Students Compete in Tollway Art Contest

Two Metea Valley High School students, Maddie Collins and Cecilia Marmolejo, have been selected as semifinalist in a student art contest sponsored by the Illinois Tollway, Blick Art Materials, and U.S. Equities to select the cover artwork for the 2012 Illinois Tollway map. The public can go online now through November 1 to vote for the finalist at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IllinoisTollwayArtContest.

Bio-Tech Students' Research Published

Three Waubonsie Valley High School students, Kyle Wong, Noman Shah and Guru Bhamra, were notified that their scientific research conducted last spring will be published in GenBank, the most important annotated collection of available DNA sequences used by scientists around the world. The students successfully sequenced a gene found in the DNA of Petroselinum Crispum, commonly known as Italian flatleaf parsley. Their publication in GenBank is the culmination of a year's worth of research as part of Waubonsie Valley's Bio-Tech Club. The project was funded by the Indian Prairie Educational Foundation. 

Those Who Excel Award of Recognition

On October 22, the Illinois State Board of Education is honoring Prairie Children Preschool teacher Megan Hafer with an Award of Recognition as part of this year's Those Who Excel awards program. Hafer has been a teacher at District 204's preschool for 10 years. She was nominated for the award by a Prairie Children Preschool parent. This is the 37th year that the state has recognized outstanding teachers for their work with students.