Formula for fun: program mixes comradeship with scholastics

Math and science have a reputation for being challenging, but students from Channahon, Minooka, Rockdale and Troy schools are rising to the challenge … and they are having fun doing it. These students are participating in the Shoot For A’s in Math and Science program, sponsored by Exxon Mobil.

New bleachers will add to stadium comfort in Minooka

Come graduation day, Minooka High School students and guests will have a little more room to spread out in the school’s football stadium. The board of education recently approved the purchase of two portable bleacher sections and expects them to arrive in time for graduation. …

Shoot for A’s science projects teach much more than energy efficiency

Students who are participating in the Shoot For A’s In Math and Science program, are learning much more than just the scientific method. They learn independent thinking, teamwork, initiative, computer skills and much more.

New principal appointed for school

JOLIET — The 2013-14 school year will bring with it a new principal for the William B. Orenic Intermediate School. The Troy School Board has tapped Lawrence Piatek Jr. to replace the retiring Robert Baughman, effective July 1. Piatek comes to the district with 18 …

Shoot for A’s encourages ‘learning through doing’

Sometimes great ideas come from the most unlikely places. One junior scientist overheard a cafeteria conversation about Energy Star appliances. From that came the question: Are those appliances as good as they claim to be? That's just one of several science projects launching in the Shoot for As program in five southwest middle schools.

Shoot for A’s fuels enthusiasm for math and science in the classroom

SPONSORED - You could call it a program to groom the future scientists and inventors of the nation. But in four south suburban school districts, the kids are calling their spring science project "fun." Thanks to an infusion of help from Exxon Mobile, middle school students are not simply learning about science, they are applying it in new and inventive ways.

Shoot for A’s fuels enthusiasm for math and science in the classroom

SPONSORED - You could call it a program to groom the future scientists and inventors of the nation. But in four south suburban school districts, the kids are calling their spring science project "fun." Thanks to an infusion of help from Exxon Mobile, middle school students are not simply learning about science, they are applying it in new and inventive ways.

Local schools’ honor rolls

JOLIET PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT 86 SECOND QUARTER HONOR ROLL M.J. CUNNINGHAM ELEMENTARY High Honor Roll First Grade Ethan Adams, Jose Angel Aguirre, Alonso Contreras, Joana Contreras, Estrella Gutierrez, Eric Guzman, Aaliyah Hare, Jimena Ledesma, Lorna Leon, Hugo Lopez, Alondra Magana, Kevin Mendez, Carmine Metcalf, Hugo …

Classroom notes

Top science students honored NEW LENOX — The Lincoln-Way Central science teachers honored Science Students of the Month for October and November. “The purpose of the award is to recognize students’ efforts in science. We want to encourage all students to work hard at their …

Frankfort district will donate chairs to Arkansas school

FRANKFORT — Frankfort School District announced that 50 of its surplus music program chairs will get new life at an impoverished school in the Mississippi Delta. The 20-year-old chairs, which were to be discarded after being declared surplus as required by the Illinois School Code, …

Classroom Notes for Jan. 4, 2013

Here is a look at school news including Romeoville, New Lenox and Lockport.

College accolades

DEAN’s LIST Lewis University Shorewood: Natalie Ann Scheidt North Central College Channahon: Kristen Brandenburg, James Hoffman, Paige Magee, Daniel Vogrin Coal City: McKenna Sheridan Crest Hill: Vivian Di Nardo Homer Glen: Samantha Gleaves, Jennifer Hoffman, Steven Ipema Joliet: Brittany Arnold, Carrie Batozech, Lindsay, Berghuis, Alexis …

Classroom notes

L-Way Central bonsai contest Lincoln-Way Central students got an opportunity Dec. 10 to vote for their favorite bonsai plants before school started. The special bonsai plants were grown and created by students in the Introduction to Greenhouse class taught by Patty Nugent and Greenhouse Management …

JT students visit Valley Forge, Independence Hall

JOLIET — Students from Joliet Township High School recently traveled to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania, where Gen. George Washington and his Continental Army troops made a crucial encampment in the winter of 1777-78.

Soldiers faced adversity in brutal conditions that winter and emerged with a …

Classroom notes

Students study novels JOLIET — The fourth- and fifth-graders at St. Mary Nativity School finished novel studies within their respective classrooms. The fourth-graders read “The Chocolate Touch,” and the fifth-graders read “Chocolate Fever.” As a culminating activity, the two classes combined to do cross-curricular activities …