Angelica Groszek always knew she wanted a career in the medical field. While attending Buffalo Grove High School, she took classes in the District 214 Health Science career pathway, including anatomy and medical terminology.
An array of colors now brightens an underpass along Kirchoff Road in Rolling Meadows. Students in the Rolling Meadows High School Art Club and their sponsors Cathy Pach and Martha Nava spent the summer designing and painting a 92-foot long mural as part of a collaboration with the Rolling Meadows Park District.
For Jonathan O’Grady, the clues were there from the beginning. When he was little, he really liked building things with Legos. Then, he found he loved to spend time with his grandfather in the woodworking shop set up in the garage. Entering Wheeling High School, he jumped at the chance to take a woodshop class.
This is how it’s meant to work. This is what District 214 envisioned: A redesigned and robust Education Pathway and Education Academy experience that would send graduating seniors off to college with a big head start in teaching experience and, eventually, bring those same graduates home to teach in District 214.
Audrey Ginsberg and Ben Valak are the 2022 recipients of High School District 214’s Howard Lester Awards. The awards are presented annually to one male and one female senior athlete in recognition of athletic achievements, academics and character, including truthfulness, heart and effort.
Messy Spectacular Science, Build a Boat and Spa Science, these are just some of the classes offered at this year’s STEM camps at Wheeling High School. Young learners in the community, ranging from first through eighth graders, were fully immersed in science and technology in this week-long summer camp.