With the excitement of Paris on the horizon, District 214 is beaming with pride as we celebrate the outstanding achievement of six alumni who competed fiercely in the U.S. Olympic Trials.
From our halls to the pros, Cameron Christie is officially in the NBA. The Rolling Meadows High School 2023 graduate was the 46th pick in the second round of the draft by the L.A. Clippers.
After stints in art school and selling mattresses, Robert Stephens – WHS Class of 1987 – founded Geek Squad at age 25 and hasn’t looked back since. To converse with Stephens is to try gamely to keep up with a free-form, free-flowing mind and personality fueled by curiosity, an absence of conventionality and deep interest in the next big thing, whatever that may be.
Space travel is hardly new, but videos of astronauts floating through the International Space Station never get old. Watch carefully the next time you see such a video, because Wheeling High School (WHS) students have manufactured the lockers sent up to the space station to house experiments and projects that the astronauts are tasked to complete.
In a world with ever-increasing speed, immediacy and instant gratification, the value of the process, working towards a goal over a long period of time, can get lost. For students who have spent most of their lives living and working at a breakneck pace, many do not get the opportunity to learn the payoff that comes with patience.
Six graduating seniors were named the 2024 recipients of High School District 214’s annual Calisch Awards. This year’s honorees represent passion, talent and leadership in band, dance, orchestra, theater, visual arts and vocal music across District 214’s schools.
Combine the time-tested science fair with a contemporary focus on societal benefit and what do you get? Wheeling High School’s innovative and popular Positive Impact Symposium. By the numbers, the Symposium recently drew more than 65 original student research projects from nine schools as it marked its 11th anniversary.