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Chicago School Wins $100,000 In Recycling Competition
CHICAGO (WBBM) – A small Northwest Side Catholic school is claiming a big prize Wednesday – $100,000 – for winning a national recycling competition. St. Pascal’s School, 6143 W. Irving Park Rd., and...
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Blago Helps Publicize Financial Plight Of Catholic Girls’ School
CHICAGO (CBS) — He may be in prison now, but to some students on the North Side, Rod Blagojevich is a good guy. At his farewell news conference earlier this week, the former governor spoke about St....
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National Groups Back Indiana Teacher Who Was Fired For In Vitro Pregnancy
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (CBS) — Two national groups have thrown their support behind a former teacher at a Catholic school in Indiana, who claims she was fired for trying to get pregnant. As WBBM Newsradio’s...
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With Clock Ticking, Catholic School Slated To Close Is Halfway To Fundraising...
play pause Catholic School Working Against The Clock WBBM's Nancy Harty (CBS) – A Catholic school slated to close on Chicago’s Northwest Side is halfway to its fundraising goal for keeping the doors...
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Third Catholic School Granted Reprieve From Closure
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Far South Side Catholic school that was slated to be closed by the Archdiocese of Chicago will remain open after school officials and community groups were able to raise the money...
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North Side Catholic School Starts New School Year After Facing Possible Closure
CHICAGO (CBS) – Students were back in the classrooms Tuesday at Our Lady of Victory School in Portage Park, after facing closure by the Catholic Archdiocese earlier this year, unless it came up with...
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Catholic School Principal Retiring After Nearly 50 Years
After nearly half a century on the job, the principal of a Catholic school in Lisle is handing over the reins. Sister Carolyn Sieg has lived most of her life around St. Joan of Arc School; having been...
View ArticleChicago Ridge Catholic School Faces Possible Closure
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Catholic school in southwest suburban Chicago Ridge is at risk of closing after this school year, unless it comes up with enough money and students for next year. Sister Stephanie...
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Mother: Church Refuses To Let Daughter Wear A Suit To First Communion
By Wendy Widom CHICAGO (CBS) — A Catholic school in St. John, Ind., has refused to allow a 9-year-old girl to wear a suit to her First Communion, according to the girl’s mother. In a post on Facebook...
View ArticleHigh School Bans Valedictorian’s Speech, So He Uses A Megaphone
(CBS) — Christian Bales, the valedictorian of Holy Cross High School in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, was barred from delivering his graduation speech on Friday. Instead, he delivered it after the...
View ArticleCatholic School Counselor May Lose Job Over Her Same-Sex Marriage
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (CBS Local) – An Indiana catholic school guidance counselor may lose her job of 15 years after officials learned she was married to another woman. Shelly Fitzgerald has been placed...
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