Lyons Township High School to consider bond issue for major projects

LA GRANGE — A series of major renovations could be in store for Lyons Township High School, beginning in the summer 2014.

School Board members reviewed sets of conceptual drawings June 17 for projects including a major remodeling of the Reber Center stage and auditorium, …

Legacy Guild awards college scholarships to Nazareth, Lyons Township students

LA GRANGE — The Legacy Guild, a La Grange area not-for-profit formed last year, has announced its first-ever Legacy Guild Scholars.

Twelve college scholarships at $1,750 each have been awarded to students living in Lyons Township High School District 204 who have had a parent …

Pleasantdale Middle School honor roll

The Pleasantdale Elementary District 107 announced the Pleasantdale Middle School honor roll for the third trimester of 2012-2013 school year, which honors the following students: Gold Honor Roll - (GPA 4.0) Eighth Grade – Gabriela Brewer, Anna Busza, Lillian Hahn, Samantha Hauser, Kate Kidwell, Nicole …

Benet Academy graduates Class of 2013

Benet Academy graduated its Class of 2013 Sunday. Here is some info on the graduates: Number of graduating seniors: 324 Percentage of students who plan to attend college: 99 percent Top four-year colleges the graduates plan to attend: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 31 students …

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Cameron Koziarz of Western Springs, received a bachelor of arts degree from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. Paul and Cindy Koziarz of Western Springs are Cameron’s parents. Peter Krivicich of Western Springs is a 2013 graduate of Northwestern University. He was awarded a U.S. Department …

Burr Ridge middle schoolers learn hands-on lesson

Seventh-grader Chistyna Spreck learned something May 29 that she will remember long after her next math test or English quiz.

Along with other members of her homeroom class from Pleasantdale Middle School, Christyna said she was surprised to learn of the number of people in …

Lyons Township Class of 2013 walks the stage

LA GRANGE — Lyons Township High School honored the Class of 2013 in graduation ceremonies Sunday at the north campus.

Diplomas were handed out, capping a week of activities including a senior brunch and awards assembly May 24 and prom on May 30 at Chicago’s …

Lyons Township High School students learn the ropes of refereeing

LA GRANGE — Expanded summer job opportunities could be in the works for students who took a whistle-blowing class. The possibilities aren’t for future government corruption investigators or journalists, but rather those who completed a sports officiating class at Lyons Township High School.

Lyons Township prose student receives top prize

Lyons Township High School senior Caroline Pernai won a first place award for her prose piece, “The Stars.”

Her piece will be published in the Illinois Association of Teachers of English special fall edition of Illinois English Bulletin, along with the pieces by other winners …

St. Cletus graduates get standing ovation in the halls

LA GRANGE — Applause thundered through the normally subdued halls of St. Cletus School May 29 to cheer on graduating eighth-graders.

National Merit names college scholarship recipients

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced Wednesday winners of scholarships backed by U.S. colleges and universities.

Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution.

These awards provide …

Nazareth Academy holds graduation ceremonies

LAGRANGE PARK — Nazareth Academy held a graduation Mass Sunday for the 211 members of the class of 2013. Jeffrey Tumpane of the school’s religion department delivered the baccalaureate address, senior class President Esha Gandhi offered a reflection and Valedictorian Sarah Swade of Western Springs gave the graduation address.

Planting season at Western Springs school

WESTERN SPRINGS — The garden outside Field Park school is growing again. Students prepared the beds outside the school last week for a third year, bringing out the seeds they planted indoors in March for this growing season.

Lyons Township staff member learns on Southeast Asian island

LA GRANGE — Lyons Township High School staff member Michelle Wrona of Darien will study primate conservation strategies on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. Wrona was selected to participate in summer 2013 global graduate studies as part of Miami University and Project Dragonfly’s Earth …

Lyons Township business students compete on national stage

Ten members of the Lyons Township High School Business Professionals of America recently competed in the annual National BPA Leadership Conference contests and performed in a variety of categories, including Administrative Support Team, Advanced Office Systems and Procedures, Banking and Finance, Database Applications, Digital Media …