While high school students study for finals next week, they could also recycle their old textbooks.

Hinsdale was ranked the best western Chicago suburb to live in by West Suburban Living magazine, according to media reports.

On Aug. 20, Hinsdale’s Nurturing Wisdom Academy will open its inaugural doors to 36 fifth- through eighth-grade students at Zion Lutheran Church. The year-round school will feature exceptionally small class sizes, curriculum customized to student needs, time-independent projects and, one unique catch — no homework.

Thomas M. Sarwark, a 2009 graduate of Hinsdale South High School, was killed late last week when his car collided head-on with a semitrailer truck on Interstate 55, according to media reports.

Litigation was restored in the case to enforce Hinsdale District 86 school board members’ rights to access district records, according to a news release from the Center for Open Government in Chicago.

With a unanimous vote at a special April 9 meeting, the Community Consolidated School District 181 Board approved the employment of Kurt Schneider as the new Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Services, effective July 1

Parents of incoming Hinsdale Central High School freshmen are invited to an informational coffee at 9 a.m. May 3 in the Hinsdale Central Cafeteria Annex, 5500 S. Grant St., Hinsdale.

Hinsdale South High School junior Lia Benes recently accomplished what less than 1 percent of her peers did. She earned a perfect ACT composite score.

In February, the Hinsdale Central Chess Team competed at the Peoria Civic Center in the largest chess tournament in the U.S. The Red Devils won their first six matches, defeating highly ranked teams from Illinois Math and Science Academy, Nequa Valley and the defending champion, Whitney M. Young. This weekend, the players compete in nationals.

Her dad would say, "It was her heart," but a then-6-year-old Sara Klepacki never could understand how a disease claimed someone so close to her so fast.

With a unanimous vote at a special meeting, the Community Consolidated School District 181 Board approved the employment of Gary Frisch, CPA as the new Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations, effective July 1, 2012.

A summer camp expo will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Prospect School, 100 N. Prospect Ave., Clarendon Hills, featuring representatives from more than 50 local organizations, overnight camps, recreational activities, sports camps, fine arts camps, educational enrichment opportunities, special needs programs and gifted programs.

Meredith Sweeney of Hinsdale (Dartmouth College '14) placed second in the 200-yard backstroke at the Division 1 2012 Ivy League Championships at Harvard University on Feb. 25, up two places over her 2011 conference finish.

At a time when science and math scores are the lowest they’ve been in the U.S., students at Clarendon Hills Middle School are proving just how much enthusiasm still exists in the science lab.

A substitute teacher who lives in Hinsdale has been charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against a student from Carl Sandburg High School, where he also was a freshman basketball coach.

Six thousand yards of swimming a day. A minimum of 14 hours a week in the pool. Four thousand, four hundred calories a day and three claps before each race.

Hinsdale Center for the Arts has funds available for regranting to support arts programs throughout its service region, including all of DuPage County and portions of western Cook County as well as High School District 204.

At the OMG Prenatal University in Hinsdale, any shame or embarrassment a couple has is left at the door when it comes to learning the ins-and-outs of having a baby and the post-birth stage.

Now through Jan. 27, Prospect Elementary School students in Clarendon Hills will play Santa by making a special delivery to their sister school, William Penn School in Chicago.

In response to feedback from a community survey conducted late last year, library staff is adding new programming, new items to the library’s collection and providing more information to the community about its resources.