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More COVID-19 vaccinations are given as people ice fish, clean snow off high school sports fields, celebrate birthdays and practice Olympic routines in the suburbs in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for January 30-February 5, 2021.
Tyler Fitch, 14, of Barrington relaxes on the ice while fishing during the Lake in the Hills Annual Ice Fishing Tournament on Woods Creek Lake Saturday, January 27, 2021.
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COVID-19 survivor Juanita Thomas received her first COVID-19 vaccine and will get her second dose on Monday, Feb. 8. Thomas lives at the Belmont Village Senior Living community in Carol Stream.
Foundation names 2021 Young Arts winners
Updated 2/1/2021 11:35 AM
The National YoungArts Foundation recently announced its 2021 YoungArts Winners.
YoungArts winners are the nation s most accomplished young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts.
Selected from a competitive pool of applications and representing artists from across the country, YoungArts winners gain access to one of the most comprehensive programs for emerging artists in the United States, offering financial, professional and artistic development opportunities over the course of their careers.
Winners are chosen for their caliber of artistic achievement by esteemed discipline-specific panels of artists through a rigorous blind adjudication process and are awarded in three categories: Finalist, Honorable Mention and Merit.
These Are the 100 Best Public High Schools in America
By Lexi Pandell, Stacker News
On 1/27/21 at 8:00 PM EST
As filmmaker and writer Nora Ephron said during a 96 commencement address at Wellesley College, Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead. If that s the case, high school may be one of the greatest dress rehearsals of all.
It s a place where students explore their interests, dive into extracurricular activities, finally get the freedom to choose their own classes, and prepare for college or the workplace. For many of these students and their families, public education is key: 56.4 million students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in 2020; and there are almost 24,000 public high schools in the U.S., according to the National Center for Education Statistics.