Seniors Vivianne Angulo and Alyse Slawinski received national recognition for their artwork from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
"I hope to use my knowledge of where the students are coming from ... to help to foster their success in middle school," she said.
A senior and football player at Plainfield South High School, Owen McGuire is the Chicago Bears' fifth award winner of the season.
The Awards of Excellence, held Wednesday, highlights teachers and non-administrative staff who significantly impact those around them.
Area students from Plainfield are doing amazing things at colleges and universities across the United States.
Alicia Tucker is Plainfield Central's first woman wrestler to win the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association state tournament.
Nine students in grades fourth through sixth won in every category at the 20th-annual year's Plainfield Public Library Short Story Contest.
A team of 12 students from Plainfield Central High School made school history by advancing to state after placing fourth in sectionals.
Sergio Escobedo, a sixth grader at Aux Sable Middle School, performed the Heimlich maneuver after his friend choked during lunch.
An assistant principal from Ira Jones Middle School will serve as Timber Ridge's principal starting in the next school year.
Plainfield high school students took home 36 individual awards at the recent Southwest Prairie Conference Journalism Competition.
Twenty-five students from District 202 high schools earned high honors in the Southwest Prairie Art Conference in Romeoville March 5.
The students attended to develop a deeper understanding of the Holocaust, genocide, human rights and social justice, officials said Monday.
To be finalists, students must have an outstanding academic record, score high on the SAT and be endorsed by the school principal.
Three of the new district-level hires will replace peers who are retiring at the end of the school year.
"As I near the end of my 36-year public education career, I am so proud and humbled to have been a very small part of such a giant vision."
The updated guidance comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed their requirements about masks Friday.
All four District 202 high schools are preparing to perform spring musicals, including "Little Women" and "High School Musical."
District 202 officials said adding an interpreter is part of an effort to expand communication tools.
Of the 21 Plainfield North students who took the National German Exam, six earned special honors and one scored in the 80-89th percentile.
Speakers at the upcoming free program will provide easy strategies to strengthen mental health and wellness for both students and parents.
Students in the Plainfield school district will participate in e-learning Thursday as a result of the forecasted snowstorm.
With the $1,000 grant teacher Alyssa McLean received with the honor, she plans to buy books to keep fifth graders interested in reading.
Artists from Plainfield Central, Plainfield South and Plainfield East high schools won a combined 31 regional art and writing awards.
The District 202 students won at their respective schools' spelling bees and will now compete at the Will County Regional Spelling Bee.
Following the Friday ruling, unvaccinated staff will also no longer be required to test weekly, District 202 officials confirmed.
Tuition-based programs for the 2022-23 school year will be available at Bonnie McBeth Learning Center and three other elementary schools.
In an update, officials said all District 202 bus routes will be covered and are expected to transport students home from school Thursday.
District officials said they anticipate school to resume in person Thursday.
The app, SignUp, is a free Google Chrome extension that overlays videos of ASL interpretting onto Disney+ movies and TV shows.
The golden retriever, whose first day on duty at the elementary school was in September, was introduced to the community in a video Friday.
The judge, dismissing the case without prejudice, said the parents failed to provide sufficient evidence that D202 caused their sons harm.
Eight high school students and four middle schoolers will attend the conference for several days in February.
The sixth graders will represent Plainfield District 202 at the IMEA state All-State chorus this month at the Peoria Convention Center.
Students from Plainfield North, East and Central high schools will represent District 202 in the upcoming concert taking place in Peoria.
The sixth graders will be heading down to Peoria to perform in the 2022 Illinois Music Education Association Elementary All-State Chorus.