Olympia Fields, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Rich Central High School Entrepreneurship class, under the educational guidance and leadership of Ms. Hope Stovall Henderson, will host the 3rd Annual Entrepreneurship Breakfast on Saturday, April 17th at Rich Central High School. The school says this year’s event with the theme, "Success Is Our Business,"[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Transformations Lecture Series at Governors State University concludes with “The Transformation of Health Care for Underserved Populations” presented by Dr. Aida Giachello, Professor of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago, on Wednesday, April 21, at 5 p.m., in the Hall of Honors. Dr. Giachello is[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 will conduct “Kindergarten, Here I Come” to pre-register children for the 2010-2011 school year from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., Friday, April 23, 2010. Children must be five-years-old on or before September 1, 2010, to register for the 2010-2011 school year. Parents/guardians[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2010.  Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and of the Senate Appropriations panel that funds education initiatives, introduced the Keep Our Educators Working Act today.  The bill will create a $23 billion Education Jobs Fund to help keep teachers, principals,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 13 – When 18-year-old Eric Workman was asked to vote on whether or not to have a student-led prayer at his high school graduation ceremony, it didn’t sit right. On March 11, 2010, the ACLU of Indiana filed suit on Eric’s behalf challenging the constitutionality of Greenwood High School’s[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2010.  The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) says it will suspend award announcements for the Monetary Award Program (MAP) no later than Monday, April 19.  ISAC advises students to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible, as eligible applications are up approximately[Read More…]

CHARLESTON, S.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2010 – USDA Food and Nutrition Service Administrator Julie Paradis today highlighted the Obama Administration’s priorities for improving school meals and the health of children across the nation during a roundtable discussion at the annual Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) National Professional Association Conference in[Read More…]

  The Park Forest Baseball league is looking forward to Opening Day on Saturday, April 17.  The morning will begin at 8AM as the players and parents gather at the Holiday Star Theater.  After some exciting new announcements that will speak to the future years in Park Forest Baseball, the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2010.   The White House and the Department of Education announced today the six high schools selected as finalists for the first annual Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. The Commencement Challenge, launched in late February, invited the nation’s public high schools to submit applications[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University, with the assistance of a $7.1 million federal education grant, will expand and refine teaching programs designed to raise student achievement and improve instruction in nine high-need Chicago Southland school districts. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week announced the award of new[Read More…]