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District 161 to consider ways to return select students to the classroom
Flossmoor School District 161 is not yet ready to return to in-person learning for all of its students, but officials may consider bringing select students back into the district’s buildings. While no action was recommended at a special board meeting Sept. 29, Superintendent Dana Smith presented to the board the[Read More…]
District 161 students, parents offer input via remote learning surveys
District 161 school board members got a look at student and parent responses to the district’s remote learning programs. During a special board meeting Sept. 29, Superintendent Dana Smith shared results of remote learning student surveys. Smith summarized the findings telling board members responses were limited, and officials wanted to[Read More…]
Flossmoor Community Church serves the community with COVID-compliant food distribution
Flossmoor Baseball Academy to hold tryouts Saturday
Chaneyville’s Flossmoor Baseball Academy is holding tryouts at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Bronco Field in Flossmoor, located just west of Western Avenue School, 940 Western Ave. The mission of the academy is to educate, inspire and mentor young athletes to become successful, confident individuals, according to founder Fred Chaney.[Read More…]
Izaak Walton invites voting on photo contest entries
More than 150 photos have been entered in the second annual Homewood Izaak Walton Photo Contest, according to the nature preserve’s photo contest committee, and fans of the preserve are invited to vote on their favorites. “We are delighted that despite the pandemic, so many photographers still took the time to[Read More…]
Free meals available for H-F High School students
Are you hungry just as the school day starts? Missing lunch period in the cafeteria? Finding nothing at home to eat? Homewood-Flossmoor High School students can get free breakfast and lunch meals, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Meals are available to all students, regardless of income. Students can[Read More…]
Halloween poll results, plus a reader request
Happy birthday, Mary Cantway
Happy birthday, Mary! Knowing you has been a blessing for so many people in the Homewood-Flossmoor community. The Chronicle joins with them in sending you wishes for much happiness and good health in the coming year. Related story: Friends gather to give 105-year-old Mary Cantway happy birthday (Oct. 2, 2019)
IPO quartet featured on WFMT Thursday
An Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra quartet performance will be broadcast and live streamed at noon on Thursday, Oct. 1, on WFMT radio, 98.7 FM. The “Music in Chicago” series will feature a concert IPO members gave Aug. 5 at Olympia Fields Country Club when they performed Will Grant Still’s “Lyric Quartette.”[Read More…]
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