by Eileen Daday | Nov 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Junior Emily Griffis is involved in nearly every music ensemble at Conant High School, from playing her flute and piccolo in the school’s top band, as well as in the orchestra wind ensemble. She also plays piano with the jazz ensemble, and even teaches piano to...
by Eileen Daday | Nov 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Theater students at Hoffman Estates High School are bringing to life a show that is both hundreds of years in the making and a world premiere all at once. A Walk with the Bard was written and directed by Christina Ordonez, a former English teacher at the school and...
by Eileen Daday | Nov 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Prospect Marching Knights have played military marches for years in the Memorial Day parades in Arlington Heights and Mount Prospect, but this week they played those same marches in the nation’s capital for a Veterans Day salute. After months of fundraising,...
by Eileen Daday | Nov 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s a tradition that launches the start of the holiday season, when Santa makes his arrival at Woodfield Mall. This year, the jolly old elf parades around the shopping center at 6 p.m. on Thursday. The tradition stretches back more than 50 years, back to when...
by Eileen Daday | Oct 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
This is the 60th anniversary of the Disney film, Mary Poppins — and the 60th anniversary of the opening of Conant High School — so naturally the students are celebrating the two milestones by bringing Mary Poppins to life. They are especially excited...
