Teens Attend Boys and Girls States at Eastern Illinois University
Park Forest American Legion Post 1198 sponsors 15 students for Boys State and Girls State at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Attendees include Omari Bowens, Jack Chavez, James Cormican, Robert Garcia, Chris Jakubas, Ian Johnson, Ed McDonald, John Ryan, Timothy Wasney, and Sia Bake among others. Girls State runs June 14 to 20 with 584 girls from Illinois communities. attendees include Julie Castine, Katie Fuehrmeyer, and Erin Robey. The programs, begun by the Illinois American Legion, aim to train youth in leadership and citizenship across all 50 states.
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Park Forest American Legion Post 1198
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
Omari Bowens
Country Club Hills
Marian Catholic High School
Jack Chavez
Calumet City
Marian
James Cormican
Chicago Heights
Robert Garcia
Sauk Village
Chris Jakubas
Oak Forest
Ian Johnson
Park Forest
Rich East
Ed McDonald
Crete
Erin Robey
Boys State
Illinois American Legion
America
Aauinipain Legion
Math winners recognized at Bloom Township contest
The District 168 Board of Education recognized first place winners from Rickover Junior High in the Bloom Township Math μMunchers Contest held May 13 at Central Junior High in Steger. Fifteen students earned first place trophies.
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District 168 Board of Education
Bloom Township
Rickover
Central Junior High
Steger
Ecology pupils win prize for Earthwatch club efforts
The James Hart School ecology club Earthwatch won DECCA Buy Recycled Labels Contest for promoting recycling and resource conservation. Members collected many labels, adopted a wolf, and tracked wolf activity online. The district also weighs a recycled plastic bench option for the school.
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James Hart
Earthwatch
DECCA
Music in the Air Promotes College Visits Across Illinois
Walker and Shaneeka Griffin of Ford Heights participated in a 10 year program sponsored by the Housing Authority of Cook County that lets youth tour colleges and universities in Illinois and the southern United States. Marian Catholic Principal Sister Mary Paul and guidance counselor Ron Centanni were among 50 area educators honored by the south suburban chapter of Children and Adults with Attention on Disorder for going the extra mile to help students learn.
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Marian Catholic
Mary Paul
Ron Centanni
South Suburban
Hillcrest Student Council Elects Officers
Hillcrest High School named its Student Council officers after an election. The article provides contact details for submissions to The Star Academics column and asks for a contact name and phone number.
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Hillcrest
the Star
Paula Carlson
W. 159Th St
Tinley Park
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