The students' pieces were among more than 2,500 works of art created for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Color for a Cure project.
New middle school pathways will support all students, according to district officials.
About 65 percent of school districts qualify for the ranking, but the number is shrinking and the number of districts on financial watch is growing.
Downers Grove South teacher Kevin Ahrens credits a friendship from his days at Lyons Township High School for setting into motion his career as a special needs educator.
The 12-member team was celebrated after school Wednesday, just a few days after they won the Special Olympics Illinois State Basketball Tournament in Bloomington-Normal.
Ken Sorensen will take over as associate principal for operations beginning July 1, replacing Chuck Hiscock.
Gorski withdrew from the April 9 election ballot Thursday, citing personal reasons. The field is now down to four candidates.
School Board candidates offer their perspectives on key issues in Community High School District 99.
Jakobsze, citing "personal circumstances," withdrew his name from the District 99 race Wednesday, and endorsed incumbent Debbie Boyle.
The League of Women Voters of Downers Grove, Woodridge and Lisle will host the forum at 7 p.m. Thursday at Downers Grove Village Hall.
Sixth-graders Katie Lyda and Parker McGuire collected $310 for the American Red Cross by selling handmade bracelets during their campaign "Bandy for Sandy."
Henry Puffer student Gabriella Frank—last year's Kohl's Kids Who Care winner—recently collected 127 books and more than 100 packs of crayons to send to Jamaica.
Students at Pierce Downer, Kingsley and Whittier schools raised money and wore their favorite denim Thursday to raise awareness of genetic diseases and other rare illnesses.
Loukia Mastrodimos will assume the position of associate principal for staff and students at South High School on July 1.
Scottie Williams Jr., a DGS graduate and current running back at Elmhurst College, will serve as the keynote speaker of the event Thursday.
The League of Women Voters of Downers Grove, Woodridge and Lisle has tentatively rescheduled the forum for March 14.
Martin Gorski is one of six candidates running for the District 99 Board of Education in the 2013 election.
Henry P. Jakobsze is one of six candidates running for the District 99 Board of Education in the 2013 election.
Julia Kennedy Beckman is one of six candidates running for the District 99 Board of Education in the 2013 election.
Rick Pavinato is one of six candidates running for the District 99 Board of Education in the 2013 election.
Teresa "Terry" K. Pavesich is one of six candidates running for the District 99 Board of Education in the 2013 election.
The League of Women Voters of Downers Grove, Woodridge and Lisle will host the forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Downers Grove Village Hall.
The speech team at South High School placed second and North High placed fourth at the IHSA state meet Friday and Saturday.
Emma Chaplin, Marjorie Fera and Ammar Kalimullah were selected from nearly 3.4 million students to compete for a spot in the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
Students will take the stage at 7 p.m. Friday for “Reflections,” a show featuring poetry, rap and speeches.
Arbitrary "cut" scores are changing to align ISAT scores with ACT and PARCC assessments. That means students' and schools' performance grades are likely to drop in the categories of English and math.
Mark Stange will take over at Kingsley this summer after serving 10 years as a principal in Valley View School District 365U.
The school district is planning a $1.2 million addition to the space-challenged elementary school that would add three classrooms and upgrade existing areas.
Students from Downers Grove were selected from 1.5 million entrants as finalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program, an academic competition for recognition and scholarships.
District 58 recently hired a consultant for a demographic study to determine future building capacity needs and the impact of boundary adjustments on overcrowded schools.
A group of 24 students witnessed President Barack Obama's second inauguration during a 10-day trip to Washington D.C. last month.
A forum will be held at 7 p.m. at Village Hall to discuss extra security measures implemented after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Longtime Oak Park resident Linda Augustyn recently retired from a career in teaching, but that hasn't stopped her passion for education.
The Illinois State Board of Education recently recognized 454 schools for sustaining high performance levels on state assessments for the past three years.
Students from North and South high schools in Downers Grove were honored by the Illinois Music Educators Association.
Students showed off a variety of projects during the district's 32nd annual science fair on Jan. 19.
The Woodridge School District 68 board will hold a hearing Feb. 4 to discuss holding classes on various holidays, such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and Veterans Day.
The Downers Grove elementary school recently partnered with Terracycle to collect hard-to-recycle items and earn cash for academic programs.
Several local women business owners met with South High students Wednesday during the school's first ever Women's Entrepreneurship Vendor Show.
The Downers Grove North Athenas and Downers Grove South Fillies will travel to Bloomington, IL, on Friday and Saturday after placing among the top 12 teams at the 3A sectional in Palatine.