Joliet Township High School District 204

This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released school- and district-level data showing what percentage of Will County students were considered proficient in math and reading last year. Check out this chart to see if that's an improvement over the prior year.

Joliet Township High School District 204 estimates the transition to solar panels will save the district an estimated $5 million and conserve the equivalent of 416,948 gallons of gas over the next 25 years.

Joliet Township High School District 204 will host a community resource fair open to everyone from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Joliet Central High School.

A Democrat high school board president and Republican Will County board member plan to compete in the upcoming election for Will County Clerk.

To combat an ongoing teacher shortage, Illinois has passed a bill which will allow for greater flexibility in when teaching candidates can take subject area certification exams.

A 12-year-old boy is the latest youth to be arrested and charged for his involvement in posting social media threats to Joliet schools, police said Tuesday night.

Joliet police say no credible threats found, but others may be involved after making two arrests in connection with social media threats made to Joliet schools.

The source of a social media threat that was circulated Sunday stating students will be bringing weapons into both Joliet high schools has been identified and deemed not credible, according to a statement by Joliet Township High School District 204.

Joliet Township High School District recognized 25 faculty members for achieving tenure status at the Aug. 20 school board meeting.

The Joliet Township High Schools Boosters’ 18th annual golf outing will begin at 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8, at Inwood Golf Course.

Joliet West High School is going to an emergency E-Learning Day on Wednesday because the air conditioning is not working in the school’s cafeteria,.

As Will County schools begin a new year this month, we took a look at cell phone policies for students at Joliet area schools districts. Here's what we found.

Mayor Terry D'Arcy, educators, others join to warn against vaping as school year nears.

Joliet Township High School District 204 wants to add more school resource officers.

Pickleball courts can be found across Will County including at park district sites in Joliet, Lockport and Plainfield as well as the Four Seasons Park in Shorewood.

The executive director for Sharefest Will County said 47 pallets of food weighing 42,000 pounds were given away on Saturday to help feed 1,842 people from 534 families. He said 70 volunteers assisted in the three-hour event.

JTHS District 204 is seeking volunteers for its Problem Solving Circle program.

The 2024 Joliet Young Musicians Mentor Band still needs students, mentors and sponsors. Registration deadline is May 24.

Three local musicians said Jerry Lewis, who retired as chairman of Fine Arts at Joliet Junior College in 2003 and died earlier this spring, was the reason they even pursued a career in music.

The Joliet Townshio High School Foundation is seeking golfers, hole and event sponsors, as well as raffle baskets.

The former professor and theater director at Lewis University received the Romeoville university’s first Dean’s Lifetime Award for Excellence.

The winning design was selected from among 60 entries

Joliet Township High School District 204 warned students at Central and West campuses not to bring toy weapons to school during senior prank season or else they could face academic or legal consequences.

Joliet Central High School has announced the Top 10 Mr. and Ms. J finalists for the 2023-24 school year.

Joliet West High School has announced the Top 10 Mr. and Ms. Alpha Omega finalists for the 2023-24 school year.

Joliet Central and Joliet West have named their Students of the Month for March

Jaedyn Jumper-Uwumarogie’s full scholarship stemmed from her participation in QuestBridge.

Joliet Central High School sophomore Mia Cardenas has been selected as the 2024 Youth Art Month winner by the Illinois Art Education Association.

Joliet West's speech team closed out a highly successful season on Feb. 17 with a top three finish for its team captain at the state tournament in Peoria.

Joliet Township High School has announced that 79 students from the graduating class of 2024 earned the state honors.

An Elwood school district will examine whether to send their students to Wilmington instead of Joliet given their concerns over rising truck traffic and commute time in recent years, the district’s superintendent said.

Joliet Township High School District 204 has announced its Students of the Month for February at Joliet Central and Joliet West.

Former Joliet resident Dave McBride wrote and recorded an original song called "Joliet" based on McBride's feelings at returning home for a visit last fall.

The annual trivia event supports student scholarships and staff grants at Joliet Township High School District 204.

The State of the District Address will provide an overview for the Joliet School District 204 community beginning at 5 p.m. on Feb. 6 at Joliet West High School, 401 N. Larkin Ave.

The information night at Joliet Central and Joliet West will provide families with information to help eighth graders transition into high school,

Joliet West High School was briefly placed on lockdown following safety concerns over an "aggressive" patient who left a nearby hospital. The patient was then taken into custody.

Joliet West High School administrators became aware of the social media threat this morning.

JTHS' annual MLK Day of Service was called off due to extreme winter weather impacting northern Illinois.

Joliet Central High School boys and girls varsity basketball teams will honor the alumni during a doubleheader against Plainfield North High School on Jan. 19.

The vacancy rate for teachers in Will County is at 1.6%. But vacancies for bilingual teachers is at 3.5% and for special education teachers at 5.4%.

The MLK Day of Service is a Joliet Township High School event in partnership with the African American Business Association and Ericka Williams. Deadline to submit a project is Nov. 30.

The Illinois State Board of Education released the Illinois School Report Card on Oct. 30. While Plainfield and Lockport high schools exceeded state standards in most academic demographics, Joliet Township High School District remain below average.

Center for Economic Development reports strong response ahead of Nov. 20 employer deadline for lining up summer internships for Joliet Township High School students.

Janet Medina, who graduated in 2023 from Joliet Central, was one of 337 students in the world to earn every point possible on the AP 2-D Art and Design Exam.

A female juvenile who made a social media threat directed toward Joliet West High School has been identified.

11th Annual Veterans Ceremony.The ceremony will take place at 2:20 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Joliet Central auditorium, 201 E. Jefferson St. in Joliet. Veterans and the community are invited to attend.

Smoke and fumes from a malfunctioning motor at Joliet West High School led to a brief evacuation of students and staff from one of the buildings on campus.

Summer internships for Joliet high school students to start in summer 2024

Joliet Township High School District 204 officials are asking parents to consider taking their child to school at the beginning of the academic year. The district continues to face a declining number of bus drivers.