For the second time in as many months, Downers Grove students are using Facebook to organize and mobilize a campaign — most recently in support of a popular North High science teacher and coach who reportedly will not be rehired next year. The “Keep Klamm!” group, which currently numbers more than 1,150 members, is working [...]
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Students fight to ‘keep Klamm’
February 15th, 2010 · 4 Comments · District 99
Tags: Andy Klamm·Downers Grove North High School·Facebook·Maria Ward
Facebook to the rescue?
December 10th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Heritage Fest, Village Council
Two Downers Grove South High School students have launched a Facebook group aimed at convincing the village council to reconsider its decision to cut the 2010 Heritage Fest. The public group, “Bring Back the 2010 Heritage Fest,” is administered by Brianna Michele Richardson and Rachel Pineda, who is identified as its creator. “The Downers Grove [...]
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Library to DG: Tweet me
March 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · Features, People, Places and Things
The average teenager has nothing on the Downers Grove Public Library. That local bastion of the written word is now extending its reach via Facebook, Twitter and Flickr and through a blog written by Director Christopher Bowen. “In fact, the Library is experimenting with Web 2.0 technology such as Twitter and Facebook, because this how [...]