The four Young Philanthropy groups from Grundy County high schools gave out $20,000 in grants to local non-profit organizations Monday night, supported by the Community Foundation of Grundy County.
The gym at Morris Community High School was full for perhaps the last time in the 2023-2024 school year on Wednesday night as the high school honored its 2023-2024 honors students.
Minooka Community High School recognized this year's fourth quarter Student of the Term honorees on Tuesday, recognizing one student from each department based on nominations by teachers and staff.
The Joliet Slammers baseball team will be supporting the Saratoga Elementary PTO at its 6:35 p.m. game on Friday, May 10 at 1 Mayor Art Schultz Drive, Joliet.
Three Morris Community High School and Grundy Area Vocational Center students, Bradley Raffel, Valeria Garcia and Kira Dergo will be traveling to Atlanta in June after finishing first place at the state-level SkillsUSA competition in Peoria.
The Grundy Area FFA, Seneca Ag Program and Ag in the Classroom hosted Grundy County fourth grade students Friday at the Grundy County Fairgrounds, teaching them all about conservation, crops, plants, fruits and vegetables, and farming equipment.
The Grundy Area Vocational Center honored over 100 students for their achievements this last school during its annual awards night Wednesday night in a packed Coal City High School Auditorium.
Minooka Community High School has inducted 55 students into the American Sign Language Honor Society, sponsored by ASL teachers Sarah Kozola and Val Swiatek.
Vista Learning, NFP, a Plainfield-based educational and charitable organization, is awarding laptops to one nominated student from each participating public school in Will, Kendall and Grundy Counties, for a total of 40 student recipients.