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Locust school in ‘spotlight’ for its success Elementary gets state accolade By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com MARENGO – District 165’s Locust Elementary School was the only school in McHenry County recently honored by the state for having its highpoverty student population achieve high academic success. The Marengo school was one of only 105 schools across Illinois named to the Illinois State Board of Education’s Spotlight Schools list for 2012. The list is part of the state’s annual Honor Roll, which recognizes schools for various
Free safety Ed Reed holds up the Lombardi Trophy after the Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 34-31, in Super Bowl XlVii on sunday. AP Photo
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here was a power outage, a powerful halftime performance by Beyonce and a load of heavily talked about commercials. Oh, and there was also a football game, which changed from a blowout
to a close contest after the power came back on. The result was a 34-31 Baltimore Ravens win, with quarterback Joe Flacco winning the Most Valuable Player and retiring linebacker Ray Lewis declaring postgame, “If God is for you, who can
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be against you?” Brothers John and Jim Harbaugh shook hands before the 49ers’ Jim headed to the locker room. “I told him I loved him,” John said. “He said congratulations.”
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STAGE TO BE DEDICATED TO WELLES The Woodstock Opera House stage will be dedicated to Orson Welles, the theater and film guru responsible for “Citizen Kane” and other masterpieces, at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. Members of the public are invited to attend. Admission is free. For information, call 815-338-4212 or visit www.woodstockoperahouse.com.
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achievements. The Spotlight Schools needed to make adequate yearly progress and have at least 50 percent of the student population in poverty. “We really get it done in this district,” District 165 Superintendent Lea Damisch said. “I really have dedicated teachers, support staff and educational leaders in both our schools that really focus on student learning.” The yearly progress metric is a federal benchmark that requires 85 percent of students
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Keilee Geier, 7, of Marengo reads a book Friday while in class at Locust Elementary School in Marengo. Locust Elementary in Marengo District 165 was the only school in McHenry County to be honored as a Spotlight School by the state. The honor recognizes high-proverty schools where high academic performance is closing the achievement gap.
Huntley man dies in apartment fire 12 displaced from six-unit building NORTHWEST HERALD HUNTLEY – A Huntley man was killed and 12 others were displaced Sunday after fire ripped through an apartment complex. Allen R. Jacobs, 47, was killed in the two-alarm blaze at Woodcreek Apartments, McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski said. The fire in the six-unit, wood-frame apartment build-
ing at 11702 Woodcreek Drive started shortly before 6:15 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke and flames coming from a single, firstfloor unit, according to the Huntley Fire Protection District. It soon spread to the two units above it. Firefighters from 15 agencies responded to the fire.
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