Teens pitch ideas to Nike
Fortunately no one was fired when Naperville Central High School students presented "Apprentice"-like marketing ideas to Nike executives. The project for an advanced marketing class put 18 juniors and seniors...
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Encore of play raises curtain on race issues
Cast members of Oak Park and River Forest High School's provocative play "Fires in the Mirror" thought they had had their last curtain call weeks ago. But administrators have asked...
Aurora students rally for immigration rights
Hundreds of Aurora students skipped school Thursday morning to march through their west suburban community and express opposition to a proposed federal bill that would crack down on illegal immigration....
Without a bumble, teen speller wins bee
Appropriately enough, her first correctly spelled word was "intellectual" and the last--the one that is sending Jane Huang to the national spelling bee--was "philobiblist." Which means lover of books. Nailing...
Spelling bee wiz does it again
Spelling words like "quotidian," "paristhmion" and "glaciarium" seemed to come without much thought for Theodore Yuan, 13, the winner of Wednesday night's Chicagoland Spelling Bee Suburban Final. The 8th grader...
Student quartet hits romantic high note
It started as a simple idea: A quartet of Glen Ellyn high school vocalists would spend Valentine's Day delivering personal serenades in the spirit of the holiday. The teens, known...
Raise driving age? Parents not thrilled
Amy Pfeiler has been the family chauffeur for a long time, driving her kids to everything from sports practices and voice lessons to after-school jobs. But with her youngest child...
Essay: ‘We’re flying home to Nigeria!’
During my childhood, my mother would "fly" my sisters and me to Nigeria every week. We "left" after Wednesday night church services. As we entered our subdivision, my mother would...
Down syndrome barriers falling
By anyone's measure, Bridget Brown has had a successful high school career. At Hinsdale South (the name of the school as published has been corrected here and in a subsequent...
Tutoring off to slow start
Almost halfway into the school year, struggling pupils at some suburban schools have yet to receive their first hour of free tutoring required by federal law. The No Child Left...