Sauk Village schools celebrate Family Fest

Attendees at the District 168 Family Fest earlier this month could visit with several vendors and learn about the community's resources for families. The event took place March 19 at Rickover Junior High School in Sauk village.

Sauk Village schools celebrate Family Fest

SAUK VILLAGE | Family Fest 2013, which took place March 19 at Rickover Junior High School, is District 168's second annual community resource fair.

District 168 in Sauk Village will use new teacher evaluation method

SAUK VILLAGE | Consolidated School District 168 will bring in a new teacher evaluation process over the next two years.

Sauk Village students celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday

Wagoner Elementary students Jaydan Watkins, Teandra Elliott, Donald Owens, Jamel Williams and Shemarr Macall get ready for their sight word spell activity at the Read Across America celebration on March 1 in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday at the Sauk Village school.

Sauk Village students celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday

Wagoner Elementary School secretaries Liz Lachetta and Wandy DelToro are dressed as Dr. Seuss characters for the school's celebration of the author's birthday.

Sauk Village students hear African American stories

Storytellers Mama Edie, Mama Vivian and Al Travaglini, superintendent of District 168, at Wagoner Elementary School in Sauk Village celebrating Black History Month.

Sauk Village students say happy birthday to Amelia Bedelia

Wagoner Elementary School teacher Stacey Coffey with kindergarten students celebrating the children's author Peggy Parrish, who wrote the Amelia Bedelia books.

Sauk Village students say happy birthday to Amelia Bedelia

SAUK VILLAGE | Students and staff from Wagoner Elementary School celebrated the 50th birthday of Amelia Bedelia on Jan. 29.

Sauk Village students say happy birthday to Amelia Bedelia

Students and staff at Wagoner Elementary School in Sauk Village celebrated the children's book character Amelia Bedelia recently. Pictured from left are Principal Kathy Hansen, librarian Vicki Jankovich, and secretaries Wandy Del Toro and Liz Lacheta.

Seventh-grader wins Rickover spelling bee, will represent Sauk Village in regional competition

SAUK VILLAGE | For Taylor McKenzie, the winning word was “receptacle.”

D.168 School Board OKs $4.36M tax levy

SAUK VILLAGE | The Consolidated School District 168 School Board unanimously approved a $4.36 million tax levy for the fiscal year 2013.

D.168 School Board ratifies news teachers contract

SAUK VILLAGE | The Consolidated School District 168 board unanimously ratified a new three-year contract with the teachers union on Tuesday.

Sauk Village D.168 to levy $4.43M

SAUK VILLAGE | Consolidated School District 168 will request a property tax levy of $4.43 million for the 2013 year, which is a 6.675 percent increase from last year’s levy.

District 168 board president resigns, effective Dec. 1

SAUK VILLAGE | Consolidated School District 168 board President Suzzanne Arnold has announced her resignation, effective Dec. 1.

Financial warning for school districts getting louder

SAUK VILLAGE | Rob Grossi has been the Bloom Township treasurer since 1986. For the past 26 years, he has worked with more than two dozen local school districts on their annual budget.