In 2020, 697,000 Americans died — not of COVID-19, but of heart disease. The leading cause of death in the U.S. every year for the last 70 years, heart disease remains an epidemic in itself. An epidemic that only worsened when heart disease fatalities increased by four percent in 2020 —  reversing...

Community's Speech team proved their mettle at the IHSA Regional competition at Olympia High School on Feb. 4, taking second as team and sending 10 medalists to compete at this weekend's Sectional. Community finished team sweepstakes scoring with 56 points, trailing Regional Champions Normal U-High...

Facing a $12 million deficit, the Unit 5 Board of Education unanimously approved a series of budget cuts for the 2023-2024 school year at a special board meeting on January 31. The cuts may be reversed if the property tax referendum passes in April. The cuts, which total approximately $2 million,...

Dr. Adam Zbrozek’s role as Community’s principal is a shift for the veteran administrator--despite 20 years in education, the 2022-23 school year is Zbrozek’s first time working in a high school. After spending 18 years as an elementary and junior high school administrator, Zbrozek replaced...

The South Asian Performing Arts club offers an outlet to showcase Community students’ diverse cultural heritage. The organization’s co-presidents Pritha Chartterjee and Karthika Nair said they launched the club in response to a lack of recognition and appreciation of South Asian cultures. The...

The Asian American Pacific Islander Culture Club (AAPI) hosted its first official event celebrating Diwali on Oct. 28.  Each month, Pranavi Chaganti, the club’s board chair, said, the organization plans to recognize, celebrate and teach about Asian cultures. The AAPI's purpose, Chaganti said,...

Community will return to paper-only recycling after experiencing "major" issues with single-stream recycling. At the start of the school year, Community transitioned to single-stream recycling, allowing materials like paper, plastics, metal and glass to be collected in the same container. Mrs....

Meg Keogh returns to Community’s stage as the former Community thespian replaced Mr. Tyler McWhorter as the Theatre department’s co-director at the start of the year. After seven years of co-directing with Ms. Kevin Yale Vernon, McWhorter decided to step down from his role with the program.  “This...

Limited tickets remain for the 22nd annual Renaissance-themed holiday performance, Madrigals, after Friday, Dec. 2's concert sold out. Accompanied by a brass quintet and string ensemble, Community's Chamber Choir and Court Singers will perform various traditional and contemporary holiday songs.  Tickets...

America’s Midterm elections are the younger sibling of U.S. politics -- forgotten, neglected, underappreciated, and overlooked.   The Midterms exist without any highly publicized conventions, clickbait-worthy debates, no elaborate merchandise lines--from beanies to flyswatters-- to capture the...

Friday’s Homecoming football game and Saturday’s dance wrapped up a week of festivities. Read how Community celebrated Homecoming 2022 below.   Virtual assembly kicks off Homecoming week  The Homecoming assembly was held virtually after Sep. 23’s inclement weather forced the annual...

SkillsUSA National champion recognized at School Board meeting Katelyn Olson (’24) was recognized at Unit 5’s September Board meeting for earning a gold medal in the Medical Terminology event at the National SkillsUSA competition.  Olson was the one of three Illinois high school students...

Less than 20 tickets remain for the second Homecoming dance session, with online ticket sales closing Thursday at 11:59 p.m.  The Senior Class Board, said Board co-sponsor Mrs. Jennifer Kelly, decided to split Oct. 1's Homecoming dance into two sessions and cap ticket sales for each at 1000 to ease...

Community's A-Train concessions advanced to the second round of the 2nd annual Pork and Pigskin competition, a partnership between the IHSA and the Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) to determine the State's "best pork chop sandwich," on Friday, Sept. 16.   Fans from four regions, each named...

Seniors enjoy sunrise on half-day Members of the Class of 2023 gathered outside before dawn at the Senior Class Board-sponsored “Senior Sunrise” on Tuesday, eating donuts and watching the sunrise. The event, held in the staff parking lot, was a beginning-of-the-year twist on the annual...