophomore[Read More…]
District 233 board approves two employee contracts
The District 233 school board unanimously approved three-year contracts with the Homewood-Flossmoor Education Organization, the teachers union, and HFCSO representing clerical staff, at its Sept. 17 meeting. The teachers’ contract doesn’t provide a flat amount increase to all Homewood-Flossmoor High School staff covered by the contract. Increases were based on[Read More…]
D161 takes precautions after potential social media threat
In a letter dated Sept. 19 and addressed to District 161 students, parents and staff, Superintendent Dana Smith informed the community of a “TikTok video circulating with threatening language against Parker Junior High School.” “We received a report from the Safe2Help tipline,” Smith wrote. “After investigating the incident with the[Read More…]
Hart School named in unfounded social media threat
A note District 153 Superintendent Scott McAlister sent to parents shortly after 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, alerted them to a social media threat to James Hart School in Homewood. Parents and students alerted school officials about a TikTok video and an Instagram post with a threat to the[Read More…]
Referendum funds are helping wipe out District 153’s deficit
The District 153 school board adopted a $37.85 million budget at its Monday, Sept. 16, meeting. Superintendent Scott McAlister said the community’s approval of the 2022 referendum that increased the education fund means the district has been able to start eliminating the deficit, improve its aging facilities and replenish a[Read More…]
H-F students performing The Wizard of Oz on Sept. 26, 27, 28
Homewood-Flossmoor High School Theatre Department presents the classic children’s play “The Wizard of Oz” that will have audiences enjoying their trip down the yellow brick road at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 26 and 27, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, in the Performing Arts Center. The magical[Read More…]
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