The Wheaton Warrenville Tiger Wrestling Club will hold sign-ups for new and returning wrestlers at Wheaton Warrenville South High School on Oct. 27 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The signups will take place inside Door 40. Fees for the club are $275.00, with discounts for alumni, multiples from the same family, and current Hubble Middle School wrestlers.
New wrestlers should bring a copy of their birth certificates. The WW Tigers WC is a non-profit organization and wrestles as part of the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation (IKWF). For the past seven years, it has served as the “feeder” program for the Hubble and Wheaton Warrenville South High School wrestling programs.
Last year the team sent a few of it wrestlers all the way to the IKWF State Finals in Rockford. The goal of the WW Tiger Wrestling Club is to make the wrestlers into champions, both on and off the mat. Life lessons dealing with motivation, work ethic, and teamwork will be put to the test everyday. The wrestlers also learn discipline, competitiveness, and goal setting in a fun, family-oriented atmosphere.
For more information, contact Coach Mike Dalan at (630) 393-3949.
Midwest Heart Community Foundation and Wheaton Warrenville South High School have partnered to provide the Young Hearts for Life® Cardiac Screening at no charge to all enrolled Wheaton Warrenville South High School students on Thursday, Oct. 29 and Fri., Oct. 30, during regular school hours for all registered WWS high school students.
The screening involves a simple three-minute electrocardiogram (EKG), a non-invasive test that measures the electrical activity of the heart and can detect certain heart abnormalities leading to sudden cardiac death.
Bower Elementary School will host a Fall Fling on Friday, Nov. 6, from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m. at the Courtyard Banquets in Warrenville.
This adults-only event will include appetizers, raffles, auctions, games and music, as well as a cash bar. All adults are welcome—bring your friends and family for a night of fun.
Proceeds from the event will directly benefit the students at Bower through the PTA.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for $15 each by sending an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Limited tickets will be available at the door for $20 on the night of the event.
Baker Takes Over For Now, Board Seeks Replacement
At a special meeting held Oct. 15, Community Unit School District 200 issued a statement confirming that board Superintendent Richard Drury had resigned, effective March 9, 2010
The board immediately appointed Dr. Charles Baker as “acting superintendent.” Baker will serve in that capacity during the selection process for Drury’s replacement, a task the board hopes to complete by next March.
The board’s statement put to rest several weeks of speculation, rumors and theories about Drury’s status. In the statement, the board said “In August, 2009, differences arose over future goals and the leadership and direction of the school district. Discussions between Drury and the board about these differences resulted in the agreement.”
It came as no surprise Thursday night when Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 announced the resignation of Superintendent Richard Drury at the conclusion of the board's fifth special meeting in the last two weeks.
Ostensibly on vacation for the past four weeks, Drury's status has been the subject of discussion in closed-door sessions, the substance of which have been carefully shielded from the public.
After spending two hours in closed session Tuesday night, the Wheaton Warrenville District 200 school board adjourned it’s third special meeting in eight days. The board indicated that it would reconvene the following evening at 7:00 p.m., 30 minutes prior to the time of its regularly scheduled meeting.
Rumors have swirled and there is much speculation that the special sessions involve the status of Superintendent Richard Drury, who has ostensibly now been on vacation since Sept. 22.
However, neither board president Andrew Johnson nor the board members were willing to offer any information as to just what is being discussed in these continuing closed sessions.
District 200 Three-Hour Meeting Yields No Information
Written by Staff Writer
After holding a special meeting last Monday (Oct. 5), the Wheaton Warrenville Unit School District 200 board reconvened Wednesday evening in a closed-door special session that lasted more than three hours.
Presumably, the matter under discussion concerned the status of Superintendent Richard Drury, whose removal, according to sources, is imminent. Drury attended the Wednesday meeting, but did not participate in the closed-door session. However, lawyers for the board were observed going in and out of the meeting, relaying communications between Drury and the board.
At the conclusion of the meeting, board members would not comment on what occurred during the session, although board President Andy Johnson did remark that another meeting would very probably take place next week.
Will District 200 Be Paying Three Superintendents’ Salaries Come Thursday?
Written by Staff Writer
District 200 Superintendent Dr. Richard Drury last attended a school board meeting on September 9. He has not been in his office since September 21, and he was not present at the September 23 board meeting.
People begin to wonder. Has he been removed?
Last week rumors began to fly concerning the "disappearance" of District 200 Superintendent Dr. Richard Drury.
Yesterday (Monday, Oct. 5), the board called a “hurry up” special meeting pursuant to a notice on its website that indicated that it was going to discuss in closed session the “employment of an employee.”
However, before the meeting began, the item was removed from the agenda, and board president Andy Johnson announced a second meeting to be held tomorrow night (Oct. 7) at 7:00 p.m. at the School Service Center, 130 W. Park Ave. (Wheaton) to discuss personnel issues.
Youth Cardiac Screening Program at Wheaton Warrenville South
Written by Staff Writer
Midwest Heart Community Foundation’s Young Hearts for Life® to provide all Wheaton Warrenville South High School students free EKG
It is estimated that each week sudden cardiac death claims the lives of 30 teenagers in the United States. In many cases, these young victims were apparently healthy and active with no known history of any serious heart conditions.
