J Munger performs at Hawthorne’s Backyard Bar & Grill Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025.
(photo courtesy Hawthorne’s Backyard Bar & Grill)
Mary Kate Featured at We Grow Dreams Greenhouse
We Grow Dreams Greenhouse & Garden Center celebrates its Twentieth Anniversary this year. As part of the celebration, the greenhouse is featuring “the hardworking individuals that are the driving force behind We Grow Dreams and our mission.” Featured now is Mary Kate who started coming to We Grow Dreams in 2016 with a local transition program.
(photo courtesy We Grow Dreams Greenhouse & Garden Center)
WA Mathletes win 1st Place in Math Competition
At the Chicago Christian Conference Math Competition in South Elgin, Wheaton Academy Mathletes earned first place overall, scoring 909 out of 1150 points.
(photo courtesy Wheaton Academy)
Day Is Athlete of Week
West Chicago Community High School Athlete of the Week for Monday, Dec. 8, 2025 is Ella Day.
(photo courtesy West Chicago Community High Xchool Athletics)
Rogers New WA Head of School
The Wheaton Academy Board of Trustees recently announced Michael Rogers was unanimously selected to serve as the 40th Head of School, beginning August 1, 2026.
(photo courtesy Wheaton Academy)
WCCHS Graduate Baldwin Featured by Athletics Department
In a recent West Chicago Community High School Athletics Department Throwback Thursday, it featured Pierre Baldwin, a 2022 graduate.
(photo courtesy West Chicago Community High School Athletics)
Wheaton Academy McNally Award Winners
Six Wheaton Academy students are recipients of the McNally Award.
(photo courtesy Wheaton Academy)
Mentgen & Gill WCCHS Educators for the Month of November
West Chicago Community High School Educators for the month of November are Laurie
- Mentgen
and Sarah Gill.
(photos courtesy Community High School District 94)
Yurko Named Food Bank Leader of the Year.
“Food Bank News” named Julie Yurko, President & CEO of Northern Illinois Food Bank, Food Bank Leader of the Year.
(photo courtesy Northern Illinois Food Bank)
Chamber’s YPG Provided a Holiday Breakfast
Western DuPage Chamber of Commerce members enjoyed the Holiday breakfast hosted and cooked by the Young Professionals Group; the WDC Group helped and did the decorating.
(photos courtesy Wester DuPage Chamber of Commerce)