With the holiday shopping season approaching, Oswego-based environmental Diane Osgood, will talk about how consumers can use their purchasing power to reduce waste and support the environment.

The GPS Parent Series will present “Nourishing the Modern Brain: The Food, Mood and Health Connection” with best-selling author and psychiatrist Dr. Drew Ramsey at noon and 7 p.m. Nov. 18 via Zoom.

B-PAC: Glenbard Bilingual Parent Advisory Council and the GPS Parent Series in Spanish will present Motivational Strategies for School Success at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 at Glenbard East High School, 1014 S. Main St., Lombard.

Indian Trail Elementary School Emily Stubbs hasn't wasted any time getting involved in all phases of running the Downers Grove Grade School District 58

The 2025 Illinois school report card shows progress in the statewide graduation rate and chronic absenteeism. It also shows that year-to-year student growth in English language arts and math is trending upward since the pandemic

Lyons Township Theatre presents the play, “The Outsiders” at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 and 2 p.m. Nov. 2 at in the North Campus Reber Center.

O’Neill Middle School in Downers Grove has been awarded a $2,000 Feed Your Need Grant from the AISLE/LBSS Endowment Fund, one of only 26 schools in Illinois to receive this competitive, statewide award

Stirling Hebda, a seventh grader at Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Woodridge, has received national recognition for his outstanding achievement in financial education.

The GPS Parent Series will present “Untangling Teen Challenges Today: The Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety” with clinical psychologist and author Lisa Damour at noon and 7 p.m. Oct. 30 via Zoom.