Matteson students run recycling project in grade level effort
Matteson Elementary District 167 and Arcadia students lead a school wide recycling drive funded by a 3245 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. Second graders coordinate weekly paper collection with Star Recycling, while teachers and parents support weigh-ins and classroom activities learning about landfills and environmental impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matteson
Arcadia
Illinois and of Commerce and Community Affairs of Energy and Recycling
Star Recycling
Gail Lang
Estella Tolbert
Carol Stankus
NASA mission sim at Challenger Center educates Hammond teachers
Sixteen South Cook educators join a Rendezvous with a Comet mission at Purdue Calumet Hammond. Participants Deborah Hart, Christopher Kang, Myles Wallace, Aleta Stoler, Louise Jackson, Nora Land, and Kathryn McAlarney guided mission control and craft teams who averted danger and safely returned their spacecraft. Training was funded in part by Scientific Literacy Grant funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Cook
Challenger Learning Center
Indiana
Purdue University
Arcadia pupils tour Olympia Fields village facilities
Second grade students from Arcadia School District 162 visited Olympia Fields Village Hall, post office, police station, and public works vehicles. They learned water supply and the village’s 25 miles of streets, and were encouraged to participate in governing processes beginning in childhood.
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Olympia Fields
Matteson
Arcadia School
Chloe Andrews
Mary Clumpner
Clumpner
Patford
Arcadia
District 1 Music Festival Draws 500 Students
The Illinois Music Educators Association Elementary and Junior High Division hosts the District 1 Music Festival on Saturday at Reed-Custer Unit School District 2550 Braidwood. About 500 students from roughly 50 southwest Chicago area schools will perform in the Festival Band Orchestra and Chorus with a 3 p.m. finale in Reed-Custer High School. The 150 member band 80 piece orchestra and 300 voice chorus will be directed by James Weir Joanne May and Judy Hanson as guest conductors and clinicians.
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Hillcrest High Schools
Illinois Music Educators Association
Hillcrest
Kristin Williams
Hazel Crest
Stacey King
Country Club Hills
Anthony Capers
Phillip Reed
Markham
Jason Powell
Ener
Deidre McGee
IMEA
Peoria
Reed-Custer Unit
Braidwood
Chicago
Reed-Custer High School
Interstate 55
James Weir
Glenview Middle School
Joanne May
Glenbard East High School
Judy Hanson
Fisenhower Junior High
Darien
Serena Hills Students of the Week Named at Gleanings
During the weeks of October 22 and 29 Serena Hills School in Chicago Heights recognized students as student of the week for academic achievement good deeds and cooperative spirit. Winners receive a certificate and a surprise announced on Friday before the end of school. Several area elementary students earned entrance exam scholarships to Seton Academy.
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Simone Veal
St. Lawrence O'Toole
Matteson
Megan Fasano
St. Anne
Lansing
Dominique Moris
St. Thaddeus
Chicago
Ghiane Jones
St. Elizabeth
Angela Bulanda
Kim Shirrells
Margaret of Scotland
Gitana Cartwright
Mark Sheridan
Toni Freeman
Adam Clayton Powell J. School
Chicago Heights Serena Hills School
Gaanaron
Viola Nelson
Cameron
Victoria Nelson
Faye Zaranti
Tony Faritna
Jennifer Potate
Seton Academy
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Ransford
Traison Watson
Vilage Hall
Vocational Foundation
Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Orchard Drive
Education Foundation
Board of Education
FirStar Bank
2St Century
C-M
Crete-Monee High School
College Board
Kalena Dickerson
Brian Genduso
Kristopher Kortokrax
Cayse Llorens
Keli Williams
Crete-Monee
Steger
Central Junior High School
Peggy Santori
Elizabeth Cahill
Andrea Przybytek
Craig Thompson
Cinella
Lyric Opera
Governors State University
Eastview
Parkview
Saukview
the Star
Paula Carlson
W. 159Th St
Tinley Park
NASA
Serena Hills
Richton Park
Cook County
Illinois
Clerks Office
John E. Dorner
CDBG
Star Newspapers
Daily
159Th Street
Matteson Elementary
Huth Middle School
Matteson, Sauk, and
Nancy del Negro
W. Vollmer Rd
Pearlevision
Frankfort Crossing
Lacrange Road
Frankfort
Kenneth Cole
Fendi
Gucci
Dristier
Ersaci
Carol
Neo
Contax
Johnson’s Pharmacy
Ridge Road
Homewood
Ong Gale Goerelven
Sevoan
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