Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- What is a “green lockdown” at Forest Trail Middle School? eNews Park Forest received an email from a parent concerned after hearing the school went into lockdown Wednesday. “My 8th grader came home from Forest Trail yesterday and said there had been a ‘green’ lockdown (all students[Read More…]
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Preparing All Teachers to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 30, 2012. A new report from the Center for American Progress released today outlines promising practices that all teachers can employ to meet the needs of English language learners. The recent increase in immigration accounts for rapid and substantial demographic changes in the United States’s school-aged population. An[Read More…]
Heather Adney, Rich East Stellar Student
Rich East Stellar Student Heather Adney. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)- eNews Park Forest continues with our series of stellar students from Rich East High School. Mr. Kevin Kredens, the school’s publicity liaison, provides each student a series of the same questions. All responses are in the students’ exact words,[Read More…]
Forest Trail Students Pitch In and Help Out
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On a snowy Friday morning in January, a group of Forest Trail School students and Cheryl Muench, Forest Trail co-principal, put on winter weather gear, grabbed snow shovels donated by the Park Forest Police Department and walked into the school’s surrounding neighborhood to shovel residents’ driveways and[Read More…]
Forest Trail Students To The Rescue
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Forest Trail School students Oceana Mohead, Brett Hinson, D’Andre Allen, and Alexander Godley will be recognized by the Village of Park Forest during special ceremonies for the good citizenship they exhibited when they came to the aid of an elderly woman this winter. The four students comforted[Read More…]
Durbin Calls on CFPB to Warn All Students About For-Profit College Industry Bad Actors
Senator says President’s Executive Order sends clear message that federal taxpayer will no longer subsidize deceptive marketing and aggressive recruiting WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 27, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today commended President Obama’s decision to sign an Executive Order that will help ensure that our veterans and servicemembers have the[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Celebrates Earth Week and Beyond
Generation Green students display the nearly 500 cell phones, lap tops and digital cameras collected during Earth Week. On the left front to back is Kyra Sykes ’15 of Hazel Crest; Marissa Abston ’12 of Harvey; Jocelyn Lloyd ’11 of Lynwood; Sophia Lam ’15 of Olympia Fields; Jonathan Brodeur ’12[Read More…]
Marian Catholic High School Presents ‘Annie Get Your Gun’
The cast includes front row, Rebecca Hauser ’15 of Crete; Kendyl Todd ’14 of Crete; Aimee Tiberi ’14 of Chicago Heights; Anna Petrelli ’13 of Park Forest; Noah Uhlenbrauck of Crete; Hope Lang ’15, of Monee; Courtneigh Summerrise ’12 of South Holland; Shayna Vaughn ’14 of Lowell; and Emily Callahan[Read More…]
PSC Vice President Mary Reaves to Address Graduates at May 19 Commencement Ceremony
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Mary Reaves, Prairie State College (PSC) vice president of student affairs and dean of students, will address the graduates and their guests at the 53rd annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 19. Reaves has worked in higher education for 40 years. Before coming to PSC in 1986,[Read More…]
Riddhi Kansara, Rich East Stellar Student
Rich East Stellar Student Riddhi Kansara. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)- eNews Park Forest continues with our series of stellar students from Rich East High School. Mr. Kevin Kredens, the school’s publicity liaison, provides each student a series of the same questions. All responses are in the students’ exact words,[Read More…]
