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Elgin Academy recorded a big victory over Chicago Morgan Park Academy 14-2 on April 12 in Illinois baseball. You're reading a news brief powered by ScoreStream, a world leader in fan-driven sports ...

A student at District U-46’s Dream Academy was arrested Monday on charges they brought a gun into the Elgin school building. Elgin police and the resource officer assigned to the school were notified ...

Elgin Academy has been sold to an organization that plans to use it for an Islamic K-12 school. Paul Druzinsky, Elgin Academy’s interim head of school, confirmed the sale of the 350 Park St. property ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Elgin History Museum is not part of the Elgin Academy campus. Elgin Academy, the private school which closed in June after 185 years, is ...

Elgin Academy held its 169th graduation ceremony Friday night, presenting diplomas to students for the last time in its storied 185-year history. The class of summer 2024 had 11 graduates, many of ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- For nearly two centuries, Elgin Academy has served generations of students, hosting more than 150 ceremonies, such as the 8th grade graduation on the campus quad on Thursday.

As Elgin Academy prepares to close its doors permanently at the end of the school year, school officials are doing their best to celebrate the present while preserving their past. The pre-K through ...

Elgin Academy's varsity boys basketball team celebrated their last home game in school's history. The high school is closing its doors in the summer, after 185 years. 26,330 people played the daily ...

ELGIN, Ill. (WLS) -- Elgin Academy's basketball team celebrated their last home game win ever on Tuesday. After 185 years, Elgin Academy will close its doors at the end of this school year. The Elgin ...