Ninth-graders at Maine East, South were tested when they arrived in September, and have higher scores than the district's sophomores, juniors and seniors.
Freshmen in Maine Township High School District 207 did better, on average, than previous classes on the ACT’s Explore test. The Explore test is generally given as the first is a series of tests culminating with the ACT college entrance exam. All Illinois public high school juniors take the ACT as part of the Prairie State Achievement Exam. The scores, which were presented in a report at a recent school board meeting, showed that the composite Explore score for District 207’s class of 2015 was 17. That's 0.4 points above the average of the composite scores of the last three years, according to the report from Barbara Dill-Varga, the assistant superintendent for curriculum. Earlier: Test scores for class of 2012 slipped “In every …
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The nominees are: Deerfield's Jason Brown, New Trier's Courtney and Jessica Ackerman, Maine West's Alisha Barnaby, Glenbrook South's Keeley Nolan and Niles West's Ari Lazar.
Editor's note: To keep voting fair, we ask that you cast your vote by placing a comment below. Also, voting now ends Thursday, 5 p.m. Thanks! The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, May 14 – May 20: Jessica and Courtney Ackerman, juniors, track and field, New Trier – The twins doubled up in the distance races at the Class 3A state championships on Saturday. Courtney took second place in the 1600 and was sixth in the 3200 while Jessica was fourth in the 3200 and placed seventh in the 800. Alisha Barnaby, senior, track and field, Maine West - Barnaby took eighth place in the shot put for the Warriors, the best finish for Maine West at the track and field state championships. Barnaby threw 40 feet, 6.5 inches in Friday’s preliminary …
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The nominee eked out a victory and was named Athlete of the Week.
With 5 votes in the comments section, Glenbrook South's Sully Stadler was named the Athlete of the Week. Stadler got the win for Glenbrook South in a 3-0 victory over Maine South. Stadler had eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings pitched and the victory over their CSL South rivals snapped Maine South’s 18-game winning streak. HONORABLE MENTION Reggie Murphy, freshman, track and field, Evanston - Murphy was a key contributor in helping the Wildkits win the CSL South conference track meet for the second consecutive season. Murphy was part of the winning 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams while also securing an individual title in the 100. Charlie Dowdle, senior, boys water polo, Loyola Academy - Dowdle scored four goals, including Loyola’s final …
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Niles West is hoping to set world record for number of twins in one class. Double the fun?
Niles West High School sophomores looked around earlier this year and thought they were seeing double, because there are more twins than usual in the class. It was actually one of the twins who brought the unusual number of sibling pairs to the attention of the school, said Jessica Ogulnik, the director of student activities, and suggested that the school might find its way into the Guinness Book of World Records. Earlier: Niles West sets sustainable standards So Ogulnik combed enrollment documents to see how many twins are in the class of 2014 at the school, and came up with 14 pairs. Some are identical – coming from a single embryo that divided and thus sharing their full genetic code -- but most appear to be fraternal, she said, …
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John Sullivan currently teaches investigative reporting at Northwestern University.
The following information was submitted by Oakton Community College. Former Oakton student John Sullivan co-led the team of Philadelphia Inquirer reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service journalism on April 16. Sullivan and his team won the Pulitzer for the seven-part series “Assault on Learning” revealed that violence in the city’s schools was widespread and underreported, with 30,000 serious incidents over the last five school years. Earlier: Maine West students recognized by organization that seeks to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. Prior to Oakton, Sullivan worked at an upholstery store for four years and he credits Oakton for putting him on his …
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The winners of the Rube Goldberg contest for school kids demonstrated their work Monday at the lab.
Sometimes you can’t just take the easy way out—but the team of Maine South High School students who won this year’s Argonne National Laboratory Rube Goldberg machine contest found the more complicated route can also be more fun. The group of freshmen created a machine that through 20 intricate steps accomplished a simple task: popping a balloon. Argonne National Laboratory hosted the team Monday, along with the winners of the Department of Energy’s National Science Bowl, during a showcase in the lab’s cafeteria. Earlier: How Maine South students built their wacky machine Maine South’s team tried 15 different ways to pop the balloon before they settled on inflating it using negative energy (i.e., sucking the air out of a chamber with a …
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Principal Jean LeBlanc announced the school will have several multi-age, combined-grade classrooms for the 2012-13 school year. Some parents were skeptical, but others were willing to try it. Melzer already is all multi-age.
Multiple opinions were prevalent last week when Nelson School parents heard about principal Jean LeBlanc’s new “multi-age” classroom program that combines second and third graders, and fifth and sixth graders, into the same class except for math. Parents offered pro and con stances, and some in the middle. But many seem ready to give LeBlanc and her staff a chance to make the program work. Endorsing the concept was Laura O’Donovan, with daughter Emma already in a multi-age class. Daughter Danielle, 11, will enter the multi-age fifth-sixth-grade class in August. Earlier: Dist. 63 worries about more financial uncertainty “Emma loves it. This is the first time this year I didn’t have to go to a parent-teacher conference the second half of the…
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9:24 am on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
I don't blame the school (LeBlanc is doing what she can with the resources she was provided), but rather the ineffective school board for letting this become an issue. Instead of reigning in finances when they had the chance, they were giving out rich teacher contracts and making the entire district more administrative heavy. Now because of their rubber stamp oversight, we're stuck with … more ›
As reported by Patch earlier, about 300 high school students don't take lunch, but take more classes instead. Now, board members are looking to require students take "four years of lunch" before graduating.
Students at Niles North and Niles West high schools could be required to take a scheduled lunch period if a proposed policy change in Niles Township High School District 219 moves forward. The proposal would mean that students could take a maximum of eight scheduled classes at a time, plus lunch. A few weeks ago, Patch reported that a number of high school students throughout the North Shore were skipping lunch so they can take more classes. Earlier this spring, the principals of Niles North and Niles West reported that more than 300 students don’t have a scheduled lunch period, at least not every day. Most simply want to take more classes, although some arrange their schedules to arrive late or leave early. Sign up for our newsletter …
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The nominees are: Glenbrook South's Sully Stadler, Evanston's Reggie Murphy, Loyola's Charlie Dowdle, Evanston's Allie Managlia and Deerfield's Adam Nadler.
With 22 votes in the comments section, Shelia Grant-Shaffer won the Athlete of the Week last time around. The nominees for Patch Athlete of the Week, May 7 – May 13: Sully Stadler, senior, baseball, Glenbrook South – Stadler got the win for Glenbrook South in a 3-0 victory over Maine South. Stadler had eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings pitched and the victory over their CSL South rivals snapped Maine South’s 18-game winning streak. Reggie Murphy, freshman, track and field, Evanston - Murphy was a key contributor in helping the Wildkits win the CSL South conference track meet for the second consecutive season. Murphy was part of the winning 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams while also securing an individual title in the 100. Charlie Dowdle, …
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With 22 votes in the comments section, see who won the Patch Athlete of the Week.
With 22 votes in the comments section, Shelia Grant-Shaffer won the Athlete of the Week. Grant-Shaffer took home the shot put title at the CSL North track and field championships. Her throw of 40-3.5 was good enough to break a school record for the Giants. HONORABLE METNION Sam Koloms, junior, baseball, Glenbrook South – Koloms gave up only four hits in a 4-1 victory over Niles West in a CSL South matchup. Koloms struck out six batters, allowed no earned runs, and improved his record to 4-1 on the season. Margaret Bamgbose, senior, track and field, Evanston – Bamgbose repeated as the CSL South champion in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles and 200-meter sprint. Her performance helped Evanston capture another conference championship. Audrey Mang…
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Glenn Posner
9:30 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
Kudos John...nice job. This recognition absolutely must be satisfying in many ways. Quite frankly, I'm taken back however with even the suggestion that violence in inner city schools (south and west sides in other words) is "underreported." That's all you hear. That's all you read about. There are only so many prime time spots to report these actions. There is only so much journalistc space … more ›