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  Students collect and donate more than 2,000 books to UC charter schools

  Posted Apr 16 2014

  Middle and High School students helped collect, sort, and count more than 2,000 books that they then donated to the UChicago charter school: North Kenwood/ Oakland (NKO) elementary school. The book drive took place before spring break and, says Service Learning Coordinator Hannah Evans, “given the large number of books we received, we will now be able to offer reading materials to the other UC charter school campuses.”

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  Teacher Lisa Harrison uses an unusual week to teach kids about palindromes

  Posted Apr 16 2014

  Every date this week is a palindrome (a word, a sentence, or a number that is read the same way forward and backward) and second grade teacher Lisa Harrison has taken note. She is using this special set of dates to show her students how this fun language puzzle works:

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  Honey Bee Blogspot

  Posted Apr 14 2014

  Having bee hives in the Lab garden has allowed several N/K, Primary and Lower School classes to explore the fascinating world of bees. Students are curious about the hives, the stings and, of course, the honey. Read a fascinating transcript of a conversation between teachers and some of Lab’s littlest learners on the Bee Blog.

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  Varsity basketball team wins 3A Regional Championship against Chicago Vocational

  Posted Mar 10 2014

  Tied at 55 with 30 seconds remaining in the game the Maroon’s Jordan Moran passed to Max Rothschild at the high post, Max drove to the basket and put up a left handed floater that banked off the backboard and through the net to put the Maroons ahead for good with just six seconds in the game. The Maroons celebrated the signature win after watching the 3-point shot attempt from Chicago Vocational High School miss the basket as time expired.

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  Hobson and Lucas honor Gordon Parks with $25 million grant for Arts Hall

  Posted Feb 24 2014

  The George Lucas Family Foundation has committed $25 million to the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in support of the schools’ new arts hall.

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