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St Anne Preschool Students have fun with Science
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St Anne's School wins Readers Choice for Best Preschool

St.Anne Next Generation Preschool, a part of St.Anne’s Catholic School in Barrington was honored to win the Reader’s Choice Poll in the Barrington Patch as … Read more ›

Second-graders at Countryside Elementary School in Barrington practice multiplication using game pieces and dry-erase boards. The hands-on activity is part of a new math curriculum that will begin next school year at all elementary schools in Barrington 220. (Kate Thayer/Tribune)

Barrington 220 elementary schools align math curriculum

About two years ago, Kimberly Priola recalls her son, who was then a fourth-grader, bringing home red and blue pegs to use as a hands-on … Read more ›

District 15 teacher contract talks expected to conclude soon

Palatine-area District 15 teachers will likely see a new contract in the coming weeks, according to union and district officials. The two parties met Thursday, … Read more ›

Mia Aretos and mom, Becky enjoying Mother's Day Tea at Holy Family Academy
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Mother’s Day Tea brings Cheers and Tears!

Tissue paper flowers, coffee filter hats and songs that touch a mother’s heart—it must be Holy Family Academy’s Kindergarten Mother’s Day Tea! This group of … Read more ›

Conant High School engineering club students earned awards for a car they built at a competition at the Michigan International Speedway. (Photo provided by Gabe Gatmaitan)

Conant engineering club earns awards at first competition

During its first competition, Conant High School’s engineering club won two first place trophies for an electric car its members have been building since the … Read more ›

On May 5, 2012, Noah’s Ark Preschool dedicated their new outdoor classroom. Mary Bradley (holding scissors) cut the ribbon along with the preschool teachers and Janet Meyer (to Mary’s right) of the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Noah’s Ark Christian Preschool Dedicates Outdoor Classroom

Thinking back to favorite childhood memories, many of us may think of activities like camping, hiking, fishing, or just playing with other kids in the … Read more ›

Northern New Mexico College Head Coach Christina Jost talks to the girls during a timeout.
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New Head Girls’ Basketball Coach Looking to Push Team to the Next Level

As the school year winds down, officials at Saint Viator High School announced Friday a new addition to the girls’ basketball program: Christina Jost, head … Read more ›

Megan Seibert won first place in the Junior Individual Video Documentary division at the Illinois State History Fair competition held in Springfield, Illinois, May 3rd. She will represent Illinois in an attempt to place first in the nation at the National History Day contest, June 9th-14th in College Park, Maryland.
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7th Grade History Fair Winner Heads to Nationals

13-year old Barrington resident Megan Seibert received first place at the Illinois History Expo held in Springfield, IL, May 3rd for her video documentary entitled … Read more ›

Holy Family 8th graders (from left) Gabi Arnieri,Grace Grzybek, Jessica Christoffer and Kellie Halloran, not pictured, sell customized Mother's Day cards at Business Fair.
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Holy Family Academy Students Learn the Buck Starts Here!

Life skills come in many forms, and clearly the academic, technical and social skills needed for the “net generation” to succeed are very different from … Read more ›

Valedictorian Katherine Petrovich (left) seen here with the Rev. Robert M. Egan, C.S.V., president of Saint Viator, and Kim Romano, salutatorian.
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Lifelong Classmates Push Themselves to the Top of the Class

Seniors Katherine Petrovich and Kim Romano, both of Arlington Heights, have attended school together from kindergarten at St. James Catholic School through Saint Viator High … Read more ›