Janice Neumann

As young documentary makers make films about global conflicts, they’re learning about teamwork, effects of war

February 4, 2020 at 9:03 a.m.

Until the students at Oak Forest High School made documentaries about world conflicts, they had no idea of the depth of suffering out there. They had read about wars in...

Stagg grad only second recipient of Rhodes Scholarship in UIC history

January 20, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

Sami Alahmadi remembers his parents spending countless hours helping him with his school work, nudging him to excel and later encouraging him to use his abilities to help the less...

High school students in Palos Heights tried to get a vacant Dominick’s store redeveloped. Instead, they’re getting a lesson in corporate gamesmanship.

January 20, 2020 at 9:09 a.m.

A group of high schoolers working an assignment on how to make the world a better place figured the best place to start was right in their own back yard,...

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As young documentary makers make films about global conflicts, they’re learning about teamwork, effects of war

Stagg grad only second recipient of Rhodes Scholarship in UIC history

High school students in Palos Heights tried to get a vacant Dominick’s store redeveloped. Instead, they’re getting a lesson in corporate gamesmanship.

Health class students get an exercise in empathy, because too often ‘we don’t share what we’re going through’

Moraine Valley students go green with solar panel installation

Shepard students got an assignment to ‘Change the World;’ they started with improving their school

Small repair by Oak Forest welding students makes a big difference for special needs gym class

As 3 congregations prepare to consolidate in Hegewisch, ‘It’s good news; it’s sad news too’

Stressed out student? Join the club … or maybe the meditation group as high schools look to battle anxiety

Oak Lawn outreach event invites parents who speak Spanish, Arabic to school to ‘let them know they belong here as well’