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Hi, my name is Jennifer Darlinger and I am so excited to serve HBR as the new Director of Student Services! The Department of Stu...
We are off to a great start to the 2023-24 school year at Hinckley-Big Rock High School! Our students were welcomed in style with a red carpet, music, and a high-energy ass...
HBR Middle School is excited for the 2023-2024 school year! I had the unique opportunity to work alongside Mr. Strouss last year and was able to learn so much about the distr...
The summer of 2023 brought some exciting changes to HBR Elementary School. We hired nine (9!!!) new teachers and 8 new paraprofessionals! Various reasons contributed to this,...
Welcome Back Royal Families! We had some really amazing first days this week. The HBR staff is filled with energy and we are ready to go!
The 2023-2024 school year is goi...
Your monthly Board of Education update
Read highlights from the Board of Education meeting held on July 19, 2023. Want more information? Click here to see the full...
Notice is hereby given that Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 (“District”), DeKalb County, at 700 East Lincoln Highway, Hinckley, IL 60520, is intending to add...
Notice is hereby given that Hinckley-Big Rock Community Unit School District 429 (“District”), DeKalb County, at 700 East Lincoln Highway, Hinckley, IL 60520, is intending to add...
I wrote a piece for the Every Royal’s Voice blog more than a year ago that outlined our school’s exceptional teachers and their efforts to keep Hinckley-Big Rock an exceptional sc...
Dear Hinckley-Big Rock Community,
As members of the Hinckley-Big Rock School Board, we would like to provide you with an update regarding the superintendent search that has bee...
I’m honored to share the absolute sublime experience in which the past four years of my life have been. I could not be more grateful for the blessings I encountered through sports...
Dr. McGuire came to me last February with an idea he had for me going into my last year at HBRMS. So, you can imagine the thoughts I had going through my mind on the ride home? ...
The Department of Central Management Services has received notice from Governor JB Pritzker that all person or entities covered by the Illinois Flag Display Act are to fly the fla...
Each spring our 8th graders begin their exciting transition to high school. Mr. Kantor visits, reviews, and assists our students in selecting courses that will fulfill their gra...
In this week’s Every Royal’s Voice, we continue to share memories from our elementary school 5th graders. This is an incredible group of students who have made some amazing memori...
For last week’s Every Royal’s Voice, we asked our 5th grade students, who are excited to move on to middle school, to share some of their memorable moments here at Hinckley-Big Ro...
Hi, I am Daniel Novotny and I am the Assistant Coach for the HBRMS Track and Field team! Head Coach (Amy Decker) and I are hoping to replicate the successful season we had last ye...
Hi, my name is Ally Barry and I am a mother to three children. Two of them currently attend HBR elementary school. Emersen is in 3rd grade, Emmett is in Kindergarten, and Emery is...
After student teaching and graduating with a degree in English many years ago, I was excited to begin my life as a high school English teacher and engage students in literature an...
This year we started using Character Strong at the Middle School. Our students are divided into small groups and they meet once a week for about a 40 minute lesson on social emot...