Lincoln-Way West senior competes in golf despite injuries
Sydney Valiska is an athlete and honor student at Lincoln-Way West High School in Manhattan. But for the last couple of years, the 17-year-old senior has had her interest in...
All Stories
Lincoln-Way West senior competes in golf despite injuries
Sydney Valiska is an athlete and honor student at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox. But for the last couple of years, the 17-year-old senior has had her interest...
Robots, lasers are part of a day’s work for Tinley Park teen
Underwater remote operated robots. High tech laser beams. It sounds like the stuff of a science fiction movie, but for Beth Klimek, a senior at Tinley Park High School, it...
Oak Forest teen gets police officer training
Brett Chudina, an Oak Forest High School senior and honor roll student, has wanted to be a police officer since kindergarten. "I'd like people in and around my community to...
Evergreen Park senior spreads cheer at Ronald McDonald House
Conrad Garbacz stays busy hitting the books with a 39th ranking in his class of 201 students and a hefty 3.59 grade point average at Evergreen Park High School. But...
For Oak Forest senior, class rank is a big motivator
If class rankings did not exist, Oak Forest High School senior Ni'Gere Epps believes students would not be as motivated to get good grades. That's because Epps said rankings are...
Knee injury influences Stagg student’s career choice
With a 5.08 grade point average on a 4.3 weighted scale, Cara Mahoney has found time be part of volleyball, badminton and basketball teams at Stagg High School in Palos...
Lincoln-Way West senior leads band, students
Mitchell Alcoser, a senior at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox, wasted little time ascending to leadership. Last school year as a junior, Alcoser was voted student council president...
Evergreen Park senior credits teachers for success
Teachers wondering if they are getting through to their students might be heartened to have Bridget Donoghue in their classes. Donoghue, who has a 4.17 grade point average on a...
Shepard senior’s outgoing personality helps her excel on speech team
Veronica Jacobson, 17, acknowledged that she isn't shy. In fact, she said, "I'm a kind of loud, crazy person." The Shepard High School student's outgoing personality has helped make a...