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Hinsdale police want to remind those who live and work in Hinsdale that free parking is available in the lower level of the new parking deck near the Hinsdale Middle School. The lot may be entered off Garfield Avenue just south of First Street. Drivers who park in metered spaces on the street and let the meters expire will be ticketed, police said....
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...
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...
One of my friends from college used to post questions on a little dry-erase board on the outside of his freshman dorm room door. He wrote the questions for fun - and to see how we would answer them when we walked by. The questions ranged from random to ridiculous, philosophical to funny. One question he posted was: "If you were stuck in a vat of snot and someone threw poo at you, would you duck?" I was usually too busy laughing to answer back on his board, but his question...
Their deaths often are not recorded in the daily statistics tracking COVID-19 fatalities and often don't make the evening news. But the grief is just as profound for families of the 53 people who died of an overdose in DuPage County from the start of the quarantine until the end of June. "I have reached out to multiple rehabilitation leaders and they confirm the increase in those seeking rehabilitation, drug use relapse and instances of fatal and non-fatal overdoses in their p...
Kristin McDaniel was happy to see her seventh-grade son Brady head back to class Tuesday at Hinsdale Middle School. "I know that he, in order to be successful, really needed to have part time within the school and having that access not only to the teachers but the social aspect as well," she said. A supporter of the hybrid model, she said she was hoping to see her older children, Hinsdale Central sophomore Cooper and freshman Maisie, back in class as well. They are currently...
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...
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...
Hinsdale High School District 86 students expecting to have their first in-person classes today since the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools in March will instead be learning from home, the district announced last week. Frustration levels were high at the district's board meeting Aug. 13 as Superintendent Tammy Prentiss informed the board of education that, due to more stringent return-to-school guidance issued Aug. 12 by the Illinois Department of Public Health and 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)...
Despite pleas from parents to reverse last week’s decision and return to a five-day in-person plan for reopening schools, District 181 will continue work to refine a hybrid model for the start of the 2020-21 school year. Educators have spent the last week working on a hybrid plan that ensures students can remain six feet from one another in the classroom, Superintendent Hector Garcia said. The goal is to maximize in-person core instruction and coverage of the core curriculum. The 28 elementary school staff members who were i...
With teachers and many families opposing a full, five-day return to school for students amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Consolidated School District 181 Board members Monday night approved both a hybrid in-person/remote model and a full remote learning option for the 2020-21 school year. "We need to listen and hear (our constituents) and work with them to come up with the safest plan possible," said Board President Margie Kleber following the 5-1 vote on the reopening pl...
Olivia Morgan White, 23, of Burr Ridge died July 18, 2020. Olivia attended Pleasantdale Elementary and Middle schools and went on to Lyons Township High School. She played club volleyball with Lions Juniors for six years and also played in high school for three years. She went on to earn her undergraduate degree in speech and language pathology with a minor in special education from Miami University where she made many friends. After Miami, Olivia attended graduate school at...
I could not believe the front page picture of last week’s Hinsdalean. Only one person wore a mask during the ribbon cutting of the parking garage in front of the new middle school. Our civic leaders should consider themselves to be role models for our children, and they need to set a good example. With school potentially starting in the fall mandating masks, our children need to see us doing our part to keep our community, friends and families safe. — Ellen Dunlap, Hinsdale...
After decades of debates about parking solutions, years of negotiation between the village and District 181, months of construction - and a global pandemic thrown in for good measure - Hinsdale finally has a parking deck. The new facility on Garfield Avenue just south of First Street opened today, July 16. "We are very pleased with the outcome and very happy that we could provide this much-needed amenity to the village," village manager Kathleen Gargano said. Village...
Several years ago a recent immigrant from China who had settled in the Hinsdale area with her family stopped into The Community House, looking for a way to connect with her new neighbors. She met Marcie McGonagle, director of volunteer services, who worked through the language barrier to find a good fit. "I was trying to get a sense of what she would be interested in," McGonagle recounted. "I could sense that she was lonely." She asked the woman if she had made any friends....
The short-circuited spring high school sports calendar sadly meant no final campaigns for many senior Central student-athletes. Consequently, The Hinsdalean did not run our normal series of seasonal athlete profiles - until now. Over these last several weeks we've been serving up delayed recognition for (now former) Red Devils who, according to coaches, brought their best to their respective programs, whether in the heat of competition or in fostering team unity. Today's...
Community Consolidated District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • approved the three-year purchase of the Actively Learn digital curriculum platform for middle school language arts classes at a cost of $43,120. Actively Learn will be implemented during the 2020-21 school year after having been piloted at Hinsdale and Clarendon middle schools from January to March. Officials said the resource will support literacy instruction at the schools and provides pre-existing content and the ability for teachers to u...
Athlete profiles typically are part of our sports pages throughout the school year, with a different team member recommended each week by his or her coach. With the spring season canceled due to COVID-19, The Hinsdalean altered its sports coverage, eliminating the round-up page on which the profiles ran. We are happy to highlight these athletes now in a four-part series that began June 11. Today's athletes competed on the track, boys water polo and girls lacrosse teams. Name:...
Bonnie Joyce Rogers of La Crosse, Wis., a former longtime resident of Hinsdale, passed away peacefully May 15, 2020, at Bethany Riverside Care Center in La Crosse with her daughter by her side. Bonnie, 92, was born in 1927 in Oak Park to Walter and Erma Grosser, the middle child of three daughters. She attended Oak Park High School, graduating as valedictorian in 1944, and went on to Mills College, in Berkeley, Calif., where she earned a liberal arts degree in music as a...
Community Consolidated School District 181 Among other business Monday, board members: • accepted a grant from the District 181 Foundation totaling $23,000 for Tech Connect training, cultural empathy and eLearning to benefit district staff and students; a grant of $186.86 from the Hinsdale Middle School PTO for the Encore PTO to defray the cost of busing the school orchestra to Peoria; and a grant of $13,846.89 from the Clarendon Hills Middle School PTO for sound absorbing paneling for the cafeteria/stage. Board members and s...
THREE RECEIVE MERIT AWARDS Hinsdale Central High School students Daniel Leung and Alyssa Lee, along with Fenwick High School’s Elizabeth Rogowski of Hinsdale, have each received $2,500 National Merit scholarships. Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies. The number of winners named in each state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the nation’s graduating high school seniors. These...
Community Consolidated District 181 had fewer administrator vacancies to fill this hiring season due to the vast majority of staff members sticking to their posts. “Our administrator retention continues to trend in the right way,” John Munch, assistant superintendent for human resources, told board members at their Monday meeting. “We have a 92 percent retention going into next year as compared to a rate of 78 percent two years ago.” Munch credited the board and Superintendent Hector Garcia for fostering a positive climate...
Victory lap - Teachers and staff members at the Hinsdale Middle School hosted a graduation parade for eighth-graders Monday afternoon. Dozens of cars with graduates popping out of the sun roofs or waving from the back seats passed by teachers, who stood along Third Street with signs shouting, clapping and cheering for the kids. With music playing and a bubble machine, the teachers and staff did their best to make the parade fun for the graduates. Ryann Knapp made a sign of...
Donna Vorreyer never wanted to be anything but a teacher. "I was one of those kids who loved school," she said. "There was never a doubt in my mind that this is what I wanted to do." In her 36-year teaching career, Vorreyer taught students from kindergartners through eighth-graders. But it was the middle schoolers who she came to enjoy most. "I started to realize how much more I could do with the older kids," said Vorreyer, who after a few years teaching in the lower grades...
