Sycamore School District 427 news, education news for Sycamore Illinois District 427 readers
A new fundraiser created to benefit the Spartan Food Pantry will tip off on Tuesday with a basketball game between the Sycamore Police and Fire departments and Sycamore School District 427 staff.
The Sycamore Community School District 427 Board of Education will move to a one-meeting-a-month format starting in January 2024, after the board approved an amended board meeting schedule Tuesday night.
Almost 100 Sycamore music students recently were selected to perform as part of all-district groups in Moline, according to a news release.
The Sycamore community is mourning the loss of one of its own, a sixth grader who died Wednesday after a battle with cancer, Sycamore School District 427 officials said. They're encouraging people to wear purple Thursday to honor Maggie Green.
Tickets for Sycamore High School’s next playoff football game in Chicago Saturday are now on sale.
Sycamore Community School District was above the state’s average in multiple categories, including mathematics and English, according to the 2023 Illinois State Board of Education report card released on Monday.
Evy Bingle, 10, of Sycamore, is one of five in the Midwest selected for the prestigious international reporting program for the “News for Kids, by Kids” 2023-2024 academic year, according to a news release from Scholastic.
The Sycamore Education Foundation recently named Sarah Gallagher Chami, Mark Pietrowski and Sally Stevens as the recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Kaleb McCall’s loved ones and coworkers on Monday remembered the 17-year-old Sycamore High School senior as kind, funny and hard-working and said they’re still in shock that he was stabbed to death last week.
Update: A 15-year-old Sycamore High School student is accused of stabbing to death a fellow classmate, 17, Thursday evening blocks from downtown and faces charges in a Sycamore police homicide investigation, authorities said.
Sycamore police, fire and School District 427 officials recently participated in a school shooter training exercise meant to better prepare the district for potential crisis response.
Friday's FNBO Challenge, in its 24th year, raised $42,000 to be split between DeKalb and Sycamore booster clubs. It also marked the kick off of high school football season.
Sycamore High School graduate Lillian Fifer is the recipient of DeKalb Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 241′s Flight Scholarship.
American families with children in K-12 school are expected to spend an average of $890 on back-to-school spending this year, according to data collected by the the National Retail Federation.
With just days left before the new school year starts, Sycamore families and their children got a fun chance to get in the school spirit Tuesday during District 427's annual Back2School Bash downtown.