Friday, May 24, 2013
District 202 Superintendent John Harper's last column of the school year.
This time of year is filled with important transitions for students -- from grade to grade, level to level and from high school to college, the workplace, the military or some other life path. Next fall, District 202 itself also faces one of the most important changes in the history of public education when the national Common Core Learning Standards will start to replace the state learning standards. The Common Core Standards for Math will be implemented in District 202 next school year. Common Core Learning Standards for Language Arts will follow in 2014-15. We have talked a lot this year about the change to Common Core Standards. This shift will significantly impact our students, school district and community. It is very important …
Regional Honor Flight Teams are being formed in the Lincoln-Way communities.
Regional teams are being formed to help identify the estimated 20,000 surviving World War II Vets in the southwest suburbs. The goal is to get as many as are able to participate in the free, one-day Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to see the World War II Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. Operation Locate a Hero for the southwest suburbs is headquartered at New Lenox Village Hall. According to Nancy Hoehn, economic development director, those from throughout the Lincoln-Way communities might be particularly interested in joining this effort. However, volunteers from Plainfield south and from Minooka west are invited to join in the regional effort. A meeting is planned for the day after Memorial Day, from 6-8 pm. May 28 at New Lenox…
Eighteen area school districts voted against allowing Illinois Virtual Charter School @ Fox River Valley to launch.
After getting rejected by 18 school districts, including Plainfield and Valley View, a group looking to create an online charter school has appealed to the Illinois State Charter School Commission. Nonprofit Virtual Learning Solutions and for-profit partner K-12 Inc. want to launch the Illinois Virtual Charter School @ Fox River Valley. But this spring, area school districts proved less than receptive, voting one by one to reject the proposal. The charter school commission has set a series of hearings — one for each of the 18 districts — for June 19, 20, 21 and 24 in the western suburbs, according to the Chicago Tribune. According to the state board of education, the commission will vote separately on all 18 appeals on July 16. Click here …
Memorial Day service begins at 10 a.m. at the Edward "Doc" McCartan Veterans Memorial on Montrose Drive.
The Village of Romeoville will commemorate Memorial Day with a service starting at 10 a.m. at the Edward "Doc' McCartan Veterans Memorial, 11 Montrose Dr. This year's speaker is MSG Steven Daley of the U.S. Army's 405th Brigade Support Battalion. The event will include a wreath-laying ceremony featuring the Romeoville American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary Unit, Romeoville Citizens Police Academy Alumni, Eagle Social Club, Hampton Park Social Athletic Club, Romeoville Area Historical Society, Romeoville Veterans Commission and the Village of Romeoville. Performances will include patriotic music performed by theFirefighters Highland Guard of Naperville pipes and drums band and the Romeoville High School Band. Scott Knollenberg of …
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Health officials are monitoring mosquitoes at 12 sites throughout Will County, and ask for the public's help by reporting dead birds.
Will County Environmental Health began its 2013 mosquito monitoring on Thursday. According to the health department, Environmental Health personnel will conduct weekly monitoring at more than a dozen locations throughout the county. The first mosquito samples were collected Thursday, despite wet conditions at some trap locations that made collection difficult. Weekly mosquito monitoring has been a capstone of Will County's West Nile Virus (WNV) surveillance and prevention programs since 2002, when Illinois led the nation with 884 human cases and 64 fatalities. WNV is a mosquito-borne disease capable of producing encephalitis and meningitis, potentially fatal inflammations of the brain and spinal chord. Will County began dead bird …
70 mph on rural interstates not a done deal yet, as bill has its opponents.
A bill to increase the maximum speed limit in Illinois could hit Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk for signature soon. Whether Quinn will sign it remains to be seen. The bill, introduced by Republican State. Sen. Jim Oberweis, would raise the speed limit on rural Illinois highways to 70 mph. The bill, which has passed both chambers of the state legislature, has been met with opposition due to safety concerns by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, according to the Chicago Tribune. “The progression of this legislation is a good example of what can be accomplished when lawmakers work together in a bipartisan manner for the good of our state,” Oberweis said. “It was sponsored by …
The last day of class for Valley View School District 365U students is June 5.
Valley View School District 365U has announced the schedule for Wednesday, June 5, the last day of school for students in kindergarten through eleventh grade. The high school day, as well as the Phoenix Program day, will begin at 7:30 a.m. and end at 9:10 a.m. STEP program will begin at 7:15 a.m. and end at 9:10 a.m. Middle schoolers will start at 8:25 a.m. and end at 10:15 a.m. Elementary school classes will begin at 9:05 a.m. and end at 10:45 a.m. The last day for Valley View Early Childhood Center students will be May 30. Normal bus routes will run to and from school on June 5. Editor's note: This article was submitted by Valley View School District 365U.
Sixty-five students were inducted into the A. Vito Martinez Middle School National Junior Honor Society last week.
Sixty-five students were inducted into the A. Vito Martinez Middle School (Romeoville) National Junior Honor Society last week. They are: Keagan Adams, Avery Alabi, Carmen Awin-Ongya, Matthew Boots, Kaitlyn Borcherding, Marissa Borkowski, Monika Bremer, Dainaly Campuzano, Adriana Castillo, Haley Cerny, Kristal Cortez, Mark Cukier, Danielle Dalton, Cindy De La Cruz, Olivia De La Rosa, Melaine Diep, Ceili Delaney, Walid Elannani, Monika Fudala, Daniela Garduno, Aiman Ghani, Teresa Gomez, Shireen Haiderali, Alan Hernandez, Chloee Holm, Samantha Horstmann, Aabis Imam, Samantha Jackson, Bailey Kavaliunas, Morgan Kincade, Jillian King, Payton Koranda, Xavier Lampkin, Leslie Lopez and Laura Lotzer. Also: Dominique Martinez, Stephanie Martinez, …
Romeoville High School seniors Alyse Borla and Gabby Habeeb each received a $500 scholarship.
Romeoville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mari Edmondson and Board Chairman Dino Arias present Chamber “Partners In Education” $500 scholarships to Romeoville High School seniors Alyse Borla and Gabby Habeeb.
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