The Oswego School District's second annual community forum at Oswego East High School brought out 115 parents, and marked the first public display of the car from the 2007 crash that killed five Oswego High students.
Along with Aurora's Dunham Fund, Exelon is the first major donor to the proposal, which would bring students and teachers from four school districts together at Aurora University, focusing on science and math.
About 75 kids and their fathers turned up for the first-ever winter games at Boulder Hill Elementary, and competed in five events.
Culver's in Oswego donated 10 percent of Tuesday's proceeds to Montgomery 6-year-old Isaac Parris, to help pay for cancer treatments. Hundreds of locals took the opportunity to show their support.
More than 200 fathers accompanied their kids to Boulder Hill Elementary School on Friday for the annual Bring Your Dad to School Day, sponsored by the Fathers Forum.
In the fourth "experience" of the year, 10th graders in the Student Leadership Initiative Program helped clear invasive plants from the Hoover Forest Preserve in Yorkville last week.
Patch will follow two Oswego High School students through SLIP (Student Leadership Initiative Program) over the next five months, as they take on challenges and learn who they are and how they can be leaders.
This clip of Kaneland McDole Elementary's annual SockFest will knock your... well, you know. Students donated all roughly 800 pairs of socks to Hesed House.
Eight fourth- and fifth-graders faced off Thursday for the title of Boulder Hill Elementary Geography Champion. The top prize went to fifth-grader Shane Heckenbach.
Seven classes may see their fees increased, including driver's education, which could jump from $250 to $300 per student.
A new study has shown the district's current special education teachers in five schools have too many students.
The inaugural Breakfast Book Chat at Lakewood Creek Elementary last week brought 218 students to school early to discuss City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau.
About 365 grandparents showed up for the annual event at Long Beach Elementary School, and took in classes and a concert.
Montgomery sisters Savannah, Sarah and Sammie Martin will perform in the Christian Youth Theater's production of 'Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.'
Mike Kohlrieser, founder of a non-profit dedicated to saving the rainforests, brought a slew of tropical animals to Boulder Hill Elementary School on Monday, much to the delight of students.
Students in Susan Stiker's restaurant management classes turned a conference room at Oswego East High into a restaurant on Thursday, to get a feel for what food service is really like.
Janet Kircher Isler taught in West Aurora School District 129 from 1942 to 1968.
At the school's quarterly Character Counts! breakfast on Wednesday, Principal Kevin Lipke gave certificates to 54 students nominated by their teachers or other faculty.
Megan Kill, 12, of Montgomery was one of eight area residents to receive the Character Counts! Coalition of Oswego and Montgomery Person of Character awards.
About 200 Aurora University students spent the night outside on Friday, to call attention to the homelessness problem in the Fox Valley.
The DuPage Children's Museum's program brings museum exhibits into schools, for an interactive experience. Fourth graders at Boulder Hill got to try those exhibits out this week.
About 350 grandparents joined their grandkids at school on Friday for Boulder Hill Elementary's annual event.
Steven Layne, a prolific author and director of a graduate program at Judson College in Elgin, visited Boulder Hill Elementary School last week to give teachers tips on sparking an interest in reading. He'll be back in February to work with students.
As a reward for increasing participation in this year's summer reading program, Principal Dave Brusak brought his drum set to school and put on a show.
Kindergarten teacher Jo Simpson and two of her former students, Tricia Carmody and Alyssa Krol, are mentioned in Miriam Trehearne's new book Learning to Write and Loving It.
Students at Boulder Hill Elementary School took a walk down to the Fox River on Thursday, and learned about the ecosystem.
Artist Gareth Curtiss sculpted a life-sized bronzed bust of Black Hawk, a gift to the school from the Class of 1958.
Ten teachers, chosen at random Wednesday morning, received $100 gift cards to buy school supplies.
After two years of failing to meet No Child Left Behind standards, staff at Boulder Hill have turned the ship around, and seen significant gains in every category this year. Now, they have to keep up the momentum.
The fourth and final of our photo galleries documenting the first day of school in Montgomery and Boulder Hill.
The third in our series of photo galleries documenting the first day of school in Montgomery and Boulder Hill.
The second in our series of photo galleries documenting the first day of school in Montgomery and Boulder Hill.
Patrick Daniels, head of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency's radon program, spoke and took questions for more than an hour and a half Wednesday night, explaining the health risks of radon, and what can be done to make school buildings more safe.
Kids piled off of buses and out of cars Wednesday morning for the first day of the 2011-2012 school year at Nicholson Elementary in Montgomery, and among them were the school's first all-day kindergarten students.
The board interviewed eight candidates for the two open positions. President Annette Johnson explains their choices below.
The aggressive plan agreed to Thursday would see tests conducted early next week, and, if needed, mitigation procedures enacted before school starts on Aug. 24.
The Oswego School District has paid for three tests on the Boulder Hill school, with three different results, some showing high levels of cancer-causing radon. The board may call for further action at Thursday's special meeting.
Board members will select two candidates in September. Mary Fultz, whose election to the board was overturned last month, will now face questions about her residency, but she says board members have not asked her these questions face to face.
The board will select two new members to replace Robb Hill, who resigned last month, and Mary Fultz, whose election was nullified by a Kane County judge.
The 46-year-old financial adviser handed in his resignation Friday, citing scheduling conflicts with his business. The school board will select a new member from applications collected through Aug. 4.