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When we announced this summer that we were looking for new contributing columnists, we didn't expect to have the largest applicant pool we've seen in years. (Perhaps being stuck at home with nothing to do made people more likely to apply!) While I was happy to receive emails from so many people, it made the job of selecting new writers very difficult. We announced our three new columnists - Bret Conway, Gabriela Garcia and Alegra Waverley - and our retuning writer, Kelly...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business Sept. 10, board members: • voted 7-0 to issue almost $46.1 million in bonds, the third bond sale related to the $139.8 million building referendum voters approved in an April 2019 referendum. The sale is expected to generate $50.6 million in proceeds, due to a “premium” (bonds trade above their “par” or face value). The district received a premium on its first two bond sales as well, receiving $70 million from its first sale of $62.26 million and $34.9 million f...
Some students will be back in the buildings at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools this month, with in-person classes set to resume until Oct. 5. Even then, only 25 percent of each school's enrollment will return, with plans to bring more teens back to campus in the weeks that follow, Superintendent Tammy Prentiss told Hinsdale High School District 86 Board members at their Sept. 10 meeting. The roughly 100 parents and students who gathered at a "We Stand for the...
DOCtors join MEDICAL GROUP DuPage Medical Group has welcomed 14 new physicians in a variety of specialties, including two who see patients in Hinsdale. • Dr. Ashish Arora is board-certified in gastroenterology. He earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He completed his residency in internal medicine as well as his fellowship training in gastroenterology and hepatology at Loyola University Medical Center. • Dr. Laura Hamad earned her doctorate of osteopathic medicine from Midwestern Universit...
Benjamin Schultz, 31, formerly of Hinsdale, passed away unexpectedly on Sept. 1, 2020, at his home in Woodridge. Ben grew up in Hinsdale and went to The Lane School and Clarendon Hills Middle School. He was a 2007 graduate of Hinsdale Central High School, where he played football all four years. Ben attended Arizona State University and was a window, siding and doors salesman. He is survived by his parents, Timothy Schultz and Jeanine Schultz; his siblings, Emily Elisabeth...
You see them everywhere these days. Their names are Max, Tillie, Sadie, Dixie, Leo, Rocky, Pepper. They are joyful, bounding around on lawns, their entire little bodies vibrating with the sheer excitement of being alive. Puppies! Everywhere! They are one of the silver linings of 2020's insane dystopian hell-scape. I'm counting my blessings these days. And puppies are an Absolute Good. There are a few other non-awful things this year. Biking, for one. Biking is THE sport of...
Hinsdale High School District 86 officials are reviewing information released last week by the DuPage County Health Department to determine possible next steps in an effort to eventually implement the district’s hybrid model for instruction. The district announced Aug. 13 that it would start the school year with remote learning exclusively in the wake of newly issued guidelines from the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education. The new guidelines tightened protocols in the event of a p...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: tour Hinsdale Central referendum classroom renovations; bond premium discussion; approve director of security contract and agreement with The Community House; updates on returning to school, school year calendar and standardized assessments...
Eccles Field in Prospect Park isn't where Hinsdale Central senior Lainey Harvey expected to be playing softball this summer. And she wasn't even really playing - she was running drills with the girls signed up for the Lady Red Devils Softball Training Academy. But it's the closest she's come to her sport for the past six months. "This summer my season was canceled, so the last time I played a game would have been in February," said Harvey, who plays first base and outfield...
The rank of Eagle Scout is well-known both inside and beyond the Boy Scouting World. But few are aware of Scouting's Hornaday Badge Award. Members of Hinsdale Boy Scout Troop 8 are certainly familiar with Hornaday after two members, Hinsdale residents Aldas Kriauciunas and Sacheen Upadhye, achieved the rare honor this summer by dedicating significant time and effort into what they hope are lasting contributions in the area of conservation. Fewer than a 100 Scouts nationwide...
Ly Hart Hotchkin, 95, a community activist for more than 50 years, died peacefully Aug. 23, 2020. Ly attended Chicago Public Schools and the University of Chicago, Class of 1947. She was employed as executive director of The Community House in Hinsdale for 37 years. She was elected to two terms to the Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board and the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. The Hinsdale Central High School Foundation inducted her into its Hall of Fame in 1999. Ly served on the following boards:...
More than 30 student-athletes who graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in May will pursue their sports at the next level. In this second installment of a two-part series, The Hinsdalean asked each incoming collegian what he or she will remember about competing as a Red Devil and what generates the most anticipation in joining a new program. Sarah Cernugel Holy Cross College, soccer I'll remember: the growth we made each year. Starting my freshman year, we only won two...
More than 30 student-athletes who graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in May will pursue their sports in college. In the first of a two-part series, The Hinsdalean asked each what he or she will remember most about competing at Central and what they're most looking forward to in their new programs. Kiran Amegadjie Yale University, football I'll remember: the brotherhood that all the teams I was on formed. I feel like every week we worked not for ourselves but for the...
I asked Ken yesterday what happened at the Hinsdale Village Board the previous night. "They're going with a hybrid model," he replied dryly. "Tom, Laurel and Jerry will attend the first meeting of the month. Scott, Neale, Matt and Luke will attend the second meeting." He jests, of course, but the "hybrid model" is on our minds. We've spent a lot of time learning and writing about hybrid plans for Hinsdale students to return to school. First I "attended" (i.e. watched online)...
The world's greatest inventions are born of necessity. For Hinsdale Central High School alum Sophia Karbowski, that need was for a quick and healthy snack. Karbowski was studying entrepreneurial management at Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth when she became frustrated with the lack of dining options on campus. Coupling her entrepreneurial spirit with her need for nutrition, Rollin' n Bowlin' was born. Acai bowls - frozen puree made from acai berries topped with granola...
The Illinois High School Association last week issued its modified plan for athletics during the 2020-21 school year, creating condensed seasons and moving some fall sports, including football, to late winter/spring and pushing back the season of traditional spring sports. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing unprecedented changes to the sports landscape, the IHSA, in consultation with the Illinois Department of Public Health, postponed the football, boys soccer and girls...
all team captain Charlie Williams learned this spring that the season was over, a goal he and his teammates had been working toward disappeared overnight. "We were basically told the whole time that we're working to play our senior year," he said. "That was gone. That was a huge bummer." Williams and the other seniors on the team had been playing together in Devil Baseball since the program was founded. And they hoped to contend for a conference championship this year....
Like most people, Isabella Xu was finding it hard to escape the constant flow of news, headlines and updates regarding the spread of COVID-19. But despite the 24-7 onslaught of information, Xu could find very little about how the pandemic, the abrupt end to the traditional school year and the sudden need to stay at home was affecting people her age. Rather than sit and wonder, the soon-to-be Hinsdale Central sophomore took it upon herself to initiate a research project to...
District 86 students will start the school year with a hybrid schedule that combines two days a week of in-person classes with three days a week of remote learning. “The students are at the center of our planning effort, but the decisions are based on the health and safety of the entire community,” Superintendent Tammy Prentiss said at the July 23 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting. “Our ultimate goal is to return to 100 percent in-person instruction, but it is not possible at this time due to the guide...
As associate vice president of facilities at Governors State University, Hinsdale resident John Potempa has a lot on his plate, not the least of which is the construction of a state-of-the-art cafeteria where students can fill theirs. The nearly $4 million remodel of the dining hall, expected to be unveiled when school starts in late August, is perhaps the largest project currently under way on the University Park campus. "It's an unending job," Potempa said of his role as...
For this year's high school graduates, the final summer before college isn't what they planned. With businesses closed, programs canceled and pools at limited capacity, these new Central alums had to find creative ways to pass the time and put money in their pockets. Molly, Lindsey and Allison Bruns have their grandma to thank for the business venture that has kept them busy - and their bank accounts in the black - this summer. Grandma asked her granddaughters to recreate a...
How is District 86 leaning into the issue of racial equity? Hinsdale High School District 86 recently launched a Culture and Equity Leadership Team to gather stories from people of color in the community to promote a more inclusive environment that celebrates equity and diversity. For team member Ayesha Truman, student support coordinator at Hinsdale South, the move is an important step. "As a Black woman, this team has provided a space where my personal and professional...
Jacquelyn Ellen Schapiro McKernan died on May 25, 2020, at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center in Scottsdale, Ariz. Jacque, 78, was born in 1941 in Chicago to Sidney J. Schapiro and Ellen M. Schapiro. She graduated from Hinsdale Central High School. She was a lifelong learner, earning nursing degrees at College of DuPage and Andrews University, and a master’s in community health nursing/administration at Loyola University, where she was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. She u...
Hinsdale Central High School Principal Bill Walsh said he was participating remotely from the June 25 Hinsdale High School District 86 Board meeting because “my family has experienced a COVID-19 exposure.” It was incorrectly reported in the July 2 issue on Page 5 that Walsh had contracted COVID-19....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Superintendent Tammy Prentiss could barely contain her enthusiasm as she talked about the construction work taking place this summer. "There are some pretty amazing engineering feats going on, particularly at Hinsdale Central," she told board members at their June 25 meeting. One is easily identified by the giant pile of dirt on the soccer field off Madison Street. A large storm trap is being installed under the field to compensate for the...
