July 22, 2021
The following information is from ISBE's Weekly Message from July 20, 2021. Educators who are interested can find contact information under Educator Opportunities in the right-han...
July 21, 2021
The following was found in ISBE's Weekly Message from July 20, 2021. For information on submitting a nomination, please see the Educator Recognition section in the right-hand sid...
July 21, 2021
The new theater and bright, wide-open cafeteria and commons area at Champaign Central High School are merely shells of what they will be inside the new academic addition that was ...
July 20, 2021
Shelia Boozer was so wired after her final interview with the Unit 4 school board on Jan. 20 that when midnight rolled around, she was wide awake.
After all, this was the first...
July 15, 2021
A building that holds school memories for many will be reduced to dust starting next month, a year after its 100th birthday.
Myna Thompson School, opened in 1920, will be demo...
July 14, 2021
Retired Capt. Anthony Corapi’s naval career ended where it began.
The Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., where Corapi flew his first P-3 Orion fighter jet, is where he an...
July 9, 2021
Registration for the 2021-2022 school year will be as follows: Tuesday, August 3rd from 12-6 pm Wednesday, August 4th from 8am to 2 pm Registration will take place both days on...
June 30, 2021
The following information was found in the ISBE's Weekly Message from June 29, 2021. For more information and to register, please see the information under Professional Developmen...
June 24, 2021
The footprint of the new International Prep Academy building had already been dug when the official groundbreaking for the school was held in April.
A few weeks later, though, ...
June 18, 2021
Uni High’s interim director will be sticking around as its official director and principal, pending approval from the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
Elizabeth Majer...
June 15, 2021
When President Amy Armstrong called for a motion Monday night to approve Kendra Bonam as the next principal at Bottenfield Elementary, Unit 4 school board members Bruce Brown and ...
June 15, 2021
As he spoke to a pair of students at a recent meet and greet, new Urbana High principal Taren Nance tried to make it clear that they’d see an atypical principal when they arrived ...
June 8, 2021
On the north edge of Blair Park, several large trees tower over a young one, which in turn casts a shadow over a small marker.
Both the tree and plaque are gifts from the Urban...
May 28, 2021
Samantha Hartfield called it a “leap of faith” when she moved from her hometown of Beaumont, Miss., to Champaign to start her career as a deaf educator at Carle Auditory Oral Scho...
May 26, 2021
From Shakespeare to Monty Python, the cast of Heritage High School’s upcoming production of the musical comedy “Spamalot” is a well-seasoned troupe. And director Justin Lee apprec...
May 26, 2021
#KidsDoingGoodThings
Because of COVID-19 interruptions and restrictions, the kids at Heritage High School didn’t have to take final exams this year.
So how’d the Hawks celeb...
May 25, 2021
For many years, John Page watched his father, Keith, stage musicals and plays at Centennial High School. Little could the younger Page have known that years later he would be help...
May 18, 2021
As J.R. Stillwell meandered upstairs during Champaign Central’s open house Monday, looking at the new additions, the 71-year-old memories came flooding back.
Stillwell went to ...
May 13, 2021
The kindergarten students at Champaign’s South Side Elementary who are learning remotely this year have never set foot in their classrooms, and that means many of the them have li...
May 13, 2021
SPRINGFIELD — The state will invest $225 mil- lion to expand the University of Illinois’ SHIELD rapid saliva testing for COVID-19 to middle and high school students across the sta...