LAKE COUNTY
The Grayslake Greenery Garden Club is offering scholarships to Lake County high school and college students. The competition for up to $1,500 in scholarship money is open to graduating high school seniors, community college, college and graduate students pursuing studies in horticulture-related fields such as landscape architecture, agriculture, forestry and floral design. For an application form and instructions, contact the garden club at 238 Westerfield Pl., Grayslake, IL 60030. The application is also available online at www.grayslakegreenerygardenclub.org. The deadline is April 20. For more information, call 847-543-7307 or 847-546-4180.
The Friends of Volo Bog is offering two $1,000 college scholarships to Lake or McHenry County high school seniors and college students. One scholarship will go to a high school student interested in pursuing a natural science or environmental degree. The other will go to a high school graduate who is in a natural science or an environmental field of study at an accredited college or university. Applications are due by Feb. 23. For more information, call 815-344-1294.
GLENVIEW/
NORTHBROOK
DISTRICT 30
The district will hold an open forum on the search for a new superintendent at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Maple School, 2370 Shermer Rd. in Northbrook. School Exec Connect, an educational search firm, will assist with the superintendent search. Supt. Linda Vieth will be leaving District 30 at the end of the school year to become superintendent at District 29 in Northfield.
Willowbrook School principal Melissa Hirsch will hold a book chat at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 23 in the school’s Learning Media Center, 2500 Happy Hollow Rd., Glenview. She will read from “Once Upon a Marigold,” by Jean Ferris. For more information, call 847-498-1090.
GRAYSLAKE
The College of Lake County Foundation’s “Heart of Gold” gala on Oct. 28 raised $125,000 for scholarships, $30,000 more than the previous year. The foundation awarded $500,000 in scholarships in 2005, assisting more than 700 students.
The College of Lake County’s homecoming is scheduled for Jan. 25-27. Alumni and friends of CLC are invited to attend men’s and women’s basketball games, a homecoming dance, a comedy show and a casino night. Campus tours will be given from 3 to 4 p.m. Jan. 25, followed by an alumni and faculty reception from 4 to 5 p.m. To attend the reception, please call the Alumni Relations Office at 847-543-2400.
LAKE FOREST
Lake Forest Academy will celebrate its annual Young Alumni Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday in the Garden Room of Reid Hall, 1500 W. Kennedy Rd. For more information, call 847-615-3259.
LIBERTYVILLE, DISTRICT 70
District 70 will provide preschool screening Tuesday, Thursday and Jan. 16 in the Educational Resource Center, 1381 W. Lake St., for 3- to 5-year-old children who live in the district. Vision and hearing, speech and language, concept development, and fine and gross motor skills will be assessed. For an appointment, call 847-362-9695.
LINCOLNSHIRE/
PRAIRIE VIEW
DISTRICT 103
Three positions on the District 103 School Board will be up for election on April 17. Anyone interested in running for a spot may pick up a petition packet at the Administration Office, 1370 Riverwoods Rd., Lincolnshire. Petitions must be filed between Jan. 29 and Feb. 5. For more information, call 847-295-4030.
ZION,
DISTRICT 6
The Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in Lakeview School, 2200 Bethesda Blvd. Call 847-872-5455.
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