D202 is revising attendance boundaries for its high schools — and later elementary and middle schools — to address projected overcrowding.
The podcast shares good news and recognizes students and teachers at Wesmere Elementary School.
The band will perform in the Thanksgiving Day Parade of Bands, and the choir will sing in the season's first Candlelight Processional.
The program will discuss the common apps predators use and how they lure kids, as well as warning signs and tips for having honest talks.
This year saw a 20 percent increase in applications, making selection even more challenging, district officials said.
She is likely the first student in District 202 history to be selected to attend the District 9 festival each year since seventh grade.
Students from all four Plainfield high schools were selected to take part in the jazz, choir, band and orchestra festivals.
The sixth graders took part in a papercutting workshop with the artist of the public art installation coming to downtown Joliet next year.
The District 202 students are recognized among 34,000 others nationwide for their "exceptional academic promise," officials said.
The event "marks a significant step forward" for Plainfield School District 202, one staff member said.
Then, she did it again with the SAT, scoring 1570 out of a possible 1600, according to District 202 officials.
Out of 6,000 applicants, a mere 100 students nationwide were chosen for the distinction. A Plainfield third grader is among them.
She won the local civics bee in May, then the state competition in July. Next, she's heading to Washington, D.C. in November.
The winner was nominated for her unwavering commitment to students, colleagues and the broader school community, the district said.
Nikki and Lisa are the kindergarten, before/after and summer camp teachers at The Goddard School of Plainfield.
Every student at these schools is eligible for free breakfast and lunch this school year. No fees or applications are required.
Parents in Plainfield can mark the first day of school coming this month.
The fair, open to parents of children ages 3 to 22, will feature guest speakers, vendors and food trucks.
The team posted a 4.92 GPA on a 5.0 scale, placing them "among the academic elite in the nation," district officials said.
Team Expiri, comprised of three 2025 grads, built an app that alerts users when food will expire and offers solutions to reduce waste.
Of the 252 Illinois schools connected to Project Adam, District 202 "remains a model for cardiac emergency preparedness," officials said.
"These students are better prepared for both college coursework and real-life experiences," a district official said.
The Plainfield Central High School alum won a scholarship sponsored by Michigan Technological University.
Area students from Plainfield are doing amazing things at colleges and universities across the United States.
The Timber Ridge Middle School student will represent Orland Park at the finals in Springfield.
Sixteen students from Timber Ridge Middle School and one student from Plainfield East High School won scholarships through the contest.
Patch and T-Mobile have teamed up to spotlight students excelling in academics, athletics and community service.
The Foundation for Excellence created a grant to help teachers expand and improve their classroom skills and knowledge.
The students were chosen from a pool of more than 15,000 finalists to each receive a $2,500 scholarship.
President Rod Westfall will be the second longest-serving board member in District 202 history when his term expires in 2029.
The new hire brings more than two decades of law enforcement and security experience to the new job at the Plainfield school district.
Three students won silver or bronze medals, while three others earned honorable mentions for their scores on the exam.
Students from all four Plainfield high schools won medals and were honored at the art conference.
The title of the newly minted author's book is a phrase she used to tell her children and later her kindergarten students.
Teams will read five Abraham Lincoln Award-nominated books and answer detailed questions about them during in-school competitions.
The seventh-grader beat 29 contestants at Lincoln-Way West High School to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
Members of the union, which represents more than 2,000 teachers and other staff, "voted overwhelmingly" to ratify the deal, officials said.
The Red Cheetahs and the Blue Cheetahs basketball teams won silver and gold medals, respectively, regionally to advance to the state level.