Archive for December 18th, 2009

It seems as if Neuqua’s temperatures are always to the extreme. As the school year starts out in the middle of the summer, the temperature inside the school feels like winter.

In November, Neuqua Valley Technology teacher Matt Zawlocki was awarded the “New Teacher of the Year” by the Technology Education Association of Illinois after being nominated by fellow teacher Corey Duzan. He received the award not only for his superb teaching ability, but for his ability to step into Neuqua and become an immediate leader. [...]

In early November it was announced that a prison in northwestern Illinois was a possible choice for the relocation of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The administration of Neuqua Valley High School has recently designed a program, known as “Upward,” to promote challenging courses to African American and Hispanic students.

Neuqua’s Gold Campus rotunda is getting a makeover this December with a mural by Timm Etters.