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Will Kewanee schools have prom and homecoming in 2021?
Susan DeVilder
The Star Courier
Ever-changing safety rules are making it challenging for school districts to plan for the future, but for several upcoming spring events, both school superintendents are beginning to nail down the specifics.
After the emerging pandemic last year led to the two districts cancelling prom and in-person graduation, both superintendents see things going slightly different this year.
At Wethersfield School Dist. 230, Supt. Shane Kazubowski said he is still waiting for the newest guidelines to come out from the Illinois Dept. of Public Health before making any hard and fast decisions about the Wethersfield High School graduation, which is scheduled for May 23.
Anatomage 3-D anatomy table adds muscle to science learning
Susan DeVilder
The Star Courier
The Kewanee School District is the proud owner of a new teaching tool, a fully-segmented real human 3-D anatomy system allows students to visualize anatomy exactly how it would look on a fresh cadaver.
This cutting-edge piece of classroom technology allows students to rotate the human body 360 degrees, take it apart, identify specific structures and look at multiple views at the same time.
The Anatomage Table was added to the Kewanee High School science lab and purchased by the Kewanee Schools Foundation through the Dr. Frances Horler trust. Horler was a 1927 graduate of KHS, who left a $2.1 million bequest from her estate to the foundation to be used for academic excellence. Click here to read more about Dr. Horler.
Just one Kewanee race in spring elections will be contested; write-in window still open
Only one race in Kewanee will be contested
Mike Berry
The Star Courier
Though the just-completed national election featured many close contests and intrigue that ran well past the vote-counting, this spring’s local elections won’t bring anywhere near that level of excitement to Kewanee voters.
Kewaneeans this spring will be asked to vote in a city council election, two school board elections and a park district election on April 6 but in only one of those contests will there be an actual contest between multiple candidates.