URBANA — Students in the Urbana High School choir are preparing to make their final fundraising push for a trip to Walt Disney World, even if they don’t care much about Disney.
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CHAMPAIGN — Champaign is home to two of the top art educators in the Land of Lincoln, says no less an authority than the Illinois Art Education Association.
The organization an...
CHAMPAIGN — Listing the myriad ways Jamal Maatuka is involved in the community is a long exercise.
The impact that Centennial High School’s dean of students has goes well beyon...
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For the last three school years, standing out in the rain while shuttling kids to their parents’ cars has been ...
Each year, Tyler Reifsteck reads a book to his students about what it’s like to be a newcomer in the United States whose first language isn’t English. For the students in his Mult...
HAMPAIGN — Caleb Apperson vividly remembers his first visit to the Japan House, though he didn’t know at the time it would inspire his future career.
“I was instructed on the e...
Discover the ultimate way for educators to effortlessly enhance their photos with Canva's AI features in this months tech tip video.
Dive into the world of hassle-free image ed...
Fresh out of Vanderbilt University, where she received her master’s degree in special education, Madison Ross was given a steep task to start her career when she was hired at Urba...
PAXTON — After sifting through 17 applications and conducting six interviews with high school principal candidates, Paxton-Buckley-Loda officials discovered the best person for th...
TOLONO — Bill Behrends remembers an obvious question during his interview to be Unity High’s next principal.
“You’re coming in after a guy that’s been here 21 years. What do yo...
URBANA — Jesse Guzman hasn’t put much thought into filling the bare walls and mostly empty desk at his new office at Urbana High School. After all, the school’s new principal does...
CHAMPAIGN — During her 19 years in education, Sara Sanders has learned to appreciate students’ strengths, even when they manifest in disruptive ways.
For instance, last year, a...
The College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign, in partnership with Experience Champaign-Urbana and Community Choices, has launched a new online directo...
Kara Allison moved to Mahomet in 1990, when she was in the seventh grade. Thirty-three years later, the third-grade teacher at Lincoln Trail Elementary School still calls it home....
Become a Google certified educator to sharpen your use of technology to enhance instruction and demonstrate your proficiency. In this Month's Tech Tip video Eric Santos will explai...
After graduating from the University of Illinois in 2003 with a degree in political science, Farhanah Faruque began a career in education policy research. Working behind a desk, t...
MAHOMET — Ava Boyd was, admittedly, a bit tired when she pulled into her house on July 31.
A 2:30 a.m. wakeup and subsequent two-hour car ride from Eugene, Ore., to the Portlan...
URBANA — What do robotics, public speaking, filmmaking and dancing with Beyoncé’s choreographer have in common?
They’re all things students in the NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural...
RANTOUL — One three-letter acronym (AT&T) will give way to another (RCS) on the front of a building on the former Chanute Air Force Base airport grounds.
Construction is underw...
After graduating from Illinois State University, Champaign native Katie Lessaris traveled the world, teaching in International Baccalaureate schools in Sweden, the Netherlands and...
Dave Hinton CHAMPAIGN — Countless former Champaign schoolchildren know Carlyle Johnson as the instrumental music teacher from their formative years.
An older generation has a...
Growing up, Nicola Grohler enjoyed helping her mother in her special-education class in Sullivan. After graduating from Sullivan High School, though, Grohler decided to go a diffe...
Growing up in a military family, Serra Nicolette moved constantly, spending time living in Alabama, Arizona, Texas and Illinois, along with six years in Germany. When she went to ...
(The Hill ) – Panic has turned to preparation for professors and teachers as they look ahead to a new school year dealing with artificial intelligence.
Educators have had sever...
After attending the University of Illinois on a suggestion from her high school orchestra conductor, Jackie Martin thought she would become a music teacher. She quickly changed co...
The new online education licensure program will allow college graduates to earn a teaching license. The program can be completed in approximately 12 months for secondary educat...
On June 29, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed SB 2390 (now PA-103-0111 ) into law. It is effective immediately. The law provides an extension for the Short-Term substitute teacher ap...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A new law signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this month is trying to curb bullying at Illinois schools.
One part of the law requires schools to...
CARBONDALE — Southern Illinois University Carbondale is launching a new online undergraduate program in elementary education this fall for working professionals, as part of its ef...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois lawmakers passed a plan this spring to create a statewide literacy plan to help young people become proficient readers. That proposal arrived o...
St. John Lutheran School and Little Lamb Preschool in Champaign are seeking a Middle School Math/Science Teacher, Classroom Aides, and After School Care Assistants for the 2023-2...
First grade teacher Katelyn Shamhart has spent 14 years at Bottenfield Elementary School in Champaign. Submitte
Coming from her family, it’s no surprise that Kately...
Do you have a Substitute Authorization packet from the Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education? If you have a license that expires on June 30, 2023, this is a reminder that yo...
Before you leave your classroom for the summer these tasks can help you to make sure your license is up to date to start a new school year in August.
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In her 17 years teaching alternative education, Margo McLane Elson has learned better than to focus solely on education.
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CHAMPAIGN — On Day 2 of National Teacher Appreciation Week, 500 hooti...
UHS freshman Simon Hamilton’s ‘Spinning’ received a district office award from Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski.
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Iris Morales has worked as a fourth- and fifth-grade bilingual teacher at Pleasant Acres Elementary School for the last two years, after moving to Rantoul 10 years ago from he...
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Christina Japuntich has taught students with the most profound needs as a Secondary Life Skills teacher for the Champaign Unit 4 School District for the last five years. F...
Family members and friends of late Champaign Central alum Drew Adams were joined by players and coaches of the Central and Centennial baseball teams prior to Tuesday's game at...
CHAMPAIGN — Farah Scott placed her stamp upon the Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend 5-kilometer race last year.
She clocked the third-fastest time among all female athletes...
Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF) will honor four teachers in 2023 with the Shining Star Awards. Selected Unit 4 and District 116 teachers are nominated by their peers a...
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Jane Liao, Multilingual Teacher’s Assistant-Urbana Middle School
Jerry Moreland, Studen...
CUSF announces its NEW 2023 Super Star Award for Unit 4 and District 116 support staff and paraprofessionals. Kelly Hill, CUSF Executive Director notes, “Our schools would simply...
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Second grade teacher Kendra Brauer has taught at Barkstall Elementary School in Champaign for the last four years after stops in Oswego, Kingston, and Lexington, S.C.
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Throughout the school year, the National Honor Society kids at Fisher High take part in a number of community service projects.
Sunday’s chilly walk-a-thon, however, held extra...
Jeff D'Alessio URBANA — By 5-1-1 vote — with Ravi Hasanadka the lone “no” and Brian Ogolsky abstaining — the Urbana school board extended Superintendent Jennifer Ivory-Tatum’s c...
JIM ROSSOW jrossow@news-gazette.com Today, Champaign Holy Cross will make school history by sending its five-member girls’ bowling team to state in Joliet.
The impressive...
BOB ASMUSSEN asmussen@news-gazette.com Attention to all smart shoppers in the area: Champaign Central High School’s National Honor Society has clothing deals for you.
The...
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JIM ROSSOW jrossow@news-gazette.com Mary Holsten was tickled pink when a group of students and staff arrived at her house Saturday morning, armed with rakes, chainsaws and t...
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By JOEY WRIGHT jwright@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — Shayna Singh didn’t pick up a bow and arrow until just before starting high school at Champaign Central.
Four years la...
In her 25th year at St. Joseph Middle School, language-arts teacher Amber Garrison is well into her second generation of students.
Teaching the kids of former students is “such...
URBANA — The Urbana school board has approved a new three-year contract with its teachers union.
The contract, already ratified a week ago by the Urbana Education Association, ...
CHAMPAIGN — Nichole Millage noticed the knee-length socks Katie Holloway Bridge was wearing over her prosthetic leg when her new teammate walked into her first Team USA sitting vo...
MIAMI — John and Kim Lindgren are accustomed to receiving whiplash-inducing news from their middle of three children, Jeff Lindgren.
Such is the life of being a professional ba...
CHAMPAIGN — The storied Champaign Central boys’ basketball program is in the market for a new head coach.
And the Maroons will need to fill a noteworthy void in their athletics...
Do you have a license that will expire on June 30, 2023? Starting Saturday, April 1, 2023, you will be able to log in and renew. ISBE has updated the guides to help you through ...
By DEBRA PRESSEY dpressey@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — There was a time when a doctor predicted Summer Nagele would never be able to walk, talk or eat on her own.
Her par...
By COLIN LIKAS clikas@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — Josh Pierce is an uncompromisingly positive human being.
The St. Thomas More senior nearly always sports a smile on his f...
MAHOMET — When ag teacher/FFA adviser Jennifer Wherley joined the teaching staff at Mahomet-Seymour High School 21 years ago, there were 17 students in the ag program.
Today, t...
RANTOUL, Ill., (WCIA) — One Rantoul principal is back from Washington D.C. after presenting at the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) conference with educators from ac...
How did the Illinois state archery tournament end up in Champaign?
The credit is shared by multiple stakeholders, including the state's coaches, Champaign's Unit 4 school distr...
URBANA — Urbana students and staff returned from spring break this week with heavy hearts.
At tonight's school board meeting, there was a moment of silence held for Montrell Em...
After graduating from Illinois State University in 2014, Mahomet-Seymour graduate Hillary Veitch decided to venture far away from her hometown. She moved to South Korea, where she...
This morning the FCC announced their ACP Outreach grant recipients this morning and Illinois organizations received 7 grant awards, totaling over $1.8 million! This is wonderful n...
TOLONO, Ill. (WCIA) — Unity High School in Tolono has raised thousands of dollars over the years with its “Great Auction.” This year was only the second time back since the pandem...
After earning a bachelor’s degree in integrative biology from the University of Illinois and master’s degrees in plant biology and science education, Alex Riley took his first job...
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CHAMPAIGN — For inspiring the fifth-graders she teaches “through her positivity, belief that any student can learn and her dedication to creating a classroom with a culture of lea...
After 169 straight Sundays of asking local leaders about their philosophy on meetings, we have a winner.
Here’s MEGAN HUNTER , the no-mincing-words principal at Mahomet’s Linc...
URBANA — Learning content and tutoring resources for local schoolchildren, wrapped in the familiar guise of a social media platform.
That’s the framework of a new, ambitious Un...
RANTOUL — In his one week on the job, the new part-time help at Rantoul’s Broadmeadow Elementary has been an instant hit with the little ones, helping out with their reading, thei...
In total, Kim Clemmons has spent 45 years in the Fisher school district, including 13 as a student.
Throughout her 32 years of teaching fifth grade, sixth grade, technology int...
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After teaching English in France and on Reunion Island, which is just east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, Laura Furrer decided to come home.
For the last three years, Furre...
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Jodi Saunders knew she wanted to be a teacher from the time she was a young child, when she taught her younger brother and dolls in her family’s basement.
That she’d spend her ...
URBANA — Faced with the possibility of their beloved elementary closing next school year, several parents and staffers — many dressed in Wiley-themed garb — urged the Urbana schoo...
By ETHAN SIMMONS esimmons@news-gazette.com URBANA — The short- and long-term future of Urbana’s 73-year-old Wiley Elementary School will be up for discussion at tonight’s Ur...
CHAMPAIGN — Champaign Central High School’s chess team scored a checkmate in its first year competing as a member of the Illinois High School Association. It qualified for the sta...
For Brian Bajer, the career search was an easy one. The former Southern Illinois baseball player never considered another profession.
In his 10th year at Mahomet-Seymour, Bajer...
Opening her students’ eyes to something new and fascinating, like the science of genetics, is one of the aspects of teaching that Sydney Amos has loved most during her two years i...
Lyndsey Breymeyer knew early in life she wanted to be a teacher. When she fell in love with music, the Urbana High School graduate found a perfect match in music education. After...
Shortly after his arrival at Champaign’s South Side Elementary in 2019, Principal Christian Mahone felt something was missing — basketball.
Specifically, games and practices fo...
URBANA — On her trip to Tutwiler, Miss., last November with the Urbana High School Habitat for Humanity Club, senior Halie Thompson took notes.
She learned several useful skill...
CHAMPAIGN — Members of the Centennial High archery team need only look at one of their teammates for inspiration at Saturday’s tournament to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research H...
Have you been hired as a Substitute Teacher or a Paraprofessional? We have step-by-step instructions for the Substitute License, Short-Term Substitute License, Paraprofessional Li...
The following educators in Champaign-Ford ROE 9 have renewed their National Board Certification. Congratulations on your accomplishment! Alison Barnes - Gifford #188 Renee Hunt ...
The following educators recently obtained their National Board Certification. Congratulations on your accomplishment! Amanda Lappin - Urbana #116 Sunny McMurry - Champaign Unit ...
CHAMPAIGN — A junior high school runner once asked Mike Osterbur to pledge money for every lap she completed during a walk-a-thon fundraiser.
The Champaign Central boys’ golf c...
Certificate will be known as the State of Illinois High School Diploma starting January 1st
(December 21, 2022) – A new law in 2023 will remove a long-standing stigma fo...
On Wednesdays, we’ll introduce the students who make up Year 7 of High School Confidential. Next up: Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley’s Katie Steidinger. Follow her on Instagram (@ __kts...
TOLONO — Bill Behrends remembers an obvious question during his interview to be Unity High’s next principal.
“You’re coming in after a guy that’s been here 21 years. What do yo...
After starting her teaching career in Los Angeles, Mindy Moberg moved to Champaign to pursue her master’s degree in school social work from the University of Illinois.
She’s sp...
Savannah Grammer has been working at GameDay Spirit since her sophomore year at Mahomet-Seymour High School. She spends time at the store’s warehouse and also helps at events.
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The following information can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message from November 29, 2022. For more information and contact information please view the newsletter. The 41st annual...
On Wednesdays, we’ll introduce the talented students who make up Year 7 of High School Confidential, powered by Danville Area Community College. Next up: Urbana senior Jennifer Ar...
CHAMPAIGN — A multi-use Unit 4 facility is ready for its upgrades.
The Champaign school district will spend $11.2 million of its American Rescue Plan Act funds over the next co...
URBANA — Urbana Bands’ “Room to Grow” campaign is more than halfway to its $100,000 fundraising goal, with “50,000-something” already committed, group leader and retired 30-year t...
The talented Champaign Central students involved in this week’s production of “Matilda” won’t be the only stars of the show.
Decker Theatre is a big draw, too.
Thursday mark...
HOMER — A lifelong educator who turned a summer job into a swim-education empire is being remembered as “a great guy” and a “second dad.”
Bruce Miller of rural Homer died in hi...
As painful as the pandemic was for educators everywhere, it produced both of BRIAN BROOKS ' no-doubt-about-it favorite moments in his seven-plus years as St. Joseph-Ogden superin...
Described as “students who lead the charge” at Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School, twins Mason and Morgan Uden gave us a glimpse of their winning personality during Sunday’s “Faces o...
The best way for kindergartners to learn, teacher Kerry Hanson said, isn’t by sitting at a desk and putting pencil to paper.
After more than 20 years teaching young children, i...
Likely on the way out: Unit 4’s elementary “schools of choice” model, which Superintendent Shelia Boozer this week summarized as a failed initiative that “resulted in little to no...
“That’s a mic drop,” Superintendent Jennifer Ivory-Tatum said after all seven school board members voted in favor of a package of proposals designed to lure more substitute teache...
WESTVILLE — Now that the Westville school district has been chosen to receive $5.8 million for electric school buses, Superintendent Seth Miller said the next step is evaluating w...
MAHOMET — A group of Mahomet area residents and business people toured the junior high school this week to get an idea of the overcrowding at the school.
Voters will head to th...
CHAMPAIGN — As he stood in front of around 60 community members Tuesday night in the gymnasium of Garden Hills Academy, David Sturtz wasn’t surprised by the tenor of response he a...
URBANA — A committee of Urbana school district teachers, parents and administrators recommended that the district consolidate its two-school elementary English-Spanish dual-langua...
URBANA — The way Urbana High School senior Amari Johnson sees it, all students should get a chance to visit with representatives from historically Black colleges and universities ...
After beginning her career in education 26 years ago as a substitute teacher and teacher’s aide, Carol Wood fell in love with working with children. She decided to return to schoo...
Sophia and Max Libman were born on the same day in December 2005.
The Libman twins aren’t identical. You can tell them apart both physically and in their interests.
In sport...
CHAMPAIGN — Shortly after he arrived at work last Monday morning at 5:30 a.m., St. Thomas More maintenance worker Melvin Peete stepped outside to take out a bag of garbage when he...
The giant state championship trophy wasn’t the only treat awaiting the 163 kids of Gifford Grade School on Monday.
Everyone was treated to ice cream bars as well.
“It’s been...
Urbana High School’s Class of 1962 celebrated its 60th reunion on Sept. 24 at Jupiter’s at the Crossing in Champaign.
Here’s more on the Tigers and a wonderful weekend, courtes...
URBANA — Some Urbana High schoolers managed to bring home a victory on their home turf during Homecoming Week.
Without a varsity football team to take the field, UHS classes sh...
He has 429 wins and a trip to state under his belt as Champaign Central High School’s well-established baseball coach. Yet John Staab decided this year to return to coaching at th...
Congratulations to Champaign Edison, St. Joseph and Gifford for reaching the IESA state baseball tournament. All three teams will play quarterfinal games Friday in East Peoria. T...
CHAMPAIGN — Champaign Central’s varsity football team made itself at home at McKinley Field on Saturday afternoon.
Though Wheaton St. Francis claimed a 69-14 win in the venue’s...
The resilient kids at Fisher High School are treating homecoming week like any other — even in the absence of a varsity football program.
They decorated hallways and worked on ...
CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign school district’s school-placement program will likely receive an overhaul next summer.
In a presentation at Monday night’s board meeting, consulti...
Of course the Urbana High School Marching Tigers would like to be playing at varsity football games this season. It’s part of what they do.
But when the 2022 varsity season was...
Justin Barnhart doesn’t care much for down time.
When he’s not teaching physical education at Centennial, the Urbana native keeps himself busy as the school’s assistant athleti...
Amanda Jansen grew up with her head buried in books, so it made sense that she taught seventh- and eighth-grade literature at Fisher Junior Senior High for the last 18 years.
W...
CHAMPAIGN — Answers to many of neighborhood residents’ questions about a first-of-its-kind Saturday afternoon Central High varsity football game at McKinley Field were provided Mo...
Hall of Fame high school basketball coach Lee Cabutti has died.
He was 97. Cabutti coached basketball in Champaign for 29 years, winning more games than anyone in school distr...
The impact that Myron Luth had on the softball scene at Heritage schools will be easy to spot on Saturday, many of his former players returning for a tournament in his name at the...
OMNI Youth Services is hosting a parent and community webinar on Thursday, September 29 with Special Agent Greg Czaczkowski from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to prov...
Whether they’re found around Champaign-Urbana, like the one discovered at Rose Bowl Tavern, or across the country, like the one found in LaGuardia Airport in New York City, or aro...
GIBSON CITY — With an open date on its football schedule this week, the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley football team and others associated with the school will get together tonight to ...
PAXTON — The newest member of the social work team at Paxton's Clara Peterson Elementary enjoys listening to young readers, performing the occasional trick and having his belly ru...
The organizers of Centennial High School’s Class of 1972 50-year reunion got to work early. Very, very early.
Five years ago, to be exact. “It started right after the 45th,” s...
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As a Champaign Central High School alum, I think the renovations that were made are amazing.
It’s a great feeling to go back to visit and see the many changes to the building. ...
SPRINGFIELD — Five years ago this month, Illinois lawmakers passed legislation that overhauled the way public schools in the state are funded.
The so-called Evidence Based Fund...
Taren Nance is loud in every sense.
Whether the second-year Urbana High School principal is wearing one of his brightly colored shirts with a matching fedora and complementary ...
No need for the kids at Heritage Elementary in Homer to go buy pencils, crayons and markers. The nice folks at Homer New Life Church of Faith have them covered.
For the third y...
Growing up in Mexico, Thalia Rodriguez Flores never had the newest toys, but economic limitations never had an effect on the amount of fun she could have. “I remember that I spen...
While the first year of her teaching career in 2020-21 was unprecedented, Booker T. Washington second-grade teacher Tracy Brown took positives out of the experience.
“I was one...
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The mission for University Laboratory High School students — if they choose to accept it — “rescue” library dragon mascot, Pickles.
It’s part of an elaborate escape-room set up...
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The following information was found in ISBE's Weekly Newsletter from April 19, 2022. The 2022-23 ISBE Student Advisory Council (SAC) application is now available! Please share...
This Friday, April 1, 2022, educators who hold a renewable license with an expiration date of 06/30/2022 can log into their ELIS account to begin the renewal process. To help in t...
The following information on Student Opportunities can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message from March 22, 2022. Nominations are now open for the 4th annual CompTIA ChannelPro Cec...
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For additional information on Computer Science Education week, please read ISBE's Weekly message from November 23, 2021. Computer Science Education Week gives us a chance to i...
Eastern Illinois University’s College of Education will host I’ll Teach: Exploring the Power and Possibilities of Teaching on Saturday December 4, 2021 from 12-1:30pm. This is a f...
URBANA — Urbana school children who need a helping hand lost a powerhouse last week.
Janice M. Mitchell, 58, of Urbana, founder of the Urbana Neighborhood Connections Center, d...
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CHAMPAIGN — After 10 months of quarantine, with a lot of time on his hands, Dwayne Hubbard Jr. needed something to break the mo...
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Another week, another wave of social media ‘challenges’ tempting students on TikTok and putting school administrators on high alert from coast to coa...
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Twenty-one high schoolers from across the state will serve as student advisers to ISBE
SPRINGFIELD – Twenty-one high school students have been chosen to serve on the ...
By ETHAN SIMMONS esimmons@news-gazette.com SAVOY — Minutes after watching 20-year professional Justin McMullen solder, braise and clamp a pipe joint with a ProPress, 14 loca...
The News-Gazette is staffing each Illinois football home game in 2021
with a Junior Reporter. Eryn Taylor
, a sixth-grader at Franklin STEAM Academy in Champaign, worked Sat...
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Jim Rossow On Saturday in Champaign, swimmers and divers from four area high schools took to the pool for what has become an annual service project.
This year’s goal: Raise $...
We had the pool to ourselves.
That can happen when you take your kids to the pool in late August. By that point, most parents have been burned out from nearly three months of d...
Jim Rossow We ask our reporters who cover Illini athletics to remain unbiased in their approach.
But we’ll cut Renee Anderson some slack.
“She wants the Illini to win — th...
COLIN LIKAS clikas@news-gazette.com ST. JOSEPH — Longtime St. Joseph-Ogden football coach Dick Duval died Thursday morning following an extended battle with pancreatic cancer....
By DEBRA PRESSEY dpressey@news-gazette.com URBANA — As more of their beds fill up with COVID-19 patients, administrators at local hospitals are appealing to the thousands of u...
ST. JOSEPH — Abby McDonald was scared.
Sitting in her empty classroom at St. Joseph Grade School on a Sunday in early November nearly 13 years go, all sorts of thoughts wandere...
WCIA — The IHSA Board of Directors voted Monday to adopt a new mask enforcement policy, in an effort to make sure member schools adhere to the state’s current Executive Order 85 m...
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA)– COVID-19 testing ramped up as K-12 students returned to class in the last couple of weeks.
So, does this mean testing sites have been busier? Early si...
By DEBRA PRESSEY dpressey@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — From last-minute bus-schedule changes to pushback on the state mask mandate, area schools are opening for a new year ...
SPRINGFIELD — A capacity crowd packed into the Illinois State Board of Education room on Wednesday as many more stood outside the building to protest the state’s new indoor mask m...
By Anthony Zilis azilis@news-gazette.com The 275 sweet-potato plants she planted last year grew and grew, blanketing the barnyard the Mahomet-Seymour junior borrowed for the s...
by Jeff D'Alessio Following a competitive national search for their next head of school last winter, Countryside’s board of directors came to realize that the best person for th...
It’s a new day for learning in Unit 4,” new-to-town Superintendent SHELIA BOOZER (above) told Brian Barnhart on Monday’s “A Penny for Your Thoughts.”
Among their topics of conv...
By ETHAN SIMMONS esimmons@news-gazette.com URBANA — What kind of experience prepares you to become an officer of diversity, equity and inclusion?
At a glance, Brandon Caf...
The following information can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message from August 3, 2021. ISBE is launching a new interactive tool that allows students to make informed decisions ab...
The following information can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message from August 3, 2021. Scroll to the bottom of the newsletter for the Student Opportunities section for an informati...
By DEBRA PRESSEY dpressey@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — It was just two weeks ago that the Mahomet-Seymour school board approved a reopening plan.
Given the changing land...
Jeff D'Alessio is editor of The News-Gazette. His email is jdalessio@news-gazette.com She coached Division I basketball at Nebraska and Western Illinois, directed development at ...
By DAVE HINTON dhinton@news-gazette.com
High school marching band programs around the state are out in full force this week, holding camps in preparation for the season.
U...
By ANTHONY ZILIS azilis@news-gazette.com URBANA — Three years ago, the Urbana school district commissioned a land-use study for its middle and high school campuses, which laid...
Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education #9 Earns Cognia System Accreditation
( Champaign, Illinois – 072821) – Regional Superintendent Gary L...
By PETER HANCOCK news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — Students with special needs will be able to finish their last year of high school regardless of when their birthday ...
By JEFF D’ALESSIO jdalessio@news-gazette.com A not-so-bold pandemic prediction from Unity school Superintendent ANDY LARSON in the wake of the latest round of new mask gui...
By Anthony Zilis azilis@news-gazette.co m CHAMPAIGN — Bonnie Blair was mostly among football players when she’d venture to the cage at the top of Centennial High School’s gym, ...
By ANTHONY ZILIS azilis@news-gazette.com TOLONO — The halls and parking lots at Unity High School are quiet for the first summer in years. Construction projects had become an ...
RANTOUL — The emptiness of the building struck Broadmeadow Elementary School janitor Jerry Justice when the pandemic first broke out during the spring of 2020.
In his 21 years ...
CHAMPAIGN — Andy Place was, for a time, an assistant coach on Jeff Finke’s Champaign Central boys’ basketball staff.
Beyond that, the 40-year-old’s seven-year stint with the Ma...
ST. JOSEPH — Last July, school plans were in flux, constantly changing as new COVID-19 data came in. Knowing how schools would operate simply wasn’t possible.
This year, St. Jo...
The following information is from ISBE's Weekly Message from July 20, 2021. Educators who are interested can find contact information under Educator Opportunities in the right-han...
The following was found in ISBE's Weekly Message from July 20, 2021. For information on submitting a nomination, please see the Educator Recognition section in the right-hand sid...
The new theater and bright, wide-open cafeteria and commons area at Champaign Central High School are merely shells of what they will be inside the new academic addition that was ...
Shelia Boozer was so wired after her final interview with the Unit 4 school board on Jan. 20 that when midnight rolled around, she was wide awake.
After all, this was the first...
A building that holds school memories for many will be reduced to dust starting next month, a year after its 100th birthday.
Myna Thompson School, opened in 1920, will be demo...
Retired Capt. Anthony Corapi’s naval career ended where it began.
The Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla., where Corapi flew his first P-3 Orion fighter jet, is where he an...
Registration for the 2021-2022 school year will be as follows: Tuesday, August 3rd from 12-6 pm Wednesday, August 4th from 8am to 2 pm Registration will take place both days on...
The following information was found in the ISBE's Weekly Message from June 29, 2021. For more information and to register, please see the information under Professional Developmen...
The footprint of the new International Prep Academy building had already been dug when the official groundbreaking for the school was held in April.
A few weeks later, though, ...
Uni High’s interim director will be sticking around as its official director and principal, pending approval from the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
Elizabeth Majer...
When President Amy Armstrong called for a motion Monday night to approve Kendra Bonam as the next principal at Bottenfield Elementary, Unit 4 school board members Bruce Brown and ...
As he spoke to a pair of students at a recent meet and greet, new Urbana High principal Taren Nance tried to make it clear that they’d see an atypical principal when they arrived ...
On the north edge of Blair Park, several large trees tower over a young one, which in turn casts a shadow over a small marker.
Both the tree and plaque are gifts from the Urban...
Samantha Hartfield called it a “leap of faith” when she moved from her hometown of Beaumont, Miss., to Champaign to start her career as a deaf educator at Carle Auditory Oral Scho...
From Shakespeare to Monty Python, the cast of Heritage High School’s upcoming production of the musical comedy “Spamalot” is a well-seasoned troupe. And director Justin Lee apprec...
#KidsDoingGoodThings
Because of COVID-19 interruptions and restrictions, the kids at Heritage High School didn’t have to take final exams this year.
So how’d the Hawks celeb...
For many years, John Page watched his father, Keith, stage musicals and plays at Centennial High School. Little could the younger Page have known that years later he would be help...
As J.R. Stillwell meandered upstairs during Champaign Central’s open house Monday, looking at the new additions, the 71-year-old memories came flooding back.
Stillwell went to ...
The kindergarten students at Champaign’s South Side Elementary who are learning remotely this year have never set foot in their classrooms, and that means many of the them have li...
SPRINGFIELD — The state will invest $225 mil- lion to expand the University of Illinois’ SHIELD rapid saliva testing for COVID-19 to middle and high school students across the sta...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — A teacher with Champaign schools is a 2021 recipient of the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching.
Dominique McCotter’s family, students, and c...
The following information is found in ISBE's Weekly Message under Educator Opportunities . Applications are now open for the 2021 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teac...
Back by popular demand: Gibson City’s clever and uplifting Reverse Parade.
On Friday night, the 60 or so seniors at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School will spread out on a d...
The Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School National Honors Society decided to make the end of the year a little extra special for their teachers. To read the entire article, click on th...
In May and June, we’ll be spotlighting the Class of 2021. Today:
Each year, the Township Officials of Illinois award seven $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors based on s...
In the third and final chapter of our Sunday miniseries, we asked members of the high school Class of 2021: What are the top three items on your 10-year bucket list? Read the e...
URBANA — When Uni High graduate Phillip Rowell was helping put together a list of lecturers for the 2021 Carle Foundation Day, he decided to call some of his former classmates.
...
Welcome to Year 5 of High School Confidential, an award-winning project made possible by aspiring student journalists from every corner of our circulation area. Each Friday throug...
Allyssa Harpst never imagined she’d be able to teach students to read in Braille over a video call, but that’s exactly what she was called to do last year, when school went fully ...
Theology Teacher
The High School of Saint Thomas More is seeking a Theology teacher for the 2021-2022 school year. Ideal candidates are authentic, compassionate, missio...
Math Teacher
The High School of Saint Thomas More is seeking an Algebra II teacher for the 2021-2022 school year. Ideal candidates are authentic, compassionate, mission...
Chemistry Teacher
The High School of Saint Thomas More is seeking a Sophomore level Chemistry teacher for the 2021-2022 school year. Ideal candidates are authentic, com...
Biology Teacher
The High School of Saint Thomas More is seeking a Junior level Biology teacher for the 2021-2022 school year. Ideal candidates are authentic, compassion...
School Counselor
The School Counselor supports students in their academic, moral and spiritual formation. This person oversees student academic and social emotional gr...
Assistant Principal/Dean of Students
The Assistant Principal/Dean of Students works closely with the Principal to ensure a safe academic environment for all students an...
Students in Urbana are being recognized for their hard work. The Urbana Project Ignition Team was awarded several awards. The group wants to promote driver safety for teens.
On...
Job Opening ; 4th Grade Teacher Click on the link for more information and how to apply. https://tinyurl.com/358wv9x2
“Theater is meant to be live ... to involve your audience,” says Ellen Ericson, producer of the Mahomet-Seymour Drama Club’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors.” Full story in...
Champaign Unit 4 School District will be offering a special vaccination clinic for Unit 4 students who are 16 years and older. Entire story in link https://tinyurl.com/5d9djkte ...
PAXTON — It might not seem like a big thing, but it meant one more move toward normalcy.
On Tuesday, Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School announced that all students would be able t...
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Here is the link for the partnership for Elementary Education and Special Education. Please click on the link and contact EIU if you are interested in more information. There is ...
The following information is found in ISBE's Weekly Message dated 04/13/2021. The information is located in the right sidebar under Professional Development. Please visit the web...
In order to help you find License Renewal Information and Professional Development Information, we have put together a new webpage that will directly link to the resources you nee...
Do you need to renew your license this year? Beginning April 1, 2021, you will be able to log in to your ELIS account to renew your license. Renewal information can be found here...
Beginning April 1, 2021, you may login to your Educator Licensure Information System (ELIS) account to renew your license. Please refer to the updated documentation from the ISBE...
In November of 2018, we posted a news feed article featuring Careers in Agriculture . Yesterday, a volunteer from an environmental club reached out to say thank you and to share a...
The following information was found in ISBE's Weekly Message from March 2, 2021. Nia Lambert of Chicago and Jordynn Huskisson of Fisher have been selected as Illinois' top ...
This week we have received a number of phone calls asking for information on GED classes offered through the Adult Education Program.
GED® classes can be taken through Parkland...
We have been receiving a number of phone calls with questions on how to register for the ILTS Content exams. PearsonVue has the following information online for scheduling the ...
Are you ready to obtain your Administrative endorsement in Illinois? Review requirements at https:// isbe.net/Pages/Professional-Educator-License-Administrative-Endorsements.aspx...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Special Education Programs, and Institute of Education Sciences would like to share reso...
The following information was found in ISBE's weekly Message from December 8, 2020, under Student Opportunities. Fermilab has announced its TARGET internship program for stude...
Title I Literacy Interventionist Please click on the link above for more information and how to apply.
High School Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Please click on the link above for more information and how to apply.
Spanish Dual Language High School Chemistry/Physics Teacher (2021-2022 School Year) Please click on the link above for more information and how to apply.
Job Opening : UHS Auto Tech CTE Teacher Please click on the link above for more information and how to apply.
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Long Term Substitute Industrial Tech Teacher
Heather was nominated based on the impact she makes here at Urbana Early Childhood School. Heather is a leader within our building. She supports her fellow colleagues with instruc...
National Special Education Day commemorates the anniversary of the nation’s first federal special education law. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was signed ...
This year, in an attempt to keep class sizes small, we've divided our fifth grade classes into three sections. However, at Fisher Grade School, we only have two fifth grade teache...
Great News from Fisher Grade School
Ms. Boyd has been our school nurse working out of the Homer K-8 building for 18 years. Before COVID became an issue, she was already viewed as one of the most respected and liked...
The following information was found in the ISBE Weekly Message on November 24, 2020. Congratulations to Ellen Ericson – the 2020 Illinois Foreign Language Teacher of the Year...
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DONATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 24th, 2020 CU Schools Foundation (CUSF) has been an integral part of supporting student success in t...
Mrs. Lindenmeyer teachers Dual Credit English and English III at St. Joseph-Ogden High School. She possesses an unmatched ability to make connections with her students and get the...
Mrs. Nuss is the glue of Gibson City- Melvin- Sibley District. She bridges the 3 buildings with curriculum and communication. She actively engages staff, students, families, and c...
Fall 2020 Learning Plans for Districts Responding to the ISBE Survey (PreK-12)
Urbana High's new show -- 'Muthvash' -- goes virtual as students rise to challenge ...
Please refer to the Curriculum and Instruction Section of ISBE's Weekly Message from November 4, 2020 for learning resources that are available for Veterans Day.
Starting November 1, 2020 our office hours will be:
Monday - Thursday: 8:00 - 4:30 Friday: 8:00 - 4:00
We will be open to the public by appointment only. Please call 217...
The following information was found in the Student Opportunities section of ISBE's Weekly Message from October 27, 2020. The Illinois Tollway, in partnership with Blick Art Mat...
The following information is from ISBE's Weekly Message dated October 27, 2020. Please visit the link for additional information and resources. Colleges and universities acros...
The new Illinois State Board of Education Career Guide is now available for the 2020-21 school year.
ISBE Information on How to Become a Substitute Teacher
The Week of October 19 - 23 is National School Bus Safety Week. This year's theme is "Red Light Means STOP!". Visit https://www.napt.org/nsbsw for information on the 2020 Poster ...
Teaching in a Pandemic story from the NG
Story from the News Gazette about a former Fisher Student
The following information can be found in the September 22, 2020, ISBE's Weekly Message under Student Opportunities in the right-hand sidebar. Please visit the link for the Expre...
Proposal to partially re-open Unit 4 schools from the NG article
The following information can be found in the September 22, 2020, ISBE's Weekly Message under Student Opportunities in the right-hand sidebar. Please refer to the link for helpfu...
Urbana District #116 School Medication Nurse (Thomas Paine and Wiley)
For a calendar of local Professional Development Opportunities please visit the ROE SchoolWorks website . The following information can be found in the right sidebar under Profe...
For more details and registration information, please visit the ISBE's Weekly Message from September 9, 2020. The information can be found in the right sidebar under Professional...
This information was found in the September 9, 2020, ISBE's Weekly Message under Student Opportunities in the right sidebar. Please click the link to get the signup information....
Nice article in the NG today about Urbana #116 Urbana #116
Great article about a student in Champaign County. News from Countryside School
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Our office will be closed on Monday, September 7, 2020 in observance of Labor Day.
For more information on registration and the Tiers, please refer to ISBE's Weekly message from August 25, 2020. The information is in the right-hand sidebar under Student Opportun...
Please see the full Press Release here . Illinois residents can access a discount on the first purchase of each high school equivalency exam subject. The discount will reduce...
Please refer to ISBE's Weekly message for information on registration. The link will be in the right sidebar under Professional Development Opportunities. Teaching Full Capaci...
Please refer to ISBE's Weekly Message from August 25, 2020 for more information regarding dates and prizes. The information can be found under District Opportunities in the righ...
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The 2019-2020 ROE 9 Annual Report was released today. 2019-2020 Annual Report
The following information can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message that was published on August 18, 2020. SHARE WITH ILLINOIS FAMILIES TO HELP THEM CLAIM STIMULUS CHECKS
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The following information is found in ISBE's Weekly Message dated August 18, 2020. Please visit the link for registration information. Ed Leaders Network is offering the follo...
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The following information can be found in ISBE's Weekly Message on August 11, 2020. ParenTeach invites high schools to participate in the statewide Parenting Education Pilot ...
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2nd Grade Remote Learning Teacher at MS
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1st Grade Teacher at MS
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Clinical Professional at Urbana
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For more information and the registration link, please refer to ISBE's Weekly Message posted on June 30, 2020. Educators at elementary schools and districts are invited to join...
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For more information on the requirements for the Substitute Teaching License or the Paraprofessional License, please visit the ISBE website . Application information can be fou...
Spanish Bilingual Title 1 Literacy Interventionist at Urbana
Mahomet Seymour - Action Based Learning Lab Instructor
Elem Dual Language Teacher - French
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Here is the most current information from ISBE on renewal of licenses.
29. Will ISBE amend renewal dates for educator licensure? (Updated 5/4/2020)
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Please click on the link below to find the nearest COVID 19 Testing site. COVID 19 Testing Sites
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Starting November 1, 2020 our office hours will be:
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JH Math at Gifford GS
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Social Work at GCMS
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Speech Language Pathologist at Mahomet Seymour
The Regional Office of Education staff will continue to work remotely until the end of May due to the Governor's extension of the Stay at Home directive. Please feel free to emai...
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Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant at GCMS
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M-S Supportive Services Teacher opening
Please click on the link below for more information and how to apply: 3rd Grade Teaching Opening at St. Joseph Grade School
If you have a license that expired on June 30, 2020, you can now log in to your ELIS account to renew your license. Please check out the following documents on the ISBE website i...
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If you have a Professional Educator License (PEL) that expires on 6/30/2020, you should be able to begin to renew your license as of April 1st. Start by logging in to your ELIS ac...
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"How do I enter Professional Development?" is a very common question this time of the year. If you have the same question, the Illinois State Board of Education has information on