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.

One word keeps coming up as Donna Adamic considers the huge school district she’ll oversee as superintendent next year: improvement.

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.

Cicero’s Morton East High School third-quarter honor roll.

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.

Area students earn academic achievements.

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.

George Washington Middle School recently named its honor roll students for the second quarter.

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.

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.