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Vol. 39, No. 16
Also serving North Riverside
April 17, 2024
Hauser-Central construction to begin PAGE 3
Health and Wellness Page B1
Brookfield Zoo concert series PAGE 10
RB’s Patty Sarkady named teacher of the year The business teacher’s award comes from the Illinois Digital Educator’s Alliance By BOB SKOLNIK
Wall flowers ... not! Julia Hamilton (left) and Kate Sanderson own Just Wallpaper, Brookfield’s newest shop. The wallpaper store opened April 9 at 9219 Broadway Ave. STORY BY TRENT BROWN, PAGE 11
Contributing Reporter
Riverside Brookfield High School business teacher Patty Sarkady has received this year’s Educator of Year award from the Illinois Digital Educators Alliance. Sarkady teaches classes in business, digital design, advanced digital design, business and digital marketing, and game design. A long-time gamer herself, Sarkady started with Atari video games. She created and teaches RB’s course in computer game design. Four of her classes are dual-credit courses with Triton College. She also is part of the blended learning team at RB, which uses video lectures to supplement
COURTESY OF JUST WALLPAPER
See SARKADY on page 8
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