Throughout the second quarter, students at Unity Junior High School have been studying force and motion in science classes.

Now, with their working knowledge of the subjects, they were invited to play the game of broomball Wednesday-Friday, Jan. 15-17 in Unity's commons.

On Sunday, Jan. 12, Unity Junior High School's Special Olympics basketball team made the trek up to north suburban Arlington Heights to compete in the organization's regional basketball tournament.

For the past 12 years, District 99 has been proud to call ExxonMobil a valued community partner — thanks in great part to its monetary and personnel support toward the District's STEAM curriculum initiates.

And on Friday, Jan. 17, Superintendent Rudy Hernandez was joined by Colleen Arriola, director of science and health, and Mary Mycyk, executive director of curriculum, in accepting a $3,500 continued support donation from ExxonMobil and the ExxonMobil Refining & Supply Company, Cicero's ExxonMobil lubricants plant.

Twenty-eight students from Unity Junior High School rang in the new year — and decade — Thursday, Jan. 16 by opening the district's inaugural coed wrestling program with the team's first home meet in Unity's gym against District 89 (Maywood/Melrose Park/Broadview)

This month, Cicero District 99 recognized Chester Bolociuch, shipping/receiving custodian at Unity Junior High School, and Lissette Cruz, secretary at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, for exemplary service and outstanding leadership in District 99.

On Friday, Jan. 10, Unity Junior High School students had the opportunity to work with an industrial designer to use sketching to establish context, communicate ideas and tell stories.

Hector Silva, an Industrial Designers Society of America research associate for the University of Notre Dame, guided Unity students through the process of using storytelling to make their sketches more meaningful.

Students from Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School spent the morning of Monday, Jan. 13 entertaining peers, teachers and parents during their Second Quarter Music Concert.

In Cicero District 99, addressing the concerns of student mental health is a top priority.

That's why this past fall, District 99 began a partnership with Riveredge Hospital to host a roundtable discussion, titled School-Based Mental Health.

The cheers were boisterous and the sound of hockey sticks hitting the wood floor echoed through the north end of Sherlock Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 20, as staffers from the Chicago Blackhawks' youth hockey organization stopped into town for an afternoon filled with lessons in teamwork, sportsmanship and fun.

Cicero District 99 would like to wish all of its students, staff and families a wonderful Christmas and blessings as we enter a new year!

As a frigid wind whipped through the Cicero air the morning of Thursday, Dec. 19, nearly 800 students from Cicero West Elementary School roared with applause as police and fire sirens alerted all of Santa and Mrs. Claus' arrival to town, surprising the entire school with a morning filled with games and presents thanks to a sponsorship by the Illinois State Police's Operation Santa program.

Junior-high students and their families got to join the teachers and administrators for some pre-Christmas fun on Wednesday, Dec. 18 during Unity Junior High School's annual Cocoa and Carols program.

This past Wednesday, the student choir from Cicero West Elementary School made it a priority to step outside the school's halls to spread holiday cheer as they spent the morning with the residents and staff of UCP Seguin, 3100 S. Central Ave.

In the spirit of making spirits bright, students, families and teachers at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School came together on Thursday, Dec. 12 for the school's annual Jingles and Jammies program.

In the days leading up to winter break, students and staff at Goodwin Elementary School have kept busy celebrating the holiday season, celebrating a school-wide holiday craft night on Thursday, Dec. 12, and entertaining parents with its winter kindergarten concert Wednesday, Dec. 18.