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ARTFULLY DONE Heartwork Exhibit Opening April 20 Hinsdale Public Library 20 E. Maple St. www.hinsdalelibrary.info (630) 986-1976 Join this art reception honoring the work Heartwork students have created during a series of classes over the past year under the instruction of local artist Maureen Claffy. The work will be on display in the library's Quiet Room through April 30. Light refreshments will be available. Time: 2 to 3 p.m. RR FOR A CAUSE Blood drive April 20 Rejuvenate...
When Brittany Zust first became head coach of the varsity softball team at Hinsdale Central, she quickly recognized one goal she needed to achieve: grow youth softball. The Orland Park native said many Chicago suburbs - particularly in the southwest - have competitive softball programs for young girls that lead to experienced high school players. That was not the case in Hinsdale, and she discovered not everyone agreed it should be. "Stop trying to bring a blue collar sport...
Hinsdale Central will join the ranks of the state’s newest interscholastic sport next fall: girls flag football. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members voted April 11 to field a team at Central to be part of the Illinois High School Association’s inaugural 2024-25 season this fall. “It’s a new opportunity for our female athletes,” Central athletic director Mike Jezioro said Monday. “It provides another avenue for female students to be involved with the school.” The IHSA announced in February that girls flag football...
It was the day that I had been waiting for. My fourth-grade teacher passed around the large packets filled with lists of activities and choices for the upcoming special day. I scanned through the options, circling the words that jumped out to me the most on the page. Baking. Forensic science. Firefighting. I ranked my top activities and submitted them to my teacher. The purpose of these thick, white packets was for High Interest Day, an event in elementary school where...
One point from victory in the Rising Stars semifinal during the NBA's All-Star weekend in February in Indianapolis, former Hinsdale Central basketball player Matas Buzelis got control of the ball after a teammate's miss. Posting up his defender, the 19-year-old took two dribbles, spun to his left and drained a fadeaway 10-footer to clinch Team Detlef's championship berth in thrilling fashion. The clutch bucket also helped fan the already strong interest around the...
COLLEGE STUDENTS ON DEAN’S LISTS These Hinsdale students earned a place on the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester. • Blake Baird, University of Minnesota Twin Cities • Noah Lim, University of Minnesota Twin Cities • Michael Spitzer, Illinois Wesleyan University COLLEGE STUDENT EARNS DEGREE Talbot Carter of Hinsdale earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming at the completion of the fall 2023 semester. NAZ STUDENTS on HONOR ROLL The following Hinsdale students earned a place on the honor roll at Nazareth Aca...
Hinsdale Central got the chance to show off its career and technical education programs - and other areas of the high school - when state Superintendent Tony Sanders came for a visit Friday. School visits are a regular part of the job for Sanders, who works for the Illinois State Board of Education and splits his time between its Springfield and Chicago offices. "I try to spend one day a week in schools," he said. "Being in schools is the best part of my job." The first stop...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, April 15 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: officer selection; 2024-25 board meeting calendar; assessment calendar; CSCI results; IDEA needs assessment; updates on safety, full-day kindergarten financing and five-year projections, investments, district office building and Satchel Pulse Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien...
On April 2, 2024, just1mike and Mend A Heart foundations sponsored Young Hearts for Life free ECG in-school heart screenings at Hinsdale South. Six hundred and 16 students were screened. Nine students were identified with a previously undiagnosed cardiac condition. Since 2017, 20 Hinsdale Central students have been identified with undiagnosed cardiac conditions through the YH4L screenings sponsored by the just1mike foundation. Heart screenings save lives. As junior board members for the just1mike foundation and Central...
Ending the season as the undefeated champs is pretty impressive for any basketball team. Ending a three-year middle school season that way - as did the boys basketball team at St. Isaac Jogues School in Hinsdale - is a remarkable accomplishment. Players and their head coach credit the run to one thing: team chemistry. Ryan Williams of Hinsdale said he's been playing with teammates Will Barclay and Justin Kurkowski in Hinsdale Inferno basketball since elementary school. "Since...
Hinsdale Central High School has announced the names of students who earned a place on the dean’s list and honor roll for the first semester of the 2023-24 school year. Students on the dean’s list have earned a 4.5 weighted GPA with no grade below a “C.” Honor roll students have a 4.0 weighted GPA with no grade below a “D.” Dean’s list Freshmen Josephine Abitz, Gabriella Adamo, Zain Afzal, Kareem Ahmed, Gaurav Ahuja, Maggie Akers, Joseph Alfers, Syed Ali, Caitlin Alsman, Johan Amezquita-Cotto, Fawaz Anbari,...
The Hinsdale Central baseball and softball squads' competitive schedules are already underway, while the two-time defending state champion boys tennis team faces its first test Monday in a quest for a third straight title. This is the final installment in a four-part series previewing Central's spring sports programs. Baseball First game: March 16 @ Palatine (V won 2-1) Last year: 18-15, lost in regional final Head coach: Jason Ziemer Seasons as head coach: 11 No. varsity...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their March 21 meeting, board members: • learned the dates and times for incoming Superintendent Michael Lach’s “Listen and Learn’ sessions have been finalized and will take place on Wednesdays in April. He will be available to meet with Hinsdale Central parents and community members from 4 to 5 p.m. April 3 at Central. A virtual session will take place for all from noon to 1 p.m. April 24. • approved a consolidated registration fee of $485 for the 2024-25 s...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: comprehensive registration fee, early bird PE course change, staffing recommendation for 2024-25, tuck pointing at Hinsdale Central and South, stair tread replacement at Central...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 18 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: approve science resource, e-rate for internet and Wan services and iPad device refresh; five-year forecasting; full-day kindergarten update; winter MAP and SIP update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday,...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 18 Hinsdale Middle School 100 S. Garfield Ave. www.d181.org On the draft agenda: approve science resource, e-rate for internet and Wan services and iPad device refresh; five-year forecasting; full-day kindergarten update; winter MAP and SIP update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday,...
LOCALS HOST ‘VOTE’ GALA DuPage County Board member Kari Galassi and former board member Greg Hart, both of Hinsdale, teamed up to host the first annual Bank Your Vote Gala Feb. 9 in Rosemont. The event brought together 750 Illinoisans and raised almost $500,000 that will be used to encourage residents to vote early or by mail in the 2024 elections. “We brought residents from around the state together for one of the largest gatherings of the Illinois Republican Party in recent memory,” Galassi said Kari. “Hundreds of attendees...
Hinsdale High School District 86 could offer a class for only three students next year at Hinsdale South High School. The school board reiterated its commitment last week to offering a biology-chemistry-physics sequence at Hinsdale South, which prior to three years ago offered only a physics first sequence. Only three incoming South freshmen chose to enroll in a biology class, biology honors, administrators reported during the preliminary staffing discussion at the March 7 meeting. Board President Cat Greenspon suggested...
Luke Jurack Hinsdale What are you looking forward to in your senior baseball season? A lot more people will be looking up to me now for guidance. It will definitely be a change of pace. It's pretty good to be in this role now and help shape the team and win some games. How have you grown as a player? I was more focused on myself and my recruiting process as a freshman. Now I put the team first and just try to help the team out in any way possible. When do feel the greatest rew...
Lawrence Grandy, 74, a longtime Hinsdale resident, passed away peacefully Feb. 22, 2024, at his home. He was born in Indianapolis in 1950. He graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in 1968 and was a proud alum of the University of Michigan. He developed many dear lifelong friendships, especially with his high school classmates. Larry excelled in much of what he did. In athletics, he pitched a no-hitter in Little League. He rose to the level of Eagle Scout in the Boy...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings On the agenda: initial staffing recommendation for 2024-25, course proposals for 2025-26, approve 2024 summer school program of studies, authorize legal intervention in property tax matters Hinsdale Parks and Recreation Commission 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 12 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 6 p.m. Wednesday,...
Hinsdale trustees Tuesday night signaled their support for a plan to run the Montessori Gifted Prep Preschool out of Hinsdale United Methodist Church beginning in the fall. In a first reading of the application for a special-use permit to operate the program, village board members were apprised of the proposal for the Monday-to-Friday preschool with hours from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The preschool would serve up to 77 children ages 6 weeks to 5 years and have a maximum staff of 17 at the church located at 945 S. Garfield Ave. The...
The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board lifted the pause on social studies curriculum work last week. But the hiatus clearly hasn’t healed board divisions over how and what courses are implemented. By unanimous vote, the board voted to allow staff to resume crafting a social studies program for both Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South campuses to follow in pursuit of the goal to align offerings at the schools. “The social studies department has not worked on curricular alignment work” since June 8, said board Presi...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Among other business Feb. 22, board members: • tabled an administration recommendation to consolidate student fees, including text books, course fees, course supplies, academic field trips, student ID, PE uniforms, graduation and technology fees, into one comprehensive registration fee of $475 for the 2024-25. Board President Cat Greenspon said board members still had questions about the proposal that needed to be answered before taking a vote. At the Feb. 8 committee of the whole meeting, b...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 7 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets www.hinsdale86.org/board-of-education/board-meetings Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: public hearing on properties for inclusion on Historically Significant Structures Property List Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 Memorial Building 19 E. Chicago Ave. www.villageofhinsdale.org...
