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Vigil Wednesday night for Shepard student Ryan Plowman
A vigil is planned for Wednesday, November 9, at 7 p.m. at the Shepard High School football stadium for senior Ryan Daniel Plowman, who passed away November 5 after a brief battle with mononucleosis. Ryan’s family asks anyone who attends the vigil to wear something orange (one of Shepard’s school colors) or Shepard apparel. Visitation…
Read MoreSD104 teacher Eva Manzke named agriculture classroom teacher of the year
Eva Manzke, a third- and fourth-grade teacher at Walker Elementary School in Bedford Park, is the recipient of the 2023 Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year Award from the Cook County Farm Bureau. Manzke, who has been a teacher for 30 years, utilizes agriculture across her curriculum with her students. From urban…
Read MoreShepard students chosen for ILMEA district festival
Shepard High School choir students Aidan Reilly (Bass 1), Carson Steele (Bass 1), Alejandro Gutierrez (Tenor 1) and Ellie Davidson (Soprano 2) and band student Gabriella Scalzo last weekend earned selection to the Illinois Music Education Association District 1 Choir. “These students started working on their all-district auditions at the start of the school year,…
Read MoreNazareth’s Milano named IHSA baseball coach of the year
Nazareth Academy Head Baseball Coach Lee Milano has been selected by the administrative staff at the Illinois High School Association to receive the 2021-2022 Baseball Coach of the Year Award. IHSA said his selection to receive this prestigious honor was based upon the positive work he has done with the student-athletes in the program. The…
Read MoreArt association cites EPCHS as school of distinction
By Kelly White Located in the heart of the Evergreen Park Community, Evergreen Park Community High School prides itself in its academics and student involvement. The high school, 9901 S. Kedzie Ave., Evergreen Park, was recently recognized by the Illinois Art Education Association as a 2022 School of Distinction. EPCHS was one of only five…
Read MoreInterior Secretary Haaland tours site of Emmett Till Memorial
By Carol McGowan Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, visited Summit last Friday to get a first-hand look at the site of the future Mamie Till Mobley and Emmett Till Memorial at Argo High School. Haaland then met with community leaders and had lunch with Emmett’s cousin, the Rev. Wheeler Parker, at the Emmett Till…
Read MoreBulldog Company, NHS unload 3,000 pumpkins for church pumpkin patch
When First United Methodist Church needs help, they know who to call. The Oak Lawn church traditionally sponsors a pumpkin patch and, with 3,000 pumpkins to unload, needs some helping hands. Both the U.S. Navy Junior ROTC program and National Honor Society from Richards High School volunteered to help church members with the work. Community…
Read MoreSummit School District 104 may drop 5th-grade center
By Carol McGowan Summit School District 104 is considering dropping Wharton School as a fifth-grade learning center only and returning the elementary schools in the district to kindergarten to fifth grade. Heritage Middle School would remain the campus for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students. Using Wharton as a fifth-grade only learning center was adopted in…
Read MoreNazareth to present ‘Harvey’ as fall production
Nazareth Academy is proud to present “Harvey,” the Pulitzer Prize winning play about an imaginary six-foot rabbit that delivers laughs while offering a lesson about how important friendship really is and how loyalty must withstand every single challenge. There is nothing quite like the friendship between Elwood P. Dowd and his best friend, Harvey the…
Read MoreSoccer tournament brings players together for good cause
Last month, more than 100 high schools and thousands of male student athletes competed in a soccer tournament, sponsored by Body Armour. While the players competed on the field, they worked together off the field to collect and donate thousands of name-brand clothing items to a not-for-profit organization. Twenty-five of the players, representing the thousands…
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