Prom in the COVID era means no dancing, food trucks, outdoor venues
Illinois Math and Science Academy senior Simone Angelov, 18, of Bartlett smiles under her mask as she tries on a prom dress Friday at Bri Zan Couture in Naperville. Sales associates Alex Salcik, left, and Kennedy Crowley assist in the fitting. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer Haley Brown
Illinois Math and Science Academy senior Simone Angelov, 18, of Bartlett, shops for prom dresses Friday with her mom, Natalie, at Bri Zan Couture in Naperville. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Updated 5/1/2021 6:19 PM
Haley Brown hasn t picked out her prom dress yet, but she knows she ll pair evening attire with gym shoes for a night to remember.
DuPage leads suburban counties in vaccination rates
Eugene Siuda laughs under his mask after getting his first COVID-19 vaccination at a walk-in site Monday in Des Plaines. I ll live, he said after being asked how he felt. He came from his home in Arlington Heights. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Updated 4/26/2021 6:04 PM
Almost 30% of suburban residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but the percentage varies across the counties.
DuPage County has the highest percentage of fully vaccinated residents at 33.1%, according to the most recent figures from the Illinois Department of Public Health.
McHenry County is the lowest at 25.9%, according to IDPH figures.
Lincolnshire high school math teams compete for international recognition
FOX 32 s Joanie Lum reports.
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. - A north suburban high school is sending its brightest to a worldwide academic competition.
It is a math test with results that can help a lot of people.
The students applied advance mathematics to a simple, yet common problem: weak Wi-Fi.
It’s this year’s Mathworks Math Modeling Challenge, an international competition for high schoolers.
A bad internet connection can limit access and diminish education. Calculus can solve that.
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Spandan Goel, a junior at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, said, Once you look at the problem to form solutions, based on the data you have, the toolkit you have, you can come up with elegant ideas that can be foundational for a lot of solutions.
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