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NWILED announces fourth entrepreneurial scholarship
HANOVER–Northwest Illinois Economic Development (NWILED) announces the fourth annual Build It Grow It Entrepreneurial Scholarship. All high school seniors in Jo Daviess and Carroll counties … more
Dupaco foundation to offer college scholarships
DUBUQUE–Applications for the 2021 Dupaco R.W. Hoefer Foundation College Scholarship Program are now available. The program awards a total of $40,000 to 20 students in two … more
Galena High School math teacher Randi Burken uses her computer during a hybrid lesson. Some of Burken’s students are in-person while others are online. The challenges of online learning can be difficult for some students to overcome as districts try to help those students stay equal to their peers who are at school.
Crossing the digital divide: Impacts of digital connectivity felt during the pandemic, districts try to adapt
GALENA–The pandemic has caused many concerns to those in education, whether to return to in-person learning, how education can be done in a socially-distant environment or what a remote … more
Galena Primary School has a long-standing tradition in fourth grade. Each year students construct individual gingerbread houses, sharing candy and inviting parents or guardians to join in the fun. This year, the tradition continued, albeit in an altered fashion because of the pandemic. The PTK helped purchase gingerbread house kits for the students, who then had time to put them together in class before displaying the finished projects in the library. Joshua Klein shows off his decked out house.
Gingerbread tradition
Southwestern student Keylee Dreessens works on a math game that the class shared with Southwestern fourth graders.
Making math fun: Southwestern’s college math class creates math games
HAZEL GREEN, Wis.–Southwestern math teacher Emily Herbst tries to find ways to connect her high school students with elementary students to show younger students that math can be fun. In a … more
Stockton FFA activities
Highland Community College forensics team members, from left: Dezi Brooks, Freeport; Kara Becker, Rockford; McKenna Peart, Scales Mound; and Mike Sherman, Davis.
Scales Mounds’s Peart on Highland forensics team
FREEPORT–McKenna Peart, a Scales Mound High School graduate, participated on the Highland Community College (HCC) forensics team during a challenging and successful semester. Since the … more
River Ridge FFA members Kylie Higher, left, and Mary Scott recently competed in a district Career Development Event focusing on job interviewing.
Mary Scott advances to FFA section competition
Interviewing for a job is a nerve-wracking experience, especially for the first time. Interview experience makes the applicant feel more confident to present oneself professionally at the actual … more
Preschool students at the Galena ARC had a couple special visitors in the days leading up to Christmas. Santa and Mrs. Claus stopped by to visit with the youngsters COVID-style. They chatted through the window. Emmett Poll watches as Santa and Mrs. Claus stop by to listen to wish lists.
Santa stops for a visit
The Galena Middle School Student Council recently completed its annual toy drive with the Galena Police Department. Toys will be distributed to local families as part of the police department’s annual giving campaign. From left, Officer Keith Brandel, Nevaeh Hauber, Caitlyn Soat, Ava Hahn, Claudia Liberg, Avery Stroyan, Ava Merritt, Jacob Loso, Travis Temperly and Everett Noble.
Galena Middle School toy drive
Southwestern School District held its spelling bee on Thursday, Dec. 17. Top competitors were Clayton Keleher, left, first place, and Avery Hahn, second place. Keleher and Hahn are both fifth graders.
Southwestern spelling bee winners
Ally Haase
Blackhawks of the month
STOCKTON–Each month Stockton Middle School students are recognized for going above and beyond to display Blackhawk Way expectations. Students have been nominated for special acts of being … more
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