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CHMS HONOR ROLL released Clarendon Hills Middle School has announced the names of students who earned a place on the honor roll for the first semester of the 2021-22 school year. Sixth grade Honor roll Cameron Andrejevic, Kaden Aucoin, Angel Bazan, Ethan Brubaker, Everleigh Carter, James Clapacs, Thomas Clark, Hanna Darin, Gavin Dejuras, Nicholas Hadden, Taylor Haggerty, Jack Hamman, Stella Heintskill, Lucy Hoyt, Hunter Kauffman, Joseph Kearney, Jessie Keiner Cameron Livingston, Reese Marcet, Liam McFarland, Finnegan...
CENTRAL WRITERS RECEIVE AWARDS Sixteen Hinsdale Central students were recently recognized by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers in conjunction with its Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Entries submitted for the competition from students at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South earned a total of 63 awards, which included 12 Gold Keys, 22 Silver Keys and 29 Honorable mentions. Central winners are • Jacqueline Bousquette, honorable mention, painting • Elia Crisan, honorable mention, drawing and illustration • Amy Dong,...
Gregory Kentra of Hinsdale was found not guilty Jan. 26 of driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident in connection with an incident March 11, 2021, at Madison and 57th streets in which a pedestrian was struck. Judge Michael Fleming of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court did find him guilty for failing to yield at a crosswalk....
Hinsdale Central students would get out of school by 1 p.m. Wednesdays most weeks during the year under recommended changes to the district’s calendar. At the March 10 Hinsdale High School District 86 committee of the whole meeting, board members discussed a proposal from the district’s calendar committee to replace the current mix of late-start Mondays and flex-learning Wednesdays with early-release Wednesdays. Central Principal Bill Walsh said the shifting rhythms to make time for professional development resulted in con...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business March 10, board members: • discussed the three-minute pitch process that the board has been using to determine future agenda items and potential creation of a new process for determining future agenda items that would replace the pitch. Some board members think they should not need a majority of board members to agree to add an item to the agenda as is now required. Consensus was not reached, and board President Terri Walker recommended that the topic be revisited a...
Ashley Principe was pictured working with a student on his resume in a photo than ran with a March 10 story on the District 86 Transition Center. She was misidentified in the caption....
'One man's trash is another man's treasure' - One person's recycling is another person's art seems to be a more fitting saying for the art work created at the Open Art Studio held at The Community House last month. Using dozens of different types of recyclables, students created dozens of different pieces of art. Charlotte Bower worked on making a castle for the "Little Guy" character she also created to live in. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Xitlali Garcia was hunched over a light table Monday morning, painstakingly peeling off pieces of a transfer sheet that later would be pressed onto a St. Patrick's Day T-shirt. Garcia doesn't mind the attention to detail required. She enjoys working for Threads, a micro business that is part of the new District 86 Transition Center. She is one of about 80 to 90 Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South graduates who attend the new center, which is tucked into an office building on...
Ten Hinsdale residents have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past week. The DuPage County Health Department reported a drop of seven cases, and the Cook County Health Department reported 10 new cases. That brings the total number of reported cases in the village to 3,593, compared to 3,590 last week. Amita Hinsdale Hospital had no confirmed COVID-19 patients and no patients awaiting test results as of Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. Hinsdale Central High School reported one positive case on March 4 involving a staff...
With daylight saving time starting at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 14, the Hinsdale Fire Department urges residents to change their smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector batteries when setting their clocks ahead one hour before going to bed on Saturday night. Install these alarms in all sleeping rooms, hallways that lead to sleeping areas, basements and each additional level of your home. Smoke alarms should be mounted on the ceiling 4 inches from the wall; wall mounts should be 4-12 inches from the ceiling. Do not install near...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, March 14 Hinsdale Middle School, 100 S. Garfield Ave. https://www.d181.org On the draft agenda: math resource recommendation, Rising Star Extended Day pilot recommendation, 2021-22 assessment calendar update Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10 Hinsdale South High School,7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org On the agenda: preliminary staffing recommendation for 2022-23 school year, three-year calendar...
Hinsdale vehicle stickers and animal tags are now available for purchase online, in person or through the mail. To buy online, visit the village’s website at https://www.villageofhinsdale.org. Click the “Vehicle Stickers” button on the home page to be directed to the online portal. Stickers may be purchased in person at Hinsdale Village Hall, 19 E. Chicago Ave., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. To mail the application and payment, update the application form and return it to the Village Finance Department, 19 E....
Hinsdale Historic Preservation commissioners expressed anger during a public hearing March 2 on the application to demolish the 1927-built Italianate residence at 720 S. Elm St. and build a new house, having learned that the home's previous owner had held a pre-demo sale, illegally stripping it of items such as a furnace and flooring and rendering it uninhabitable days before it sold last summer. "It does not sit well with this commission when we're charged with trying to...
MPI VP EARNS RECOGNITION MPI Wealth Management LLC is pleased to announce Matthew Pequet’s appearance in Chicago Magazine for being named a Five Star award winner in November 2021, the third time he has earned this distinction. Five Star Professional’s research team evaluates candidates from across major markets annually on 10 criteria associated with outstanding service. Nearly 6,000 Chicago-Area wealth managers were considered for the award and 382 were selected. Each of the award winners have shown a commitment to cli...
College biochemistry student Carrie Hooper arrived home one day with bombshell news. She had just come from her part-time job nannying for the family across the street and had an epiphany while helping one of the little girls with her math homework. "All of sudden I was like, 'This is inspiring. I love this!' " related the now Carrie Molinero, who nervously proceeded to tell her parents she wanted to switch her major to education. Her mom began to cry. "She goes, 'I'm not...
A federal judge last week sentenced two men to prison for their roles in an armed robbery at a Hinsdale jewelry store nearly five years ago. U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman on March 3 sentenced Tobias Diggs, 28, of Chicago, and Joshua McClellan, 32, of Oak Lawn, to 11 years and 8 years, respectively, in federal prison for their participation in robbery of Razny Jewelers at gunpoint the morning of March 17, 2017, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office...
Going postal - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," is of the post office on Garfield and Chicago avenues. Hinsdale's village president at the time was William Regnery, who worked tirelessly in securing the location and also personally donated money for the project. "Through some difficult maneuvering the site of the current post office was secured in 1937. With the blessing of Hinsdale's plan commission, Regnery and others traveled to...
Administrators have offered a first look at how changes to the grading system in Hinsdale High School District 86 affected first semester grades More students are earning A’s and many F’s are being replaced by incompletes, said Chris Covino, assistant superintendent for academics, at the Feb. 24 board meeting. “The intent was not to try to create more A’s,” he said. “We have very strong academic students and moving grades to be more summative in nature is a clear indication we have a strong sense of work ethic and academi...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Thursday, March 10 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien https://d86.hinsdale86.org Hinsdale Plan Commission 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 Memorial Building, 19 E. Chicago Ave. On the draft agenda: findings and recommendations for 5837 S. Madison St. (Hinsdale Discount Tires and Automotive) and 137 S. Garfield Ave. (Union Church parking lot lighting), sign permit review for 114 S. Washington St. (Sauced Pizzeria) and 16 W. Hinsdale Ave. (Silver...
Developer Ryan Companies has again downsized its proposal for a senior living project on roughly 32 acres in Hinsdale's northwest corner. But residents in the adjacent Fullersburg community contend the plan still poses a threat to their neighborhood. The issue was on the agenda as a second read for possible referral to the plan commission, with the first reading back on July 13 when Ryan submitted a plan for a 285,000-square-foot, 225-unit assisted and independent living...
Spelling bee champ - Advaith Balakrishnan delivers the correct answer during the District 181 spelling bee in February at Hinsdale Middle School. He went on to capture the district's first place spot, which gave him the opportunity to compete on the countywide level. He also won the DuPage County Bee. He will now compete at the Scripps National Bee in Washington, D.C., in May. This is the fifth consecutive year that a District 181 student will go on to nationals. Please turn...
HMS announces HONOR ROLL Hinsdale Middle School has released the names of students who earned a place on the honor roll for the first semester of the 2021-22 school year. Sixth grade HMS honor roll Farida Ads, Hassan Ads, Javier Aguilar, Sahana Ahuja, Hadi Al-Khudari, George An, Luke Antinossi, Lucia Aschinberg, Noor Atassi, Tuleen Attassi, Jacksen Baird, Savanna Barrios, Josephine Braden, John Burgstone, Jack Burke, Dominique Charles, Michael Chen, Gabriella Chillo, William Cowhey, Eva Crittenden, Ava Dannhausen-Brun, James...
Students across District 181 participated in the annual district spelling bee last month at Hinsdale Middle School. Participants included (clockwise from left) Srinidhi Rao, HMS; Madeline McNaughton, Walker; Cody Bankert, Monroe; Celsey O'Hare, Elm; and Nayan Rao, Prospect. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
It's not every day that you get to interview a rocket scientist. But that's exactly what eight students from Hinsdale and Clarendon Hills middle schools did last week for a District 181 Foundation webinar with David Ellis of the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. "I was always really interested in space and wanted to meet an astronaut for a long time," said Taylor Muehlhauser, a seventh-grader at HMS. "I thought it was a really cool opportunity to talk to someone with...
First church of Hinsdale - This photo in Sandy Williams' book, "Images of America - Hinsdale," shows Hinsdale's first church, built by a Baptist congregation. "The Baptists were the first to build their own church, constructed in 1870 on land donated by William Robbins. Located on the southwest corner of Garfield Avenue and First Street, the splendid building proved too costly. Attempts at sharing the space were not enough to sustain the congregation, and the Baptists...
