Charan Bashir. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- eNews Park Forest is pleased once again to present our series featuring Park Forest’s best and brightest students, today introducing Charan Bashir, a 17-year resident of Park Forest. He loves to draw and skate, has participated in Snowball, admires teachers who demonstrate leadership[Read More…]
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Civic Reflection Workshop Coming to GSU
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Civic reflection helps create an understanding of the importance and value of community service to both the individual who volunteers and the society who benefits. To increase awareness and understanding of civic reflection and to improve related skills, Governors State University is sponsoring a Civic Reflections Workshop.[Read More…]
Wafaa Bilal and Major Chicago Artists to Exhibit at GSU
“The Secret Life of Men” by Sioban Lombardi of Chicago. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery will host “Regard – Resist – React,” a major exhibit of artists’ creative reactions to the issues that affect them personally, emotionally, and/or intellectually. The exhibit runs from[Read More…]
Forest Trail Announces Science Fair Winners
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The sixth and seventh grade students at Forest Trail Middle School recently participated in the school’s Science Fair/Exposition. The Science Exposition involved the gathering of research on a scientific topic, creating a poster on that topic and presenting the topic. For the Science Fair, students must use the[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Announces 2nd Quarter 2010-2011 Honor Roll
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Marian Catholic High School has announced its Honor Roll for the Second Quarter of the 2010-2011 school year. Along with a full complement of co-curricular activities in athletics, fine arts, student organizations and service, rigorous college-prep academics remain the focus as the following “Scholars with a Soul” are recognized for[Read More…]
First Place for GSU Table Tennis Team
Members of the GSU winning Table Tennis team – pictured from left to right: T.J. Wang (head coach), Lishun Lu, Yuanfai Cai, Yuefan Lin, Wenjie Nie, Jing He, Xue Hong Chen, Emily Leary, Shuyu Guo, Jie Wang, and Hongliu Cao (women’s coach). (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Governors State[Read More…]
Meet Rich East’s Finest: Tateanna Foster
Tateanna Foster. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- eNews Park Forest is pleased once again to present our series featuring Park Forest’s best and brightest students, today introducing Tateanna Foster, a 7-year resident of Park Forest. She plans to have two BAs within the next five years: one in psychology, the[Read More…]
Access, Evaluation, and Effectiveness Should Guide ESEA’s Teacher Provisions
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2011. Today, the Center for American Progress, or CAP, and The Education Trust released joint recommendations to strengthen the teacher provisions of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA. The performance evaluation systems used in virtually every school system in the United States fail to differentiate[Read More…]
Durbin: Illinois Families Leaving More Than $1 Billion Unclaimed in College Tuition Tax Credit
CARBONDALE–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2011. Illinois families left more than $1 billion on the table by not claiming a tax credit for college tuition on their 2009 income tax return, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said today. The American Opportunity Tax Credit would allow families to receive a tax credit of up[Read More…]
Illinois School Science Fair Winners
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Illinois School in Park Forest recently held its annual Science Fair and selected 10 students and an alternate to represent the school at the Regional Science Fair. They include: Matthew Sams Autumn Price Seth Woods Kameryn Tucker Daniel Evans Jordan Lampkin Cori Burke Justin Johnson Michael Gettings Darica[Read More…]
