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The Rotary Club of Aurora meeting Monday includes high school seniors, four from Aurora Central Catholic (ACC) and four from Marmion Academy, who shared their high school experiences, extra curricular activities, and plans after high school graduation. From left: Charlie Zine, president Aurora Rotary Club; Caleb Ritzheimer, Marmion; Jacob Caceres, Marmion; Julia Janiecek, ACC; Claire McCarthy, ACC; Nathan Sundberg, ACC; Joseph Farrell, Marmion; Henry Cella, Marmion; and Charlie May, ACC. Gretchen Timm photo for Rotary Club of Aurora

Aurora students share experiences and plans with Rotary Club of Aurora

The Rotary Club of Aurora meeting Monday includes high school seniors, four from Aurora Central Catholic (ACC) and four from Marmion Academy, who shared their high school experiences, extra curricular activities, and plans after high school graduation. From left: Charlie Zine, president Aurora Rotary Club; Caleb Ritzheimer, Marmion; Jacob Caceres,

Change school boards: State bill

By Jerry Nowicki –  A State lawmaker is looking to give voters the authority to force their locally-elected school boards into resource-sharing agreements with other districts for certain administration offices and functions. Although the bill allows for districts to share superintendents, other administrators and services, it exempts principals and assistant

Sustainable Challenge for high schools

DuPage County and SCARCE are accepting project proposals from high school students for the 13th annual Sustainable Design Challenge, Tuesday, April 16. The Sustainable Design Challenge encourages students to construct building and landscape models using environmental and water-friendly design practices. DuPage County stormwater management committee chairman Jim Zay said, “Seeing

Particle accelerator project under way at Fermilab

Particle accelerator project under way at Fermilab

With a ceremony held Friday, March 15, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory officially broke ground on a major, new, particle accelerator project that will power cutting-edge physics experiments for many decades. The new 700-foot-long linear accelerator, part of the laboratory’s Proton Improvement Plan II (PIP-II),