ETHS athletes weigh in on sports season adjustments
Although Evanston Township High School students attended class remotely this semester, the Illinois High School Association allowed “lower-risk” sports to continue play this fall, with some adjustments...
View ArticleSome ETHS students notice dip in antiracist activism, but continue to fight
Evanston Township High School students are continuing to educate the Evanston community and press on racial equity in the city, even as they say the momentum behind last summer’s wave of antiracism...
View ArticleHomophobic slur left in D65 vice president’s ransacked car
A person broke into, ransacked and vandalized Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board vice president Elisabeth “Biz” Lindsay-Ryan’s car over the weekend, leaving behind a card containing a homophobic...
View ArticleBlack and brown parents pressure D219 board to address racism
Black and brown parents from Niles Township High Schools District 219 demanded the superintendent and school board members address racism in the district and implement policy changes to create more...
View ArticleD65 board members condemn White supremacy at special board meeting
Less than a week after a person ransacked Evanston/Skokie School District 65 vice president Elisabeth “Biz” Lindsay-Ryan’s car and left behind a card containing a homophobic slur, the board held a...
View ArticleHere’s who’s running for D65, D202 school boards this April
Eight candidates have filed petitions to run for four seats on the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board in the upcoming municipal election. In District 202, only three incumbents have filed...
View ArticleD65, city leaders see escalation in hate crimes, prepare security for...
In preparation for the possibility of White supremacist violence related to Inauguration Day — which comes just over a week after a homophobic hate crime against the Evanston/Skokie School District 65...
View ArticleD65 to launch hybrid learning model Feb. 16
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will open schools on Feb. 16 with a hybrid of in-person and remote classes, Superintendent Devon Horton announced Wednesday. The district will implement hybrid...
View ArticleETHS to open some in-person activities in February
Evanston Township High School will open some in-person activities in February, school officials announced Thursday. Due to improving local health metrics, students will soon have the option to...
View ArticleDistrict 65 hosts virtual forum to discuss hybrid learning model launch
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administration and healthcare professionals expressed confidence the district could reopen schools safely at a virtual forum Thursday. The district held the webinar...
View ArticleETown Sunrise, EFBL host mayoral candidates in town hall
All three Evanston mayoral candidates committed to defunding the police at a town hall Saturday hosted by Evanston Fight for Black Lives and ETown Sunrise, an Evanston Township High School organization...
View ArticleExtreme weather delays D65 hybrid learning launch
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 is delaying its return to in-person classes from Tuesday to Wednesday due to extreme weather concerns, district Superintendent Devon Horton announced Monday...
View ArticleD65 parents discuss this week’s hybrid learning launch
Just a week after her twin sons started remote learning last spring, Dara Ury said she knew one of them would need to return to his Chute Middle School classroom as soon as possible. On Thursday, he...
View ArticleEvanston student show “Am I the Only One Here?” tackles belonging, identity
In the spring of her junior year, ETHS student Carmiya Bady was supposed to play Velma Kelly in “Chicago” — but the pandemic closed schools before the show could begin. Countless performances, both at...
View ArticleETHS Closet Committee hosts workshop on potential STEM school in 5th Ward
Community leaders discussed the possibility of opening a STEM school in the 5th Ward during an Evanston Township High School Closet Committee workshop Wednesday afternoon. Though the committee usually...
View ArticleBoard members discuss joint literacy programs in joint D65/D202 meeting
Summer programs and cross-district collaboration between educators could help further Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School District 202’s literacy goals, board members...
View ArticleETHS to implement hybrid instruction in early April
Evanston Township High School will transition to a hybrid learning model in early April after the end of spring break, district officials announced Monday. After a year of remote instruction, the...
View ArticleEducate Girls Everywhere to launch education accessibility campaign
Educate Girls Everywhere launched its third campaign Monday to promote children’s literacy and accessible education. The organization, founded by Brynn Aaronson when she was a sophomore at Evanston...
View ArticleIn months prior to reopening, District 65 board, superintendent received hate...
The ransacking of a board member’s car in January was the most visible episode in a pattern of harassment toward Evanston/Skokie School District 65 personnel that began shortly before the start of the...
View ArticleIn Focus: As District 65 rolls out hybrid learning, community members remain...
Tracy Fulce-Gentle had a decision to make. The 2nd Ward resident faced the same choice as thousands of families across Evanston/Skokie School District 65: Would she send her children back to school...
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