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Friday, January 18, 2013

The Second City Comes to Barrington High School

The comedy group will perform Jan. 25 to raise money for Dash to Cure Diabetes.

  World-renowned Second City comedy group is taking the stage at Barrington High School next week, all for a good cause. Dash to Cure Diabetes is presenting the show Friday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m. The money raised from ticket sales will benefit the American Diabetes Association, and help pay for diabetic children to attend Triangle D Kids summer camp in Volo, Ill. “It provides kids a traditional summer camp, but surrounds them with pediatric endocrinologists and educators to help manage their blood sugars effectively and more independently,” Karl Fruecht, President of Dash to Cure Diabetes said. The camp is an opportunity for kids afflicted with the disease to get their first taste of life without constant parental monitoring; something many of…

Friday, December 21, 2012

BHS-TV Students Win Contest, Visit from Rihanna

Members of the television production class created a video showcasing volunteer efforts at BHS that won a nation-wide contest.

  Barrington High School students shine bright like a diamond, and it shows. Members of BHS-TV created an inspiring video highlighting the volunteer and philanthropic efforts of BHS students that won a nation-wide contest sponsored by pop-star Rihanna. The school beat out 52 other entries. The grand prize: A visit from the singer herself. “We saw the contest and thought it was a really good idea, especially because Barrington is so philanthropic,” Peter Chung, a BHS-TV member said. “It took about a month to put it together, but it was probably dozens of hours…it was a very tedious process.” The video showcasing the thousands of dollars students have raised for charity, and hundreds of hours they’ve volunteered, has 4,163 hits on YouTube. …

Ramona McCall

8:43 am on Monday, March 25, 2013

Good job to the students that were involved with this project. What a shame that Rhianna and her Management Team were so disrespectful to these excited young people. Rhianna would not be my choice for a role model however I do understand that young people have a different view. Rhianna s disrespect and waste of so much time only confirmed what I already felt about her. Very disappointing. She …   more ›

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