Sandwich Community Unit School District 430

As Kendall County students prepare get back the books, school districts are mostly keeping their cellphones policies unchanged from previous years. However, there has been increased focus on these policies.

The DeKalb County Community Foundation recently awarded $116,100 in Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund Grants to support music education for 26 nonprofits in DeKalb County and the region.

Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 received $10,000 to purchase audio equipment for school performances

Sandwich High School held a graduation ceremony for the Class of 2024 at the school on Sunday, May 19, 2024.

A new plan recently was announced by the DeKalb County Community Foundation to help provide unrestricted financial aid to the Sandwich Education Foundation for District 430 students.

Students and staff were welcomed back to school at Haskin Elementary School in Sandwich on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023.

“Mr. B.,” as he is often called by his students, has taught sixth grade social studies for 24 years, with multiple stints of teaching science and language arts for several years.

Marshall, 25, is in her second-year of teaching while Heinekamp, 37, is in his 13th year.

The Oak Park Police Department on Thursday cited a teenager for allegedly punching a Sandwich opponent in the face following their match earlier this month at Oak Park-River Forest High School, police said.

While DeKalb County’s largest public school district will update its sex education curriculum in line with new state standards ahead of the upcoming academic year, Sycamore School District 427 is choosing to opt out, district officials said.