The new elementary school being constructed on Cedar Road in Homer Glen does not have a name yet, but district officials have narrowed down a list of possibilities.

After serving 39 years as principal at St. Jude Catholic School in Joliet, Sister Rita Mandella is far from retirement.

After years of exhaustive planning for a tax increase request, Mokena School District filed the referendum question last week for the February ballot.

On Thursday, the two emergency dispatchers invited 20 special education students from Joliet Central High School to the city's telecommunications center to give them a better understanding of 911.

The National Center for Women and Information Technology is offering its annual award for young women with a strong interest and ability in technology, according to Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, Will County regional superintendent of schools.

Fourth-graders might not have realized they were participating in an important pilot program designed to test the waters of what the Forest Preserve District of Will County hopes will be a new environmental education program for students.

Joliet Junior College is hosting a fundraiser for the Senior Services Center of Will County on Nov. 6.

Plainfield School District social workers will present a seminar for parents of middle and high school students to learn how to deal with stress in the household.

Coal City High School is the class of Grundy County. The high school was the only one in the county to make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind program.

FRANKFORT -- Tickets to the annual Lincoln-Way East High School Madrigal Dinner will go on sale to the public Nov. 14.

If it takes a village to raise a child, it may just take a school to raise a village. Desirable, high-achieving schools can drive property values through the roof. Forget location. Often, they're looking for one thing: school report cards.

By the time Travis Herrick graduates from Plainfield North High School in June, he'll already have an associate's degree under his belt. Before he even started high school, he took a trigonometry course at Joliet Junior College after he graduated from Heritage Grove Middle School.

Lincoln-Way High School District is not a stranger to the Sun-Times top 100 list. However, this year saw their new school, Lincoln-Way North High School, to added to the list.

William Geasa, dean and athletic director at Minooka Junior High, tendered his resignation at the Minooka Grade School Board meeting Wednesday night. Geasa will leave the district at the end of the 2009-2010 school year.

Minooka Grade School District is taking all possible precautions to minimize the spread of H1N1 and other flu viruses in its schools, Superintendent Al Gegenheimer said.

Following several months of examination, including a workshop to work out details, the Valley View School Board adopted new policies regarding the use of district facilities by outside organizations.

Taft School will hold a centennial celebration Nov. 16, and the school's foundation group continues to raise funds for an after-school program in the district.

A. Vito Martinez Middle School has joined a small group of schools statewide in promising to continue ongoing efforts to go green by signing the Illinois Sustainable Schools Compact.

Joliet Catholic Academy's October Rotary Student of the Month is Kelsey DiPietro .

The Joliet Township Youth Experiencing Success in School (YESS) program was recognized as a Dimon Award recipient at a school administrator breakfast this month.

Troy School Board approved new facility use fees. The administration recommended new fees after the district conducted a thorough review of area districts' facility use fees and guidelines.

Four years ago, Emil and Joleen Wisch tied the knot and were looking forward to their honeymoon at a beautiful Mexican resort not too far from Cancun. However, a hurricane ruined their plans, and the newlyweds never got a chance to enjoy their vacation.

A. Vito Martinez Middle School in Romeoville has joined a small group of schools statewide in promising to continue ongoing efforts to "go green" by signing the Illinois Sustainable Schools Compact.

Joliet Township High School board took the next step forward in its master plan for expanding the green space between Joliet Central campus and Silver Cross Field by buying the missing piece.

Lincoln-Way Community High School District stands to save $1.3 million by restructuring bonds issued in 1998 and 2006.

New Lenox Elementary School District officials may reduce student fees next year. This year, fees were $160 for early childhood and kindergarten students, $165 for first- and second-graders and $170 for third- through eighth-graders.

The performance of the schools and students in Troy School District was reviewed by way of the 2009 State Report Card.

Plainfield School District sophomores, juniors and seniors and parents are invited to learn more about college and career planning at a Career Literacy Seminar hosted by the Plainfield South High School Student Services Department.

Joliet Township High School Board has settled two contracts with its unions -- office staff and paraprofessionals -- for about $1.7 million apiece.

Laura J. Obzera, a former Valley View School District employee, who admitted she had sexual contact with a teenage boy, was sentenced Wednesday to 48 months of probation. Obzera, 50, of 876 Bonnie Brae Lane in Bolingbrook must register as a sex offender for life.

JOLIET -- The Joliet Township High School Foundation will award $12,228 at the Foundation Grant Award Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 9 in the District Administrative Board Room, 300 Caterpillar Drive.

Say hello to Westly the Warrior. On the first day of classes at the new Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox, officials informed students their Warrior mascot needed a name. But the process of naming the Warrior would be a lot different from the way the colors and mascot were chosen.

Parks Cultural Studies Academy third-grade teacher Susie Bledsoe got a bit of a surprise from Margito Rangel , store manager of the Joliet OfficeMax on Larkin Avenue.

The Charles Reed Elementary student council hosted a fundraiser to benefit the Heavenly Hats Foundation, a nonprofit organization that collects and distributes new hats to people of all ages who lose their hair to cancer or medical treatments that cause hair loss.

Judge Tom Carney and Judge Michael Powers will present a blunt, visual and interactive school program being presented by the Illinois Judges Association (IJA) called "7 Reasons to Leave the Party" at 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Plainfield North High School.

A new gazebo is being built in front of Lincoln-Way Central High School to commemorate Lincoln Highway.

Joliet Junior College will plant a tree in memory of Trustee Dick Dystrup at a ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Clover Ridge Park in Lockport. The park is near Dystrup's home.

St. Mary Nativity students are state champions in fitness for the second year in a row. The Presidents' Council on Physical Fitness announced that St. Mary Nativity School earned the highest award for outstanding achievement in physical fitness and is distinguished as a state champion for the 2008-09 school year.

A before- and after-school program is available to all children who attend the Troy School District. This program at the Multi-Purpose Center, 3000 W. Jefferson St. in Joliet, enhances homework skills, as well as offers sports, swimming, tumbling and art.

The Morris High School choirs will present their annual Fall Choral Concert at 2 p.m. Oct. 18 in the high school auditorium, 1000 Union St. in Morris.

One case of H1N1 flu has been confirmed at Minooka Intermediate School. Superintendent Al Gegenheimer said parents of the child who became ill paid for the test themselves to confirm the diagnosis, but the child has not been hospitalized.

Richland Junior High School, along with the Crest Hill Lions Club, named the following as students of the month for September.

Lewis University student Bashir Zayid encouraged his classmates at Tuesday's rally to get on the bus and head to Springfield today so they could be heard. Zayid, who could lose a $5,000 grant he needs to attend Lewis next semester, hopes to show legislators why it is imperative to restore the $220 million cut from the state's Monetary Award Program, known as MAP.

Joliet Junior College Board appointed Michael O'Connell as trustee Tuesday night by a 6-0 vote to fill the spot left vacant when Dick Dystrup, 66, died in August.

Amy Adams, 21, will never forget the impact her first-grade teacher had on her, so she plans to become a teacher. But that dream might burst for the elementary education major at Lewis University, who was expecting a $7,500 state grant from the Monetary Award Program this spring.

Lincoln-Way High School District Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie says the school board "will definitely" review its zero tolerance drug policy, as it reviews all policies every spring.

Valley View School District has stepped up its efforts to control potential outbreaks of H1N1 flu, commonly known as swine flu, in the district's buildings.

Joliet Township High School District will conduct placement testing for the Class of 2014 at 8 a.m. Saturday at Joliet Central, 201 E. Jefferson St.

Emotions ran high Monday as a contingent of students and staff from Bolingbrook High School spent some time with the mother of 18-year-old Curie High School football player Quaashi Chandler who collapsed and died near the end of a Bolingbrook-Curie football game Sept. 4.

Joliet Junior College Board interviewed four candidates to fill its trustee vacancy, including a school superintendent and a former Grundy County administrator.