Registration is open for the Little Vikings Preschool sponsored by Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The program is for children ages 3, 4 and 5 and potty trained. Three-year-olds must have their birthday before Sept. 1, 2021. Class meets from 8:50 to 11:20 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 19 through May 17,[Read More…]
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H-F High School board addresses opening week glitches
Late buses, lunchtime issues and limited attempts to meet social distancing were concerns several parents brought to the District 233 school board at its Monday, Aug. 23, meeting. Two of the parents, concerned about safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, asked for a remote learning option for their students at Homewood-Flossmoor[Read More…]
Back to School 2021: Q&A with Scott Wakeley
Scott Wakeley joined the Homewood-Flossmoor High School administration July 1 as superintendent-elect. He will become superintendent in July 2022. For the next year, he will be learning the culture of H-F and its community and working with staff and residents on major issues dealing with H-F’s future which he defined[Read More…]
H-F High enrollment heading down? Maybe not
An enrollment study shows Homewood-Flossmoor High School is likely to record a student decrease from its current 2,964 students, but several school board members questioned that finding. While enrollment is nowhere near the 4,300 students of the early 1970s, the District 233 Planning Committee didn’t want to believe enrollments would[Read More…]
District 233 board will look for interim principal for H-F High
The District 233 school board agreed to hire a principal for Homewood-Flossmoor High School on an interim contract for the 2021-22 school year and begin the search process for H-F’s next principal. Superintendent Von Mansfield and Superintendent-elect Scott Wakeley will be reviewing resumes to recommend to the board a person[Read More…]
Two dads find H-F a welcoming home for biracial family
Not many years ago, their family would not only have been frowned upon, it would have been illegal in most states. J.R. and Brandon Willard-Rose of Homewood are gay, married and have an adopted Black son. Times — and the law — have changed, and society’s attitudes are in the[Read More…]
H-F High accesses more than $1.8 million in federal pandemic grants
Homewood-Flossmoor High School is receiving more than $1.8 million in federal aid to help meet expenses from the COVID-19 pandemic. H-F Business Manager Lawrence Cook told the District 233 school board May 18 that the high school was approved as a Title I targeted school. That designation gave H-F access[Read More…]
H-F video and film students win 10 awards
Homewood-Flossmoor High School students won 10 awards at the Midwest Media Educators Association’s 28th annual High School Video Festival. The program was virtual this year and aired on April 30.
H-F students win eight awards at journalism contest
Five Homewood-Flossmoor High School students won eight awards in the annual IHSA Journalism Sectional. Winners in the virtual competition, held April 10 were: Emma Murphy won first place in newspaper design and third place in headline writing. Faith Lee won second place in feature writing and fifth place in copy[Read More…]
Happy retirement: Gary Posing, information director elevated technology for all at H-F
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