Free tutoring for low income BBCHS students

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School will be offering tutoring to economically disadvantaged BBCHS students through a Title I grant.

Students who meet the income requirement can receive up to 30 hours free tutoring. All low income students are eligible.

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Grant Park students see consequences of texting while driving

A demonstration was held at Grant Park High School Thursday to show the students the negative effects of texting while driving and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

The students teamed with the Grant Park Police Department and the Grant Park Fire District to put on the mock demonstration. It began with a scenario where a car full of intoxicated teenagers collided with a car containing a teacher and three students driving home from a field trip.

Other students looked on as paramedics pulled their friends from the wreckage. The teacher and one student were pronounced dead at the scene.

The next part of the demonstration involved the scene at the emergency room, where a set of parents found out their son was paralyzed from the waist down, and another student was pronounced dead after suffering a heart attack.

Dr. Joseph Danna told these grieving parents: "I'm sure the driver would like to say 'I'm sorry' but those words are very empty in the context of what's happening.

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Manteno students team up for 3000 acts of kindness

Students thought they'd just be spending another day in classes when they arrived at Manteno High School on Thursday. When they left each had a unique T-shirt, a smile on their face and perhaps a tear in their eye.

By Friday, the community started to notice what had happened — the school of 653 students had dedicated themselves to committing 3,000 random acts of kindness within the next month. So they paid for fast-food orders for the next person in line, shared compliments with others and even picked up garbage.

"It was a great day that I don't think our students will ever forget," said Roger Schnitzler, Manteno High School principal. "We're already getting stories of kids doing good in the community."

An inspirational assembly set the tone for positive behavior and understanding throughout the school year.

The event was sponsored by Fuse Salon in Manteno and several other area businesses that donated money, services and even tables to be sure each student got a unique tie-dye T-shirt.

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As students look forward to college, parents deal with empty homes

It was almost 19 years ago that Maryann and Roger Kenton brought home their infant twins, Rebecka and Jarod. They were four months premature and their brand new parents were on high alert.

Ever since that day, their house has been a whirlwind of activities: from double diaper duty, through that first day of kindergarten, soccer practices, lots of homework and, last spring, the twins' graduation from Herscher High School.

The flurry slows today in that Limestone home. And it ends Tuesday. Jarod moves into his dorm at Illinois State University in Normal today; next week Rebecka will start her first semester at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

"I can't imagine what it will be like without them," Maryann said. "They each told me I have to wait at least a couple weeks before I can come and see them. But it's more than me missing them.

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