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Congratulations to the Illinois State Scholars from the Class of 2021 from Shepard High School! Not all appear in this picture.

Congratulations to the Illinois State Scholars from the Class of 2021 from Richards High School! Not all appear in this picture.

In May we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by profiling staff and alumni.  #218asianPacificAmericanHeritage

Crews have been prepping Shepard High School stadium for the installation of the drainage system as part of the new turf field. Lift off this fall!

Cardinal Community Crew! More than 40 staff members from Eisenhower High School braved the chill and rain on April 28 to clean along 135th Place in Blue Island.
Cardinal Community Crew! More than 40 staff members from Eisenhower High School braved the chill and rain on April 28 to clean along 135th Place in Blue Island.

Congratulations to District 218 Board of Education members (from left) Bill Christian, Sarah Kaliski-Roll, Candice Cantelo, and Tom Kosowski on their election victories.  They took the oath of office on May 3.

Austin Spyrnal, the student commander for the U.S. Navy JROTC program at Richards, has been named the number one senior cadet out of 53 NJROTC units in the eight Midwest states comprising NJROTC Area 3.  He also has won the Joseph C. Gilliam Award (one of just 11 national winners of this honor) and Essay contest. 

Congratulations to head coach John Rone, all the assistant coaches, and the Shepard varsity football team (not all pictured) on winning the SSC Red championship!

Congratulations to coach Troy Grevengoed and the varsity girls volleyball team from Richards on winning the SSC Red championship!

Crews this week graded the field surface at Korhonen Field as part of the long prep for installing turf field at Richards.

Congratulations to Shepard varsity football head coach John Rone on winning Chicago Bears High School Football Coach of the Week!

Congratulations to the new National Honor Society members (last names M-Z pictured) from Shepard!

Congratulations to the new National Honor Society members (last names A-L pictured) from Shepard!

The beautiful new turf field at Eisenhower High School -- Shepard and Richards will receive theirs in time for fall 2021 sports.

Congratulations to the Group Interpretation cast from Richards on advancing to state (they were also conference champs!)

Congratulations to head coach Nicole Staehlin, assistant coach Felicia Marr, and the Shepard varsity cheerleaders on winning the first IHSA Sectional championship in program history! The Astros go for state on Saturday, March 13!

National Honor Society students from Eisenhower presented band director Dr. Justin Antos with the annual faculty leadership award "for exemplifying the pillar of character."

District 218 experienced a remarkable surge in Advanced Placement enrollment from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021 from 909 to 1,675!

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Graduates: Save Google Data

Graduating students: Open this news item to learn how to save data from your chsd218.org Google account to a personal Google account.

Free Grab-and-Go Lunches

CHSD 218 will be providing free grab-and-go breakfasts and lunches through May 25, 2021. Open this news item for more information.

Remote Learning Update - December 2

CHSD 218 will extend Phase 1 Remote Learning through December 22. Open this news item to read a letter from the Superintendent with more details.

COVID-19 Assistance Programs

Many organizations are helping people affected by COVID-19. Open this news item and enter your zip code to find local programs for food assistance, help paying bills, and other programs that serve our communities. This service is offered through the FindHelp.org website.

Comcast Offering Free Internet

In response to COVID-19, Comcast will offer eligible people from low-income households 60 days of free internet service. Open this news item for more information.
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