District 30

Six District 30 students named Character Counts! Essay Contest Winners

Six District 30 students were named contest winners in the 2013 Character Counts! Essay Contest. First place winners were Willowbrook School fifth-grader Julia Blazejewski, Maple School sixth-grader Mari Fujiki, seventh- grader Emily Garti, and eighth-grader …

District 28

Quiz Bowl results The Northbrook Junior High School 8th grade Quiz Bowl Team took first place in the Feb. 28 Northbrook Youth Commission Quiz Bowl. The following students competed on the team: Joshua Gonzalez, Sarah Paton, Alec Leven, and Joshua Prupes. NBJH has won the …

District 27

School Carnival scheduled Shabonee School’s Carnival will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 15 at the school. Featured will be an obstacle course and other games, a photo booth, tattoos, an airbrush T-shirt booth and raffles. Cotton candy and other snacks will be …

District 30

Board of Education meeting rescheduled for March 21 District 30’s Board of Education meeting that was set for March 14 has been rescheduled, and will take place at 7:30 p.m., March 21 at Maple School’s Library Media Center, 2370 Shermer Road, Northbrook. For more information, …

District 31

Winter Band Concert features guest musicians District 31’s Winter Band Concerts featured several guest musicians who joined the combined Concert Band and Symphonic Band under the direction of Mike Miller, band conductor, to perform the concert finale “Winchester March” by John Edmonson. At the evening …

Congregation Beth Shalom welcomes specials needs students to carnival

NORTHBROOK — In her red hat, Alma Perlish, a Skokie resident of 30 plus years, looked the Grande Dame part in the spirit of the famed Red Hat Society.

But Perlish, a Northbrook Congregation Beth Shalom (second grade) Sunday School teacher, preferred to defer center-of-attention-status …

District 30

Teacher Institute Day There is no school on March 4, due to a Teacher Institute Day. District 30’s ISAT Testing is March 5-15 District 30 third through eighth graders will take the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), the state-required achievement test, between March 5 and …

Glenbrook North speech competitors place at state

NORTHBROOK — Three Glenbrook North High School students returned from Peoria last weekend thrilled with their performances at the Illinois High School Association speech finals, after the school has not sent competitors for years.

Amanda Mawrence, a 17-year-old senior, placed third in the state in …

District 28

Update on fundraising efforts Students on the Northbrook Junior High School Executive Board will present an update on the school’s fundraising efforts for the American Diabetes Association during the Feb. 26 School Board meeting. The students will share information about the school’s dodgeball tournament, the …

District 27

Preschool screening Northbrook School District 27 will be conducting a preschool screening on Feb. 28 at Hickory Point School. The screening is for preschool children, ages 3 to 5, who reside within the district. If you have concerns about your child’s development please call (847) …

Preparing for Common Core underway at Glenbrook School District

NORTHROOK — Glenbrook School District 225 in Glenview and Northbrook is readying instructors for significant curriculum changes that will better prepare students for college and careers, district officials said.

Common Core Standards, developed by researchers and educators, will impact grades kindergarten-12, especially in mathematics and …

Glenbrook North staff member diagnosed with viral meningitis

Glenbrook North High School is asking parents of students to monitor their children for symptoms of viral meningitis. Principal Paul Pryma said a staff member was diagnosed with viral meningitis and is receiving the treatment at a local hospital.

Campus News

The following Northbrook residents have been named to the fall dean’s list at Bradley University in Peoria: Sophia M. Astrene, Halyse R. Cole, Sara Falkin, Hallie L. Nissen, Katrina M. Stolpe and Samantha N. Strom.

The following two Northbrook residents have been named to the …

St. Norbert students seek out story of a lifetime

NORTHBROOK — In a break from tradition, St. Norbert School in Northbrook presented a slightly different kind of Christmas play this year.

Eighty-seven pre-school through fourth-grade students on Dec. 20 delivered their version of “Breaking News in Bethlehem, “ which has two young reporters looking …

Schecter students help Sandy victims

NORTHBROOK — When Hurricane Sandy sacked parts of the eastern United States in late October, Suzy Hakimian’s students at Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago in Northbrook set about repairing and healing.