Tops In Box Tops / Volunteer Of The Month: Good School News

Among our best community contributors at Patch are the ones who share everything good happening at the schools in our area. Let’s take a look at all the good news from the past couple of weeks.

ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOLS

EPSD 124 schools raise over $50K for childhood cancer research
Central, Southwest, and Northwest students and families raise funds and shave their heads for St. Baldrick's Foundation
Grand Prairie ranks first in area for collection of Box Tops
Grand Prairie becomes first out of 1,320 schools in the area
CHSD170's Parent Academy Program Comes To Kennedy School
Kennedy joins Garfield and Lincoln-Gavin Schools in embracing the program's Literacy/STEM learning activities
District 123 CASE Cafe Brews Up Life Skills
While the activity is fun for the students, they are also learning valuable life skills

HIGH SCHOOLS

Andrew Student Helps Plan Frankfort March For Our Lives Rally
"As adults, we have failed them. … I am in awe of the courage these young people are showing," said an organizer of Saturday's event.
Students from Across the State of Illinois Take Over the Capitol
Illinois YMCA Youth and Government 69th Annual General Assembly
Oak Forest HS Students Volunteer at Feed My Starving Children
Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit organization that provides nutritionally complete meals for malnourished children
HF Students Spread Kindness At Western Avenue School
More than 50 high school students spent part of their day off participating in the first ever "Kindness Week" at an area elementary school.
OLCHS Freshman Named Park District's 'Volunteer of the Month'
Emily Mallo is honored for her work with the Oak Lawn Park District's Special Recreation Program
Oak Forest HS Physics Students Create Musical Instruments
Students applied what they learned about the relationship between pitch and frequency by building their instruments
Tinley Park HS Service Project Lifts Spirits of Others
NHS students spread happiness by writing out hundreds of inspirational post it notes and placing them on every locker in the school
Marist Theatre Guild Presents Spring Musical 'West Side Story'
Marist presents 'West Side Story' March 22 through March 24 at Morgan Park Academy's Baer Theatre.
Family Fun Night Connects Bloom High School Community
Friday, March 16, hundreds played games and enjoyed food and music at the high school.

COLLEGES

Moraine Valley Summer Camps Offer Kids Adventures in STEM
Registration is now underway for MVCC's Valley Learning Center summer camps and classes for children and teens.
Krolicki Caps SXU Career With 2nd NAIA Player Of The Year Award
Lincoln-Way East alum Kara Krolicki ends her basketball career at Saint Xavier University as the program's all-time leading scorer.

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