Return to School

The District’s first priority remains the health and safety of staff and students. District 214’s ultimate objective is to get all students back in school in line with public health recommendations.

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Hersey Live Stream Schedule

The JHHS Athletic Department will be attempting to broadcast sporting events for the remainder of the year. You will find the weekly schedule below, and we ask that if anyone has any issues to please contact the program's coach.

Hersey's Q3 Orange/Brown Calendar

Click to view the Orange/Brown calendar for Q3.

How Sports Function in a Pandemic

If you play sports, or even if you just enjoy watching them, you know that many sports have had to change the way that they allow people to watch.

The Happiness Project

Four friends - three of them graduates of John Hersey High School - surveyed the damage done by mental health issues, including a friend’s suicide, and launched a business enterprise with an ambitious goal: To remove the stigma from emotional health issues and to increase positivity in people’s lives.

School & Community Resources

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School Meal Information

Culinary Arts Pathway serves up a learning buffet

The Culinary Arts Career Pathway offers District 214 students the opportunity to explore careers in food preparation, service and management through a combination of classroom courses and work-based experience in professional kitchens throughout the community.

Education Pathway winds through classroom experience

“I call our students teachers because they are teachers. It’s important for them to feel that ownership." – Linda Thorson

D214 develops Multimedia Pathway for a Multimedia World

“To be able to sit across from someone and have a conversation; to look someone in the eye and listen to what they’re saying; to have those interview skills … whether they become a lawyer, or doctor, or work in PR or whatever, these are skills that are universal.” – Jason Block

A new issue of Discover 214 Magazine is here.

A new issue of Discover 214 Magazine is here, filled with stories about the many ways in which District 214 is preparing students for success beyond high school even in the face of unprecedented challenges.

RMHS greenhouse continues to serve families in need

As many suburban families continue to suffer from a pandemic that struck quickly, erased jobs and created financial crises over the past year, High School District 214 continues to join many others to assist those in need.

D214 graduate exits the life program and lands full-time manufacturing job

When Dan Soto landed a full-time manufacturing job, he was making much more than critical parts for various machines – he was also making a major positive change in his life.

Alumni Spotlight: D214 Internship inspires career path for Buffalo Grove graduate

Alumni Spotlight: D214 Internship inspires career path for Buffalo Grove graduate

First generation students’ path to college aided by D214 Foundation

College was an enigma to Serena Bekteshi. There was a point when the High School District 214 senior, who will be a first-generation college student, didn’t quite understand the nuances of applying or what grants were and couldn’t quite figure out how scholarships might work.