214 Education Foundation

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

When Julia Korzen first tried bowling at a birthday party several years ago, she didn’t know that the game would be right up her alley. Turns out that it is, so much so that the ...

Forty years. That’s how long it had been since any District 214 girls gymnastics team had won the IHSA state title. Until this year, when John Hersey High School’s team turned in ...

In mid-March, District 214’s World Religions team hosted its second World Religions Summit, themed “Building pluralistic spaces through religious literacy.” The all-day summit br...

The Board of Education for High School District 214 has honored nine individuals with the District’s 2023-24 Distinguished Service Awards. The awards are presented annually to peo...

Buffalo Grove High School’s Scholastic Bowl team is headed to the IHSA State Finals after knocking off key rival Barrington High School to win its March 9 Sectional Tournament. T...

For 39 years, music students, instructors and professionals from across the Midwest have gathered for a special day of jazz at Rolling Meadows High School. Now the 2024 edition o...

Some things just never get old, and high on that list is watching robots designed and built by high school students smash into one another in a last-robot-standing competition. S...

It took only a harrowing moment and the ensuing fallout for her family to light a motivational fire in John Hersey High School sophomore Shyla Sood that promises to burn brightly ...

A self-described “far reacher,” Wheeling High School senior Kristina Sakayeva knew she had earned the kind of sterling academic and co-curricular record that could interest top-ti...

Elk Grove Village has served up a generous boost to Elk Grove High School’s (EGHS) Culinary Arts program with a $750,000 grant - formalized during a recent check presentation cere...

Pioneers. Champions. Two labels that merit respect, celebration and honor. So it was last week as Wheeling High School inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame its pioneering girl...

“It’s a great way to get involved in your school, and it’s a great way to get involved in your culture.” - Elk Grove High School Junior Olivia Britto District 214’s Asian Stu...

One Buffalo Grove High School junior will be spending the rest of the school year on Capitol Hill. Yes, that one—in Washington, D.C. Alina Hussain got interested in government an...