Tag: Homewood-Flossmoor High School

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H-F band has three leaders for 2019-20 season

Two drum majors and a field commander are sharing leadership for the 200-member Homewood-Flossmoor High School band this year. Seniors Alex Contreras of Chicago Heights and Jazz Jabulani of Glenwood are drum majors and junior Kirkland Benson is a field commander.

Mary Poppins Jr. is H-F summer production

“Mary Poppins Jr.” is being staged July 18 and 19 by the Homewood-Flossmoor High School Summer Theatre Program.   The production, based on the popular Walt Disney film, will feature cast members in grades 2 through high school. The show, with its uplifting music and dance numbers, is under the[Read More…]

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Garris selected scholarship winner

Kai Garris, a 2019 graduate of Homewood-Flossmoor High School, has been awarded a Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship.       Kai Garris Garris, of Flossmoor, was one of 72 regional recipients of the scholarship this year. Students are selected for their outstanding community service, academic performance and leadership skills. [Read More…]

H-F board approves construction of fine arts wing

Work on a new Fine Arts wing at Homewood-Flossmoor High School will begin in July.    At a special board meeting Sunday, June 2, the $13,987,495 contract was awarded to Cosgrove Construction of Joliet by unanimous vote.    The board has sufficient funding for this project. If all goes according[Read More…]

H-F reduces arts center costs as it re-bids project

The District 233 Finance Committee and Homewood-Flossmoor High School administrators hope a list of cuts to the proposed arts center wing will bring costs within an acceptable range.   Two new spaces will be built onto the South Building and interior spaces will be remodeled for the new MVP (Music,[Read More…]

Then H-F High Principal Jerry Lee Anderson, left, and Superintendent Von Mansfield, right, welcomed Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., center, to campus in May 2019 as the school and the community wrestled with a controversial blackface incident. (Provided photo)

Rev. Jesse Jackson urges H-F students to move away from anger over racial incident

  Rev. Jesse Jackson listens as sophomore Aniya Askew,  left, asks her question during a student assembly  Tuesday at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.   (Provided photo)  It’s been more than a week since four Homewood-Flossmoor High School students posted a racist video on social media. Feeling hurt and angry about it is understandable, but students[Read More…]

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