NILES, IL. – Eight Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy & Career Tech High School students celebrated important milestones this morning. They are Walsh Academy’s first group of graduates at its first graduation ceremony at the new location under a new name. Walsh Academy (formerly Jen School) moved to its current location at 6935 W. Touhy…
DES PLAINES, IL – Maryville Crisis Nursery on the Northwest Side of Chicago is more than just a place where parents can drop off their children, birth to under 7, to run errands or go to an important appointment. It serves as their lifeline. This was the case for Jenna, who found the Crisis Nursery…
Maryville Academy is preparing to celebrate its 140th anniversary with a special fundraising dinner at SKY on NINE, 6600 Mannheim Road in Rosemont on Thursday, April 11. A reception will start at 5:30 p.m. and followed by a dinner and program at 6:00 p.m. Additionally, an online auction is scheduled on April 1 to April…
Des Plaines, IL. (February 28, 2024) – The Bears’ Jack Sanborn and other members of the organization are scheduled to attend the annual Ed Block Courage Award Luncheon at Manzo’s Banquet, on 1571 S. Elmhurst Road in Des Plaines, on Tuesday, March 12, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. A meet and greet with Sanborn, the…
DES PLAINES, IL- Maryville’s Evening Supervisor Maggie Slowik and Case Coordinator Lashanda Holmes visited Maine Township High School District 207 on February 16 to conduct a NARCAN training. Up to 40 security guards, nurses and athletic and administrative staff from Main East, Main West and Main South High Schools attended the presentation. Slowik and Holmes…
Maryville participates in the national celebration of Black History Month with four programs: the Jovenes Adelante Program (Youth Moving Forward), Casa Salama Home, Saint Mary of Celle, and Saint Dominic Savio. The Jovenes Adelante Program kicked off the celebration last week with a video teaching the boys and girls in the program about the lives…
NILES, IL – The Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy & Career Tech High School (Walsh Academy for short), formerly Jen School located in Des Plaines, will officially celebrate its move to Niles with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, December 18 at 12:00 p.m. The Walsh Academy is the first of its kind to open a…
CHICAGO, IL- Maryville Academy’s Crisis Nursery kicks off the Halloween festivities by hosting its annual Trunk or Treat on October 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Tolton Peace Center located at 5645 W. Corcoran Pl., Chicago, IL 60624. Come dressed in your Halloween costume for a morning of family fun while you…
The Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy & Career Tech High School or Walsh Academy, formerly Maryville Jen School in Des Plaines, IL., wins a coveted spot among 64 quarterfinalists in an announcement made by the prestigious Yass Prize & STOP Award Initiative on September 14. Walsh Academy was selected from nearly 2,000 applications that represented…
The Maryville Jen School broke ground on its new school, the Charles H. Walsh Sr. Academy and Career Tech High School, on November 9, 2022, located at 6935 W Touhy Ave in Niles. The academy is named after the late Chuck Walsh, an alum of Maryville Academy, who also served as a member of its…