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District 161 students accomplish reading goal

It wasn’t hard to read a million pages when the more than 2,300 students in District 161 joined forces. The district’s students started a goal for the month of May as the Million Reading Challenge Partnership and kept on reading through the end of the school year on June 7.

State awards grant for materials at H-F High library

Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School has been awarded a $4,999 state grant for the purchase of books at a variety of Lexile levels to support differentiated instruction.  Lexile is a scientific approach to measuring both reading ability and the text demands of reading material.  H-F librarians Jane Harper and Alicia Rodriguez,[Read More…]

Improved reading, comprehension are winning strategies at H-F

Reading is an essential part of life.  That’s why Homewood-Flossmoor High School has begun using Lexile, a new tool measuring the independent reading skills of all students.  A Lexile assessment was given to every student in September. It provides teachers information on how students read and comprehend; how they process[Read More…]

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