News & Highlights

IL State Senator, James Clayborne, visits with Belleville East JILG class
February 26, 2009 – 12:06 am

IL State Senator, James Clayborne, visits with Belleville East JILG class

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Thornton Fractional North JILG Students Make the Honor Roll for the First Time
February 25, 2009 – 2:10 pm

Thornton Fractional North JILG Students Make the Honor Roll for the First Time

This year the consensus seems to be the same among students participating in the JILG program at TF North……….I have never been on the honor roll.  Many students in the program have uttered these words but they have done it with a smile on their face, for they have now accomplished what they never dreamed [...]  [Read More.]

ADM Offers Scholarships to Decatur JILG Students
February 25, 2009 – 12:59 pm

ADM Offers Scholarships to Decatur JILG Students

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has offered Decatur MacArthur and Decatur Eisenhower JILG students a scholarship!  The requirements for the scholarship consists of developing a resume and submitting unofficial transcripts.  Students from both schools will be selected to receive scholarships, perhaps even as many as five students from each school.  The exact number and amount of the [...]  [Read More.]

Peoria High School Looks At Starting JILG Program
February 23, 2009 – 5:10 pm

Peoria High School Looks At Starting JILG Program

Peoria HS Principal, Randy Simmons, visited Springfield-Southeast's JILG program on January 13, 2009 to see if the program would be a good match for his school next year.   [Read More.]

The Red Cross thanks JILG students for their recent fundraising efforts throughout the organization.
February 11, 2009 – 7:36 pm

The Red Cross thanks JILG students for their recent fundraising efforts throughout the organization.

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JILG students raise funding for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
January 21, 2009 – 2:54 pm

JILG students raise funding for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

In a united effort, seventeen schools have combined support and commitment to raise funding for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.  This fund is used by the Red Cross to help the victims of thousands of disasters each year.  This money enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims [...]  [Read More.]

JILG students raise $13,873 in funding for St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, TN.
January 13, 2009 – 7:16 pm

JILG students raise $13,873 in funding for St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, TN.

In a united effort, fifteen schools have combined support and commitment to raise funding for St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.  St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility.  With research and patient care under one roof, St. Jude houses many of today’s most gifted researchers along with pediatricians who can provide [...]  [Read More.]

Thornton Fractional North & South SIDS campaign
October 21, 2008 – 12:10 am

Thornton Fractional North & South SIDS campaign

Thornton Fractional South High School’s Jobs for Illinois Graduates (JILG) Club went all out to remember Jorie Wengren, the late daughter of Judy and Jim Wengren.  Judy works at the school.  JILG focused their service learning project to launch a weeklong campaign on SIDS awareness.  The group also discovered that a teacher at Thornton Fractional [...]  [Read More.]

Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) symposium
September 29, 2008 – 11:50 pm

Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) symposium

US Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, speaks at the recent Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) symposium in Washington, D.C.  [Read More.]

Growing up, giving back
September 26, 2008 – 12:44 pm

Growing up, giving back

Freeport High School students raise funds for the Red Cross to help Hurricane Ike relief efforts.  [Read More.]