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Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Village Board 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. https://www.villageofhinsdale.org On the draft agenda: changes to village parking ordinances, Historic Overlay District, holiday lighting and decorating contract, IGA with Tollway for stormwater detention Hinsdale Zoning Board of Appeals 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 Memorial Building, 19 E....
Craig Laurence Kruse, 50, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Sept. 9, 2022. The son of Ron and Roxanna Kruse, he was born in Belleville in 1972. He was raised in Herscher, where he discovered his passion for athletics. This included him helping secure a runner up state championship title in football during the 1988-89 season at Herscher High School and competing in shot put at state his senior year. He continued his athletic career at Augustana College...
Preparing for the Hinsdale Central Drama's upcoming production of "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" has been a departure for theater veteran Julianna Wittrock. "It's 30 plays in 60 minutes, ranging (across) all different genres," the senior said. They range from the whimsical, like the importance of hands, to the unsettling or philosophical. "I do one about wanting to shake my child to death," Wittrock related. "And I get to talk about the lyrics to 'Crank That' by Soul...
Hinsdale High School District 86 is hosting a series of Community Conversations. These events, which are aligned with the work of the Parent-Teacher Advisory Committee, will provide community members with the chance to learn about and discuss topics that are critical to the success of students, staff and schools. The first Community Conversation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the library at Hinsdale Central, 5500 S. Grant St. This session, will be focused on the district’s curriculum alignment work, r. T...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Board 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 Hinsdale Central High School 55th and Grant streets, https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: FY 2023 budget, 2022 levy presentation, school security update Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14 Memorial...
Summer construction projects delayed the start of school at Hinsdale Central, but the new spaces likely impressed students and staff when they returned to class Tuesday. One of the most noticeable is a new entrance along Grant Street, where the old entrance known as the "pool door" used to be. The Grant Street Plaza, as Hinsdale Central Principal Bill Walsh likes to call it, offers a much more appropriate first impression to the many who use this entrance. The area features a...
9U SILVER SHOWS STRONG EFFORT Nineteen new players (one returner) embarked on their Falcon Football career Sunday. On the backdrop of a warm, sun-splashed afternoon, the young Falcons traveled to Naperville to take on the Saints. It was a tightly contested affair. The Falcons’ offense — led by Nate Morris, Will Jones, Luke Hanson, AJ Siepker, Dario Rendina, Grant Garber, Keegan McCoskey and Harrison Kuzniar — blocked and ran hard all day. Teddy Ouimette scampered to the outside and was a shoelace away from giving the Falcons...
No one was injured in a bus-car collision Aug. 25 near Hinsdale Central High School, but some Hinsdale Middle School students on the bus left the scene, creating anxiety for parents. The bus was clipped by a car at 55th and Grant streets, according to Nick Shepkowski, communications director for Community Consolidated Elementary District 181. Police and fire personnel were already on the scene when district administrators arrived, he said. They were given a list of names of...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 Hinsdale Central High School, 55th and Grant streets https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public meetings on 36 S. Washington St. & 4 W. Hinsdale Ave. (Airoom facade improvements and sign permit), 18 E. Hinsdale Ave. (Zazu second floor window replacement) and 35 E. First St. (Fuller House facade improvements); sign permit review for 28 E. First...
After altering grading practices for the 2021-22 school year, educators in Hinsdale High School District 86 are making some modifications for the 2022-23 school year. “In general, we were always looking to evaluate the system we put into place,” said Chris Covino, assistant superintendent for academics. “Really, I think the urgency for revision came directly from our department chairs through their department meetings from their teachers. They had spent a year with the changes that we had made and wanted us to consider some...
An educator's passion for their field doesn't end when class is dismissed. At least that's the case with Hinsdale Central High School foreign language teachers Jennifer Klein-Chaney and Rebecca O'Connor, both of whom spent time this summer immersing themselves in the languages they teach. This summer's trip to France was more than a vacation for teacher Klein-Chaney. It was a chance to reconnect with family and friends while immersing herself once again in her native...
The benefits of serving one's community are many, said Hinsdale Hospital Foundation Junior Board President Maddie Molis, and some of them are delicious. Molis and others on the 150-member board are looking forward to the 68th ice cream social event from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. People of all ages from throughout the area are invited to Burlington Park in downtown Hinsdale for ice cream, a cake walk, games, an art project and a chance to support the work of the junior...
By Pamela Lannom [email protected] High school graduates from Hinsdale Central and one from Benet shared their thoughts on their upcoming collegiate careers and the high school memories they will carry with them. This is the second of a two-part series. The first installment ran Aug. 4. Sean Allison Drake University, football I'm looking forward to: building relationships with all of my new teammates and being able to start working out with my new team as we work towar...
By Sandy Illian Bosch [email protected] Hinsdale Central High School Spanish teacher Tonya Walery has been planning a summer trip to a Spanish-speaking destination for years, only to have the last two trips canceled due to COVID-19. This summer, her trip finally happened. Walery and a fellow teacher traveled to Mexico in July, where along with taking time to enjoy a bit of resort life, Walery took in the ancient ruins of Chichén Itzá and the culture of the Mayan p...
Long before she took her first engineering class at Hinsdale Central High School, Grace Deane knew a thing or two about using science to make life easier. Tasked with keeping her family's upstairs bathroom stocked with tissue, a much younger Deane used a basket and bungee cord to fashion a makeshift dumbwaiter to do the job. "I would dump all the toilet paper in there and then walk upstairs and pull the cord," she said. Now a senior at Hinsdale Central with several...
For many teachers, summer is a well-earned time to relax, recover and recharge after a busy school year. For Hinsdale Central High School teacher and soccer coach Mike Wiggins, the end of the school year is just the beginning. Wiggins started his Five Star Soccer Camps in 1994 at Hinsdale Middle School, attracting about 60 young players eager to learn the skills of the game. That first camp took place in the winter but quickly became a summer tradition for Wiggins and the...
Red Devil Nation and Hinsdale once again will be well represented among the freshmen on collegiate rosters this coming year. As these members of Hinsdale Central and Nazareth Academy's class of 2022 prepare for campus life, they've offered both poignant reflections on their high school experiences and anticipatory visions for the journey ahead. This is the first of a two-part feature on this group of standout athletes, with the second installment to appear in next week's...
Periodically we get emails identifying the best and worst cities and states pertaining to a variety of categories — biking, hiking, driving, taxes, etc. One recent missive identified the best states for pioneer women, as if there were tons of females across the country wondering where they should move to grow their own crops, herd their own cattle and heat their bath water on a stove. (In case you are one of those rare women, you should move to Texas and steer clear of Rhode Island.) Another recent email identified the b...
Each summer the Bank of America Student Leaders program chooses 300 high school juniors and seniors from across the country to gain leadership experience and develop skills while working with a nonprofit organization close to home. This summer, Sahan Sahgal of Hinsdale was among those 300 and one of five Chicago-area teens to embark on the eight-week endeavor. "I'm committed to helping out and giving back to my community," said Sahgal, who was introduced to the program by a...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their July 28 meeting, board members: • listened as Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said a preliminary look at recently released AP scores shows significant improvement in the district after a dip of about 10 percent last year. The district saw an 8-percent increase in the passing rate for a return to 2018 levels. A full report will be presented in October. • voted unanimously to put the fiscal year 2023 tentative budget on display on the district website and at...
Without realizing it, Olivia Ostrowski has been preparing for her summer job at the Hinsdale Public Library since childhood. "I spent a lot of time at the library as a little kid," Ostrowski said, taking part in the summer program that she helped to plan and run this year as youth services summer assistant. This wasn't the first library job for Ostrowski. Before graduating from Hinsdale Central High School in 2021, she worked at the library as a page. The job involved...
In the aftermath of World War II, Chicago's suburbs boomed as families sought more spacious environs. But the desire for an urban-like fine arts scene gave rise to groups to meet that demand, groups like the West Suburban Symphony Orchestra. Next month marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of WSSO. Originally established in 1947 through the former West Suburban YMCA in LaGrange Park at the request local residents, the Hinsdale-based organization now boasts a chorus, a...
Mary Elaine Shouvlin was known by many attributes: witty, stylish, loyal, cat lover, social justice champion. To her childhood best friend in Hinsdale, she was simply "Mares." "We spent all of our summers together," Cyndy Travis said. "She was very smart, always willing to try things and do things." And Mary adored her hometown, maintaining a residence in Hinsdale even as a new love named Raphael Shouvlin meant frequent trips to Florida, where he wanted to retire. She kept...
The months of June and July are precious to most teachers. After all, having summers free is one big perk in an often stressful and difficult job. But Hinsdale Central High School teachers Susan Grady and Jordan Stob said they'll never regret trading in a part of their summer break to serve as co-directors of summer school. "I have loved it all," said Stob, who joined Grady for the first time this summer. Grady, known as "Frau Grady" to students in her German language classes,...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, July 28 D86 Transition Center 16W361 S. Frontage Road, Suite 126 https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: FY 2023 tentative budget, policy revisions, network infrastructure management agreement, recognition of Hinsdale Central Alumni Association as supporting organization of D86 Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: public meetings on exterior appearance and site plan reviews for...
