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Champaign Urbana Schools Foundation (CUSF) will honor four teachers in 2023 with the Shining Star Awards. Selected Unit 4 and District 116 teachers are nominated by their peers a...

Roxana Cowan , Bilingual Teacher’s Assistant-Dr. Preston Williams Jr. Elementary Jane Liao, Multilingual Teacher’s Assistant-Urbana Middle School Jerry Moreland, Studen...

CUSF announces its NEW 2023 Super Star Award for Unit 4 and District 116 support staff and paraprofessionals. Kelly Hill, CUSF Executive Director notes, “Our schools would simply...

Sam Turner was the lone candidate interviewed for the principal opening at Dr. Howard Elementary. Champaign school board/YouTube CHAMPAIGN — The Unit 4 elementary scho...

Second grade teacher Kendra Brauer has taught at Barkstall Elementary School in Champaign for the last four years after stops in Oswego, Kingston, and Lexington, S.C. ...

Throughout the school year, the National Honor Society kids at Fisher High take part in a number of community service projects. Sunday’s chilly walk-a-thon, however, held extra...

Jeff D'Alessio URBANA — By 5-1-1 vote — with Ravi Hasanadka the lone “no” and Brian Ogolsky abstaining — the Urbana school board extended Superintendent Jennifer Ivory-Tatum’s c...

JIM ROSSOW jrossow@news-gazette.com Today, Champaign Holy Cross will make school history by sending its five-member girls’ bowling team to state in Joliet. The impressive...

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BOB ASMUSSEN asmussen@news-gazette.com Attention to all smart shoppers in the area: Champaign Central High School’s National Honor Society has clothing deals for you. The...

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Anthony Zilis azilis@news-gazette.com Whether she’s directing a school play, directing one of her schools’ choirs, or assisting with the band, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Midd...

JIM ROSSOW jrossow@news-gazette.com Mary Holsten was tickled pink when a group of students and staff arrived at her house Saturday morning, armed with rakes, chainsaws and t...

WHEN: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 WHERE: iHotel & Conference Center TIME: 8:30AM - 3:30PM FREE EVENT! Early Registration is open for Area 4 Administrators only ...

WHEN: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 WHERE: iHotel & Conference Center TIME: 8:30AM - 3:30PM FREE EVENT! * Networking lunch and refreshments will be provided ...

By JOEY WRIGHT jwright@news-gazette.com CHAMPAIGN — Shayna Singh didn’t pick up a bow and arrow until just before starting high school at Champaign Central. Four years la...

In her 25th year at St. Joseph Middle School, language-arts teacher Amber Garrison is well into her second generation of students. Teaching the kids of former students is “such...

URBANA — The Urbana school board has approved a new three-year contract with its teachers union. The contract, already ratified a week ago by the Urbana Education Association, ...