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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.
Video: Reading to the next generation of journalists at Lansing Christian School
LANSING, Ill. (January 6, 2023) – Lansing Christian School ended its Reading Week on Friday by inviting local businesses and organizations to read to...
Coolidge’s Kevin Marcinski uses 300 bowling game to teach students
By Pachina Fletcher
LANSING, Ill. (January 5, 2022) – Last fall, Kevin Marcinski bowled a perfect 300 game for the first time in his life...
South Suburban College to continue COVID-19 testing in 2023
Information provided by South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (December 30, 2022) – South Suburban College will continue to provide COVID-19 testing services in South...
Memorial Junior High hosts first Toys for Tots event, one student surprised by special gift
BY QUINTON R. ARTHUR
LANSING, Ill. (December 23, 2022) – Memorial Junior High School hosted their first Toys for Tots, with a surprise for one...
Summer leadership academy returns, bus tracking app debuts – District 171 Board highlights
BY QUINTON R. ARTHUR
LANSING, Ill. (December 22, 2022) – The last school board meeting for District 171 included highlights of holiday programming and the...
Tax abatement, Property Tax Relief Grant – D158 Board Agenda 12/21/22
District 158 Board regular meeting - December 21, 7 p.m.
LANSING, Ill. (December 20, 2022) – The December 21 meeting of the District 158 School...
Marian Catholic students deliver Christmas to 32 local families
64th annual Christmas Drive a success
information provided by Marian Catholic High School
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (December 18, 2022) – Santa’s workshop was in full swing...
Sunnybrook School District 171 Board Agenda 12/19/22
District 171 Board meeting – 6:30 p.m.
LANSING, Ill. (December 18, 2022) – The December 19 meeting of the District 171 School Board begins at...
TF South ‘Special Ts’ student business celebrates anniversary at District 215 meeting
Student entrepreneurs presented their business at the meeting
BY QUINTON R. ARTHUR
LANSING, Ill. (December 15, 2022) — Student advocacy and student business were at the...
Largest high school Super Smash Bros. tournament in U.S. smashes down in South Holland
Unity Christian Academy and Calvin Christian School collaborate with IHSEA to bring hundreds of students to South Holland for esports Smash Bros. tournament
By Josh...
District 215 Board meeting agenda – 12/13/22
TF Center for Academics and Technology at 6 p.m.
LANSING, Ill. (December 11, 2022) – The December 13 District 215 School Board meeting will take...
Bishop Noll student receives four-year, full-tuition Lilly Scholarship
Information provided by Bishop Noll Institute
HAMMOND, Ind. (December 11, 2022) Bishop Noll Institute senior Maria Emilia Quiroga arrived at school last Wednesday ready for...
South Suburban College launches partnership with Pace Bus for free CDL training
Information provided by South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (December 11, 2022) – South Suburban College (SSC) and Pace Bus are have announced a partnership...
From Commendable to Exemplary — the TFD 215 total picture
Local Voices
Dr. Sophia Jones-Redmond, Superintendent
Thornton Fractional High School District 215“District 215 is committed to an overall culture of equity where the creation and implementation...
Are our white teachers doing their jobs?
Local Voices
Edward Marco
In a recent Local Voices (Economic Apartheid in America, December 1, 2022) a learned person questioned the ratio of white teachers to...