‘CRAYFISH MANIA’ AT CREEK BEND NATURE CENTER
Forest Preserve District of Kane County’s “Little Saplings: Crayfish Mania,” a program for 3- to 5-year-olds, will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 21, at Creek Bend Nature Center in LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles.
The session will explore the natural world through a variety of crayfish-related activities, according to a forest preserve district social media post. Stories, nature hikes, songs, games and crafts will be among the activities offered. Children must be accompanied by a caregiver.
The fee is $5 per child. To register, call 630-444-3190, email [email protected] or go to www.kaneforest.com/register.
U-46 RECOGNIZES ITS TOP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
The District U-46 School Board recognized 45 graduating seniors from the district’s five high schools at a Top 2 Percent ceremony held May 11.
Among the schools the graduates plan to attend are Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, Loyola University Chicago, DePaul University, University of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to a news release.
The students were recognized included:
Bartlett High School: Imaan Ali; Dhanvi Dhandapani; Jeremy Dinh; James Griffin; Sebastian Kopanicak; Venice Lopez; Tej Patel; Giancarlo Sanchez-Garcia Madisyn Wise.
Elgin High School: Emily Alvarado; Timothy Cellar; Aashna Gandhi; Suhani Gandhi; Natalia Hernandez Rivera; Zuzanna Korus; Sofia Martin; Abigail Ray; Silvia Scimonelli; Edgar Serrano.
Larkin High School: Thomas Akemann; Mia Carter; AnnaLizette Gallegos; Vivian Garay; Ruby Hall; Aidan Klapperich; Emily O’Hearn; Caleb Reinheimer.
South Elgin High School: Minha Awan; Nathan Baker; Noah Dihel; Dhruvil Golakiya; Hannah Greenberg; Coco Lin; Anokhi Nadella; Riya Patel; Aarushi Sheth; Mia Young.
Streamwood High School: Susana Ayala; Jahaira Gallardo; Sarai Luna; Natalie Mancera; Margaret Osornio Solis; Jose Santeliz Goncalves; Zaina Siddiqui.
For profiles of each graduate, go to u-46.org/2026Top2Percent.
BLUFF SPRING FEN PRESENTATION AT ELGIN LIBRARY
“Brush Piles, Burning, and Butterflies: 40 Years of Habitat Restoration at Bluff Spring Fen” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.
The program will include current and historic images of Bluff Spring Fen and track the effort to transform the preserve into a prime example of a rare Illinois ecosystem, according to the library’s website.
It will also cover the plant and animal species that make the fen their home and Doug Taron, Chicago Academy of Sciences’ chief curator emeritus for the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, will discuss butterfly habitat conservation.
Bluff Spring Fen is a 170-acre preserve on the southeast side of Elgin. It includes wetlands, hill prairies and oak woodlands, and is home to numerous threatened and endangered species
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Register to attend by going to attend.gailborden.info/event/15679825, visiting the library or calling 847-742-2411.
SPORTS EXHIBIT OPENING AT ELGIN HISTORY MUSEUM
An opening reception for the new “Game On, Elgin: The Places and Players of Our City” exhibit at the Elgin History Museum will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 22.
The exhibition traces the city’s sports history by looking at the various venues and sports figures over the years via a collection of artifacts, according to the museum’s website.
For more information, go to elginhistory.org/event/exhibit-opening-game-on-elgin or call 847-742-4248.