1The Darling Family rejoice at the end of Peter Pan, during rehearsal at Ridgewood H.S. in Norridge on Thursday. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Ridgewood senior Ugur Armagan (right) passes the syllabus back to senior Kevin Soltwedel in the English 4 Honors class on the first day of class for all students at Ridgewood High School in Norridge on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

5/6/11 Norridge (Left to Right) Sophomore Victor Bertocchi, Junior Kyle Yabes and Freshman Emily Parent portray apes trying to type Shakespeare in "Words, Words, Words" as part of David Ives’ All in the Timing at Ridgewoods High School. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

10/21/11 Elmwood Park,IL Ridgewood's Adam Kutylowski (3) goes up for a pass with Elmwood Park's Carlos Sandoval (41) in the first half on Oct. 21, 2011 in Elmwood Park. | Rob Hart~Sun-Times Media

Stacy Jackowiak (left) of Schiller Park drops off her dog Lucky for a grooming appointment with Kathy Kosovich of Chicago, who has owned Canine Designing in Norridge for the last 17 years. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Frank Mugnaini, 73, of Chicago rolls his ball during a game of bocce in Norridge Park while Mario Giannini, 55, of Norridge and Leo Perna, 67, of Harwood Heights watch. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media

Norridge police officers Paul Malicki (right) and Steve Deutscher place a new flag on the flagpole at the Norridge Veterans Memorial while Norridge Village President Ronald Oppedisano (left) holds a worn flag that was symbolically burned during a flag retirement ceremony on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. | Ryan Pagelow~Sun-Times Media