

TOLONO — In just a few weeks, students at Unity High School raised funds to bring Thanksgiving meals to 78 households — that’s nearly 300 people.
This was the last year partici...

After growing up the daughter of a kindergarten teacher and an employee for the Illinois State Board of Education, Stephanie Grussing served multiple roles at Unity Junior High be...

Join Ben in this insightful video as he explores the exciting new features in Google Docs with Building Blocks. From drafting an email to adding watermarks to your documents, Ben ...

URBANA — Children, parents and educators gathered in the Urbana Early Childhood School Thursday evening to celebrate the institution’s 50-year anniversary.
Assistant Principal ...

It is no mystery that attracting a sufficient, high-quality pool of perspective school leader candidates to apply for an open school leadership position is a challenge. Data we ha...


For the majority of area schools, Monday's state report cards brought good news. For others, it showed there's work to do before moving up a rung in the Illinois State Board of Ed...

ST. JOSEPH — Night owls are flocking to St. Joseph Grade School … along with bats, raccoons, spiders and more.
The kindergarten nocturnal animals unit is about to culminate wit...

#ShakeOut, the world’s largest earthquake drill, is 10/19!

After she stepped away from coaching swimming and became a health club’s aquatics manager, Michelle Zimmerman-Bernardi noticed she missed the teaching aspect of her former profess...

Long before she was a high school English teacher at Mahomet-Seymour High School, where she’s taught since 2000, Carrie East was taught to read by a high-schooler in her hometown ...

Join Sarah Phelps as she simplifies your digital address book on our latest tech tip video this month. In this video, Sarah walks you through the hassle-free process of importing ...

URBANA — Urbana High School choir students found out in class Monday morning that in just a few weeks, they’ll be performing on stage alongside rock legends Foreigner at State Far...

URBANA — Students in the Urbana High School choir are preparing to make their final fundraising push for a trip to Walt Disney World, even if they don’t care much about Disney.
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CHAMPAIGN — Champaign is home to two of the top art educators in the Land of Lincoln, says no less an authority than the Illinois Art Education Association.
The organization an...


CHAMPAIGN — Listing the myriad ways Jamal Maatuka is involved in the community is a long exercise.
The impact that Centennial High School’s dean of students has goes well beyon...

Email nominations to Anthony Zilis at azilis@news-gazette.com
For the last three school years, standing out in the rain while shuttling kids to their parents’ cars has been ...
