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The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) presented awards to the winners of the 2023 Those Who Excel and Teacher of the Year awards. District 161 staff and community members were honored in several categories at a May 20 event in Bloomington-Normal. The awardees were recognized a second time at[Read More…]
GET REX VAXXED – Bring your leashed pooch to a low-cost Dog Vaccination Clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Matteson Village Hall, 4900 Village Commons. Cook County residents can get free microchips, free DA2PPV vaccines and $10 rabies vaccines. Sponsored by South Suburban Humane Society and Cook County[Read More…]
May is National Tennis Month and to celebrate, the United States Tennis Association sponsored three free introductory sessions Saturday, May 20, at the Flossmoor Park courts to give new and relatively inexperienced players a taste of the game. While H-F Racquet & Fitness Club coach John Morris took a half dozen youth[Read More…]
Marian Catholic High School announced on Friday, May 19, the appointment of Steven Pyter as its new Director of Bands. Pyter is a highly accomplished music educator, composer and arranger from the Chicago area, who brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the position. Pyter began his teaching career[Read More…]
Representatives from the Village of Flossmoor presented a plan to use land near Heather Hill School to help alleviate flooding of the Flossmoor Road viaduct at the May 22 District 161 Board of Education meeting. The plan would include the creation of a stormwater detention basin on park district land[Read More…]
The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra opens its IPO Summer series at Olympia Fields Country Club on June 14. The program includes four concerts: Tickets are $39 per concert, or $105 for three concerts or $140 for four concerts. Concert goers can select from a 6:15 p.m. or a 7:45 p.m. concert.[Read More…]
Six years ago, the Archdiocese of Chicago embarked on a restructuring plan called Renew My Church which saw it consolidate dozens of Catholic parishes in the region, reducing the total number by more than 100. Locally, in November 2022, six Catholic churches merged into two. St. Anne in Hazel Crest,[Read More…]
UNLEASH YOUR INNER BEAST – Get ready to be your best beast with the H-F Beast Prep Course, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, June 6 to 27. Get familiar with the obstacles in the H-F Beast Obstacle Course Race — including bucket carry, tire run, tire flip and a spear throw[Read More…]
SENIOR CONDUCTORS’ ORCHESTRA CONCERT – H-F High School seniors will lead fellow students in self-selected songs during this special concert in the school’s Mall Auditorium, featuring Chamber Orchestra, Viking Orchestra and Sinfonia students. You can also live stream the concert on YouTube at:youtube.com/watch?v=ixpf69DVOQA LEARN HANDS-ONLY CPR – Learn hands-only CPR[Read More…]
James Hart School graduates got to go back in time Monday. District 153 arranged for the 247 Hart eighth graders to be guests of honor at Willow School parading for kindergarten, first and second graders, and at Churchill School walking through the hallways for third, fourth and fifth graders. The[Read More…]
