Online AP tests frustrate ETHS students
When schools switched to e-learning in March, Evanston Township High School students gave up high school highlights like prom and the spring sports season. But they still faced Advanced Placement...
View ArticleDistrict 65 emphasizes equity at last 2019-2020 meeting
At its final meeting of the school year, the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board pledged to continue to pursue racial equity programming in the district. During her time as board president, Suni...
View ArticleIn Focus: A Park School teacher faced harassment after coming out as...
From a young age, Ren Heckathorne always saw themself as a teacher. Education always fascinated Heckathorne. They became familiar with the classroom and teaching from watching their mother, a special...
View ArticleEvanston Township High School plans for hybrid learning in the fall
Evanston Township High School/District 202 plans to offer a hybrid of in-person and remote learning in the fall. Families will be able to opt into entirely remote instruction, D202 Superintendent Eric...
View ArticleEvanston Township High School to continue e-learning until further notice
Evanston Township High School will continue its “Enhanced E-learning” program until further notice, according to a Friday release. This decision comes after a board meeting where Evanston Township High...
View ArticleDistrict 202 leaders address remote reopening concerns at town hall
“Enhanced E-Learning,” the district’s remote reopening plan, will not be a continuation of the spring, Evanston Township High School administrators said at a virtual town hall Wednesday. Families can...
View ArticleDistrict 65 to start the school year with remote learning; hybrid learning...
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will start the school year with entirely remote classes, but aims to open school buildings part-time by the end of September, according to a special D65 board meeting...
View ArticleD65 officials answer questions about reopening plans, online learning
As families prepare for some in-person instruction in Evanston/Skokie School District 65, district officials discussed details for the upcoming school year in a Wednesday meeting. The district is set...
View ArticleYear in review: Around town
In your time at Northwestern, you’ll become intimately familiar with Evanston, a bustling city whose downtown is just a few minutes from campus. Staying up-to-date will help make your experience with...
View ArticleD202 teachers adapt to remote e-learning and decreased student engagement
When Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered all Illinois schools closed back in March, teachers and students across the state transferred to online learning in the middle of the semester — and had to adapt...
View ArticleCity-School Liaison Committee discusses digital inclusion during COVID-19
The City-School Liaison Committee discussed ways to help students with poor or no internet connection access online learning in a Thursday meeting. The committee, which is made up of city officials and...
View ArticleDistrict 65 Board votes to adopt next year’s budget, reports decreased...
The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board unanimously voted to adopt the district’s fiscal year 2021 budget, including aggregate expenses for the operation of Park School, at a meeting Monday. Kathy...
View ArticleD202 board approves 2021 budget amid pandemic concerns
The Evanston Township High School/District 202 school board approved its budget for the 2021 fiscal year at its Monday meeting, factoring in lost revenues and increased expenses related to COVID-19....
View ArticleD65 to begin phased return to in-person learning on Nov. 16
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 tentatively plans to begin a phased return to in-person classes as planned on Nov. 16, superintendent Devon Horton said in a Monday news release. Previously, the...
View ArticleStuck at home: Recent ETHS graduates reflect on starting college remotely
Township High School Class of 2020 are starting college the same way they ended high school: online and from their childhood bedrooms. Many universities decided against allowing freshmen to come to...
View ArticleETHS to remain virtual through all of first semester, citing high COVID-19...
After over a month of virtual learning, Evanston Township High School/District 202 will remain all virtual through at least the end of the semester, district officials said in a Monday meeting. The...
View ArticleETHS teacher Richard Agin wins Edyth May Sliffe Award
When Evanston Township High School mathematics teacher Richard Agin (Pritzker ‘88) was selected in late September as a recipient of the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Mathematics Teaching in...
View ArticleD65 postpones return to in-person learning
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will not return to in-person learning on Nov. 16 as previously planned, Superintendent Devon Horton announced Friday. Citing increasing positivity rates for COVID-19...
View ArticleFormer ETHS student-athletes talk sports during COVID-19
In May, the NCAA announced it would cancel its spring sports season. With cases increasing across the U.S., the landscape of college athletics has complicated the reality of ETHS student-athletes this...
View ArticleETHS seniors adapt to college application season during pandemic
With Evanston Township High School remaining virtual, club meetings and school dances have all been canceled and seniors have been left without many of the memories of their last fall at the school....
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