Summer fun not over yet

District 427 hosts annual Back2School Bash downtown

By CAMDEN LAZENBY clazenby@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE – With just days left before the new school year starts, Sycamore families and their children got a fun chance to get in the school spirit Aug. 8 during Sycamore School District 427’s third annual Back2School Bash downtown.

The event transformed the corner of

Somonauk and Elm streets into a carnival of family-friendly activities to kickstart the new school year. More than 40 community vendors took part in the evening’s free public event, including FFA, Toyota, RAMP, Sycamore Library, Sycamore Park District, the Sycamore Fire, Police and Public Works departments, and a couple of dozen others.

Tori Mack, who has a daughter going into first grade in the Sycamore school district, said it was her family’s first time attending the Back2School Bash.

“I think it’s great,” Mack said. “It’s

See DISTRICT 427, page 19