Sarah Rudenga, media center coordinator at Parker Junior High, was the recipient of the Flossmoor District 161 #AboveAndBeyond award. The district started the #AboveAndBeyond recognition program in December 2019 to spread the word about teachers and support staff’s positive impacts on students’ lives. Before Rudenga was presented with the honor,[Read More…]
Education
Western Avenue Elementary to host Black History Month Book Fair
Local Black authors, comic artists and booksellers are scheduled to be at Western Avenue Elementary in Flossmoor on Thursday, Feb. 12, and Friday, Feb. 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for a Black History Month Book Fair. The book fair will be open exclusively to Western Avenue students, staff[Read More…]
District 161 board agrees to security updates
The District 161 school board agreed to update its security through two contracts – one for building security and a second for its information technology systems. At the special meeting on Jan. 29, the board learned that Securakey, the company that has been used for access control to district buildings,[Read More…]
7th grader spells success ‘a-u-x-i-l-i-a-r-y’
Bree Frye’s sixth try was the charm. By the time the seventh grader reached the final rounds of the Flossmoor School District 161 spelling bee, the nerves that hit early on had settled. Six rounds later, Frye won the district title inside the Parker Junior High School gym at 2810[Read More…]
District 161 approves $8.63 million construction work over summer
This summer, projects totaling more than $8.63 million will be done in Flossmoor District 161 schools and offices. The school board approved the various items, including HVAC work, space reconfigurations for offices, improvements to lighting and new carpeting at a special meeting on Jan. 29. The work is being funded[Read More…]
Horton selected next finance director for District 233
Toriano Horton is the next assistant superintendent of finance and operations/chief school business official starting July 1. The District 233 school board unanimously approved his appointment at its Jan. 20 meeting. Horton will be replacing Lawrence Cook, who is retiring June 30. Cook has been with the district for 24[Read More…]
Entrepreneur shares his wealth with H-F High
Editor’s note: This story originally listed one $10,000 donation, but the donor later advised us he made two. Entrepreneur Jack Savage, who’s made millions of dollars through his coffee brand Everyday Dose, gifted $20,000 to Homewood-Flossmoor High School. Savage, who was Jack Klauber from Homewood when he graduated from H-F[Read More…]
Technology is good, but H-F High sets some restrictions
Homewood-Flossmoor High School is all for new technologies in classrooms – to a point. The District 233 school board on Jan. 20 gave its approval to a purchase of an Anatomage Table for use in science and health professions classes. It voted to prohibit the student use of Meta AI[Read More…]
H-F board pledges continued work to strengthen security
Members of the District 233 school board tried to calm the fears of worried parents who were alarmed by news that a gun was found at Homewood-Flossmoor High School on Friday, Jan. 16. The issue of safety on the H-F campus “is our highest priority,” said member Nate Legardy. The[Read More…]
Sam Calhoon gets HFEO support for student teaching
The Homewood-Flossmoor Education Organization is supporting Sam Calhoon, an H-F graduate who is student teaching this semester. When Calhoon graduated from H-F in 2021, he received a scholarship from HFEO, the teachers union, to support him as he pursued a teaching degree. Calhoon will graduate from the University of Illinois[Read More…]
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