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Lansing is home to a number of high schools and elementary schools that are equipping kids to make a difference in their community. We also have access to a variety of higher education options, and their news occasionally appears in this category as well.
Editorial Contest 2023: Ending spankings and ‘whoopings’ for kids
Unity Christian Academy's Ariana Thomas critiques a traditional view of spankings, instead encouraging a more positive approach...
Editorial Contest 2023: The shortcomings of standardized tests
Unity Christian Academy freshman Sarah Nwokoye's exploration of the shortcomings of standardized testing is a winner of our editorial contest...
2023 Endurance 24 scholarship winners announced at TFN – local scores
Although there wasn't a fundraising run this year, Endurance 24 continues to give scholarships to TF North students. This year's winners...
Understanding the public comments at District 215’s April 25 school board meeting
LANSING, Ill. (May 2, 2023) - Seventeen voices spoke for nearly an hour during public comments to...
TF South students gather for prayer at flagpole on National Day of Prayer
TF South Senior Christian Williams-Clark planned a fourth "Prayer at the Pole" event of the school year to take place on National Day of Prayer...
Students from Calvin Christian School and Memorial Jr. High earn gold at state science fair
Students invited to submit application for national science fair recognition
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (May 3, 2023) – Students throughout Calvin Christian School in South Holland...
Students from Memorial Jr. High earn gold at state science fair
Invited to submit application for national science fair recognition
SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (May 3, 2023) – After Memorial Jr. High organized a fanfare-filled send-off for...
Video: Record number of Lansing students go to State for science fair
Nine students from Memorial Junior High compete in the Illinois State Science Fair this weekend
LANSING, Ill. (April 28, 2023) – The gym at Memorial...
TF South track renamed in honor of Rich Dust
LANSING, Ill. (April 27, 2023) – Thornton Fractional High School District 215 Board Member Rich Dust received a special surprise during District 215's April...
District 215 inducts three new board members
LANSING, Ill. (April 27, 2023) – Three new board members are joining District 215's Board of Education, and all were inducted on Tuesday night.Annual...
Bloom Township debuts $2,500 scholarship – Application deadline May 1
Open to 2023 high school graduates in Bloom Township
LANSING, Ill. (April 24, 2023) – The deadline for Bloom Township's first-ever $2,500 scholarship application is...
District 215 Board meeting agenda – 4/25/23
TF Center for Academics and Technology at 6 p.m.
LANSING, Ill. (April 22, 2023) – The April 25 District 215 School Board meeting will take...
Video: National Junior Honor Society students ready to pick up where Walter, Winnie, and Andy left off
Twenty new members of National Junior Honor Society inducted at Heritage Middle School
LANSING, Ill. (April 21, 2023) – "You don't have to be the...
Strike suspended as GSU, union reach tentative agreement
BY CHRIS WEBER, HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. (April 17, 2023) – Governors State University and the University Professionals of Illinois (UPI) representing GSU faculty and...
District 171 prepares for summer enrichment, events
LANSING, Ill. (April 20, 2023) – Sunnybrook District 171 held its school board meeting on April 17, where the focus was on end of...