A walk through high school hallways usually finds a brilliant rainbow of colors as students jockey for position in stairwells and funnel past lockers on their way to gym, math or homeroom.
Energetic responses from children are what keeps nationally known authors happy to return to a Cicero school for a day dedicated to celebrating reading and writing.
Navy Seaman Curtis E. Allen, son of Angela Heard of Cicero and Curtis Franklin of Chicago, completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. with honors.
Berwyn resident Nayelli Ayala and Cicero residents Vanessa Acosta, Anna Bystrek, Raquel Magana, Daniel Marquez and Rosa Romero received bachelor’s degrees from Dominican University, River Forest, during May commencement ceremonies.
Amanda Cochara of Cicero has enrolled at Indiana University, Bloomington, for the 2007-08 academic year. She is a June 2007 graduate of Fenwick High School, Oak Park.
Intrigued with imagining that the dusty old attic of St. Mary of Czestochowa School in Cicero is haunted, students were captivated by the prospect of their principal camping out there.
Many immigrants find learning English to be a stumbling block in the path of pursuing U.S. citizenship. That’s why Morton College is joining forces with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights to offer free classes of English as a second language to permanent legal residents applying to become citizens of the U.S.
Each week when classes are in session during the 2006-07 academic year, The Life will publish the luncheon menus for the Cicero, North Berwyn and South Berwyn grade schools and Morton High School districts.
Elvia Medina said Morton West High School administrators have left her in the dark during a disciplinary process that has her son facing a 10-day suspension and possible expulsion.
More and more these days, a school administrator’s success isn’t measured in letter grades and conduct marks — it’s gauged by an ability to implement a mounting wall of mandates while producing positive test scores and receiving little to no financial assistance along the way.
Voters will decide Tuesday whether to grant Morton High School District 201 a 75-cent tax rate increase. This is the third attempt to adopt an increase in the past year.
Morton West High School students will perform “The Pajama Game” at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, at the school, 2400 Home Ave.
Each week when classes are in session during the 2006-07 academic year, The Life will publish the luncheon menus for the Cicero, North Berwyn and South Berwyn grade schools and Morton High School districts.
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