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By Pamela Lannom [email protected] Students at Hinsdale Central and Hinsdale South high schools continue to earn higher test scores than average compared to students across the country, according to the 2019 Illinois Report Cards. “Illinois has set rigorous goals for both ELA (English-language arts) and math performance that exceed national standards set by the College Board,” Carol Baker, chief academic officer, told board members Oct. 23 in a preview of report card data, which was released yesterday. In ELA, 75 perc...
Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 officials are pleased with the assessment of student learning reflected in this year’s Illinois Report Cards, with six of the district’s nine schools earning the top performance designation. The district as a whole had 77 percent of its students meet or exceed state standards in English language arts, up from 74 percent in 2018. In math, the meet-and-exceed percentage held steady at 72 percent year over year. And in science, which was not assessed last year for the report car...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other business at their Oct. 23 meeting, school board members • unanimously supported changing the science sequence at Hinsdale Central to physics-chemistry-biology. Hinsdale South has used this ordering since 2008. During the transition year in 2020-21, Central freshmen will be able to choose the new sequence or the traditional sequence of biology-chemistry-physics. Starting in 2021, all freshmen will take Physics of the Universe regular or honors. • listened to a preview of inf...
Heavy lifting - Kevin Donnelly gave it his best effort and succeeded in moving his pumpkin off the decorating table. He was at the Hinsdale Historical Society's Zook house and studio at KLM on Oct. 4, taking part in their annual pumpkin decorating event. Dozens of children were able to decorate pumpkins - of all sizes - with stickers, hats and other crafty items....
ROTARY RUN supports CHARITIES The 25th Annual Rotary Run Charity Classic Oct. 6 generated more than $90,000 to support local charities. More than 700 runners — including 185 runners from Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 — participated this year. The top two elementary schools were Oak School with 53 participants and Hinsdale Middle School with 38 participants. The traveling “Mrs. B Trophy” (named for Oak School P.E. teacher Marianne Biedrzycki) was awarded to Oak School. The “Mr. K Cup”, named after former Clar...
Charlie Hartley's motivation for joining American Legion Post 250 came from an unlikely place. He was attending a funeral service in Ohio. "The American Legion did such a great job for my son-in-law's dad," he said. "I came back and said I've got to join the legion." Hartley, who joined the post about six years ago, has been serving as its chaplain for the past three years. One of his duties is to reach out to the families of servicemen who have died. He checks the obituary...
The Community Consoli-dated Elementary District 181 Board met Oct. 21 in closed session, with teacher contract negotiations as one of the agenda items. “The District 181 Board of Education and the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Teachers’ Association, the association that represents our 361 teachers, met last Wednesday to continue dialogue on a new agreement,” board President Bill Merchantz read from a statement before entering closed session. “This was a positive and highly productive session, and both parties are committ...
The village’s fall leaf pick-up program began this week and will continue through the end of November. The program is designed to keep streets cleaner and safer and to help keep leaves out of sewers and storm drains. Leaves cannot be raked into the street for removal. Residents should be aware of the following: • The program offers free, unlimited, weekly curbside collection. • Leaves must be placed in kraft paper yard waste bags. Plastic bags will not be picked up. • Bagged leaves should be placed in the parkway in front o...
The lighting at the 10-month-old Hinsdale Middle School is state of the art — and controlled from out of state. “There’s a guy in Texas who’s controlling it. It’s pretty wild,” remarked Mike Duggan, director of facilities for Community Consolidated Elementary District 181. “He adjusts them so they go off at a certain time or get cut to 50 percent.” The LED lights are motion-sensored, so unoccupied rooms go dark. Oh, and they can detect sunlight, for more budget-saving b...
The Hinsdale Village Board, Community Consolidated Elementary District 181 Board and Hinsdale High School District 86 Board are not scheduled to meet the week of Oct. 28 to Nov. 1....
Double duty - This photo is of Cadet John Samuel, who played basketball and football at West Point in 1939. He was captain of the basketball team, which was undefeated that year. He also played guard on the football team. As a student at Hinsdale Township High School, he competed in the same two sports and was captain of both of his high school teams. (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...
Several hundred people took part in the Hinsdale Wine Walk Friday evening. Twenty-three merchants kept their doors open to welcome participants, who strolled through the central business district sampling a variety of wines over the course of the walk. The event was hosted by the Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce and the village of Hinsdale. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
Hinsdale High School District 86 plans to sell another set of bonds associated with the $139.1 million building project voters approved in April at a savings to taxpayers. The school board voted unanimously earlier this month to approve the sale of $34.9 million in bonds. The district had planned to sell the bonds in late winter or early spring, Chief Financial Officer Josh Stephenson told board members at their Oct. 10 meeting. “The recommendation from our municipal advisor was that interest rates were favorable at this p...
Hinsdale Fire - Hinsdale firefighter/paramedic Michael Lorusso helps Wyland Holmes learn proper fire extinguisher techniques. Hundreds of visitors spent time with police offices and firefighters during the Hinsdale Fire & Police open house Saturday. From visits to the police department's gun range to the chance to watch a fire spread in the burn house, the afternoon was filled with opportunities for children and their parents to learn safety techniques and get to know...
The Hinsdale Village Board took steps to revitalize the village’s economic development commission earlier this month. Trustees appointed four new commissioners and agreed on changes designed to improve the meeting schedule and boost membership. “I’m super excited to have new life in the EDC,” said Jill Sunderson, a three-year EDC member who is taking over as chairman of the commission. “The new commissioners that are on it have a really good balance of marketing and business backgrounds, and many of them are local business...
A group of alumni is working to raise $1.6 million to contribute toward construction of a new a 10-lane pool at Hinsdale Central. To jump start the effort, one group has pledged to match the first $750,000 raised. “We’re fortunate we’ve got several alumni that have been very successful that are very adamant and have committed large dollars if we can match it,” fundraising committee member and former Central swimmer Paul Sigfusson said. That leaves a balance of $850,000 to reach the group’s goal. “It is daunting, but so many...
The imminent proliferation of small cell towers in Hinsdale to support new 5G cellular technology has raised fears among village residents over potential health and aesthetic detriments. But with federal and state regulations governing installation of such infrastructure, local officials say they have virtually no power to block it. A number of residents gathered at Tuesday night's village board meeting to express their concerns. Many were alerted to the issue by the sight of...
The village’s fall leaf pick-up program begins next week and will continue through the end of November. The program is designed to keep streets cleaner and safer and to help keep leaves out of sewers and storm drains. Leaves cannot be raked into the street for removal. Residents should be aware of the following: • The free, unlimited, weekly curbside collection begins Monday, Oct. 21. • Leaves must be placed in kraft paper yard waste bags. Plastic bags will not be picked up. • Bagged leaves should be placed in the parkway...
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 Hinsdale South High School 7401 Clarendon Hills Road, Darien...
Hinsdale trustees signaled their support for proposed changes to the site plan and exterior appearance of the new Bill Jacobs Jaguar and Land Rover dealership being constructed at 336 E. Ogden Ave., prompted by noise and light pollution concerns among adjacent residents. The changes to the prior plan, discussed during the board’s first read Tuesday, include relocating the west section of the eight-foot fence further north and the south section of the fence parallel to Franklin Street further east. The extent of tree r...
The Madison School Dash & Bash Sept. 29 featured a 3K family fun run and a post-race celebration featuring food trucks, a DJ, a magician and games. More than 630 runners registered for the event, which had 21 business sponsors and raised more than $32,000. Funds will be used to support many programs at Madison, such as weCreate Lab, High Interest Day, art awareness and any more. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
FIRM BRINGS IN NEW PRESIDENT John Brennan has joined County Line Properties in Hinsdale as president and co-owner. John Bohnen will continue to run the day-to-day management of the firm as managing broker and will also assume the role of chairman of County Line Properties. “We are thrilled to welcome John to the team and excited to tap into his experience and broad business network,” Bohnen said. “Together, we are fully committed to the County Line Properties’ mission of providing clients and partners with the unique,...
Early Hinsdalean - C.E. Raymond was photographed on the corner of First Street and County Line Road late in the 1800s. In the book "Village on the County Line" author Hugh G. Dugan writes, "(Raymond) was appointed food administrator during World War I, was president of Chicago's First National Bank and a good golfer. Mrs. Raymond was a sister of Chauncey T. Lamb. Their former home is numbered 425 E. Third." (Hinsdale Historical Society photo)...
The Hinsdale Central football program and the HC Dawgs Club held a Salute to Service Friday night before the Hinsdale Central-Proviso West football game. In addition to honoring the veterans, active military and first responders in attendance, the Dawgs Club unfurled a large flag while the band played the National Anthem. The traditional white Devil horns on the players' helmets were replaced by patriotic-themed red, white and blue ones. (Jim Slonoff photos...
