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Lansing is home to a number of high schools and elementary schools that are equipping kids to make a difference in their community. We also have access to a variety of higher education options, and their news occasionally appears in this category as well.
NASA accepts science experiment from Unity Christian Academy student team
Experiment scheduled to launch May 7
By Jennifer Yos
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (March 5, 2023) – On January 12, 2023, a team of science students from...
Faculty and staff authorize strike against Governors State University
By Chris Weber, Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle
Governors State University’s faculty and staff union (GSU UPI) voted overwhelmingly last week to authorize a strike if a new...
District 215 Board meeting agenda – 3/28/23
TF Center for Academics and Technology at 6 p.m.
LANSING, Ill. (March 26, 2023) – The March 28 District 215 School Board meeting will take...
SSC Basketball Coach John Pigatti inducted into Hall of Fame
NJCAA Region IV honor follows career coaching record of 480–88; home record of 265–15
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (March 3, 2023) – John Pigatti’s coaching career...
Summer school, community partnerships, and board policy discussed at District 158 meeting
LANSING, Ill. (March 17, 2023) – Lansing School District 158 held its March board meeting on Wednesday, March 15, giving updates about summer school...
Longtime Sunnybrook 171 Board Member not on April 4 ballot due to petition objection
Three seats open; four candidates running for Sunnybrook Board. Cozette Pettigrew off the ballot, Tammara Hill remains on after overruled objection
LANSING, Ill. (March 22,...
Memorial’s Jennifer Hartmann recognized as an Assistant Principal of the Year
LANSING, Ill. (March 17, 2023) – Jennifer Hartmann was recognized by the Illinois Principals Association as the 2023 South Cook County Assistant Principal of...
Sunnybrook School District 171 Board Agenda 3/20/23
District 171 Board meeting – 6:30 p.m.
LANSING, Ill. (March 17, 2023) – The March 20 meeting of the District 171 School Board begins at...
Voter Guide: April 4, 2023 – District 215 Board elections
Background: The Lansing Journal made efforts to contact all candidates in the April 4 Municipal Election to gather information to share with Lansing voters....
Voter Guide: April 4, 2023 – Thornton Fractional Trustee of Schools election
Background: The Lansing Journal made efforts to contact all candidates in the April 4 Municipal Election to gather information to share with Lansing voters....
Voter Guide: April 4, 2023 – District 158 Board elections
Background: The Lansing Journal made efforts to contact all candidates in the April 4 Municipal Election to gather information to share with Lansing voters....
Voter Guide: April 4, 2023 – Sunnybrook District 171 Board elections
Background: The Lansing Journal made efforts to contact all candidates in the April 4 Municipal Election to gather information to share with Lansing voters....
Professor Shanina Thomas earns national faculty award
CHICAGO, Ill. (March 15, 2023) - Shanina M. Thomas, adjunct professor of African American studies and history at Harold Washington College, has been awarded...
District 158 School Board Agenda 3/15/23
District 158 Board regular meeting – March 15, 7 p.m.
LANSING, Ill. (March 13, 2023) – The March 15 meeting of the District 158 School...
Two Bishop Noll seniors from Lansing named ‘Graduates of Distinction’
By Josh Bootsma
HAMMOND, Ind. (March 6, 2023) – Lansing residents Alyssa Colon and Gwyneth Wragg were named Graduates of Distinction at Bishop Noll Institute....