ETHS removes student-athlete GPA eligibility, reports record-high...
After removing the athlete GPA requirement, the athletics department at Evanston Township High School boasted the highest GPA in department history. In the 2018-19 academic year, the average GPA for...
View ArticleAldermen introduce a rule making recreational cannabis legal
Aldermen on the Administration and Public Works Committee unanimously voted to introduce an ordinance Monday that makes it legal for anyone who is 21 or older to possess recreational cannabis in...
View ArticlePolice investigate racial slur sent to D65 schools
Evanston police are investigating letters containing the N-word that were sent to three Evanston/Skokie District 65 schools, police said The Chicago Tribune reported on Monday that the District 65...
View ArticleDistrict 65 narrows search for superintendent
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 narrowed the search for a new superintendent to five candidates who will interview with the board this week, according to a statement from Board president Suni...
View ArticleEvanston organization provides District 65 students with winter clothing
As Chicagoland experiences record-breaking low temperatures in early winter, the Evanston School Children’s Clothing Association provides a key service, donating warm clothing for up to 700 K-8...
View ArticleETHS report on student achievement shows continued racial disparities
A report on student achievement laid out continued racial disparities in student success, according to a Nov. 12 presentation to the Evanston Township High School District 202 school board. The report...
View ArticleDevon Horton to become District 65 superintendent
Devon Horton, most recently the chief of schools for Jefferson County in Kentucky, is set to become the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 superintendent. The district’s board approved on Monday a...
View ArticleDistrict 202 board presents Popular Annual Financial Report
The Evanston Township High School District 202 board reviewed its Popular Annual Financial Report for the 2019 fiscal year at its Monday meeting. The report, which has been publicly available to...
View ArticleFuture District 65 superintendent dedicates life to educating children
LMNOP: It’s a string of letters that many schoolchildren learn from the alphabet song. But when Devon Horton was in high school tutoring an eighth grader, he learned his student couldn’t identify “M”...
View ArticleHistorian emphasizes human history in NU takeover presentation
Historian Jenny Thompson emphasized the human side of history during her Monday book presentation about the Northwestern University Bursar’s Office Takeover at the Evanston History Center. Thompson,...
View ArticleCity-School Liaison Committee reviews sustainability, summer programs
School and city officials discussed future sustainability programs, summer youth activities and construction and legislative updates at Thursday’s Evanston City-School Liaison Committee meeting. Eric...
View ArticleETHS boys varsity basketball team emphasizes hard work, bonding
The huddle: it’s an old staple of team sports. But for the boys who don Evanston Township High School jerseys and play in Beardsley Gym, it’s a fairly new ritual. Junior Blake Peters, who has played...
View ArticleETHS students hold voter registration drives at basketball games
Students at Evanston Township High School are bringing politics to a new arena: the basketball court. At two basketball games in January — one on Jan. 10 and one on Jan. 17 — members of the ETHS...
View ArticleDistrict 65 board member steps down
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board member Candance Chow stepped down, effective Feb. 10, according to a news release. Chow began serving as a member of the board in 2013, and in her time as a...
View ArticleDistrict 65 revamps annual Achievement and Accountability report
For the first time ever, Evanston/Skokie District 65 created individual school profiles to complement the overall district 2018-2019 Achievement and Accountability Report. The report is 29 pages...
View ArticleArtist Ernest M. Whiteman III talks about Native American art, contemporary...
Artist, filmmaker and educator Ernest M. Whiteman III discussed his work and his relationship to his Native American identity in a talk at the Evanston Public Library on Tuesday. Several of Whiteman’s...
View ArticleEverything Evanston: Willard Elementary School music teacher develops music...
MOLLY LUBBERS: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Molly Lubbers, and this is Everything Evanston. In the basement of Willard Elementary School, there is a room cluttered with instruments. You have to be...
View ArticleNorth Cook Principal of the Year brings equity work, support to Oakton...
Before Michael Allen became a principal, he was just a concerned brother supporting his sibling through high school. Halfway through Allen’s sophomore year at Valparaiso University, he said his brother...
View Article(Sun)Rise Up: ETHS students take on climate crisis
A pop of color made an appearance at this week’s City Council: swaths of residents in shades of green contrasted against the neutral tones of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. They were there to...
View ArticleETHS to transition to online learning plan through April 12
COVID-19 News Evanston Township High School will transition to an online learning plan through April 12, according to a Thursday news release. While there are no confirmed cases of the novel...
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