McHenry County High Schools Making Top 100 Illinois List

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

Snapchat Threat Leads to Arrest of 18-Year Old Huntley High School Student

A press release from the Huntley School District: School Threat On Thursday September 20, 2018 the Huntley Police Department was made aware of a potentially threatening post made by a Huntley High School Student using Snapchat. Another Huntley High School … Continue reading

Trump Takes Cary-Grove High School Mock Election

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

Marisa Burkhart Wins State School Technology Award

A press release from the Huntley School District: Marisa Burkhart Wins Illinois Computing Educators “2014 Educator of the Year Award” ALGONQUIN – Consolidated School District 158 has received word that Marisa Burkhart, Director of Educational Technology has been selected as the winner … Continue reading

Fast Facts for McHenry County High Schools

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

Teen Caught on Camera in Bold Seeman Road Robbery Attempt in Western McHenry County

To All Concerned McHenry County Citizens, Yesterday I received an email from Michael Musgrave, one of the members in our network. Two teens tried to break into Michael’s house (after midnight) Saturday night (April 27th). Fortunately, Michael was home in … Continue reading

A Huntley High School Grad’s Complaint

Sitting in a doctor’s office, I picked up the Monday Northwest Herald and read the profile of Michael Gyetvan. Reporter Di Benedetto selected Gyetvan because of the extraordinary number of hours of college credit he has earned since graduating from … Continue reading

Huntley High School’s Student Newspaper, “The Voice,” Wins Top Award for Internet Edition

A press release from Huntley High School: Huntley High School journalism students win nation’s top award Huntley High School’s The Voice is proud to announce that in its first year on the Internet, the site was awarded the National Scholastic … Continue reading