Sixteen residents received degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during December commencement exercises, including North Riverside resident Hilary Spala.

Area students find academic success, including Hauser Junior High School's third quarter honor roll.

Students graduate from Hauser Junior High School and Willow Springs School District 108.

Komarek School third-grader Marly Santora went toe-to-toe with two seventh-graders Friday to take third place in an area-wide spelling bee.

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.