To ensure students are aware of all resources available to them, state Rep. Fran Hurley (D-35th) is highlighting the new Safe2Help Illinois program for kindergarten to 12th-grade students.
Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White is encouraging students in grades four through 12 to enter the 2022 “Letters About Literature in Illinois” reading and writing competition.
Representatives from the four founding schools of the AERO special-education cooperative were joined by Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other elected officials on Nov. 1 at the groundbreaking of a new facility set to open two years from now at the site of the former Queen of Peace High School, 76th S…
Dozens of Evergreen Park veterans and veteran relatives of current Evergreen Park High School (EPHS) students were treated to a free breakfast in the school cafeteria.
St. Ignatius College Prep, 1076 W. Roosevelt Rd., will hold its entrance exam on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 8 a.m.
When the Rev. James Green led the charge in 1905 to build an all-boys, Catholic high school at 63rd Street and Claremont Avenue on Chicago’s Southwest Side, he and his fellow Augustinian priests wanted a place where families could send their sons to receive a great secondary education but al…
Ranked for years among the most diverse private schools in Illinois, Morgan Park Academy (MPA) focuses on global studies and community diversity, and this year that focus includes the arrival of 13 high school students from six countries.
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Clissold Elementary School, 2350 W. 110th Pl., will host its Cougar Walk-a-Thon on Wednesday, Oct. 27.
Members of the St. John Fisher Elementary School Class of 1971 gathered at Ridge Country Club on Oct. 9 to celebrate their 50th class reunion. Classmates said the reunion was an excellent night filled with great memories and renewed friendships. Plenty of laughs were shared among the more th…
The Adler Planetarium, 1300 S. Lake Shore Dr., is offering virtual fieldtrips to middle school-aged students.
Kate Starr Kellogg Elementary School’s building is humming along this fall, as the school is once again full of teachers and learners thriving at North Beverly’s highly rated neighborhood school.
Students at Chicago Christian High School (CCHS) were happy to return to their fall tradition of Spirit Week during the week of Sept. 20.
Marist High School students Mark Viz and Brae Sanchez have been named Commended Students in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship program.
The kindergarten class at St. Cajetan Elementary School, 2447 W. 112th St., worked on crowns as parts of a class project. The students used a variety of materials, including glitter, jewels and stickers, to create their own unique crown. After completing the project, the students donned thei…
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Morgan Park Academy (MPA), 2153 W. 111th St., remains the top school in Chicago’s South Side area, one of the best in the state and among 2.5 percent of schools nationwide to merit an overall A+ grade, according to an annual third-party report.
On the front lawn of Council Oak Montessori School (COMS), 2521 Grove St., in Blue Island, a large marble marker displays a quote from Maria Montessori.
Chicago Collegiate Charter School, 11816 S. Indiana Ave., will host an in-person information session and open house on Monday, Oct. 25, at 4:30 p.m.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL), a leader in building healthy communities across the state, recently announced a new student development program with Morgan Park High School.
Four students from the St. Xavier University (SXU) School of Nursing and Health Sciences (SNHS) have been awarded scholarships from the Blue Island Community Healthcare Foundation for the 2021-22 academic year.
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St. Xavier University (SXU) officials announced that they have cleared more than $2 million in student debt, using federal COVID-19 relief funds to help 1,050 students—nearly a third of the student population.
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One Million Degrees (OMD) is a nonprofit founded to empower Chicago area community college students by offering wrap-around supports to help them persist and succeed through school.
St. Xavier University (SXU) has been awarded a one-year grant of $38,192 from the Illinois Board of Higher Education for the Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) will offer its First Day, Free Rides program for kindergarten to12th-grade students and their accompanying adult on the first day of the Chicago Public Schools’ school year, Monday, Aug. 30.
Harriet Tubman is known to many for escaping slavery and freeing slaves as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Council of the Knights of Columbus, in Evergreen Park, recently awarded five $500 scholarships to deserving graduates of five local Catholic schools for their exemplary service to their school, church and community.
St. Xavier University (SXU) has been recognized among the 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction as a higher education institution in Illinois, a Catholic university and in the areas of nursing, business and education for the fifth consecutive year.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently announced a comprehensive approach to vaccinating eligible students against COVID-19 this summer and during the 2021-22 school year.
The Chicago State Educators Fund recently presented $7,000 in donations to Chicago State University (CSU).
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Even with the best teachers and best technology, sometimes the best learning happens in the garden.
De La Salle Institute recently announced that Carlene Klaas has been named dean of enrollment management.
From July 6 to Aug. 6 new City Colleges of Chicago students can earn college credit by taking English 96 or English 97/101 online–ensuring their momentum into and through college English early in their first year with additional advising and supports, all free.
Back 2 School Illinois (B2SI), a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides tens of thousands of deserving kids from low-income families with free school supplies to help them succeed in the classroom, recently announced its 2021 We Appreciate Teachers contest.
Malachi Neely, of Beverly, was the first-place winner in the high school division of the Law Day Youth Civics Contest.
Sutherland Elementary School adopted Social Justice Standards for the school year as part of its Equity Initiative.
Members of the St. Cajetan Elementary School Class of 2021 enjoy some time together before graduation day. This year’s graduating class was comprised of 34 students.
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Br. Rice High School recently announced that 36 students from the graduating Class of 2021 have been recognized as Illinois State Scholars.
Families and friends of the Mother McAuley High School senior class gathered on May 16 to celebrate the more than 200 graduates of the Class of 2021.
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State Rep. Kelly Burke (D-36th), newly sworn in as mayor of Evergreen Park, recently visited the Oak Lawn campus of Southwest Chicago Christian School.
In the summer of 2020, Br. Rice High School Director of Counseling Pat Creed looked over a laundry list of scholarships for which Crusader students would be eligible, a tedious but rewarding task that he and the other counselors perform without fail every year.
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