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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Beth Bales: Students on Pins and Needles, Awaiting Word from U of I

Friday is decision notification day at the University of Illinois, and students (and parents) are nervous as they await word.

It’s pins-and-needles time for Geneva High School seniors awaiting admission notification from the University of Illinois. The hour of 5 p.m. Friday is D (as in Decision!) Day, one of two admissions notification dates for the state’s flagship university. Students will be checking the website to find out if they’ve been admitted, deferred or denied. Expect Facebook postings to start popping up nearly immediately. It’s nerve-wracking for students and parents alike. “I’M FREAKING OUT!” one student said on the University of Illinois-College Confidential site. Another said, “It could either be an amazing or terrible start to my Christmas break.” Chimed in a third, “Interesting that I’ve been accepted into six schools, but waiting on U of I and …

Beth Bales

7:30 am on Friday, December 16, 2011

That is a riot. Could you still tell you got in because it was a fat envelope? What if it had been a rejection, and you opened THAT up Christmas Eve? I know there are kids who are going to be SO disappointed tonight ...   more ›

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Reminder: Those Middle School Packets Are Due Thursday

Yes, it's July, but there's a school deadline coming up that's kind of important.

School District 304 is reminding parents of middle school students that there's an important deadline Thursday. Registration packets at the middle school level are due on Thursday, July 14. Late registration packets will result in a delay in the mailing of the student schedules. "If there are financial concerns that are causing a delay in the mailing of the registration packet, please call the office to discuss alternative payment options," District 304 Connects says in an e-mail blast. If you have completed the payment process on-line, please do not forget to get your paperwork in by Thursday.  All Geneva Middle School South students should turn in their registration forms to GMS South, and all Geneva Middle School North students should …

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