College of Lake County news and notes

Cheerleading squad takes the floor

Fifteen College of Lake County students, former rivals at high school cheerleading competitions, have formed a new Lancer Cheerleading Club, which gaåve its first public performance at men’s and women’s home basketball games on Jan. 17.

Teresa Aguinaldo, interim executive …

Deerfield High School notes for Jan. 25

Excellent magazine

Deerfield High School’s literary magazine, Troubadour, has been selected to receive a rank of excellent by the National Council of Teachers of English. The NCTE’s Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines recognizes students, teachers and schools for producing excellent literary magazines. …

District 113 notes

Special parents’ event

Managing Stress and Competition: Raising Healthy Youth from 7:30-9 p.m. Jan. 31 at Highland Park High School, 433 Vine Ave., Highland Park.

Join us for this special, complimentary parents’ event, presented in collaboration with NorthShore University HealthSystem, Deerfield Parent Network, Deerfield High …

College of Lake County schedules candidate forum for trustee race

GRAYSLAKE — The College of Lake County has scheduled a candidate forum for its Board of Trustees race before the April 9 election.

The forum will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 6 in Room C005 (C Wing Auditorium) of the Grayslake campus, …

Deerfield High School notes

Mathletes Take First!

Deerfield High School’s Mathletes placed first at their last meet at Prospect High School. The team competed against Prospect, Palatine, Schaumburg and Rolling Meadows high schools.

A special congratulations to the sophomore team: Brent Drazner, Michael Miller, Jun Hwan Park, Steven Schlax, …

District 113 notes

Robotic champions

The Beastie Bots (3785) won the Illinois State FTC Robotics Championship, earning their third Invitation to the World Championships in St. Louis. The Beastie Bots, which ended the qualifying portion of the event in third place, include Jacob Burroughs, Shira Shartiag, Liam Carter, …

College of Lake County notes

Trustee petitions

Nominating petitions for two positions on the College of Lake County board of trustees are now available. Candidates for the positions will be placed on the ballot for the April 9, 2013 election. The term of office for each position is six years. …

District 113 facilities planned unveiled

High School District 113 has unveiled the new facilities plan that will guide the School Board’s upcoming deliberations on a second referendum attempt in April.

Deerfield High School notes for Dec. 6

Play Mah Jong

Deerfield High School is sponsoring its annual Mah Jong Night in honor of School Chest.

The event will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 6:30-9 p.m. in the Deerfield High School Faculty Cafeteria. The event will feature Mah Jong, food, drinks, …

Grandparents feel the love at HPHS

HIGHLAND PARK — A few months back, Highland Park High School senior Nika Arzoumanian called her grandmother to relay some exciting news.

College of Lake County notes

Holiday Art sale

Find gift ideas next week at the College of Lake County’s annual Holiday Art Sale.

The juried sale will be open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 1, from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 2, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. …

District 113 notes

Jonny Cohen & GreenShields Competes for $100,000 Grant

GreenShields has been selected by the American Business Council Continuity Forum as one of 35 finalists to compete for three $100,000 grants. GreenShields was founded by current HPHS student Jonny Cohen, who is significantly younger than the …

Binge drinking up in District 113

More than one-third of seniors in the Class of 2012 at Highland Park and Deerfield high schools reported a recent episode of binge drinking on a survey last spring, and three in five reported consuming alcohol in the past 30 days.

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School Chest Fundraiser Offers Savings, Encourages Local Shopping

Deerfield H.S. School Chest ‘12 is kicking off sales of their annual Gift-checkbook fundraiser that enables the community to take advantage of great savings when shopping and dining locally.

Containing over $650 in valuable offers, the School …

Highland Park High School notes

GreenShields competes for grant

GreenShields has been selected by the American Business Council Continuity Forum as one of 35 finalists to compete for three $100,000 grants. GreenShields was founded by current HPHS student Jonny Cohen, who is significantly younger than the other finalists.

The GreenShield …