St. Charles East Educator Is Kane Teacher of the Year

Tom Straiker named winner by the Kane County Regional Office of Education.

The Kane County Regional Office of Education has named St. Charles East High School Auto Tech teacher Tom Straiker the High School Teacher of the Year, St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 announced on its website. The Kane County Regional Office of Education made the announcement at its annual awards banquet Friday, May 3, 2013. Straiker also serves as adviser for the St. Charles East Auto Club, and he volunteers as fifth-grade enrichment teacher in District 303 elementary schools. Outside the classroom, Straiker also organizes several fundraisers for his students including “Labor for Lazarus House” in which his students volunteer their labor in making basic car repairs for donations to Lazarus House, the district said. Let …

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Tonight's Summit 303 in St. Charles: Mental Health a Key to School Security

This third in a series of four community meetings will be in the Little Theater at St. Charles East High School at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 9.

St. Charles High School Happenings: May Through August

Middle School Night, a mobile health clinic, a jazz showcase, and dance clinics are among the offerings in May through August at St. Charles’ two high schools.

There’s plenty to do for kids and for their parents in the coming months at St. Charles North and St. Charles East high schools. Here’s a glimpse of the offerings as laid out by St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 on its website at http://district.d303.org/school-events-interest-9. St. Charles East High School’s Middle School Night: The softball team will host its annual Middle School Night at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 14 at 4:30 p.m. for the game against St. Charles North High School. Middle school students should bring their school Ids to the game to get a free T-shirt — while supplies last. St. Charles North High School “Mobile Clinic” Visit: The Visiting Nurses’ Association “Mobile Clinic” will be onsite in the parking lot at …

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East Science Students Earn 13 Medals at State Olympiad

Medals in six events earns team 10th among 47 schools competing in 23 events.

The St. Charles East High School Science Olympiad team took medals in six of 23 events to place 10th among 47 top schools at the Illinois Science Olympiad at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 announced on its website. The district offered special congratulations to winning medalists in their events, including: Let Patch save you time. Our free newsletter can be delivered to your inbox. Fast signup here. Then like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at @StCharlsILPatch.

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Makeup and Hair Options for Saturday's Proms in St. Charles

You've got the dress, now comes the hair and makeup!

It's fun for a girl to get her hair and makeup done on special occasions — and no occasion is more special than prom. In St. Charles, the proms for both high schools is from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2013. St. Charles North High School’s prom will be at The Abbington, 3S002 Route 53  Glen Ellyn, followed by its post-prom event from 11:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. Sunday at the Hub. The prom for St. Charles East High School is scheduled at Pheasant Run Resort. East High’s post=prom is from 11:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Sunday at St. Charles East. It’s a magical night. Many girls go to salons to get their hair blown out, curled or put in an updo for prom. Here are a few salons in St. Charles that do styling: Prom is also the perfect occasion to get …

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Cross-Town Rivals St. Charles East and North Play Ball Tonight

The game starts at 7 p.m. at 5/3rd Ballpark in Geneva.

What could be finer than temps in the 70s, partly cloud skies and a game of baseball? Perhaps a game of baseball between cross-town rivals? The St. Charles East Fighting Saints take to the diamond tonight to face cross-town rivals St. Charles North’s North Stars. The game starts at 7 p.m. at 5/3rd Ballpark in Geneva, and admission is free. Let Patch save you time. Our free newsletter can be delivered to your inbox. Fast signup here. Then like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at @StCharlsILPatch.

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Fowl Fun: Duck Derby Coming to St. Charles

St. Charles Rotary and School District 303 tout “Ducky Derby” to benefit students

Thousands of yellow rubber ducks will fall like rain from the Illinois Street Bridge over the Fox River in St. Charles in June as part of a fundraiser to benefit local students. The “Ducky Derby” is scheduled at 5 p.m. Sunday, June 9, during St. Charles' RiverFest, and is an event being promoted by the St. Charles Noon Rotary Club and St. Charles Community Unit School District 303. Organizers hope to make the Ducky Derby an annual fundraiser. The event has been several months in the planning by Noon Rotarians, District 303 educators and students. Racing rights to each of the numbered ducks will be sold for $5. Then, several thousand bright yellow ducks will be dropped into the Fox River, beginning a ace toward the finish line. Typically in…

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U.S. News: St. Charles High Schools Among State's Best

St. Charles two high schools ranked in the top 50 out of 667 Illinois high schools, according to the annual list published by U.S. News and World Report.

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303’s two high schools ranked among the top 50 public high schools in the state, according to annual rankings published Tuesday by U.S. News and World Report. St. Charles North High School, 255 Red Gate Road, was ranked 21st out of 667 public high schools in Illinois, and St. Charles East High School, 1020 Dunham Road, was ranked 39th by U.S. News and World Report, which included them among the nation’s top 1,000 high schools. District 303 trumpted the 2013 rankings, noting in a press release this is the second year in a row that both of its high schools ranked among both the Top 1,000 high schools nationwide and the Top 40 in Illinois by U.S. News and World Report. “What is important about these …

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David Amundson

1:04 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013

One of the main reasons why we bought our home in St. Charles is the schools. Congrats to D303 for earning the public recognition of what everybody in town already knows: the schools here are top-notch.   more ›

St. Charles East to Present ‘The Wiz’ April 26-28

Two evening performances and one afternoon show are on tap at Norris Cultural Center.

St. Charles East High School students will take to the Norris Cultural Center stage this month The Wiz, author William F. Brown’s and music/lyricist Charlie Smalls’ adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Performances will be at at the Norris Cultural Arts Center. 1040 Dunham Road, and are scheduled at: Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and seniors and are available at the door. Come watch as Dorothy (Michelle Mann) is swept into the land of Oz, where she meets a Scarecrow (Kevin Chlapecka), a Tin Man (Mitch Karmis), and a Cowardly Lion ( Jacob Werner) as she sets out to find her way home to Kansas. Along the way, she also meets the three witches of Oz (Erin Telfer, Ellen Dillenburg, and Jessica Blakely), and …

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