Catholic schools near downtown closing for NATO

St. Ignatius, Old St. Mary's to engage students online during summit

05/16/2012 10:00 PM

Catholic schools near downtown are planning on closing their doors during the NATO summit, but their public counterparts say they’ll stay open, albeit with more security. St. Ignatius on the Near West Side will be closed both Friday, May 18, and Monday, May 21, as will Old St. Mary’s in the South Loop and both of the Francis Xavier Warde School campuses in the West Loop and the Gold Coast. St. Therese in Chinatown will be closed only on May 21.
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An apple for Mr. Jackson

Teacher Bryan Jackson is congratulated by Latin School headmaster Randall Dunn after being presented with a Golden Apple Award on Thursday, May 10. Read the full story here.
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Near North teacher wins Golden Apple Award

Latin School of Chicago teacher honored as one of Chicago area's best

05/10/2012

Bryan Jackson, a third grade teacher at the Latin School of Chicago, was presented with the Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching award Thursday. “All the hard work that my kids do is my inspiration to be a better teacher today than I was the day before,” a tearful Jackson said before his students and peers after receiving the award in his classroom earlier today.
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Old school could help form new Cabrini

Near North High School site could add to CHA's portfolio as it rebuilds area

05/16/2012

A shuttered high school near Cabrini-Green is changing hands, and the building is joining the growing portfolio of vacant property ready to be developed near the former public housing projects. The Chicago Housing Authority could reap the benefits of a land swap in Cabrini-Green that comes as part of a multi-tiered deal between the city and Chicago Public Schools.
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Freud the exterminator

Heart of the 'hood

05/16/2012

When actor Mike Nussbaum was playing an exterminator in one of his many stage performances at Northlight Theater in Skokie, one day, as he was walking off stage, he heard a woman lean over to her neighbor and exclaim in a loud whisper, “He used to be my exterminator!”
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West Loop students make a scene

Skinner West students gear up for Redmoon's Youth Spectacle 2012

05/16/2012

Most second graders can’t spell commitment, much less discuss it. Not so for Ashley Howlett’s Skinner West Class. “My commitment is to treat others how I want to be treated,” said Kaila Williams. “If you, like, commit to things it can, like, help you with your life.” Well, still not bad from an 8-year-old.
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