Because of the changing weather patterns, District 153 schools will be on an e-learning schedule Friday, Jan. 12. Superintendent Scott McAlister wrote to parents that the administration consulted with other area superintendents and the bus company serving students at Willow, Churchill and James Hart Schools, as well as the National[Read More…]
Education
SD161 awards faculty and celebrates administrator’s achievements
District 161 recognized the exemplary service of Ronald Wright with the #AboveAndBeyond award during a Dec. 18 school board meeting. Wright, a sixth-grade math teacher at Parker Junior High, was nominated by one of his fellow teachers, Patricia Green. Director of Human Resources Haley Marti shared part of the nomination[Read More…]
District 233 approves 2023 levy and abatement
The District 233 school board voted unanimously to approve the 2023 tax levy at a meeting on Dec. 19. The levy is expected to raise $45.84 million in property taxes for Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The board also gave their full approval for a resolution to abate $1,995,000 in property taxes.[Read More…]
District 233 commends Coach Smith for 500 wins
The Homewood-Flossmoor High School school board celebrated a significant milestone by girls varsity basketball coach Tony Smith at the Dec. 19 board meeting. The school board honored Smith for achieving his 500th career win as a basketball coach. The big win came at home against Sandberg on Dec. 12. Smith,[Read More…]
Beautification Club helping to dress up James Hart School
A group of teachers at James Hart School have banded together to organize a student Beautification Club that will continue their efforts at dressing up the building. Their students’ first major projects are bulletin boards. When spring arrives, the volunteers in the afterschool club will move outdoors and into the[Read More…]
Kindergarten story sessions led by junior high students
Sharing the joy of reading was a special treat for kindergarteners at Willow School who got visits from James Hart School’s eighth graders. Throughout the day Dec. 20, groups of eighth graders were in classrooms reading to the youngest students. After the stories were read, coloring pages were handed out[Read More…]
H-F High teachers preparing for Integrated Math in fall
The math department at Homewood-Flossmoor High School is putting its finishing touches on the new Integrated Math curriculum and working on how best to inform parents of what the change will mean for students. The incoming freshman class will be the first to use the new curriculum. H-F will no[Read More…]
SD161 to begin hiring new assistant principals
Flossmoor School District 161 Board of Education plans to hire three new assistant principals in 2024.The district will begin the search to fill new assistant principal positions at Flossmoor Hills and Heather Hill elementary schools on Dec. 19. The district also will be hiring an assistant principal to fill a[Read More…]
Lessons from five decades teaching preschool
Preschool might look simple. In some ways, it is. Nan Wexler of Homewood has more than five decades of experience teaching the littlest students. She currently teaches at FCC Weekday Preschool in Flossmoor, where she has been for more than 10 years. Before that, she taught for four decades at[Read More…]
54 H-F High seniors named Illinois State Scholars
The State Scholar Program has named 54 graduating seniors as Homewood-Flossmoor High School as Illinois State Scholars. These students were selected for their outstanding test scores on the ACT or SAT and high grade point average, unweighted class rank and the second semester class size for their junior year. They[Read More…]
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