The cast members Christopher Albert, Charisma Boler, Trey Gerring, Sean Haggerty, Stella Hoyt, Calcifer Jenkins, Emma Leak, Flannery Marak, Marcus McGhee, Gabriel McKinney, Eleanor O’Shea, Benjamin Peden, Jazmin Rhodes, Bryce Stewart, Madison Vitolka, Amy Ward, Robert Wakefield II and Karinne Watkins. H-F High’s musical production ‘Urinetown’ wins top state honor[Read More…]
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Flosssmoor’s Bike Rodeo promotes bike safety
With clearer skies and summer approaching, Flossmoor is a vibrant bicyclists’ hub. The village’s Bike Rodeo, a community-driven event from the “pre-COVID-19” era, was hosted by the Flossmoor Fire Department, Police Department, and Illinois State Trooper Genelle Jones on Saturday, May 11, at the Parker Junior High parking lot. This[Read More…]
D161 recognizes elementary school music participants
In April, Flossmoor School District 161 nominated 27 students to attend the Illinois Music Education Association Elementary District 1 festival. The festival included choir and other music activities, such as drumming, ukulele, xylophone, and movement. The Board of Education congratulated the students who attended during the May board meeting. “Music[Read More…]
Home-schooled or private school students offered TMC meeting
Homewood School District 153 is urging families with home-schooled students or students that attend private school within the district’s boundaries and need special services to meet with District 153 staff for an annual Timely and Meaningful Consultation (TMC) at 2 p.m. Friday, May 17. During the meeting with parents, staff[Read More…]
Diversity takes center stage at D153 meeting
The desire for a diverse workforce and culture among District 153 schools wasn’t on the agenda for the board’s Monday, May 6, meeting, but it clearly was on the minds of both the board members and the audience. After the usual housekeeping issues such as approval of previous minutes, the[Read More…]
Colorful books, interesting topics exciting Churchill School readers
Maybe it was the pictures, or the interesting themes. Or maybe it was the stories themselves that got kids at Churchill School excited about the new Imagine Learning books. Unlike the current textbook that gave the third, fourth and fifth graders a paragraph or two on a topic to read[Read More…]
Community invited to offer input on H-F superintendent search
The Alma Advisory Group invites residents to attend a meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 20, to offer comments as the District 233 board begins the search for its next superintendent. Superintendent Scott Wakeley plans to retire from his position in June 2025. This session will be[Read More…]
D161 board amends budget and discusses new Parker lunch program
At a hearing on April 22, the Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education approved amendments to the 2023-24 budget that include substantial financial updates. While there were no objections to the budget amendment from the audience, at the beginning of the meeting several parents expressed concerns and voiced dissatisfaction[Read More…]
Special performance at Willow School
Churchill School choir members raised their voices in song for two programs at Willow School the morning of Thursday, April 25. Since December the fourth and fifth graders had been rehearsing this program, which was part of their spring concert. They sang four songs in the large gym as Willow[Read More…]
H-F board approves administrators raises
The District 233 school board approved 2024-25 salary increases for the administrative team at Homewood-Flossmoor High School at the April 16 meeting. The majority of the administrators received a 4% increase, with Steve Richardson receiving an 8% raise and Jennifer Rudan receiving an 8.5% raise. The board has determined that[Read More…]
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