By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Murray Elementary School 7th and 8th grade boys’ basketball team won the 2013 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Elementary School City Championship. The team’s coach also won the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Coach of the Year Award. The Murray Wildcats beat Mason Elementary School 33 to 30. Before(…)
By LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer Squids use jet propulsion to move at high speeds. Sheep can only move their tails horizontally, but goats have an extra bone that allows them to move their tails vertically. Ninety-seven percent of the animals in the world are invertebrates. Those are all facts visitors learn before even getting to(…)
By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer Canter Middle School is one of 54 schools on the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) closing list, according to Hyde Park local school council members who were briefed this afternoon. Kozminski and Reavis elementary schools have been removed from the list. CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has said that the schools(…)
By LINDSAY WELBERS Staff Writer The precinct where upscale Japanese restaurant Yusho intends to open this summer hasn’t allowed for the sale of alcohol in over 20 years, but that may change by the end of the week. University of Chicago spokesman Calmetta Coleman said 57 signatures were collected on a petition to reverse a(…)
Marsha’s Music Spring Semester April 1 through June 10. 2013 Music Together classes for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and the grown-ups who love them. Classes held at Joan’s Studio for the Performing Arts, 1438 E. 57th St. Please see website or call for more information. 773-288-3815 www.marshasmusic.com
The Hyde Park Vineyard Church will celebrate Easter this year with an Easter Egg hunt. The church, which offers services at The Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 E. 55th St., will hold the event — “Easter Eggstravaganza” — at the Lutheran School’s cafeteria and courtyard. Past Easter egg hunts by the church have drawn as(…)
The Hyde Park Community Players’ spring production of playwright Neil Simon’s “The Good Doctor” be performed from Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14 at the Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave. Directed by Bill Hohnke, the comedy’s four performances include two evening shows at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday as well as two(…)
By DASCHELL M. PHILLIPS Staff Writer Parent group Illinois Raise Your Hand has joined Apples to Apples and the Open Data Institute to launch schoolcuts.org, a website with information about school closings and other information geared toward parents whose children attend Chicago Public Schools (CPS). The site lists the 129 schools that fit within CPS’s(…)
