Monday, May 20, 2013
Watch the entire Falcon student body come together to dance to music by the Spice Girls, Wham! and Bon Jovi to celebrate the winding-down of the school year.
The "lip dub" is one of those many unique creations of the YouTube era—a mass-participation music video requiring extensive planning and perfect execution—and Wheaton North High School students have risen to the occasion to release a single-shot dub featuring the entire student body in one grand school-wide dance. Boogieing to "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! and "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi, the Falcons swarm the school's hallways, track, basketball court, courtyard and more, with spotlighted students lip-synching the lyrics, before everyone swarms together for a cheering finish. "It was an amazing experience to come together with the whole school and make a video of this caliber," the Falcon Weekly…
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The magazine's 2013 report out this week recognizes several Illinois schools.
By Greg Hambrick, Woodbridge Patch On mobile? You can see interactive map here. Newsweek has ranked Wheaton North High School at No. 600 among high schools in the country. For its rankings, Newsweek sent out a survey to more than 5,000 high schools in the U.S., with about 2,500 schools responding in 2013. You can see the details about Wheaton North's ranking, and every other ranked high school by clicking on the markers in the interactive map above. The survey scores were then weighted and calculated using several criteria including on-time graduation and college acceptance rates. In addition, instead of averaging the number of courses offered, this year Newsweek considered the percentage of students enrolled in AP, IB or Advance …
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Wheaton Warrenville South and Wheaton North ranked 32nd and 40th - respectively - out of 667 Illinois high schools, according to the annual list published by U.S. News and World Report.
Wheaton Warrenville South and Wheaton North High Schools are ranked among the best high schools in the state, according to a report published Tuesday by U.S. News and World Report. Wheaton Warrenville South ranked 32nd out of 667 public high schools in Illinois. While, Wheaton North ranked 40th out of 667. The 2013 U.S. News and World Report Best High Schools rankings are based on data collected from more than 21,000 public U.S. high schools from 49 states and the District of Columbia. The rankings are designed to capture how well high schools educate all of their students and prepare them for college-level work, a press release from U.S. News said. Schools are evaluated based on overall student performance on state assessments, Advanced …
Friday, April 12, 2013
English teacher Edwin Klemm, charged with criminal sexual assault of a former student, appeared at the DuPage County Courthouse Friday morning.
A District 200 teacher accused of having sex with a student pleaded not guilty Friday morning in DuPage County Court. Edwin Klemm, 43, an English teacher at Wheaton North High School, appeared before Judge George Bakalis to enter the plea. Klemm remains in DuPage County Jail on $600,000 bail. Klemm’s appearance was part of the standard arraignment that takes place before a trial. He faces 11 counts of criminal sexual assault in connection to a relationship he had with a Wheaton North student in 2011. The student was 16 when the 10-month relationship began, Assistant State's Attorney Ann Celine O’Hallaren said. Prosecutors alluded that Klemm might face additional charges during his initial appearance in court on March 20, but so far no …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Officials say two fires within blocks of each other Thursday were not started intentionally, nor were they related.
Investigators do not believe anyone intentionally started the two fires within blocks of each other in Wheaton Thursday morning, or that the two fires were related, according to a news release from the Wheaton Fire Department. A small fire broke out about 7 a.m. in a science storage room at Wheaton North High School just before students started first period. The school's sprinkler system activated and stopped the fire. Students were evacuated to the stadium and returned to classes later Thursday morning. A fire started about 7:10 a.m. a few blocks away from the school at a vacant house at 25W330 Armbrust Ave. According to the release, "While the exact causes of each fire remain undetermined, the fire investigators do not believe at this …
Small fire began in one of the school's science store rooms.
Updated 10:54 a.m. Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information from District 200 and the Wheaton Fire Department. No injuries were reported when a small fire broke out at Wheaton North High School Thursday morning. According to District 200 spokeswoman Erica Loiacono, the fire began in a science storeroom before students arrived. Wheaton Firefighters were on the scene before students arrived to classes, she said. According to a news release from the Wheaton Fire Department, the fire started about 7 a.m. The school's sprinkler system did activate and stopped the fire, but water did make its way out to the school's hallway, Loiacono said. Classes in that area of the school will be moved for the day, she said. All …
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Wheaton North students sing, "How Could I Ever Know," in the spring production of "The Secret Garden."
In the video above, Morgan Flynn and Brad Weeder perform "How Could I Ever Know" in the Wheaton North High School production, The Secret Garden March 9.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Edwin Klemm's encounters with a Wheaton North High School student included oral and safe sex, prosecutors said.
The sexual relationship between a Wheaton North High School teacher and student involved more than 13 different encounters in various places, DuPage county prosecutors said. At least 10 of those encounters took place in the St. Charles home of Edwin Klemm, 43, an English teacher and former speech team coach, said Ann Celine O’Hallaren, assistant DuPage County State's Attorney. Klemm was charged with eleven counts of criminal sexual assault in connection to his relationship with the student. Criminal sexual assault is a class 1 felony punishable by four to fifteen years per count in prison, according to the State's Attorney's Office. O'Hallaren recounted Klemm and the student's relationship during a March 20 bond court hearing. Judge …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Some of our readers said they knew Edwin Klemm and testified to his character; others were a bit more caustic. Here are some local reactions to the story.
Response was swift and explosive to our announcement Wednesday morning that Wheaton North High School teacher Edwin Klemm, of St. Charles, has been charged with 11 counts of criminal sexual assault of a teen, after he had sexual encounters with a former student starting when she was 16 in a classroom, a parking garage in Chicago and at his home, according to prosecutors. Several respondents claimed to have been Klemm's students at one point; others are Wheaton North parents and still others had no personal connection, but still had something interesting to share. We collected some of the responses from the article and from Wheaton Patch Facebook (that were posted before 6 p.m.) and have them below: -- Zoe Barker: "He was my speech coach at…
No additional former or current students are involved in the charges against Wheaton North teacher Ed Klemm, officials said.
Guidance counselors will continue to be on hand for students in Community Unit School District 200 following the arrest of a Wheaton North High School teacher facing sexual assault charges, officials said Wednesday. The district first addressed the charges in a brief letter to parents sent late Wednesday morning via the district’s Blackboard online system. The letter said Klemm was arrested in connection with charges of “Criminal Assault by Person in Authority or Position of Trust.” The phrase “Sexual Assault” did not appear until a second statement was released in the afternoon. Edwin Klemm, English teacher and former speech team coach, was charged with 11 counts of criminal sexual assault, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’…
Brian Bown
3:57 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Teachers no longer are in the conversation when it comes to curriculum. It is government bean counters who make the decisions. I have been teaching for a long time and we spend too much time prepping for tests and not enough time on critical thinking skills. As a Social Studies teacher and Debate Coach I am sad about these developments. I graduated from Wheaton North and I feel I was well … more ›