Foster communication. Recognize student potential and student achievement. Support staff development. Support the array of extracurricular activities. Address the social/emotional needs of students. School finances should reflect Homewood-Flossmoor High School values. These are a few of the litany of topics District 233 school board members contemplated at a special board[Read More…]
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No Metra fare increase in 2019
Metra announced on Wednesday, Sept. 12, that there will not be a fare increase in 2019. The commuter railroad will spend the year highlighting the need for more public aid and sounding the alarm about the system’s deterioration and possible downsizing if that aid does not materialize. “We ask our[Read More…]
Undefeated James Hart, second place Parker ready for Saturday baseball playoff
Homewood’s James Hart School Panthers and Flossmoor’s Parker Junior High Falcons baseball teams are on their way to regional competition in the Illinois Elementary School Association’s baseball championships. Hart is the first seed team going in to competition Saturday with a perfect 10-0 record to take the regional title. Hart[Read More…]
PSC professor completes internship on Gulf of Mexico research vessel
Prairie State College biology professor Angela Hung shows off a baby hammerhead shark. (Provided photos) There’s no doubt being an intern on a ship in the Gulf of Mexico in the heat of summer counting and weighing fish was hard work, but it came with great rewards for Prairie State College[Read More…]
‘Bach & Beers’ benefit for IPO
“Bach & Beers,” a fundraiser for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra set for Tuesday, Sept. 25, will be held at Rabid Brewing, 17759 Bretz Dr. in Homewood. The 7 to 9 p.m. event will feature a Maestro Mashup – a head-to-head contest between a musician from the IPO and one from[Read More…]
Flossmoor police investigating fight at village festival
A police investigation is continuing into a fight at last weekend’s Flossmoor Fest. Witnesses to the Sept. 8 incident saw fighting take place on Sterling Avenue, just north of Flossmoor Road, among members of a group of young people. At the end of the brief fight one of the youths[Read More…]
District 161 hires two security officers for Parker Junior High
Parker Junior High School will be adding two unarmed security officers onto its staff as part of Flossmoor District 161’s plan to enhance the school’s safety. The school board Monday approved a contract for $73,008 from U.S. Security Associates. The Georgia-based company will provide the staffing of one security[Read More…]
Supporting H-F High students
Members of the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Foundation raised more than $15,000 at the annual golf outing and dinner on Sept. 7. Committee members are, front row from left, Katie Coderre, Sarah Huffman, Susie Goldberg and Paula Longawa, and back row from left, Mary Lou Coleman, Nancy Schwieterman, Sheila Klupchak, Julie Smith and Anne Humphrey. The foundation supports extracurricular[Read More…]
IPO tickets available for 2018-19 season performances
Tickets are on sale for the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra’s opening concert Oct. 20 that includes selections from American composers. This program is part of the Southland Arts, Municipalities and Business Alliance’s Made in America Festival. The orchestra will perform the overture to Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” and George Gershwin’s “American in[Read More…]
H-F High singers plan spring trip to Italy
This spring, 65 Homewood-Flossmoor High School singers will take their musical talents to northern Italy led by teacher and choir director Michael Rugen. During the nine-day trip, students performing as the H-F Master Singers will sing at a mass in Venice; at the Duomo, the main cathedral in Milan; and[Read More…]
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