DuPage County School District 45’s Board meeting was grim as angry parents filled Jackson Middle School’s gym to listen Monday night while 39 teaching positions were cut because of budget cuts.
For some high school students, the dream of a diploma is shattered when personal matters take precedence over academics. However, one local program is giving DuPage County residents a second chance: the Early School Leaver Program.
Glenbard Township High School District 87 students will no longer be able to take Contemporary World History Honors, after the Board of Education cut the class Monday night despite vocal community support.
DuPage High School District 88 will offer free cardiac screenings for students next month, and needs 200 community volunteers to make the event possible.
Despite other efforts to cut from the fiscal year 2010-11 budget, a lack of funding has led Lombard to make personnel cuts.
Glenbard Township High School District 87 celebrated Live Life Well week from Feb. 14 to 20 with a variety of events for students to learn about and live healthier lives.
While there will be some changes to the core subject areas of Glenbard Township High School District 87’s curriculum, the crowd went silent to hear the fate of a popular history class at Monday night’s meeting.
DuPage County has been offering something exceptional to its high school students for the past 35 years: an option of receiving college credit while being a high school student at the Technology Center of DuPage.
Glenbard East High School’s cafeteria was standing room only as more than 400 students of different ages, groups, clubs and athletic teams came together to make valentines and banners for veterans.
In a time when many people are finding it difficult to make ends meet, supporters of St. Alexander Catholic School in Villa Park are donating what they can to keep the school open.
Despite tight finances and growing tuition costs, most Montini Catholic High School seniors still plan to attend college, regardless of economic challenges.
For some, it’s merely a fantasy to play at the United Center where heroes such as Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen once dominated the court. The dream became reality this week for 12 Special Olympics athletes from DuPage High School District 88, who conquered the floor just as their heroes did more than a decade ago.
A preschool class at Schafer Elementary School in Lombard got a special treat Monday afternoon, when a handful of community leaders stopped by to read to students.
At least a dozen parents and students attended a Glenbard High School District 87 board meeting this week in support of a history class that might be eliminated.
Health teacher and Lombard resident Ann Banfield teaches her Glenbard East High School students about more than just healthy living and the human body.
Larisa Bezak and Brian Power of Addison and Scott Bartolo and Maureen O’Malley of Wood Dale received degrees from the University of Iowa during its commencement ceremony last month. In addition, Bartolo was named to the college’s spring 2007 dean’s list.
