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Rich East Principal Dr. Albert Brass Jr.

Getting to Know the Spirit of Rich East with Dr. Albert Brass and Mr. Quincy Owens

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Getting to know the heart and soul of Rich East High School is a process. We begin with a joint interview with Principal Albert Brass Jr. and Climate and Culture Coordinator Quincy Owens. As school board members of District 227 contemplate–once again–restructuring finances and float the idea[Read More…]

Valerie Nicholson

PSC’s Valerie Nicholson Honored with Award from Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

Professor Valerie Nicholson is a resident of Park Forest Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) Professor and Coordinator of Music Valerie Nicholson recently was named the Inaugural Jazz Alive! Educator’s Award Recipient by the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. The award was presented to Nicholson at the 2019 “Think Big” Gala,[Read More…]

technology students at Matteson District 16's STREAM Summer School

Matteson District 162’s Summer School Stresses Exploration, Problem-Solving, and Fun

Richton Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The “halls” at Sauk School are alive with music… and dance, and band and science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, and mathematics. The students are in summer school. And they like it. It’s summertime and more than 400 students, from kindergarten to seventh grade, are enrolled in Matteson[Read More…]

Park Forest Bark District freshly-mowed

Rains Create Bog Park: Flooding Moves Bark District 10th Anniv. Celebration

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Due to heavy rainfall and flooding, the Park Forest Bark District 10th Anniversary Event has moved to the corner of Main Street and Cunningham Drive (just behind Village Hall) in downtown Park Forest Saturday.  The event will celebrate 10 years of the Park Forest Bark District and[Read More…]

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