From Chicago Now Staff Blog: Niche’s 2018 Best Public High Schools rankings are “based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education.” … Continue reading
Category Archives: Cary-Grove High School
In the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board packet for Tuesday’s meeting are September letters from seven employees telling the District to stop taking union dues out of their paychecks. Details follow: Cary-Grove – Library Paraprofessional Prairie Ridge High … Continue reading
When the Metra train hit a Cary-Grove High School Bus in 1995, there were calls for seat belts in school buses. My brother-in-law, the doctor heading up the emergency room to which most of the teens were taken that horrendous … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: D155 High Schools Earn Nominations for Theatre Productions Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake South and Prairie Ridge high schools earned a combined five nominations from Broadway in Chicago’s Illinois High School Music … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: D155 Board Approves New Cary-Grove Principal Crystal Lake – The D155 Board of Education approved Neil Lesinski as the new principal at Cary-Grove High School, effective July 1. After serving … Continue reading
Operation Click, Operation Cool before 2007, started in Crystal Lake as a joint project between the police department and the high school district. The goal was to stop car accident deaths of teenagers. Inducements were large and small. The large … Continue reading
Thirteen teachers were “honorably dismissed” as of the end of the 2016-2017 school year by the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board of Education on Tuesday night Declining enrollment is the reason. The cuts will have least affect on … Continue reading
Not only has Donald Trump and the rest of the Republicans down to State Representative achieved victory in the McHenry High School District Mock Election, but they have also done so at Cary-Grove High School. Results can be seen below: … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: Cary-Grove Student Plays in Band to Benefit Lurie Children’s Hospital Crystal Lake – Cary-Grove freshman Matthew Jazwinski plays bass in a band that brings awareness and helps raise funds for … Continue reading
Chicago Magazine ranked suburban schools. Here are the results for McHenry County grade schools: Here are the results of McHenry County high schools: The ranking methodology can be found here. … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: Cary-Grove Teacher Nominated as Golden Apple Finalist Josh Norten is one of 30 finalists for the 2016 Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Finalists were selected from 400 candidates … Continue reading
A press release from Crystal Lake High School District 155: MCDH Confirms Student Case of Bacterial Meningitis by Shannon Mortimer in Cary-Grove The McHenry County Health Department has just informed us that a Cary-Grove High School student has a confirmed … Continue reading
WMAQ-TV last night ran a story based on an American Lung Association report on air pollution. Chicago and Lake County received “F’s.” McHenry County got a “A” on particulate matter and a “C” on ozone. The air quality monitor in … Continue reading
Superintendent Johnnie Thomas just robo-called homes of District 155 High School students to inform families that high schools will be closed tomorrow. Crystal Lake Central, Cary-Gove, South and Prairie Ridge High School students are probably the happiest people in town … Continue reading
The Illinois State Board of Education has released its Report Cards for schools. I have extracted summary data images for high schools in McHenry County, which you can see below. … Continue reading
A robo-call from District 155’s Jeff Puma reached our home at 6:11 Thursday night. Here’s the content: At approximately 4:30, a Cary-Grove student was approached by a man in a white SUV and offered a ride. The student immediately fled … Continue reading
Here is the original District 155 email: INITIAL EMAIL: Dear parents: At Cary-Grove and across District 155, we make your child’s safety our number one priority each day. As a parent, I can assure you that we understand our responsibility … Continue reading
That’s what seems to be behind this innocuous looking agenda item on the Cary District 26’s School Board Agenda tonight: 10. Topics for Discussion 10.2 Consolidation Feasibility Study We have it on our agenda as “to discuss discussing about merging … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Don Manzullo: Cary Resident Appointed to U.S. Naval Academy [ROCKFORD] – Congressman Don Manzullo (R-Egan) today announced that James E. Hansen III of Cary, Illinois, has received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times ranked grade schools, middle schools and high schools using average scores on state achievement tests. The paper’s analysis ranked the percentage of students who met statewide standards. I scanned the results and found no grade or middle … Continue reading