School libraries these days, often called multimedia centers, and are equipped with computers, video screens, art supplies and games. But amidst all the new gadgets and high-tech equipment are books. Shelves and shelves of books.
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A teacher slowly crouches next to a young student who just finished reading a short book. The student’s home language is Spanish and he’s just beginning to read English text. The teacher asks, in English, what the book is about. The child looks up, hesitates and tries to find the right words to describe what he has just read. But he struggles to explain what he’s thinking. Gently, she asks him to answer in Spanish. His answer is short, but telling.
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Get ready to cheer on your favorite horse and jockey on Friday, Nov. 4 when the District 75 STEAM Foundation revives its biggest fundraiser of the year, “A Night at the Races.”
The popular event has been on hiatus for the past two years. It now returns, complete with dinner, drinks, races, auctions, and prizes at Rosati’s in Mundelein.
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Across rows and rows of tables in the Mechanics Grove gym, nearly 100 children, teachers and parents worked together on July 19 to decorate rocks to support the Highland Park community in the wake of its Fourth of July tragedy.
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