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Monthly Archives: August 2016

CPS Students Achieve Record-High Attendance Last School Year

CPS Students Achieve Record-High Attendance Last School Year

After making strategic investments in improving attendance, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) released a District-wide attendance rate from the 2015-16 school year, hitting a District record of 93.4 percent attendance. The… Read more »

Alderman George Cardenas Hosts Annual Back to School/Health Fair

Alderman George Cardenas Hosts Annual Back to School/Health Fair

12th ward-Alderman George Cardenas hosts his 13th Annual Back to School/Health Fair on August 27th, 2016 at McKinley Park Field house, 2210 W. Pershing from 10 am till 2 pm…. Read more »

Back to School Jam

Back to School Jam

Free to all, Chicago City of Learning’s Back to School Jam is where youth and teens can do what they like and learn what they want. Hands-on activities hosted by… Read more »

Back to School Fair

Back to School Fair

Berwyn North School District 98’ and North Berwyn Park District announces its “Back to School” extravaganza on Saturday, Aug. 20th. Admission is free. Hundreds of families are welcome to attend… Read more »

Chicago Public Library Announces New Library Heading to Altgeld Gardens

Chicago Public Library Announces New Library Heading to Altgeld Gardens

Chicago Public Library (CPL) Commissioner Brian Bannon, Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) CEO Eugene Jones, Jr., Alderman Anthony Beale (9th) and community members joined together to announce a new library at… Read more »

Millennial Men Are Weaker Than Their Dads, Study Suggests

Millennial Men Are Weaker Than Their Dads, Study Suggests

If today’s men think that all those video games are helping them maintain optimal hand strength, they’d better think again. In a series of studies testing grip and pinch strength,… Read more »

Loretto Hospital Receives Competitive Star Rating by CMS

Loretto Hospital Receives Competitive Star Rating by CMS

Loretto Hospital received 3 out of 5 stars in the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, a new quality measures by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which was… Read more »

Food Advertisements May Work on Children’s Brains

Food Advertisements May Work on Children’s Brains

Children make quicker decisions to eat “tasty” food and reward centers in their brains light up after watching food commercials on television compared to nonfood commercials, a small study finds…. Read more »

Bad timing: Biological clock linked to infections

Bad timing: Biological clock linked to infections

There are plenty of old wives’ tales about what gets you sick — the myth about going out in the cold, for example — but new research in mice suggests… Read more »

Immigrants Able to Get Drivers Licenses in Georgia

Immigrants Able to Get Drivers Licenses in Georgia

by Daniel Nardini It was one of the most anti-immigrant laws in the United States. The State of Georgia had passed a law that would deny drivers licenses to immigrants… Read more »