
September 12, 2024
It’s called NF for short, this genetic disorder of the nervous system. Rare: 1 in every 2,500 births. Sufficiently rare that in the roughly three decades since his diagnosis, Joe ...

September 4, 2024
Wheeling High School is hosting the 56th Annual Chicagoland Marching Band Festival on Saturday, September 14. It is the longest consecutive running marching band festival in the C...

August 29, 2024
District 214 students are accelerating their future careers with summer internships. From working at an auto body shop, to sports marketing and environmental science, students are...

August 2, 2024
Rishi Ganti needed his next math challenge and wasn’t sure where to turn. He’d taken his first high school-level math course as an eighth grader at Holmes Junior High. By his juni...

July 25, 2024
Twenty years after helping launch District 214’s International Newcomer Academy, Mario Perez is still seizing every opportunity to refine the Academy’s mission to welcome global...

July 11, 2024
From high school state champion to Olympian, Erin Reese is ready to show her strength to the world in the hammer throw. The Prospect High School 2014 graduate came in third pla...

July 2, 2024
With the excitement of Paris on the horizon, District 214 is beaming with pride as we celebrate the outstanding achievement of six athletes who competed fiercely in the U.S. Olymp...

July 1, 2024
From our halls to the pros, Cameron Christie is officially in the NBA. The Rolling Meadows High School 2023 graduate was the 46th pick in the second round of the draft by the L....

June 24, 2024
As a teen, he created his own work-based learning by repairing neighbors’ TV sets. The younger brother of mechanics, he knew how to build things. Like the rafts on which he’d flo...

June 11, 2024
Space travel is hardly new, but videos of astronauts floating through the International Space Station never get old. Watch carefully the next time you see such a video, because W...

June 3, 2024
In a world with ever-increasing speed, immediacy and instant gratification, the value of the process, working towards a goal over a long period of time, can get lost. For students...

May 28, 2024
Combine the time-tested science fair with a contemporary focus on societal benefit and what do you get? Wheeling High School’s innovative and popular Positive Impact Symposium. B...

May 28, 2024
Six graduating seniors were named the 2024 recipients of High School District 214’s annual Calisch Awards. This year’s honorees represent passion, talent and leadership in band, ...

May 24, 2024
Alex Strugacz is heading to Cornell University this fall; Miguel Aenlle to the University of Illinois. After that … who knows, other than onward and upward? There’s no hyperbole ...

May 20, 2024
District 214 is all about helping students discover their future. Emily Sohn epitomizes the realization of this mission. The John Hersey High School senior found her calling throu...
May 15, 2024
For 35 years, Elk Grove High School has been providing students with a “once-in-a-lifetime experience.” The Japanese Exchange Program has been a cornerstone of EGHS’s language ...
May 14, 2024
Wheeling High School robotics students are pushing the boundaries of robotics education. Wheeling was the only high school with a display at Automate, the world's largest robot...
May 14, 2024
Why conduct strategic planning? For many good reasons, among them the fact that a thoughtfully constructed strategic plan, created with input from key stakeholders, can set the st...
April 26, 2024
Sometimes, all it takes is one person’s passion and vision to launch an idea that takes root, steadily grows and bears fruit for decades to come. So it was nearly 50 years ago w...

April 25, 2024
Shelby Rosin, science teacher at Prospect High School, is the winner of the 2024 Dr. Elizabeth A. Ennis Innovator Award from High School District 214. The legacy of the late Dr. ...
