About 340 Pierce Downer students and parents joined more than 5,000 people worldwide Friday to set the record for most people to run 100 meters in 24 hours.
Students at 18 schools in DuPage County participated in mock elections earlier this month. Of the 18 schools, only three voted Mitt Romney ahead of Barack Obama.
Students will perform alongside the state's top high school musicians in November.
The Trojans (5-4, 2-4) finished their regular season with a 26-0 loss. They'll travel to Batavia at 7 p.m. Friday.
Josiah Williams—a trombonist in the Mustang marching band, orchestra and jazz ensemble—is one of just 125 students who will perform at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in January 2013.
The program, founded in memory of Columbine High School shooting victim Rachel Joy Scott, will teach students to combat bullying through kindness and compassion.
Officials received hundreds of emails last month about Downers Grove North's Constitution Week speaker Jessica Ahlquist, a Rhode Island teen who sued her school to have a prayer removed from the gymnasium wall.
South Principal Steve Bild was recognized by the Village of Woodridge. • Career and technical education teacher Patrick Fardy was selected to received the 3M Star in the Classroom Award. • Head football coach John Belskis earns milestone victory.
Orchestras from Community High School District 99 and Grade School District 58 will put on a Halloween-themed concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Downers Grove South High School.
Both North and South high schools failed to make adequate yearly progress—a topic that will be discussed by District 99 officials Monday night.
The district was honored last month by the National School Public Relations Association for projects and publications produced during the 2011-12 school year.
South High students Emma Chaplin, Marjorie Fera, Ammar Kalimullah and Samarth Malhotra each earned a composite score of 36 on their ACT tests as juniors earlier this year.
The student spirit organization "N-Zone" will raise money for the American Cancer Society on Friday by selling pink DGN shirts at the school's football game.
The public is invited to a showing of "Stand Up! Change Teen Statistics" at 7 p.m. Thursday at Downers Grove South High School.
The District 58 school will host a family 5K run/walk and 1K kids dash at 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14.
El Sierra sixth-grade teachers Patricia Incrocci and Lindsay Shea traveled to Capitol Hill last month to support the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
Give back to local teachers by celebrating World Teachers' Day on Oct. 5.
The event will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Moose Lodge. Food and beverages will be served during a live broadcast of the school's football game.
The foundation will hold an open house from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, at Herrick Middle School, 4435 Middaugh Ave.
Senior Christian S. Siki is among 3,100 students in the National Achievement Scholarship Program who are being referred to U.S. colleges and universities.
The school board will hold its monthly workshop around 7 p.m. Monda in the District 99 Administrative Service Center, 6301 Springside Ave.
The community is invited to purchase quality children's items Friday and Saturday.
The first homecoming social for Downers Grove South will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Moose Lodge. Food and beverages will be served during a live broadcast of the school's football game.
Butterfly expert Pat Miller visited the school Sept. 14.
Four seats will be up for election in April 2013. Nominating petitions may be circulated for signatures beginning Sept. 25.
El Sierra sixth-grade teachers Patricia Incrocci and Lindsay Shea will join U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert to promote awareness about social and emotional learning.
Sean Patrick Durkin, a 1988 graduate of South High School, and Geoff Neustadt, a 1993 graduate of North High School, were enlisted this year to foster communications with alumni.
The school board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the District 99 Administrative Service Center, 6301 Springside Ave.
Jill Henry, an eighth-grade science teacher at Herrick Middle School, was one of just 185 educators chosen to participate in "Educators @ Space Camp" in Huntsville, AL, in June.
Find out how to vote for local schools to win a donation from U.S. Cellular, which is giving away a total of $1 million.